The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-13
DEERING.
Regular Meeting Of the City Govern.
ment Last Evening.


Considerable Business Transacted on
Streets, Sewers, Telephone Poles. Etc.
regular meetingof the city govern :
ment OF Deering was held last evening,
Mayor Sawyer presiding. Aldermen
Berry and Small were absent:
The hrst matter to come up after the
eadlng OF the records was the hearing
on the petition of the New England Tel
ephone and Telegraph Company for
leave to erect poles on Veranda street in
East DeerIng. A paper demonstrating
against this location, signed by Edna
Merrill and others, was presented by A /
Ederman Hanson. Ex-Mayor Merrill was
present and represented these ramons-
trauts. He asked the city government
to take time to xamine the matter, and
then see that the wires shall be put up
in such way as not to injure the beau
ty of the street. The remonstrance was
placed on file and the petition of the
company was referred to the committee
on new streets
Mayor Sawyer read a letter from
Charles F. Seaman, saying that he in
tended to fit up the old shovel handle
| factory at Morrills Corner as a tooth
pick factory, and asking for the conces-
sions given others in the matter of taxa
tion. Referred to committee of the
WHOLE
The project for laying out an extern
sion of Grant street from Prospect street
through to Long fellow street and th ence
to Brighton street, was amended on mo-
tion of Alderman Hanson, SO as to carry
the extension only to Longfellow street.
Mrs. L. Adams gets eight cents a foot
| damage. 1t is proposed to put two
streets through in the remaining dis
| tance, instead Of continuing Grant
! street farther
A petition from George W. st. j ohm and
OF hers for d change in the ward line be-
tween Wards 5 and 6, at Coyle's gully,
was presented by Alderman Redlon and
laid on the table.
A petition was presented from Myron
e. Moore and others for the laying out of
Glenwood avenue, where now is the pri-
vate way from Smith street to Spring
street; also a petition was presented by
Alderman Davis for the construction of
| a sewer through. this avenue. The abut-
tiers agree to construct the sewer and do
nate it to the city. The petitions were
referred to the committee on new streets.
Alderman Pierce presented the plan
| for the assessment for the sewers con-
structed this year. and providing for a
| hearing.
Alderman Redlon called attention to
tie fact that the policemen had no uni
| form overcoats, and suggested that the
| city furnish them with these articles of
| clothing. The matter was referred to
| the committee on police.
Alderman Pierce reported that he had
gone about with the chief engineer in
the recent flushing of the sewers. They
| had found some of the manhoies clogged
| badly, especially the one at High and
| Spring streets. He recommended that at
| this place the catch basin be connected
| temporarily with the manhole, and it
was SO voted.
MR.. H. H. NEVENS SUFFERS A
SHOCK.
| Last evening, about 6 O'Clock, ex-Al-
| derman H. H .Nevens, the well known
| wholesale dealer in spices in this city,
| suffered shock at his home on Spring
street, Woodfordsac Mr.. Nevens bad been
| attending the meetings OF the Maine
| Sunday School Association at Rockland
| this week. He returned on the 5 o. clock
train yesterday afternoon, apparently in
| his usual health. But not long after
| his return Mrs. Nevens found him lying
on the floor unconscious DR.. C. W. Foster
was summoned hastily, and Mr.. N evens
was made as comfortable as pos 81 BILE.
He emed to be completely paralyzed,
but as the evening progressed he recovered
sensation on one side of his body. 1t
was impossible to tell last evening just
how serious the attack was. AS time
progressed his symptoms seemed to be
| more favara hIa