The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-06-06
DEERING CITY FATHERS
Talk About Electric Lights and Other
Things.
oakdaIe Residents Want Part of the
Electric Poles Over Their Way-Gene.
"a raj Business.

Electric Poles Over Their Way-Gene-
raj Business.
An adjourned meeting of the city
council of Deering was held last evening,
Mayor Mitchell presiding. Alderman
Berry was absent. q S@
The Mayor said ''This is the regular
adjourned meeting of the city govern
ment, and I have minuted a number of
things. y and he called them up one by
one.
Alderman Small said that the'question
of a new ward room for Ward 2, had
been submitted to committee of the
whole and they wanted more time.
On motion of Alderman Small it was
voted that the jurisdiction of the inspec-
tor of public buildings be the limits of
the city.
More time was asked by the committee
on lights and water on a petition for a
sewer at East Deering.
The committee on police had nothing
to offer
s'Has the committee on electric lights
anything to offer?" said His Honor,
and Alderman Libby read a communica-
ton from Caleb R. Marsh and Pembroke
S. Marsh of Deering, co-partners under
the style of the Deering Electric Light
Company. The list of the communica-
ton was to propose that in substance
the old contract be continued for another
year.
Alderman Davis moved that the COM
muication be referred to the committee
on light and water
Alderman Pierce thought the matter
should be brought to head.
Alderman Libby said that the company
will not sign the contract on any other
terms and will not sign the contract at
all if they are to have a competitor.
A report of l. W. Barbour, city engineer
giving estimates of the probable cost of
extending and grading several streets
bridges and sidewalks.
Alderman Pierce introduced an order
that the street commissioner cause the
sewers to be flushed as soon as possible.
Adopted. j.
A petition from 4. W. Dyer asking for
the extension of the sewer on. Main
street, East Deering, was received, and
on motion of Alderman Cobb, was re-
ferred to the proper committee.
The order for the appropriation Of mon
ey for the Oak street, sewer was taken
from the table, read second time and
passed. and a temporary loan was au-
thorized The sewer will cost $373O and
the pipe 1921.
The council voted to appropriate $2572
for the construction of the Ocean and
Sawyer street sewers, and s319 10 for the
purchase of the pipe.
The appropriation bill for the year
was then taken up
The Mayor said that mistake had
been made of 1914 in the county tax, and
the salary of the city engineer had not
been provided for. -
Alderman Small thought that rather
than go through the $40, 900 of appropri-
ations some alderman might suggest an
appropriation from which it could be tax
en-.
Alderman Davis thought that the mis-
take in the county tax might be corrected
by taking the amount from the inciden-
tai fund.
Alderman Pierce moved that $1,000 be
taken from the grading fund and that
the same be added to the incidental fund,
and that the salary of the civil engineer
and the mistake in the county tax be
taken from the incidental fund A dis
cussion followed on this point, and in
cidentally the subject of electric lights
was again brought up, the point being
that more lights instead of less will be
required, increased, rather than at re-
duced rate, and as the Mayor said the
water rate is fixed.
Aldermen Small and Cobb objected
to the taking of any portion of the $1,000
from the appropriation for public build
consider a suggestion that 800 be taken
from the appropriation for ancient bury
ing grounds. - The alderman said: sIt
isn't too much, and don't amount to
anything under the circumstances. A."
Alderman G. W. Small alderman Reuel
Small has been the Alderman Small re
ferred to up to this time), said: care
we obliged to confne ourselves exactly
to the appropriation of $40, 000?"
The amended appropriation bill will
amount to $40, 1874 IL, and the same was
adopted, the increased appropriations
having been taken out of the incidental
funds in the manner above stated
Then Alderman CIV. Small called up
the electric light matter and said that
one section of the city is unlighted, and
he therefore presented petition signed
by HIN. Leighton and 65 others of Oak
dale asking for a proper number of street
lights. Not name has been missed
said the alderman, "and some of them
wanted to sign twice. y 1t was referred
to the committee on lights and water.
Alderman Pierce said that Wooster &
Wilson, and John HI. Flanagan, had
presented bids for the construction of
the sewers the council had ordered on
Oak and Ocean streets. The whole mat
ter was referred to the committee on