The Portland daily press., 1891-05-16
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| The proceeds Of said bonds shall be applied Il
the construction OF sewers and such other i'm
proyements upon said annexed territory as may
from time 70 time be authorized by the City Coun
ell OF Portland.
1t may be pertinent here to suggest thai
the annexed territory" has three votes
only out Of the "a in the "City Council"
Then follows section 9 with great preten'
sions:
Section 6-The mayor and aldermen shall
cause the building of such sewers and outfalls al
may be primarily necessary In the territory an
nexed. the same to form part OF general sys
the present and probable future wants OF the
same. The trustees Of the improvement fund
shall from time TO time sell the bonds provided
for In the preceding section, and pay over the
proceeds thereof 10 the city treasurer, who shal
open an account with the Deering improvement
fund.- crediting thereto all sums received from the
sale OF said bonds and from other sources herein.
after named, and charging against said fund all
sums expended by said city OF Portland Tor sew,
ers and other improvements upon said annexed
territory. Said sewers shall be constructed IN
accordance with the provisions OF chapter three
hundred and sixty eight OF the private and spec
ial laws OF the year eighteen hundred and seven,
tythree, and OF the ordinances OF said city OF
Portland. But all money received BY the city
from the parties benefited BY such sewers shall
sewers in other streets In said annexed territory,
as the same may become necessary. When, In
the opinion Of the mayor and aldermen, the fur
ther extension OF the sewerage system can be
provided for from the yearly taxation. said trus-
tees shall destroy said town bonds remaining un-
sold In their custody aud be discharged from their
sales Of bonds and the disposition OF the proceeds,
and report the same yearly to the mayor and al
dermen.
The next to the last sentence In this sec
tion throws a flood Of light upon Deering's
ability TO demand the expenditure OF this
money upon the annexed territory. when In
the opinion OF the mayor and aldermen, etc.
What II the mayor and aldermen, In thelI
afx 30 40 fba al nd f0d
ness Of the city, should order the destruction
Of the bonds before any considerable amount
Of them have been used. Even though them
selves acting In good faith, can they also
compel the city council, who have word to
say about appropriations. to provide Tor
We have striking example Of what Is lla-
BILE to occur, in the city council at the PRES
ent time, where the appropriation bill passed
by the aldermen Is hung up by vote Of II TO
10, the eastern end against the western end
Of the city, and all because the eastern
eleven ask for S28, 900 Of the 500 COO for roads
to be expended at the eastern end. Deering
would have three votes only. not eleven with
which to oppose Portland on such question.
and therefore could not even check the
progress of bill.
In section thirteen, which provides for the
choice Of the usual ward officers, even the
election of the trustees of the improve
ment fund" Is taken from the inhabitants of
Deering, or Ward 8, and placed In the hands
Of the all sufficient ''city counclp lest per-
chance some one OF these might be Deering
man and sympathize with Deering In her
needs.
II any reader Of this article has been rely
Ing upon the enabling act as provision for,
or an assurance Of, desired improvements
and advantages, 1t Is earnestly hoped that he
will disabuse himself by a careful examlna-
tion Of the act. 1t will certainly result In
profitable disappointment. III, then, IL must
be question OF guardianship without bond,
case Of paternal graciousness on the part
Portland and Of submissive supplication on
the part Of Deering, 1t behooves US In choos-
ing our guardian to consider we'll ths proba-
bilities Of the future.
Portland Is small and compact. Deerlng
is twice as large In area. and comparatively
thinly populated. Figures show that Port
land has on the average IA people on given
area to every one person on the same area In
Deering; that Portland has, on the average,
S4 In property on every acre for every dollar
In Deering on the same area. Portland Is a
business centre, both for Its own population
and that OF t1e surrounding country, Is sub
ject to and has need of an elaborate code Of
ordinances, various licenses, and numberless
other regulations and provisions which,
though expensive, are still necessary to city
life, where man Is crowded by his numerous
neighbors. Deering Is essentially a country
town, consisting almost wholly Of farms and
residences. with nothing to require that they
fetter themselves by any such ordinances
and regulations.
We can Judge from these differences
whether or not Deering's interests are like ly
to be Identical with those Of Portland /;
S1etass vi fss rns Ss mot tho har%Spy csS co0Dc viii
Deering need only remember that a majority
Of one Is all that Is necessary to determine
the result where a question of local interest
Is at issue, when 1t Is decided who shall have
the limited amount OF money and who shall
wait; whether or not Portland's seventy
seven streets and parts Of streets shown by
the last report to have no sewers shall be
her streets paved before Deering's are re-
paired. The interests Of two localities so
essentially different must necessarily be an
tagonistic.
The suburbs OF Boston have been cited as
examples of successful unions, but In each
case they were essentially cities, full Of city
life and trade, with density Of population
and a value to the acre averaging very nearly
the same as Boston Itself. We have no way
Of knowing how much more prosperous
they might have been, even In their ripe con-
dition, had they not annexed to Boston.
Possibly had they not annexed such thriving
suburban towns as BrOokline, Everett and
Ffamingham, each of which Is many times
as populous as Deering, might not have out
rivaled them as they have, In drawing the
wealth and culture OF Boston to within their
borders.
Since writing the above the writer has Pc
rused pamphlet entitled, Annexation
Notes" which, 1t Is understood, will be
spread broadcast over the town Saturday af-
tesnoon. II Is practically repetition Of his
Reply, and consists chiefly OF pure asser-
ton without authority.
THE AUTHOR OF THE PAMPHLET.