The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-04-21
OUR FAIR NEIGHBOR.
Her Poor Dine on Providence River
oysters.
THE CITY GOVERNMENT rs HAPPY
IN BRIGHT NEW QUARTERS.
An Ordinance Reported Organizing Fire
Poor to be Reformed-Other Business
Transacted Last Evening-A New
Aims House.

Poor to be Reformed-Other Business
! Transacted Last Evening-A New
| Aims House.
The city government of Deering met
! last evening in the new room that has
been fitted up in Lewis Hall for it. The
small hall on the first floor has been
divided into two rooms, one for the per-
manent Office Of the Clerk, Treasurer and
Collector Jones; and the other for the
meetings of the city council. The coun-
Gil room is a very neat and convenient
room, with woodwork finished in OIL
seats for spectators without the rail and
within the rail seven oak desks for the
aldermen, grouped in semi-circle
| about the larger desks of the mayor and
and clerk. The space within the rail is
nicely carpeted, and upon the whole the
| new city government has very attractive
quarters.
The mayor, clerk and all the aldermen
but Alderman True were present
The first business of the evening was
the resignation of DR.. G. W. Foster as
member of the Board OF Health. 1t was
accepted. The appointment of his sue
cessor will lie over to the next meeting.
The committee on streets, Messrs.
Jacobs, Neyens and Leighton reported
an order that the Westbroolx Electric
Light Company be requested to remove
and relocate their poles on Brighton
street under direction of the street COM
missioner. Efiis action was taken that
the poles may be removed from the
right of way of the electric railroad.
A communication was received from
the city committee asking the nomina-
tion of Fred v Matthews as Republican
member of the Board of Registration.
Accordingly Mayor Merrill appointed
Mr.. Matthews.
Warren P. Cobb was appointed con-
stable at Aliens Corner.
Petitions were received as follows:
From Gilman G. Lane and about forty others,
TOR sewer commencing on Forest avenue OPP
posite William street ahd continuing northerly
OIL Forest avenue to Pleasant street. thence
westerly on Pleasant street to Stevens Plains
avenue, thence northerly to center of New
Saunders, Spring, Mechanic, Lincoln, Pearl and
Pleasant street from the corner Of Stevens
Plains avenue to Smith street. Referred to
committee on sewers.
A. A. Lowell and seventeen others for the ex-
tension OF Grant street from Prospect street
southery to Mitchell hill through: land OF Henry
Albion Blackstone and seventeen others
asking for the establishment of an electric light
on Spring street. near Elisha Higgins's and at
point Of Intersection of Spring street and
Stevens Plains avenue Referred to committee
on lights and water. t7 4S
Aldermen Neyens presented an order
that the Mayor draw an order for the
payment of $364s13 to ". T.. Putnam,
attorney for the Portland and Rochester
railroad, for land damages awarded the
company at the April term, 1892, of the
Supreme Judicial Court, as follows:
Noyes street crossing $100, and county
commissioners costs $53.SS; Falmouth
street 500 and costs $10.25; William
street $50; and Fessenden street $50.
Laid over under the rules for second
reading at the next meeting.
Upon motion of Alderman Hutchins,
an order was passed that the several col
lectors of taxes of the town of Deering
pay forthwith to the city treasurer all
tax money in their hands on the first day
of each month; such payments to be
made in money only; and interest to be
charged foriall money held in disobedi-
ence to this order.
George M. Cram of MorriIls, were APP
The Fire Department.
Alderman Hutchins reported an ordi-
nance constituting the fire department
1t provides for a chief engineer and not
more than seven assistant engineers, to
be chosen annually by the city govern
ment, and of as many enginemen and
hosemen as the apparatus OF the city
shall require. The enginemen and other
subordinate members of the department
are to be appointed by the mayor and al
dermen on nomination of the chief en-
gineer, and shall be removable by the
chief engineer with the consent and adj
vice of the city council. There are to be
hosemen for seven hose companies, not
exceeding Is men each, who shall drill
once month from April to November
The chief and assistant engineers are
to organize themselve into board of en-
eineers to have general supervision of
| the department. The order was read
| once and laid over under the rules for a
second reading.
| Alderman Jacobs presented an order
| constituting q committee of three to be
| called a committee on accounts, who
shall have a clerk, who shall be the city
| Cl6IK, dlltt Keep SoucIol supervision OF
| the financial affairs of the city. The or
der had its first reading and was laid
| over.
Mayor Merrill made short speech on
better roads that would do the heart of
every wheelman good, and then intro
duced an order, which was passed, di-
recting the street commissioner to pro-
cure a screen and screen the large stones
out of the gravel which is to be put on
| the roads.
The Poor.
Overseer of the Poor Bell appeared in
regard to the management of the affairs
of the poor. He said that IN the past the
management Of the outside poor had
often been extravagant. Some of the
poor. as the bills showed, at the towns
expense, had been enjoying steaks at 2S
cents pound, eggs at 80 cents, canned
berries and other Injuries. He thought
there should be some improved means OF
supervising the help for the poor. Al
derman Nevens agreed that there
should be q change. He
said he knew. of cases