The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-07

A communication was received from
ID. j. Callahan, who urged the city gov
erment to have the city schools repre-
sented at Chicago. 1t was received and
placed on file
An order was passed directing the
committee ON judicial proceedings and
claims to consider what steps should be
taken to gain freer access to the books
OF the county commissioners.
A list OF jurors was presented and ac-
cepted.
An ordinance putting all electrical APP
planes in the city under control of the
city electrician, was passed to be EN-
crossed.
An order was passed to put up street
signs throughout the city.
A petition of the Atkinson Company
for leave to raise the roof ofethe building
next adjoining theirs on Pearl street, was
granted subject to the usual conditions.
Mayor Merrill of Deering, was present
at the session last evening.
An order was passed taking $500 from
the liquor agency fund to pay the teach
ers OF the evening school. $1,000 was
also transferred from the school salaries
to the schools.
An invitation was received by the
Mayor and Common Council to allow the
inspector of buildings to attend the
fourth annual convention of building in
spectors at st. Louis, February 14th, '9S
The committee on new stree is reported
that they had laid out new street on
Peaks island, ito be called Pleasant ave-
nue., running from Church avenue to
Trefethen avenue.
The board of engineers report that the
Centre street school is not properly pro-
vided with fire escapes, and warn the
city to put up suitable escapes with
in sixty days. The same report is also
made in regard to the Monument street
school.
In Common Council.
President MeGowan in the chair.
Absent: Councilmen Little and Chute.
Records of the last meeting read and
approved.
Councilman Kehoe introduced an order
to provide for the paying of Mr.. Mulhall
for painting done for the city. Passed
and sent to the upper board.
Councilman Knowles introduced an
order to provide for the painting of street
signs, at cost, not to exceed $500, to be
paid out of appropriation for streets,
sidewalks and bridges. Councilman
Pennell moved that the order be referred
| to the next city government, but his
motion was lost by party vote.
| The order then received passage and
| was sent up.
| Councilmen Kehoe, O'Brion and Pen
nell were appointed as committee to con
1 fer with a committee from the upper
| board on the matter of the New England
Paving Co. IS bonds.
! The committee on conference failed to
agree and were discharged.
| Councilman Pencil raised point that
the orders transferring moneys from the
street committee appropriation had not
been legally passed, requiring yea and
nayivote, and they had been passed by
acclamation.
President MCGOWAN called Council.
man Pencils attention to the fact that
he had remarked that the two bills had
''passed," and that had evidently settled
it.
Councilman Knowles introduced an
order to prevent the Portland Railroad
Company from using salt on their tracks
in any place, except on switches.
Councilman Webb moved that the or
der be referred to the committee or
| streets.
Councilman Webbs motion was car
ried.
A call came from the upper board fol
another committee of conference on the
New England Paving Company's bonds
matter, and Councilmen Hicks, Prince
and Tibbetts were appointed as sucf
| committee.
1 The committee agreed to recede ant
concur with the upper board, and accep
the $500 offered by bondsmen.
/ Matters from the upper board received
passage in concurrence.
All Eat Oysters.
After the transaction of the city bust
ness, President MCGOWAN of the council
invited his associates to Harding
where he paid handsomely the be