The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-07-10
CITY GOVERNMENT.
The Transfer Of the Land from the
Brown Estate Ratified.

The Transfer Of the Land from TIN
Brown Estate Ratified.
| Prof. Woodbridge's Report Prese nted-
Order to Borrow Forty Thousand Dol
lars Passed.
A special meeting of the City Council
| was called for last evening to take actor
| in regard to the transfer of renl state be-
| tween the city and the Brown estate,
that was agreed upon at the regular
| monthly meeting.
In Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
Absent, Aldermen Howell, Fagan and
| Leighton.
In the absence of the Mayor, Chairman
Thompson presided
| This business was transacted:
| Ortered-That all bonds requiring the
| approval of this board shall before
| presentation to this board for approval
| be examined by the city solicitor as to
] the legality of the same, and shall be
| endorsed by him in such manner as to
give notice Of the legality or illegality of
| the same. Read and passed,
PUBLIC WORKS REPORT.
This report was read from the commits
sioner of public works:
have the honor to submit the follow
ing report OF money expended in the de-
months, ending June Both, 1896: Pay
rolls Sll2, 500 81; stable, 81, 59S.6I; street
material and labor not included in the
pay rolls, S6, 260.S0; sidewalk material
ditto, u. 2lS; "a; bridges, S. 551. 90; teams,
II, o23 s3s office, $S6S3; total, SCI, 200. SO.
sewers, S3 90; PRIZES bridge, ST.
o oil York street wall, $1,6oS a; Fore
s34. so.
Read and ordered ON file and the COM
mon council concurred.
ORDER TO BORROW MONEY.
An order was passed authorizing the
city treasurer to hire the sum of $40. 500
on the credit of the city for the purpose
OF renewing tho loan of the city of Port.
land, falling due September 1st 1896, the
treasurer to issue registered bonds OF the
city to that amount bearing date Septem-
Der LIST, 1869 and payable Mar oh LIST, 1897,
''~sA1 ~A-oSA~Do ae % AfeOO W pC appIOV6u ny
the committee on finance. The council
passed the order in concurrence unani-
moualy.
ANDERSON STREET.
The order laying out the continuation
of Anderson street was taken from the
table in the lower board and passed in
concurrence.
PROF. WOODBRIDGE'S REPORT.
Prof. Woodbridges report was read,
accepted and placed ON flle
An order that the committee on public
buildings Ee authorized to employ suit
able means to carry out, as far as practi-
cable the recommendations of the report
with relation to the city school buildings
was passed.
In the lower board the report was
ordered on flo and the order laid on the
table.
Prof. Woodbridge's report In substance
recites the following:
There was found no evidence Of any re-
cent and mark change for the worse
OF a character Justify any out break of
P0biiC III AucI6 ScGlLS W D6 uO reason
why the health of school attendants is
far as affected by the conditions of the
school houses should not be as good to-
day US it has been for the past five or ten
years.
Your city is to be congratulated upon
the general excellence with which the
janitorial duties are performed and the
resulting cleanliness of the buildings,
the sanitaries, those parts too commonly
neglected, receiving special attention. It
would seem that these mon do their
duties with due regard to the duties of
the office.
An inspection of several of the build
ings reveals common defect, more in the
nature of nuisance than menace, viz,
the presence Of lily ventilated basement
sanitaries. This nuisance reaches The
proportions of danger when the plumbing
of such sanitaries is defective.
So far as the buildings are concerned
such nuisance and danger are completely
removed when the sanitaries are placed
outside and wholly apart from them. 1t
should be said, however, that sanitaries
are practically isolated by suitably en-
closing them and strongly ventulating
them by aspirating means. The BETTER
practice fayors their retention in build
ings surrounded with perfect safeguards,
The reasons pro and con are discussed at
at great length and the best method is
stated to be good local ventilation by
means OF air ducts to the seats and and
uribals.
The soil pipes are concealed and there
fore no close examination could be made.
From information, however, 1t is I'M
derstood that there are some earthen
pipes. If the laws are observed, however,
this will be corrected as only iron pipes
are allowed. 1t Is from leaky johns ana
fittings broken seals In traps. defects in
T. otn %Eo%
menace to life is to be looked for than in
offensive odors common to school house
sanitaries. Tests of the school house
drainage system was not made as it
would have required an amount Of time
not available. The condition Of the VEN
tilation was looked to. however. and the
results are tabulaJed as to the presence of
carbonic acid in the school rooms. Good
practice makes or s parts of carbonic
acid to 10. 900 proper. The highest per-
centage in the Butler school was II $3.50:
In the Mcclellan, 1915; Vaughan, 1906;
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