The Portland daily press., 1894-01-04


goes by Deerlng street. The expense of
the widening would be large. it would
take twenty feet from the front of his
property, and he should esteem that
almost as much as all the rest, which
the assessors value at about SIS, 900. 1t
had taken fifty years to grow the shade
trees which would be laid down.
%Questioned by City Solicitor George G.
hopkins, Mr.. Kicker said he of course
should not care so much if the widening
was done on the other side of the street.
In the afternoon Judge Tolman APP
Peared on behalf of the city OF West
brook, which is anxious that the i'm
! provement be'made
! EX-Alderman Joseph Fl. Hutehins
spoke briefly. in favor of the widening.
Mr.. Warren Sparrow spoke of the ex-
tent OF the widening. He thought that
| twenty foot would be much better than
ten Tor the roadway.
Nh. Fred V. Matthews said the Odd
Fellows would be hurt equally whether
| the widening was for ten or twenty feet
He thought the widening should surely
be twenty feet.
Captain Harmon favored twenty feet
Tor the good of the avenue.
Mr. M. M. Bailey said that on his land
| one more row of trees would be taken by
twenty-foot strip than by ten foot
| one.
Otherwise the general sentiment was
emphatlcally for a widening of twenty
rect. The side of the petitioners being
closed,
Mr.. Lewis Mcclellan
began for the remonstrants. He thought
1T unfair for the county of Cumberland
to be called on for SO great an expense
to widen a road which is largely occu-
pied by an electric road. In the speakers
opinion the Supreme court would be
called on sometime to decide whether
electric roads should dash at breakneck
speed along public highway. In Port
land bicycle with it's tires covered with
| rubber, could not be run over six miles
an hour. Then Mr.. Mcclellan dwelt up
on the fact that there were other WAYS of
getting into Portland than by the electric
road or teams along Forest avenue.
There were both the Maine Central and
Rochester roads But Mr.. Mcclellan
thought the street was wide enough al
ready. He also thought the travel was
not SO great as represented. Sixty
thousand dollars would be the last that
it would cost the county for these i'm
provements. The people representing
Deering were like Mark Twain, who was
willing during the war that "all his
wife's relatives should be sacrificed. D
They wanted Deering to be abundantly
DIeSSet DIT GHc expense OIL Jhe rest OF
Cumberland county. A hundred and
fourteen thousand square feet would
have to be taken; and he thought that
Messrs. Sparrow and Kicker would re-
cover not less than dollar square foot.
(Laughter.) 1t must be remembered that
there would be an appeal to the Supreme
court and one had only to have read the
PRESS and Argus-which give so good
accounts OF what is going on in the
World-to know from little incident on
Cushing's island how country Jury
looks at the value of real estate.
Mr.. E.C Jordan was called and said
that for his improved property at Wood
lords, where there was no retreat to back
land, he should ask fifty cents square
foot. But ,unoccupied land in the ssinter-
vening region between Woodfords ana
Portland was held at ten or twelve
cents a foot. ~
in behalf of Mr.. M. NJ Bailey, E. C.
Reynolds. Esq, spoke for widening of
only ten feet AT present the city claims
on the front of Mr.. Bailey's land STRIP
from six to twelve feet wide, which he
has bought of grantors who had held it
for fifty years. IT in addition twenty feet |
more are taken. it would work havoc |
with Mr.. Bailey's land and trees.
Mr. Lindley M. Webb for his client
argued that it would not be necessary |
to widen Forest avenue beyond Spring
street.
Assessor Myron e. Moore was called |
and testified as to the assessed values of |
land along the route.
2 This closed the hearing. Decision is
reserved. 90&
'+s%4 OakdaIe, A4
Mr.. Arthur Clark is unable to attened
TO business on account of a severe cold.
Mrs. #yer is Ill at her home on sFessen-'
den4street. Ill
Mrs. Boak and son are in Boston,
The large oak in front of the Oakdale
school house has been removed Its
growth indicated it had braved the
storms of more than century.
The party given in Oakdale hall Mon
day evening was brilliant success.
The young children of Hon. W. W.
Brown, on Forest avenue, are ill with
fever.
The A. B. G. Klass meets this week
Friday afternoon, January 5th, at Mrs.
Baxter's. Pleasant street, Woodfords.
Mrs. Mcdonald, the leader, will be present.
Mrs. A. N Halves of Oakdale, Deering.
who is studying at the Martyr College
of Oratory in Washington, D. c., has
taken a degree of the institution with
honor, and expects to receive two more
degrees this month. She gave a reading
before Columbia Lodge, I. o. o. f., at
the National Rifles armory recently
and received a fattering reception. She
has also been very kindly received at
Ruth Lodge. Mrs. Hawes's services are
in great demand at parlor entertain
ments in the capital city, and much
praise is accorded her. She will return
TO her home in the spring, and will be
gladly welcomed
Bees and Poultry.
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