The Portland daily press., 1891-11-21
CITY GOVERNMENT.
Business Transacted at Yesterday
Afternoons Special Meeting.

There was a special meeting OF the
Board of Mayor and Aldermen at 4.3o pm.
yesterday. Present, the Mayor, Aldermen
Birnie, Gallagher. McClutchy. Conant.
Stephenson and Lewis. The following
business was transacted
PETITIONS.
We, the undersigned merchants doing bust
ness on Middle street, DO here sr PsIlt,on your
honorable body 10 have Tue lruit Venuers and
hawkers forbidden selling goods on the street
Cameron & Leat6e' Davis & Garland,
G. L. Bailey. f. s. Beal.
Standard Clothing Co.. G. ". Marston,
King q Dexter A. l.. merry,
IL. H. Hay g. Son, N. e. barraDee,
D. L. Mitchell, Dean DrotneIs,
w. III. Brown, j. M. Durgan,
f. L. Bosworfb j. w. Leathe,
j. L. Libby X "a M. e. Mcdonald,
l. s. Bean Line. Daniels,
Burbank, Douglass & Co Charles A. Perry,
L. A. Wood, George Y. shaw,
B. Greenoueh & Co.. Chadbourn q Kend3ll,
1. ID. Cushman & Son, Hogan brotners:
stevens Z Jones Com'y,g. d. LamMson,
Cyrus Lowell. Edwards g Walker,
John Brackett William McAleny,
F. P. Tibbetts & Co., Chapman Banking Co,
N. K. Redlon Allen X. Bangs,
David Hooper, NJ. E. DonnelI.
Alderman Gallagher moved that the Pc
tition be laid on the table, as he said he
thought the city government had no right
to Interfere with people in the discharge Of
a lawful calling.
Alderman Conant said he thought there
was difference between driving along the
streets and selling goods and standing for
hours In front Of one store. IL was unani-
mously voted to lay the petition on the ia
BILE.
The Mayor stated that these vendors
were carefully watched by the police de-
partment. and that in his opinion they
were not making nuisances Of themselves
now.
Petition Of Western Union Telegraph
Company to erect poles on Cross, Cotton
and Centre streets, was received and
placed on file, and an order accompanying
the same giving permission was passed.
Petition of E. FL. Daveis and u others,
passed by the council last week for fitting
up the building at the corner Of Spring
and South streets, for charitable purposes
was referred In concurrence and the order
accompanying was also referred In concur
renee.
Petition of Samuel Davis for license as
pawnbr0ker at $50 Fore street, approved
by the marshal, was granted.
THE $4,000 ORDER.
Alderman Conant asked for a yea and
nay vote on the $4,000 order for filling
In Back Cove flats.
Alderman Gallagher said that whereas
the vote was unanimous. Mr.. Commits re-
marks were rather superfiuous.
At the request of Alderman Conant, the
rula of tho hoo ri rooord;no o,o.oor;o ttoo.
was read, which forbids the appropriation
Of any money after the annual budget is
made up, unless sum is transferred from
one appropriation to another.
Mr.. Conant thought that ended the mat
ter, but the Mayor said that there was no
appropriation, simply matter Of propos-
ing a contract with some person who was
willing to wait for his pay.
Mr.. Conant replied that evidently there
was no appropriation.
Mr.. Burgess read the order and Mr..
Conant said that the city treasurer had
told him the money could not be appropri-
ated without yea and nay vote.
Mr.. Burgess stated that Mr.. Libby was
mistaken. lie read rule of the board re-
curing yea and nay vote for a transfer of
money from one appropriation to another,
and said that the present case was quite
different. Mr.. Conant persisted in his mo-
ton for the yeas and nays, and it was &C.
cordingly taken, all voting yea.
Mr.. COnant read a letter from Mr.. G.. T..
Philbrook, asking the city to build sewer
for house which he proposed to build.
Mr.. Conant said that the sewer committee
had no money left, but that he thought
that the work should be done. He there
fore moved that the sewer be built, 125 feet
in length as matter Of public necessity.
1t Was accordingly voted unanimously.
BUILDING PERMITS.
The following building permits were
granted:
Melvin Hamblet, dwelling house, 81 Douglass
street.
E. Il. Thompson. storehouse. rear As Preble
street.
d. f. Murdock dwelling, 96 Beckett street.
w. ID. johnson, dwelling, 46 Merrill street.
Portland q Rochester Railroad, car shed.
HI. Weber. addition to house, log Newbury
y. 3. Drysdale, cement pipe works, 1877 and
169 Kennebec street.
g. E. Phibrook, dwelling. Neal and West.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
Correspondence with Robert E. Northam
of Providence. r. l., was read, announcing
a bequest of Mrs. Jane s. Robson of $3.50
for perpetual care Of her tomb in the East
ern cemetery, and an order was passed au-
thorizing the city treasurer to accept the
sum. to be entered upon his books as "The
Robson TrustiFund." the inco me of which
shall be set apart forever for the care of
the lot.
Reports of deputy marshals of lights out
for May, June, July, August, Septembe
and October were received and referred to
the committee on street lights.
A list of sidewalks built during the year
was received and placed on record, as is
required by the new sidewalk ordinance.