The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-12-12
THE CITY GOVERNMENT.


second examination he had rec ived a rating
of IS.
Alderman McGowan said that fthe situa-
ton seemed to involve a good deal of the
encouragement for young man to try to
get On the police force when those who had
an inferior rating were put in ahead of him
at the eleventh hour. That sort OF thing
makes the police commission a farce and
will pr obably tend to demoralize the 1orce'
which is probably not too great Gibraltar
at the present time In all Justice and
right this matter ought to be investigator.
1t places Our commission in q very unfay or
able light. He thought that during the
seven days which the three names lie upon
the table, there should be some revision of
the list.
Mayor Baxter said that that was the first
hat he had seen of the list.
alderman MCGOWAN replied that he did
mt ,vish to be understood as criticising the
mayor. The fault lay in the police commits
sion.
NO CHAIRS IN THE AIsLES.
Alderman little read new ordinance re-
1atinp to buildings, to the effect that no
nerson having charge of any public hall
shall be allowed to place in the passage
1vavs of said hall any chairs or seats, and
shall not allow persons to stand in the
aisles.
The punishment for this shall be fine
not exoeeding 500. to be. recovered by COM
plant.
AIderma Little said that the matter was
hroupht aborut by recent entertainment.
1rbara ebairs were placed in aisIes so that
the neople in the seats could not have free
passage out.
Alderman McGowan agreed with the
spirit, but not witl' the letter or the oloi-
nance He thought 1T might admit OF unJust
enforcement. .
Alderman THOMPSON thought the ordi
nance good ore, and said that there was
need of it to prevent crowdlng IN the aisies'
that might be disastrous in case Oh panic.
At this Alderman McGowssn salo that
the recent enlargement OF City nan stage
had taken up 800 seats of City nall ana that
he did not approve of such pernaneh.
curtailment. He knew that Mr.. Stoddard
had thought of cancelllng MS enlargement
here when he learned that the seating
capacity of the hall had been lessenea. ne
Thought there was some excuse for persons
standing in the aisles.
Alderman Randall thought that portion OF
the ordinance relating to the stanolng VI
nersons in the aisles should be stricken out.
Alderman MCGOWAN made an amendments
to the effect. Passed.
The order was then:passed to.be engfossea.
ORDERS PASSED.
The following orders were passed;
That the committee on fire department. pc
authorized to appoint a captain and engl-
neer for the fire boat Chebeague. to serve
for term not exceeding three years, ana
that the compensation for all the men on
the boat shall not exceed $1S2.50 per month.
and also that the captain shall serve as
herbor master.
After some discussion it was carried that
the city ordinance shall be changed so that
the captain of the fire boat shall be harbor
master after this city government has been
replaced by another.
That the committee on fire department be
ordered to report to the city government at
the regu lar January meeting the total cost
of the new fire boat Chebeague.
That the city make contract with the
Consolidated Electric Light company to
light the city with $50 arc lights of 1900
candle power, 40 incandescent lights of %
candle power. lis 1ncandescent lights of 81
candle power, at a total cost not to exceed
So, 600; the arc lights not to cost over $l25
a year, the 65 candle power incandescents
not to exceed $50 year and the 80 candle
power not to exceed $50 a year.
That joint special committee be ap-
pointed, consisting of the Mayor and three
| aldermen, and such as the common council
| see fit to add to see what. if any. legislation
| is necessary to permently establish the COM
mission of street and sewers.
That the committee on public buildings
| be authorized to repair the armory of the
| sheridan Rifles. and to expend the sum of
| $100 in SO doing.
COMMON COUNCIL NoN-CONCURRED.
| An order was passed by the upper board
| that the committee on reduction of the city
| debt be instructed to purchase as an invest
ment for the sinking fund. the claims
| against the city of the Harpswell Steamboat
| company, for the fire boat Chebeague; of
| Charles H. Boyd for the deed of land pur-
| chased by the city and of James P. Baxter
| and others for the land condemned for the
| widening of Oak street. The common
council voted to lay this order on the table
!