The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-19
CITY GOVERNMENT.
special Meeting Of the City Council
Saturday Evening.
New England Company's Asphalt
Pavement To BE Tried.

A special meeting of the City Council was
called for Saturday evening to act upon
the proposition of the New England Paving
Company.
In Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
The mayor and all the aldermen were pres
emit.
This business was transacted
PETITIONS REFERRED.
FromPayson Tucker and others, requesting
tnat the vicinity OF the Union Station he
called Railway Square,
From DIR. Torrington and 100 others pray
Ing that suitable number of policemen be
detailed at Peaks Island, and that all places
OF amusement be closed ON the Sabbath, that
they should cause the arrest of any person
DONG any unnecessary work on Sunday, such
as selling any article Of merchandise includ-
ing the sale OF newspapers.
NEW WOODEN BUILDINGS.
Charles 81. Loring to erect wooden build
ing at 10 May street. Granted.
Edward B. Cummings to erect wooden
building on Pleasant street. Granted.
Il. W. Smardon to erect a wooden building
at the corner of Brattle and Portland streets.
Granted.
ORDINANCES PASSED.
Two amendments were offered to the
amended fire ordinance, passed and engross-
word thereafter in Sect 2, SO that it reads
mo building or buildings shall hereafter be
erected" etc. The other by dropping the
making it read: .All previous rules are re-
pealed." The ordinance then passed to be
ordained.
The ordinance in relation to using sling
shots In the streets, and air guns, passed to
be ordained
ORDERS PASSED.
Tho nnmmitfoo an frn 3oon~x...a
| for the expenditure of sum not exceeding
S70O TO be appropriated for the purchase of
new horses for the department, the same to
pc charged to the appropriation for the fire
That THE city marshal shall wear upon
each shoulder silver bullion wreath encir-
cling the word Marshal and that the deputy
marshais shall wear upon each shoulder a
gold bullion wreath encircling letters indi-
eating their rank"
The committee on streets, sidewalks and
bridges are authorized to have the northerly
side of Congress street from Mellep to Grove
street, about 1857 yards, and Fore street
from Plum to Exchange street, about 900
yaras, pave o with rock asphalt paving at a
MISCELLANEOUS.
The report of the recorder of the munich
pal court was received and accepted.
James ID. zine was granted a license to
run billiard hall on Monument Square and
dioV az Cuho loiduQ.
Sim0nt0n and Randall were given permits
sion to store 1000 barrels of petroleum at PIG
Commercial street.
CITY AUDITORS REPORT.
The report of the city auditor was referred
to the committee on accounts 1t is as fol-
lows:
Balance last year.. ........SI3l ,74S Al
Appropriation original. .............. 769l75 go
Receipts other than .from taxes and
doans =. 7S,979.64
Loans Tor paying maturing bonds. 10000 90
Loans temporary anticipating taxes. 200 OoO 90
transfer for OVERLAPPING, and abate.
m ments. :............... 1881
transfer Tor attachments. ............. 1881
surplus hcome.. ..................... 12,25S.92
S1272, 9So.27
Actuai expenditures LIZA, 93b.67
49, -. 80, O446O
Hess evergreen Iund............... 6,398.55
Investment and interest 92.646.O6
City.
Committee on reduction
of city debt. .S5457414
Bonded interest. I6.744hO
Drains and Sewers $500. l9llS2
evergreen Cemetery..... 95O65
evergreen fund amount. I83878
Forest City Cemetery -. 9O7.2O
Liquor agency............ 1922
marginal way contract. 1l,0622O
otate tax,... 4,608.34