The Portland daily press., 1895-09-26
DEERING.
Special Meeting Of the City GoYern-
mont.
Col. Adams Seeks Redress-Engineer
Jordan Granted Hearing In Regard to
An Unpaid Bin-A Sewer For Central
AVenue-Other Items.

An Unpaid Bin-A Sewer For Central
Avenue-Other Items.
At q special meeting of the City
Council last evening, Alderman Berry
presided in the absence OF Mayor
Mitchell Alderman Cobb and Ruel
Small were absent.
A commun ication was received from
Col. John NJ Adams, stating that ne hau
| built four tenement house on YAK
street, at the corner of Forest avenue. IN
expectation that sewer would be put
in at that point. The sewer had not been
completed up to that point. Thls mad
affected the rent of the tenements ana MS
damage thereby was at least S24o He
sought redress. Referred to the COM
mittee on sewers.
| A petition was received that brlek
sidewalk be constructed on the westerly
side of Grant street, commencing on the
southerly side of Spring street ana end
ing at the northerly side of Pat. Morgan
land, a distance of 300 feet. 1t was
ordered that an appropriation be MADE
for this sidewalk.
The order appropriating $500 for the
construction of building on the high
school lot to be used as ward room and
hose house was taken from the table Tor a
second reading and had passage.
The committee reported that III their
opinion a sewer on Central avenue is
necessary and recommended that estl-
mates be made and placed on file in the
city clerks office The report was ac-
copied. The estimates were for construc-
ton, 1926. 81; for pipe S153
An order that the sum of S726 81 be ap-
propriated for the construction OF this
sewer was read and laid on the table for
second reading.
An order was passed that the grade of
Woodford street be made and liked
according to the plans in the office OF the
city clerk.
George W. St. John, city marshal,
made request in communication that
the sum of $780, 20, that was paid for
police services in cases OF contagious
diseases, be charged to the board Of
health, and not to the police department..
Referred.
A communication was received from
Edward G. Jordan, civil engineer,
making statement in regard t0the non
payment by the City Council of bill OF
Jordan & Richardson's for engineering
services, and asking for hearing 1t
was voted to grant Mr. Jordan hearing
at the next stated meeting.
| A petition from L. J. Perkins and
others to locate four electric lights at the
corners of High and Mechanic, High and
Racket, High and Perkins and High
and Chestnut streets was referred.
A petition from Herbert Leighton to
locate and operate at No. Spring street
six-horse power boiler and four-horse
power engine was granted
Myron E. Moore was chosen to be juror
for Deering on the grand jury of the
Supreme Judicial Court for the October
term.
A CASE OF EXTRAORDINARY CON
CEIT.
| 1t will be remembered that last Sunday
night a man named Elmer Smith. en-
ployed by Martin Curran, stole S205 from
a fellow workman named White, with
whom he roomed. 1t is a singular fact
that that very night Officer Haskell, who
is night watchman at Woodfords, met a
stranger who was waiting for the mid
night train at the Woodfords station.
They. conversed together and the stranger
became very friendly. He said that he
was going to Lowell, Mass; that he
could be found there at the restaurant Of
one Riggs and invited the officer to come
and visit him. When he got on the train
he handed to the officer quarter and
said, s'Just smoke on me. F"
| Of course Mr.. Haskell didn't know ther
that a robbery had been committed il
Deering. When told early the next morn
| ing. he exclaimed: "Why, that mar
talked with me last night and took the
midnight train for Boston,"
| The description Tailed completely ano
the stranger told Haskell that his name
was Smith. He must have been COO
| individual to talk that way to police
officer, when he had another mans 500
| in his pocket at the time.
| Ex-Mayor Sawyer is in New York on E
business trip.