The Portland daily press., 1891-09-08
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY FATHERS
inc Labor hearing PostPoned TOR
One Month.
Or. u. N. Brock Elected City Pny-
siclan Last Night.
New School Building Named Tor a
Noted Portland Teacher.

Inc regular monthly meeting OF tne CITY
government was held last evening ana
large amount of business was transacted.
several of the more important matters
expected were not acted on, such as
tne labor hearing which was postponed until
tue regular monthly meeting In OCTOBER and
poiiceman's hearing, which will take place
before the Board of Aldermen nextsMonday.
Dr. Brock was elected City PHYSICIAN 10
place of DR.. Thayer, resigned, and other
matters will be found in their appropriate
places.
IN Board OF Mayor and Aldermen.
The Board of Aldermen was called to order
by Mayor True. Present; Aldermen
Gallagher. Clark, McClutchy and Conant.
THE BATHING BEACH.
John Il. Curtis conveyed to the. city for
I'VE years for the sum of 81, the pathlng priv
ilege of the beach at the Eastern Promenade.
BAND CONCERTS.
A communication was received from the
committee on band concerts setting forth the
TACT that they have found much opposition
TO the proposition to hold Sunday concerts In
connection with other concerts, on legal and
moral grounds. While the committee be-
iieve the remonstrants have no moral ground
fol-. complaint they believe the legal point
well taken and believe that the city has no
right to spend any money for band concerts
Whatever They therefore recommend the
disc0ntinuance Of all concerts and ask for
tneir uischarge. The report Was accepted.
CLAIMS.
Annie Very says in her petition that she
lell into a hole In the sidewalk, breaking a
leg and receiving other injuries, for which
sum OF $1,000.
Mrs. Rowena bearing makes a similar
claim for injuries from fall on the sidewalk
Dy reason Of an iron grating. No sum Is set.
John s.. Williams wants SIS for building a
stone wall to protect the sidewalk.
All OF these claims were referred.
WANT STREETS ON THE ISLAND.
The Diamond Island Association petit
toned the city for the laying out on Great
Diamond island, of streets and avenues to be
named Cieeve street, Willis street, Crescent
avenue, Somerset avenue, Spring avenue,
Bay avenue and Diamond avenue.
JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS AND CLAIMS.
The committee on judicaI proceedinrslaud
claims recommended that petitioners BeDja-
min Cushing, Diana Leighton, G. K, New
comb and j. 5. Winchenback have leave to
withdraw. The committee asked for further
time t. consider sbd the claims Of Albert s.
They also recommended the following or
ders which were passed:
That the City Treasurer pay Daniel I. Kelly &
Sons, s7S.l2 for supplies for street depart
ment
That the City Treasurer pay the Long Wharf
proprietors s31917 upon full release, being ex-
ecuted by the proprletors, OF all claims against
the city.
BY THE NAME OF JACKSON.
1t was voted that the new school on Green
street be called "The Jackson Grammar
School," in honor of Henry jackson, who,
for quarter of century, "exerted a large
and beneficial influence upon the youth Of
this city,"
BUILDING PERMITS.
These petitions were granted:
A. v. Thompson, to erect building at No. 146
North street, for private stable.
VIM. Murray, to erect addition TO No. 113
washington street. Tor dwelling.
Dr. Hardy, 10 erect dwelling at No. 1913 North
street.
Edward I. Baker, to erect a dwelling at No. So
Edward Z. Proctor, to erect dwelling at No.
| 30 Crescent street.
VIM. Yorke, to erect dwelling at No. "A State
| street.
2. Collardo, to erect building at No. SO Lin
| coin street,
Henry soule to erect building at corner OF B
Alfred Richards, to erect dwelling at rs Con-
| gress street.
3. I. Baker, to erect carpenter shop at No. 6
summer court.
]. Nash, to erect shed at No. 43 Centre street
Geo. Z. MCGOWAN. to erect stable and carriage
| uOuoC az NO zoo FRANKLIN street.
John Comedian, to erect a dwelling at No. &C
Warren street.
. Robert J. Garsoe, to erect dwelling at No sI2
=: n. Hill, to erect brick dwelling at No. 1876
| Newbury street.
.I f. GO 9 Bradford, to erect dwelling at Nos 527
Mary 4. Winsow. to erect a private stable at
NO ia Newbury street.
VIM: Thompson and Mrs. s. NJ. Warren to erect
| an addition at No. Grant street. y OO-00'
Miss Ella.sargent, to erect an addition to No
Thomas Flaherty to erect an addition to dwell
ing No. SO Cotton street.
Frank Macarthur and ]. Floyd to erect dwelling
ana stable at No. ITO Cumberland street.
MISCELLANEOUS.
+. Greenough and 81 others petitioned fol-
| the laying out OF new street at Peaks Isl
and.
Jas. Harris requests the city to remove
| some trees from In front of his house on Cot
| ton street. Referred.
| The joint committee on revising th1 ordi-
nances reported the present edition Of ordl-
nances as incomplete and recommended 3
new revised edition atan expense not exceed.
| Ing $500.
The sewer tax on properly Of the Eye and
Ear lnhrmary was abated.
James K. Anderson was appointed speia al
| police.
The Consolidated Light Company asked
Tor permission to attach wires to poles on
franklin and Congress streets.
L
| cense.
Vincent Richards was granted billiard
| license.
Bridget E. Moles was granted a license to
| keep an employment office.
Papers from the lower board were passed
| In concurrence.
An ordinance regulating the placing Of
wires under ground, under certain restric
lions, was passed.
In Common Council.
Absent-Messrs. Bracket. O'Brien, Rines
Little. Strout, Josselyn and Leighton.
In the absence of the President, Mr.. Nc
Gowan was elected president pro tenn.
The reading of the records was dispensed
with.
HIGH SCHOOL BOILER HOUSE.
Mr.. Rounds offered an order that 5000 be
taken from the contingent fund and appro-
priated to High school boiler house. The
order was passed. IA yeas, 0 nays, and sent
up.
LINCOLN STREET CRosswALK.
Mr.. MCGOWAN offered a petition for a
crosswalk on Lincoln street, at Smith street.
Referred with power and sent up.
MORNING STREET.
The order for sidewalks on the south side
of Morning street, passed at former meeting
was recOnsidered, and this board receded.
concuring with the upper board, In reference
to the committee on laying out new Streets.
THE LABOR HEARING.
Mr.. Rounds offered communication from
the Longshoremen's Benevolent Society.
urging day Of nine hours instead Of thir..
teen, the length of their present working
day. Mr.. Rounds asked, as 1t would be in,
convenient for the different representatives
OF labor organizations to be present at this
meeting, owing to Its being Labor Day. TO
give hearing on October 9th. the next regu-
lar monthly meeting, and that the notice OF
the hearing be published In the usual form.
THE MARKET HOUSE.
Mr.. Randall offered the report of the CON-
mittee on market house, recommending its
sale outright. or lease for term of years,
and the appointment OF committee with
power to take charge Of the matter. The re-
port was accepted. and the president ap-
pointed Messrs. Randall, McAleny and
Rounds as said committee, with two to be
appointed by the aldermen.
THE NORTH SCHOOL.
MIR. Cousins offered an order that $500 be
transferred from the contingent fund TO the
repair OF North school sanitary, this being
necessary to finish work on the building.