The Portland daily press., 1895-09-14
DEERING.
Location of Yarmouth Electrics Con-
diti0nally Granted.

A Toothpick Factory To Be Changed to q
Match Factory-Other Matters.
A meeting of the Deering City Council
was held last evening. Mayor Mitchell
and all the aldermen except the one
from Ward /, were present.
The first business was the petition OF
the New England Telephone and Tele-
graph Company for relocation OF two
poles on Forest Avenue. near the Port
land line, and the poles on Stroudwater
road from Portland line to StroudWater
village. The petition was granted.
The next matter was the petition OF
the Portland & Yarmouth Electric road
for location of it's tracks through East
Deering. At former meeting hearing
had been held, and the decision was in
order at the meeting last evening.
Alderman Ruel Small presented an
order allowing a location to the Portland
& Yarmouth road on certain conditions,
which were specified at length. Most
of these conditions related to paving be.
tween the tracks, care of the streets, use
of salt, clearing of snow from the tracks,
etc But there was one further condlt-
ion. which specified that the road should
not be operated in Deering until tour
miles had been built in the town beyond,
and that at no time should the line in
Deering be operated except as part OF
the through line.
Seth L. Larrabee, ESQ.,, was present
with Mr.. Edward S. Perry, of New Hav-
en-. president of the Portland & Yarmouth
electric. After the conditions had been
read Mr. Larrabee asked leave to be
heard in regard to the conditions. He
wished to call attention to the fact that
the legislative charter did not grant to
Deering the same right to make cond1t-
ions that was given the City of Portland.
The conditions which Deering now
wished to impose in regard to the build
ing of four miles of road in other towns
were evidently modelled after the re-
strictions which the Portland aldermen
had imposed. ButyMr. Larrabee quoted
the act incorporating the road to show
that the right to make these conditions
was not given to Deering as it had been
to Portland. Therefore Mr.. Larrabee
asked that the City Council would re-
consider this condition relating to the
building Of four miles of road in other
places.
Hon. Charles F. Libby in reply to Mr..
Larrabee took the ground that the char
ter of the Portland & Yarmouth road, by
it's general provisions, did give to Deer
ing the right to make just such stip-
ulation as had been made in the order
lust passed. Furthermore, this stipula-
ton was substantially the one imposed
by Portland and if the Portland stipula-
ton was carried out, 1.-The Deering one
would go with it. Mr.. Larrabee replied
that the stipulation was not necessary for
the Deering city government to impose,
and was put in only for the purpose OF
aiding some other corporation whose in
terests were not at all those of the city
of Deerfng.
| Alderman Davis asked if Portland had
not already imposed just this condition.
Mr.. Larrabee replied that the Portland
g. Yarmouth electric road had not yet
accepted the condition imposed by Port
land. Furthermore, they did not admit
the right of Portland to make such a
stipulation, although there was much
more reason for Portland to make it than
for Deering.
Alderman Reuel Small said that the
order had already been passed. II there
was any portion invalid that would not
| invalidate the whole order.