The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-10-15
S49,553.02
Total
SEWERS.

to SIS, 291. As.
The Commercial street intercepting
sewer will be completed to Hampshire
street by the 18th inst. The Emery
street sewer, north of Spring street, is
being deepened from 9 to Is feet and the
Taylor street sewer will be started in a
few days. Lewis street sewer has been
rebuilt between Pine and Cushman streets.
Sewers in Lincoln, Grant, and Wash
burn streets have been completed. Sewer
deposits have been moved from the docks
between Gait and Atlantic wharves to
the amount of s, 041 cubic yards.
Eighteen new catch basins have been
built and two are now being built.
The cleaning of catch basins since April
LIST has cost 81, 750 81.
The following work on bridges has been
done: planking Vaughan's. repairing
driveway on Clark street bridge and
building 300 feet of new walk planking
Stroudwater bridge and rebuilding east
erly abutment, planking Washington
street bridge and making solid fill at
behring's bridge, of which Deering will
help bear the expense.
The report closes with mention of the
Deering street lawn and various small
items of paving, etc.
Alderman Peters read the report and
moved Its acceptance.
Alderman Randall called attention to
the bill for the board of two horses. Ac-
cording to the ordinance only one horse
is to be paid. lie didn't want to be a
kicker, and if the board wanted to pay
for two horses, all right, but he wanted
to have things go by the rule and was
opposed to accepting the report
He said as chairman :. of the committee
of accounts he had so far refused to sign
those bills. IT the board said that he
should, he would do it, but he wanted in
structions. He moved that the report lie
upon the table and ii. was SO voted.
The same difficulty prevailed in regard
to the acceptance of the report of Com
missioner Fernald for the three months
from April 1st to July 1st. The man
who has furnished the care and board
for theltwo horses has not yet received his
compensation.
THE GRADE OF GRANT STREET.
In regard to the fixing of proper grade
of Grant street, between Grove and Wey-
mouth, Commissioner Fernald reported
UtftU OIduU SUIGcU was ihlI wv LII 1Coi
from High to Grove streets, a distance OF
1900 feet. 1t was SO feet wide and in 1875
was widened to go feet The portion I'M
der consideration is an extension from
Grove to Weymouth streets, made in 1876,
and so feet wide. This was done for the
purpose of selling large block of land
owned by the city. Many houses have
been built on the extension.
1t is now street $50 feet long. with no
| less than 10 distinct grades on the north
erly, and nearly as many on the southerly
side.
A survey has been made and plans
drawn
In laying out the propose graded 1 have,
in order to damage the property as little
as possible located the height of the walk
on the southerly side two feet above the
northerly walk, and would propose that
the width Of the walks be reduced to six
feet and that grass plat of four feet be
added to each side, giving driveway of
30 instead of the present SO 1-3 feet
This will give the driveway level
cross-section, except near Weymouth and
Grove steets, where the situation will call
for special treatment.
To make this change all the permanent
work on the street will require rebuilding
and or 6 houses on the northerly side
will require raising from inches to two
feet
In making an estimate l have not in
cluded the raising of houses and the con-
sequential damage.
1 estimate that the expense will be
50, $50.
The report was referred to the commit
tee on laying out new stree 8.
TO STOP CITY PHYSICIANS BILL
FOR SPECIAL WORK.
An order was passed defining the du-
ties of the city physician and declaring
that he shall be subject to the calls of the
mayor, marshal and overseers of the poor.
1t was explained that the necessity of
this order was due to che fact that the
city physician declared that he was not
subject to such calls. Bills had been
coming in every month from the city
physician for special work at the police
station, etc. This order was to stop
these bills and to declare that such special
work comes within the duties of the city
physician.
PERMISSION TO ERECT POLES AT
ONCE.
An order was introduced that the al
dermen offer no objection to the Cape
Elizabeth Railroad Compapy's beginning
the work of setting their poles and wires,
IA days before the date of the order, and
that the city shall not be held responsible
for any damage possibly due to such
work Clarence Hale, ESQ.,, counsel for
the railroad, explained that the time of
setting the poles, as stated in the order.
is the 22d inst. There are places where
it may take week to blast hole in
the ledge. 1t is desirable that work ON
setting up poles shall be begun as soon
as possible in order to avoid the frosts
Alderman Randall said that some poles