The Portland daily press., 1892-08-20
CITY GOVERNMENT.
Special Meeting Of the City Council
Held Yesterday. 7

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City Treasury-ss4,3 $50 Ordered To Be
| Paid for the Gamewel1 Police Signal
| System-Other Business Transacted.
A special meeting of the City Govern
ment was held yesterday afternoon to
consider the recouping into the treasury
of some $1,000 pared from the appropria-
ton bill passed in May last. I
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDER
MEN.
Absent: Aldermen Josselyn.
An insane case was ordered sent to the
| asylum.
Wooden Buildings.
These petitions to erect wooden build
| ings were received:
Harriet L. Bradley to erect wood
shed at No. $50 Cumberland street..
| Mrs. Mary A. Rolfe to erect an addition
to dwelling at No. So Alder street.
| johnson & Findley to erect coal shed
on the flats east of Tukey's bridge.
These petitions were granted subject
| to the usual conditions.
Petitions for Licenses.
Of VIM. Ell. Green and Amos W. Herrick
for fish market at the end of Portland
and Cape Elizabeth bridge. Referred.
Of Israel Davis as victualler at 1928
Fore street.
Special Policemen.
The Mayor appointed and the alder
| men confirmed George Ham as special
policeman at Portland theatre, without
pay, for one year.
The order to pave Franklin street from
Middle to Deer street, passed in the
lower board at the regular meeting, was
referred in concurrence.
Undertaken.
The petition that James B. Tobin be
appointed an undertaken was laid on the
| table.
PAIRING the Appropriation Bill.
Alderman Guptill offered the following
| order:
Ordered-That the following sums be
deducted from the appropriations made
for the use of the following city depart
| ments for the present financial year:
Fire department. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS $500
| Water and hydrants .................. 1000
School repairs, special. ................. $500
School BOOKS --..-.........-........... 300
Total. .......... ...--......--......S $1,000
So that the sum to be raised and as
sessed on the polls and estates of the in
habitants and on the estates of non-resi-
dent proprietors of the city, according
| to law to defray the current expenses of
| the City of Portland. and also to pay the
| state and county taxes for the. financial
year beginning with the first day of
April, 1892, and ending with the last day
of; March, $685. shall be seven hundred
and twenty-eight thousand, seven hun
dred and twenty-four dollars and thirty
five cents. (72s, 72435.)
Mr.. Guptill said it was found this
money could be spared and the taxes re-
duced SO much, and he moved it's pas
sage. The motion was seconded by Al
derman Stevens. 1t received unani-
nous passage.
Gamewell Police Signal.
Mr.. Guptill offered this order:
Ordered-That the sum of S4,360 be
appropriated from the city liquor agency
fund, now in the hands Of Ethe treasurer,
to pay the Gamewell Fire Alarm Tele
graph Company for putting their police
telegraph system into the city, and that
tn treasurer pay the amount of the bill
to the Gamewell company when it has
been properly audited by the. city audi
tor and to charge it to the agency &C
count.
IN COMMON COUNCIL.
Absent: Messrs. Dunn, Simpson,
Howe, Pennell, Leighton. Webb and
Smith.
Emerson Street.
On motion of Mr.. Randall it was
moved to reconsider the vote on the Or
der in relation to Emerson street, passed
at the. last meeting, and it was so voted.
The order'w then passed in concur
renee.
PAIRING the Appropriation Bill.
The order to refund into the treasury
$1,000 from the appropriation bill was
called up.
Mr.. Little didn't think it right to take
the amount from the fire departmentIap-
preparation. If it is done, he said, it will
make the margin very close in the de-
partment appropriation, for $4,000 has
been expended IN apparatus and for men
this year. He thought other depart
ments should contribute. He moved to
amend by substituting the street depart
ment for fire department. The amend
| ment was not seconded.
Mr.. Randall wanted some one to ex-
| plain this matter. He said the COM
mittee in the beginning of this year said
| the sums appropriated were the least
they could get along with:
| Mr.. MCGOWAN said the $4,000 for school
repairs would not be needed. He said
| the majority of the committees from
whose appropriations money was to be
taken by this order, had said they could
do without the amounts to be taken.
MI. Randall thought some clear expla-
| L.