The Portland daily press., 1891-10-21
City of Wastbrook.

At meeting Of the board of Aldermen on
Monday evening the order for a brick side
walk on the North side Of Main street from
the bank to Bridge street received its second
reading and passed.
Petition Of Howard Wight In regard to
photographing the mayor and aldermen re-
ceived and granted.
Petition Of Frank NJ. Pennell In regard to
the acceptance Of Union street, so-called,
received and referred to committee on high
ways and new streets.
Reports Of committee on highways, side
walks. and bridges In reference to sidewalk
on Main street from Central street to Odd
Fellows block, received and accepted. An
order was passed to construct said sidewalk.
Petitions Of E. q. Sturgis and others In
Gustln and others for sidewalk on Dunn
street, were referred to the next city govern
ment.
Report Of committee on public grounds In
reference to purchasing interest Of Edw.
Chapman of A. L. Hawkes. guardian was
accepted and an order passed to the effect
that the city procure quit claim right Of re-
demption OF Ecw. Chapman Of the Chapman
farm for sum not exceeding the cost OF the
transaction.
An order was passed that all sums received
for entering sewers for the current munich
pal year be added to the appropriation for
drains and sewers.
Ordered that the collector be required to
make monthly report to the committee on
accounts Of the amount collected, discount
allowed and abatements made, commissions
and amounts paid over to the treasurer.
Two reports were received from the COM
mittee on fire department relative to the
Valentine hose company trouble. The ma
jority report sustain the engineers In their
action suspending the company and recon.
mending its disbanding the minority report,
which was accepted and passed, called upon
valentine Hose company to make suitable
| apology to the mayor and chief engineer and
| embodied resolution that upon the recep-
| tlon Of such an apology by the mayor and
| chisf engineer that the chief be instructed to
| restore said company to its former standing.
| Such ap )lOgy to be made within one week
| from the passage Of this order. IL no &C tion
| is taken by Valentine hose company the
| whole matter comes up for final disposition
by the aldermen at the next meeting In two
weeks.
The following petitlOn was received:
To the. Honorable City Council Of Vest
brook:
| The Portland Railroad company requests au-
| thority and permission to locate, construct
| and operate street railroad with the neces-
sary curves and turn-outs, to be operated by
| electricity, and to set and maintain neces-
| sary poles, wires, appliances and fixtures
| therefor, in and through the following street
and highway In said city viz: Beginning on
Main street at point opposite Saco street,
| thence easterll through Main street to Its In
| tersection with the county road leading from
Brighton corner In Deering TO CumDerland
| Mills thence south easterly along said county
road TO the boundary line Of the Town Of
| Deering.
In reference to this the following order
was passed:
Ordered, That the petition of the Portland
| Railroad company be referred to the com
| mittee on laying out new streets with In
structions to give the petitioners heariAI
| as required by statutes-to view the proposed
location and report to the city council thu
conditions upon which said location may b,
granted.
Adjourned.