The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-02-02
ELECTRIC LIGHT WIRES.

der OF the City Council approved Dec. 8, 1885,
and a duplicate of which agreement is annexed
hereto.
ELECTRIC LIGHT WIRES.
The following order was passed:
Ordered, That all companies, persons and asso-
Citations using and maintaining wires for the
transmission of intelligence, in any form by elec
tricity, be required to provide, before the first day
OF June, 1886, all their wires entering any public
or private building, within this city, with some
safety device satisfactory to and approved by the
City Electrician, to prevent fires in said building
resulting from contact of said wires with those
carrying high tension currents.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
OF Simeon Tracy, Exchange street, for
license as a victualer.
Of Charles Saunders, to erect and main
tain steam engine at No. 1913 Pearl street
Of Edwin W. Haskell, Commercial street.
for vctualer's license.
!. OF 81. G. Starks, for license to keep bill
lard hall on Commercial street.
Of Higgins & Jones, to erect steam engine
at 81 and 80 Pearl street.
Of NJ. w. Beazley, for license to keep an
intelligence Office at 1856 Congress street.
OF James Appleby, Green street, for
victualers license.
OF John G. McCue, for damages for over
flow of sewer.
ORDERS PASSED.
That the usual warrants issue for munich
pal election.
That the Street Commissioner be author
lied to employ suitable number of men to
trim trees injured by the storm and charge
expense to contingent fund.
That the Mayor be requested to notify the
house owners of the city that full authority
is granted them to trim the trees in front of
their property at their own expense.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Permission to build wooden house on
Cumberland street was granted to R. B.
Whitcomb.
In the case of Martha j. Tuttle, petitioner
for damages to her drain, committee reported
leave to withdraw.
A communication from the City Auditor
was read and accepted, showing that the
appropriations for drains and sewers, fire
department, cemeteries and public grounds,
and schools had been expended.
A claim of Drummond g. Drummond of
$500 for professional services in connection
with the Ogdensburg suits was referred.
1t was voted that the claim of Bridget
Green wife of Thomas Green. for $25. be
paid. She was injured by a brick from a
falling chimney overthrown by city en-
ployes while repairing the fire alarm wires
In Joint Convention.
Both boards assembled in joint convention,
Mayor Deering in the chair
The Mayor said it seemed to him that
some measure should be taken to trim up the
shade trees injured by the late storm, SO that
they could be saved.
Alderman Noyes suggested the passage of
an order authorizing citizens to care for
trees on their premises.
The Mayor thought it good suggestion,
and that the work could perhaps be made
more effective and less expensive that way
than in any other At the same time he
thought that a small appropriation for the
purpose of saving the trees should be placed
in the hands of the committee on public
grounds.
A communication from Assistant Engineer
A. S. Mitchell of the fire department was
read, resigning his position, the resignation
to take place February 1st.
Alderman Gallagher eulogized the SER
vices of Mr.. Mitchell, expressed regret at
the resignation, and moved that it be not ac-
| cepted.
The Mayor stated that he had tried to in
| duce Mr.. Mitchell to withdraw his resigna-
| ton, but without avail.
| 1t was voted that the resignation be ac-
cepted.
The Mayor read communication stating
that on the 18th day of January the schooner
Bradford @. French, while discharging heI
cargo at the wharf of the Eastern Railroad,
| at Cape Elizabeth, took fire; that on the 10th
Chief Engineer Cloyes collected of the
agents of the vessel bill of $212.5O for ex-
| tinquishing the fire. The owners of the yes,
sci requested that the money should be re-
| turned, unless it is customary for the city to
charge for the extinguishment of fires on
board vessels trading at the port of Port
land. The money collected had not been
paid in and the Mayor proposed the pas
sage of an order requiring the chief engineer
to pay it into the city treasury. He presumed
the idea was that Cape Elizabeth was not
| part Of the port Of Portland.
Councilman Beale said he saw no objec-
tion to taking pay from outside people fol
putting out their fires. The fact was that
the agent of the Boston and Maine Railroad
en-. :