The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-11
DEER1NG.
No Public Park on the DR.. Clark
Land.

The City Cover nment Voted It Down Last
Night-Mayor Sawyer Cast the Deciding
Vote After an Able Address in Oppo-
sition.
The Deering city government held les
regular meeting last night. Alderman
Hanson was absent. There was quite a,
large attendance of citizens, as it was ex-
pected that the question of the proposed
city park would be settled. And it was
settled very promptly.
The order for the purchase OF the park
on the corner of Pleasant street and
Stevens Plains avenue had it's second
reading. Alderman Redlon was asked
to assume the chair, and Mayor sawyer
made his opposing address, calling at
tention to the large expenditures that
have recently been made by the city. 1t
it could be. afforded, he thought the lot
altogether too small,fo park land that
it could not and would not be a resort
for the people in Stroudwater and East
Deering. II this lot is purchased, the
sewer assessment of $735 must be abated,
also the taxes. He believed that in
the case of such an expensive luxury that
the matter should be referred to the d.
rect vote Of the people, and that the per-
senal wishes of few citizens should
not be taken to account. He then read
relnonstrances from jim. Read and 81
Others, Horace F.Milliken and 20 9TH
ers, T.. E. Chapman and 80 others. John
M.Adams and 81 others, Walter Pickett,
Andrew Halves, Z. M. Jacobs and IS 9TH
ers, George Russell, l.. P. Hawkins and
10 others, Joseph.S. Durham. Granville
M. Stevens and "a others.
z Alderman Davis moved that the order
have passage.
Alderman. Small thought the men who
offered the land, though actuated by
the best of motives, were exceeding their
powers and their duties. DR.. Clark left
this land to his wife. If it wasn't
claimed by body of men for a homeo-
pathic college, 1t was to revert to Kent's
Hill Seminary in eight years, as it has.
When it becomes worth $4,000 the in
terest was to go to the seminary. He
thought the trustees ought to get as
much as they could for it..and not sell
that half that value. That was cloud
Oh the title of it he thought. though he
did not inpute any but the best motives
to the trustees.
The matter was put to vote. Alder
men Davis, Berry and Redlon voted yes,
and Aldermen Small, Pierce and Gould
voted no. Mayor Sawyer cast the decisive
vote in the negative, and there will be
no public park on Pleasant street for
some years to come.
Frank p. Cummings and IS others
petitioned for two lights on Westbrook
street in Stroudwater, one at the turn
of the road near "A. A. Chesley's house,
the other in front of FTP. Cummings
house. Referred.
William G. Mitchell petitioned for per-
| mission to move his stable from his lot
on Deering Point to his lot on the corner
OF Deering and Falmouth streets. Re-
| ferred to the street commissioner.
An order was passed providing for sew
wers on Deering and Chestnut streets.
and that not exceeding 1925 be appropri-
ated for the purpose.
| Mrs. M. A. Starbird and 20 other ladies.
petitioned that the refuse of the Maine
General Hospital, consisting of ashes
and broken bottles, that had been
| dumped on Church street for sidewalk,
be removed, as it is undesirable and dan
gerous. Referred.
jim. Reed, president of the Pine Grove
Cemetery, OH. Reed and others petit
toned that the city accept the so-called
College street, between Stevens Plains
avenue and Pine Grove Cemetery, as
public highway, the same to occasion no
expense to the city. Referred.
The committee on new streets report
| ed in favor of leave to withdraw in re-
gard to the petition of John F. Proctor
and others for the street running from
Congress street, at Libby's Corner. down
| towards the old canal.
Messrs.J . B. Dresser and A. r. Huston
were appointed weighers of hay, straw
and stone, the former having purchased
the hay scales at Woodfords.
Frank h. Osgood was appointed cleo
| ton clerk in Ward 2, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Simeon
Tracey. ~
The order for. the abatement of the tax
on the Harriet J. Morrills property had
its second reading and was passed.
The report of the committee on sewers
built in 1898 showed that the.reoapitula-
ton of expense and assessment gives the
following figures Total cost, S32, 666. 81
to~be assessed upon abuttng property
holders, $40, 1872. 47.
Fire at East Deering.
IlsleyHall, at East Deering, was saved
from serious damage, if not entire de-
struction. by fire last evening, through
the prompt and energetic action of the
young ladies. The hall had been lighted
as usual for the prayer meeting, and a
few minutes afterward the bunting with
which the hall was decorated on Mon
day evening took fire from a piano lamp
which was near the stage. The only
,apr sopa prouapt uera the two donobto..