The Portland daily press., 1895-06-15
CITY FATHERS MEET.
N. B. Telephone Wires to Go I'm.
foreground.
PORTLAND RAILROADS. PLANS OF
EXTENSION.

Boston g. NJ aine- Withdraw Their Offer as
to Discontinuance of Cape Elizabeth
Crossing-CompIaint Against Milk In
spector.
A special meeting of the Mayor and
Aldermen was held yesterday afternoon.
Mayor Baxter and Aldermen Dam,
Thompson, Little and Randall were
| present
The first business before the board was
a hearing upon the petition of the New
England Telegraph and Telephone Com
pany for leave to lay and maintain their
conduits. manholes, etc., under the sur
face of the following streets.
Fore, between Exchange and Centre
streets.
York, between Centre and Maple
streets
Middle, between Exchange and Market
streets
Market between Middle and Newbury
streets
,,S Exchange, lag between Middle and Con
Federal, between Exchange and Tenn
pie streets.
Congress, between Chestnut and Pearl
streets
Congress, between Preble and Grove
streets.
Pine, between Congress and Clark
streets
Preble, between Congress and Kennebec
streets.
Kennebec, between Preble and Green
streets.
Mr.. John f. Dever of Boston, counsel of
the Telephone Company, was present to
address the board He said that the SUBJ
ject of putting wires underground was
not new in Portland, as several years
ago his company had begun the conduit
system. The use of wires was growing all
the time, oyerburdening the poles. He
had understood that the fire and police
departments would like to put their
wires into the conduit, if it should run
to Vaughan street. Therefore the compa-
ny, rather in advance of what it had in
tended. was prepared to extend it's con-
dults to Vaughan street. If the city gov
ernment does not see fit to allow the con-
duits, the company will have to string
overhead cables. 1t costs S8 for con-
duits where it costs 81 for aerial cables
If the conduits are allowed the company
will expend about $40, 900 without the
wires, and $50, 900 with the wires. Be-
tween six and seven tenths of the expense
Will be expended here for labor One
tube of the conduit is reserved for the
city's fire and police wires.
AS far as practicable wires will be
removed from the poles. All the cables
on the Congress and Exchange street
lines would be taken down, and many
of the wires. Long distance telephone
wires cannot be punched in cables, either
| above or below ground.
Iron pipes with cement lining, about
three inches in diameter, are used for the
DUCTS. This is the system used in Boston
and all the large cities.
They would leave the streets in as good
shape as possible; and if that was not
satisfactory, the street commissioner could
relay the work at their expense.
The permission was granted by the al
dermen.
A proposition was also received from
the telephone company for the purchase
OF the 115 poles now used for the police
fire and signal systems.
In response to a question from Alder
man Thompson, Mr.. Dam said he SUD-
posed the company wanted them to
keep other people from using them.
1t was said that the company would
give $1,000 for the poles It was devel.
oped that there were other parties on the
poles.
The matter was referred to the com.
mlttee on electrical appliances with di.
rectlons to report back to the board.
PORTLAND RAILROAD EXTENSION
Two important petitions were received
from the Portland Railroad Company.
The first was for permission to extend its
double tracks, with necessary cross-overs.
from where they now terminate on Port
land street to the head of Preble street.
and also in the other direction down
Green street to the Deering line. This is
| the beginning of the much desired double
| track to Deering. The aldermen gave
the desired permission, allowing the ex.
tension provided the width of Green
street is found sufficient to admit a car.
| riage between the curb and the track.
The second petition, which was also
granted, asked for leave to extend the
single track from a point on Eastern
Promenade, opposite Morning street.
through Morning street to Congress
street, thence through Congress to a
connection with it's present tracks on said
street.
INSPECTION OF MILK.
Alderman Dam brought up some com
plants against the inspector of milk and
vinegar, who, he said had collected fees