The Portland daily press., 1891-07-15
CITY AFFAIRS.
Special Meeting of the Board Of May
or and Aldermen.

A special meeting of the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen was held yesterday afternoon
at 8 O'Clock. Absent. Aldermen Conant and
Stephenson.
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY.
The hearing on the petition of the Consol-
idated Electric Light Company for permits
sion to set line of poles on the south side
of Congress street, from No. 1872 to No. 3l6
was the first business considered.
George E. Raymond, superintendent OF the
company, and Mr.. Cummings, the city cleo
triciap, gave testimony at the hearing.
An order was passed granting permission
to set poles, as follows One each between
numbers 1872 and 202, 20S and 214, southeast
corner of Congress and Mountfort streets,
| three in front of Eastern Cemetery. one on
line between North school and Church of the
Messiah, southwest corner of Congress and
India streets, one between 273 and 2S4, 2S6
and 1872, southeast corner of Congress and
Hampshire streets, one between 81 and BIG
Congress street. The poles to be from 40 to
So feet In height, with cross arms at top for
use of the city All work and material to be
satisfactory TO the city electrician and con-
fOrmable to city ordinances
THE MARKET LOT.
The following order was received from the
Common Council at its last meeting too late
for action, 1t was taken up and passed in
concurrence. and Aldermen Lewis and Gal
lagher added to the committee on the part of
the upper board.
Ordered, That joint special committee be
appointed to consist of three on the part of
this board with such as the Mayor and Al
dermen may join, to consider the advisable
ty of selling ths market lot" Sc-called with
the buildings thereon. either as whole or
10 lots, to parties who will guarantee to
build within a reasonable time substantial
brick buildings. suitable for mercantile or
mechanical purposes. Said committee is in
structed to report to the City Council at its
next regular meeting, with such recommen-
dations as 1t may deem proper.
HIGH SCHOOL BOILERS.
The following order was introduced by
Alderman Gallager:
Ordered, that the committee on public buildings
proceed at once In the construction OF suitable
boiler house and boilers for the High School
building, for which the sum of $4,000 has been
appropriated.
On motion Of Alderman McCiutchy, Mr..
Beal was called ~ report the result of the
test a::.u examination he made of the boilers.
so far as safety Is concerned, Mr.. Beal is
perfectly satisfied with them, but they are
too small to heat the building since the ad
ditiOns that have been made to the original
building. He thought 1t would be economi-
cal to have larger boilers which would heat
the building by carrying pressure OF from
six to eight pounds.
In answer to question from the Mayor.
| he was inclined to think that the shutting
up of the grammar school rooms in the third
story OF the building would not make very
| great difference in the amount of steam re-
quired. 1t would make some difference, but
not great deal.
In case new boilers are put in a great deal
of fuel can be saved. The whole system of
heating now in the High School building is
| all wrong.
The Mayor said that there was no question
about the desirability of new boilers, but he
thought the matter should be left to the next
city council who will doubtless authorize an
entire reconstruction of the building, and he
thought the whole work should be left until
that time when 1t could be done IN a system
attic manner.
Alderman Lewis raised the point of par
liamentary practise that the order pending
which was substantially the same as had
been non-cOncurred in at the last meeting
and referred to the committee on public
buildings could not come before the board
for action at this time.
The Mayor sustained the point raised by
Alderman Lewis.
Alderman Gallagher insisted upon his
order and appealed from the decision of the
chair.
The chair was overruled and the motion
carried by vote of to /. The members
voting for the passage of the order were
Aldermen Birnie, Gallagher, Clark and Nc
Clutchy.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
The bond of David l.. Fernald as inspector
OF fish was approved.
Licenses to keep billiard rooms were issued
to John b. Bishop at Cushing's Landing,
Long Island; VIM. DeWolfe at No. 229 Dan
forth street; and Harvey Hall at No. 1856
Fore street.
BUILDING PERMITS GRANTED.
Building permits were granted to the fol
lowing:
E. G. Richards, dwelling house. No. 90
Gray street.
A. K. Cox u Son, modify brick building
for fantnru No nd lI..in