The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-18
THE BEAYFR PONDS DISTRICT.
Caused a Lengthy and Exciting Mestini
 of the seieetmen Last Night.

Caused a Lengthy and Exciting Meeting of the saieetman Last Night. Every member of the board of select men was present at the meeting Inst night, when the Beaver pond difficulty was again brought up. A committee from the park commission, headed by the mayor and consisting of General E. F. Bradley, Henry T. Blake and Select man Pohlman, was also in attendance. Mayor Sargent introduced the subject by siating that the committee was pres ent in reference 10 the Beaver pond question and requested that commit tee from inc selectmen be appointed 10 confer with the park committee for the proper adjustment of the trouble. He then hurriedly left the room to attend the swayne investigation, leaving the matter in the hands of General Brad ley.
 Mir. Bradley stated that he had little to say in addition to what the mayor had said, except that he himself wished | the matter settled, as he was financially | interested in improvements in that part of the town. He hoped that the two committees would meet and talk over the mntter, and said that he was of the opinion that this was the better way to reach m understanding. Mir. Blake, in substance, corroborated all that Mayor Sargent and General Bradley had said. The committee then left the room. Later there was Il lively discussion as to what should be done with the request of the park commissioners. Selectman Forbes said he did not like the idea of the mayor coming down and trying to run the board by telling it what 1t should do. Selectman Pohlman did not ugree, however, with MT. Forbes. The members of the board could not see what good could be done by appointing such committee as requested, because there is Il committee of the board that already had the matter in hand. It was the opinion that this committee Qhe finance committee, which has the power 10 negotiate the purchase and sale of property), was the proper body to refer the matter to.
 Mr. Baldwin strenuously opposed the appointment of committee or con- ference. He said that the finance com mittee had recently reported progress in the matter and he did not see as any thing else could be done at present, and that if it was the purchase of property that the park commissioners wished to oh hA ,irrl,t Iyr In municate with was the finance commit tee.
 Selectman Pohman stated that the park commissioners committee had ap- peared before the board in good faith and courteous consideration of their request should be made. At this junct- ure the resolutions, relative to the Beaver pond matter that were passed at the meeting of the park commission last Friday and published ill the Journal and Courier the next day, were read.
 In the face of this the board still pro- fessed ignorance as to what was want ed, and after several motions had been made and withdrawn it was finally voted to refer the resolutions from the park commissioners to the finance com | mittee.
 Assessors Neil and Merrill appeared | before the board and stated that a wardrobe was needed ill their new quar- ters and that several changes would have to be made. The matter was re- ferred to the construction committee with power to act.
 Civil Engineer Bogart presented a new map of the harbor oyster lots, which he said was a correct one in every particular. He stated that the one made for the board by Engineer Sanford was not correct one, and that the harbor line, as established in Mir. Sanford's maps, did great injustice to a number of oyster bed owners, inas- much as it cut off from their lots much that it should not. One of the sufferers is A. E. Hamilton, who appeared before the board and corroborated MT. Bogart's s statements. The matter was tabled and the board adjourned.
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