The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-11-05

per series incandesoent light of .65 c. p,
$50 per series incandescent light of 80 G.
D. Said amounts when expended to be
charged to the appropriation for lights.
In submitting the order Alderman
L title made the following report:
The contract of the city of Portland
with the Consolidated Electric Light
company of Maine, having expired on the
31st day of October, 1895, our commlGtee
on lights beg leave to submit the follow
ing report for the year ending October 81,
| 1895.
| the streets Nov. 1st, 1894, was as follows
| 242 arc lights of - G. p. each:
| 90 series lights of 65 C. p. each.
| 1876 series lights of 80 G. p. EACH
| The number of lights IN use November
| 1st, 1895, is as follows:
| $50 arc lights Of 1900 G. D.
| go series lights of 65 c. p.
| 1873 series lights of 80 c. p. making an
| increase during the year of arc lights
and 32 @. p. series lights.
| The amount which has been deducted
| from the Electric Light company's pllls
during the year for lights out, taken
| from police reports, has been surprisingly
small as compared with the two pre- Ylous
years, viz: For the year ending OCTOBER
3fst, 1893, 1886. a; for the year. ending
October S1st, 1894, S454. o.; for the year
ending October 81, 1895. $50 VI. me
amount deducted this year was connnea
| to the winter months, no repoIS naVlnS
been made of lights out since fepruary'
| INQUIRY at the police HEADQUARTERS UP
closes The fact that the ilgnus arg ouo ,"
| little. that it il not worth reporting, anu,
when a light is reported as being out, the
comnanv are notified and are very prompt
| in attending TO it, This marked improve
ment is particularly gratifying in view OF
the poor service which the city rec9iVea
| the year previous.
There has been no charge made against
the CITY for changes of poles and lights.
| 4 considerable number of changes were
necessitated BY the introduction of the
trolley. where lights were hung In the
middle of the streets, all of which We're
made at the expense of the Portland Rail-
road company.
The report then recites the oHer OF the
electric light company, which is bne same
as the provisions of the order.
There are now in use 90 arc lights, 70
series lights 65 c. p, IS series lights ~
c. o. more than the contract, costing the
city $466O for extra lights over and above
| contract price.
The order making the contract was
passed by an unanimous vote.
NEW BUILDINGS.
The following petitions for leave to
erect new buildings weresrceeiyed and re.
ferred
The Thomas Laughlin company ask
leave to erect wooden building 30x2C
feet in size, at No. 10 and 81 Hancock
street, to be used for storage purposes
G. II. Starr asks leave to erect one
story wooden stable at No. 81 Walnut
street. ~,
dvur1lino Nh PORTLAND
street.
A. R. Wright, wooden carriage house,
sOx20 at rear No. II Carleton street.
MISCELLANEOUS
A communication was received from
the auditor calling attention to the fact
that the appropriations for public build
| ings, schools and school books were near
ly if not quite exhausted.
The committee on judicial proceedings
and claim gave leave to the following
claimants to withdraw
Mrs David Furgerson and Mrs. E. j.
Baker.
Moses z. Knight asks leave to put a
grating in the sidewalk at 40 Oxford
street.
The following were appointed special
policemen without pay: Edwin A. Gray,
Phillip E. Higgins, William A. Rohr
and Thomas Fl. Gorham.
Mary Frazier was given leave to with
draw her petition for leave to move a
wooden building
1t was ordered that the Western Union
and PostalT Telegraph companies attention
DO called to the telegraph poles on St.
John street near West End hotel, and
have necessary repairs done at once.
V. R. Foss and others ask Tor an
electric light on the corner of Nortn and
Melbourne streets. Referred.
LICENSES.
The following licenses were granted,
subj ect to the usual conditions:
George D. Reemts, victualler at Port
land Pier.
mercial street.
ii. M. Rich, as auctioneer at No. 431
Portland street or in any town in Cum
berland county.
Henry II. Pellett to keep 11sh market
at No. II Salem street.
John A. M. Varnum to keep billiard
hall at No. GAL Congress street.
ASSISTANCE TO QARANTINED
FAMILIES.
The quarantining of whole families on
account of contagious diseases is con-
tinually working hardships; and in view
of this fact the overseers of the poor sub
mitted the following petition:
We. the undersigned overseers of the
poor of the city of Portland, respectfully
represent that the method made necessary
by the law of this state of putting under
Quarantine regulations, all persons in
whose families certain contagious diseases
exist, thereby preventing all persons who,
by their daily employment contribute to
wards the support of their respective
families, works great haIdships among
those dependent upon such labor and re-
duces to pauperism many who would not
otherwise be brought to such conditions
This being their legal condition when
assisted by the overseers of the poor, we
most respectfully petition yonr honorable
bodies that some arrangement may be
made or some ordinance enacted whereby
such families may be assisted from an
appropriation specially made, for the
assistance of such families as may be
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