The Portland daily press., 1895-06-27
CITY GovERNM MENT.
Special Meeting of the Mayor and Alder
men.

A special meeting of the Board of May
or and Aldermen was held yesterday af-
ternoon. Absent: the Mayor, Aldermen
buddy and Smith. Chairman Randall
presided.
The reading of the records was dis
pensed with.
PETITIONS PRESENTED.
The petition for the appointment of a
guardian for non compos mentis was
presented and granted.
A petition was presented asking for
the extension of the Taylor sewer to
Emery street. Referred to the committee
on public works
A petition was presented by A. r.
Wright & Co., asking permission to move
wooden building from 353 to $50 Com
mercial street and to occupy two days
Granted.
LIQUOR ON LONG ISLAND.
A petition was presented by citizens of
Long Island urging the board to assist
the petitioners in preventing the bring
ing liquor to the island The petition is
signed by 130 men and women. They
say they have tried every way to stop the
practice and failed. The petition in
cludes the Tsignatures of three Portland
police officers, all good officers. The liquor
is carried by excursionists and it is
landed on the wharf and debauches the
young people. Alderman Thompson off
cred this order:
Ordered, That the city marshal shall
take measures to break up this practice
and give the police stationed on the is
land imperative orders to seize all such
contraband goods as are subject to the
laws of the city and state.
Alderman Dam said he represented
Ward 1, and he never heard complaint.
He had been on excursions and while
it was possible there had been some
liquor carried down he had no personal
knowledge of it.
Alderman Thompson said there were
the signatures of 100 good men and true.
On motion of Mr.. Peters the order was
passed.
FOURTH OF JULY.
OIu0r6O, 1udu UI6 Guy ClGrk give
licenses to persons to sell fire crackers,
squibs, rockets and other fire works, the
licenses thus issued not to extend beyond
July 4th, 1895. Passed.
PHOTOGRAPHS FOR ADVERTISING
A communication was received signed
by Charles E. jackson, A. c. Lewis, H.
M. Smith, NJ. L. Hanson, J.H Lamson,
L. v. VIC King and Geo. E. Brown, photo
graphers of Portland, saying that if the
city wants any photographs for advertis-
ing purposes, they desire chance to sub
NIT bids. Ordered on file.
ELECTRIC RAILROAD co.
A communication was received from
the Portland Railroad Company, ac-
cepting the location of its double tracks
as fixed by order of June 18th on Port
land street to head of Preble street and
through Green street to the Deering line.
Ordered on file.
A hearing was had on the petition
presented at the last meeting, that.th
Portland Railroad Company request per-
mission to extend its single tracks from
a point on the Eastern promenade, op-
posite Morning street, through Morning
street to Congress, thence through Con-
gress to connection with it's present
tracks on that street. On motion of AL
derman Dam, there being no remon-
strances, the permission was granted, and
the order authorizing the same was
unanimously passed, the work to be
under the supervision of the board of
public works
NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE co.
The petition of the New England Tele-
graph and Telephone Company for loca-
tion of its poles and wires. in the streets
already published, was brought up aud
permission was granted unanimously.
The hearing on the erection of steam
engine on Dyer's wharf by John Dolot
was granted subject to the favorable re-
port of the chief engineer of the fire de-
partment
NEW BUILDINGS.
Petition of Fred A. Drinkwater to erect
a building at 103 Sherman street for a
dwelling.
Of 9TH. Broughton to erect wood
en- dwelling at No 6 Washington street.
Of S. H. Colesworthy to erect wooden
dwelling at 130-132 Sherman street.
Of same to erect a aawooden building for
dwelling at No. 120-122 Sherman street.
Of Boston & Maine railroad to erect a
wooden workshop in freight yard.
Of B. j. Lothrop to erect an addition to
dwelling at No. II Hanover street.
OF Geo. s. Hunt to erect an addition to
building on Portland Pier.
Of Henry G. Milliken to erect an ad-
dition to dwelling at No. s61 Congress
street.
OF Shaylor & Allen to erect brick
dwelling at 147-149 Pine street.
These petitions were all granted SUBJ
ject to the favorable report of the COM