The Portland daily press., 1893-07-18
CITY OF WEsTBRook.
Adjourned Meeting of the City Council
Last Evening.

AN adjourned meeting of the West
brook City Council was held last eve
ming, President Cutter in the chair.
Mayor Cordwell was in attendance and
every alderman was present. Mayor
Cordwell presented two claims against
the city, one from Mrs. Cameron and al
SO that of Mrs. F. R. bennett of Port
land, for $4,000, for injuries caused by
a defective sidewalk on Cedar street.
The claims were referred to the city So
licitor.
The ordinance relating to sale of gum
powder had its final reading and pas
sage.
The order for the grading of Lamb
street came up for second reading and
was refused passage by vote of seven
TO six.
The committee having in charge the
matter of an additional standpipe re-
ported that one could be built at cer-
tain amount of expense, the sum for the
standpipe to be $50. Alderman Lane
SAID as the matter was for the conven-
fence OF private parties for street sprink-
ling purposes that there was no obiec-
ton if they were willing to bear the ex-
pense, and it was so voted.
An order had it first reading for the
taking of $1,000 from the appropriation
on streets for a sidewalk on Main
street.
The committee on fire department re-
commended the placing of several new
hydrants in accordance with petitions
presented.
Alderman Goodell from the commit
tee on sewers, reported that it had been
deemed advisable to continue operations
to Main street and the cost would not
exceed the estimate of $265O.
The question as to the line of Brown
street, came up and an order was passed
to it's first reading appropriating 81, 5S9. so
for the establishment of the new street
as laid out. 1t was reported inexpedi-
emit to discontinue the county road in that
vicinity.
A report was made by Alderman
Cloudman establishing the grade of
Brown street and the provisions explain
ed and the difficulties encountered as to
the grade of the Maine Central and
Portland & Rochester railroads. No ac-
ton was taken.
1t was voted that the sum of 81. $50 be
taken from the loan of the Walker estate
for the construction of the Files street
sewer.
An order appropriating $3.50 for rental
OF new hydrants was passed to It's first
reading.
Ian order presented by Alderman Lane
for the appropriation of $3.50 for the
sewer construction account, the balance
OF the loan from the Walker estate had
its first reading.
Petitions Presented.
OF Albert L. Parker and Is others that
when Forest street is laid out it be across
the Maine Central and Portland & Roch-
ester railroads. Referred to committee
on laying out new streets. Of George
York for license for sanitary purposes.
Of A. G. Cloudman and others for in
crease of police force. Referred to COM
mittee on police.
The Brown Street Sewer Hearing.
The board went into committee of the
whole, Alderman Winslow in the chair.
for the purpose of giving hearing to
the abutters on the Brown street sewer.
who think the assessments excessive,
Ex-Alderman Skates made a statement
in regard to the necessity of the sewer
and the large expenses incurred in blast
ing through solid rock.
Mr.. Haskell and several of the peti-
TONERS were heard, who endorsed the OK
plantations of ex-Alderman Skates, chair
man of the committee on sewers last
year, urging that the assessment was
excessive and some of it unjust. The
engineering was also criticised that made
the cost of the sewer unnecessarily high.
The injustice of taxing by square feet
was discussed by aldermen and petition
ers, and was generally admitted to be
wrong.
The committee rose, and the whole
matter was referred to the committee on
drains and sewers with power to read
just the assessments.
Adjourned to first Monday in August.
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