The Portland daily press., 1893-02-17
CITY GOVERNMENT.
Special Meeting Last Evening-Loan
Authorized-Asphalt Paving-Other Mat
tiers of Interest.

Acknowledgment Paving-other Mat
tiers of Interest.
A special meeting of the city govern
ment was held last evening for the pur-
pose of authorizing temporary loan of
$4,000
In the Board of Aldermen, Messrs.
Stevens and Josselyn were absent.
The following order was passed unani-
mously by the aldermen:
Ordered, That the City Treasurer be and
hereby is authorized and directed to hire on the
credit of the city the sum OF $4,000. and to
issue bonds to said amount bearing date March
1st 1898, payable in gold March 1st, 1913,
with interest at the rate OF per cent per an,
mum, PAYABLE on the first days of March and
September each year; said bonds to be either
coupon or registered.
This order was at first nom concurred
IN by the council. Councilman Webb
wished to know if it was necessary.
Mr.. Hicks explained that it was neces-
sary to meet city bonds falling due.
Mr.. Prince thought the order should
state the purpose.
After short debate between Messrs.
Pennell and Kehoe, it was voted to non
concur.
When the order came back to the al
dermenit was amended by adding: ITO
meet city bonds falling due March LIST,
1897
Thus amended the order passed both
boards.
The Park Lands.
The following order was passed by the
aldermen:
Ordered, That the City Treasurer be. and he
execute on behalf of the city, the conveyanceS
required to carry into effect the. report OF the
special committee on extension OF Deering Park
accepted August 1St, 1892. and the order there
on approved September 1st, 1892.
This order relates to the exchange
made with Wescott and Conant and Hen
ny Deering. These parties owned a strip
of land near Grove street, between the
railroad track and the park, while over
towards Deering bridge the city had
some land on the further side of the
railroad track. By an exchange the city
gave it's land beyond the track and re-
ceived that on this side. This leaves the
track the boundary of the park on that
side.
The council concurred in passing the
order.
The Asphalt Paving.
The order to settle the asphalt paving
bonds for $4,000, which has been held up
in the Council Chamber, was brought
up by Councilman Little, who moved
that the Council recede and concur with
the aldermen. Mr.. Little's motion failed
by vote of 8 to s. Then there was a
parliamentary discussion as to whether
under these conditions the order should
go back to the aldermen. Messrs. Chute
and Kehoe thought it should not, but
President MCGOWAN thought that it
should.
Here President McGowan called on
City Solicitor Bradbury to give deci-
sion on the parliamentary point. But
the latter declined to do so, contenting
himself with urging the settlement of
the bonds for S., 200.
The aldermen adhered to their posi-
ton, and appointed Messrs. Gallagher
and Rogers to unite with Councilmen
Simpson, Melaugh and Prince as a COM
mittee of conference.
This committee agreed on the order as
originally passed. and the Council re-
coded by a vote of 10 to 8.
So it has been settled that the city will
settle with Messrs. Wood and Rollins for
81, 900.
The Police Bill.
In the Common Council Mr.. Kehoe
presented resolution in relation to the
so-called police BILL now pending in the
legislature. First reciting that the effect
of the bill would be to take the control
of the police from the city government
where it has been vested since the in
corporation of the city, and vest it in an
irresponsible board, the resolution con-
tinues that this would be a blow at local
self government Therefore the repre-
sentatives from the city and the senators
from the county are requested to oppose
the bill, and the Mayor instructed to see
that the city is represented at the hear
ing on the bill.
This resolution passsd the board of al
dermen without debate and unanimously
but in the council there was some dis
cussion. Mr.. Webb wanted light on this
matter. He thought the resolutions
should be referred to committee to ex-
anime them carefully and get the full
scope of their intention.
Mr.. Kehoe said as he understood the
matter the intent was to take the control
of the police force out of the hands of
the Board of Mayor and Aldermen of
cities of over 10, 900 population and put
it in the hands of three commissioners,
of which the Mayor of each city should
be one. He claimed that the charter
holds the Mayor and Aldermen RESPONSE
BILE for the law and order of the city, and