The Portland daily press., 1896-12-08

purchase Of the land adjoining the Oak
board of aldermen.
/ SAVING So, 300 FOR THE CITY.
The committee on lights reported tina
the Consolidated Electric Light compan,
had agreed to reduce the price paid By
the city for lights in public building.
from S13. so per thousand volts to $40 pei
thousand. This will save thu city $4,000
and together with the $4,000 saved or
street lighting this year will prove 8
saving of $1,000 to the oity.
SALE OF LAND BY THE CITY.
| The city treasurer was authorized t6
give to Joseph L. Stevens deed for 9
certain lot of land on the southerly side
of Washburn avenue.
| The lot of land at the corner of Wash
burn avenue and PaysoE streets WAS sold
to Alonzo Soule.
| The lot of land containing 5000 square
feet on the easterly side of Roberts street
and numbered eleven. was sold to
Charles L. Brackett.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
To erect barber pole in front of the
shop of Corbin A. Smith, 152 and 15t
Federal street.
| To blast rocks with dynamite on High
street between Spring and Congress
streets. Petition presented by John Elan
nagan.
From the Portland and Rochester Rail
road for perm ission to Cross Washington
street and the Marginal Way from
property owned by the road west OF
Washington street to other property OF
the road east OF Washington street and
to and on the Marginal Way east Of
Washington street. Referred to the COM
mittee on public works.
For an electric arc light on West street
at the corner of Vaughan street.
To keep billiard hall at ~ Elm street,
signed by Osee b. Starks.
For yictualer's license at $50 Congress
street signed by H. r. Miller.
10 erect wooden building on Kenne-
bec street corner of Chestnut, to be used
as q storage room. signed by Harrington
and Mann
To raise the roof of the ell of building
at II Weymouth street, signed by James
Kelley.
From T. B. Davis Arms company, to
have their powder license renewed.
To erect brick building on the corner
of Congress and Park streets to be three
stories high and used as dwelling
house, signed by James Cunningham.
For permission for the Time and
Weather Pillar company to erect one of
their Meteorological pillars in front of the
Preble house.
For permission to stretch a telegraph
wire from 90 to 100 Carleton street, from
Edward S. Beal
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
The ordinance relating to the location
of poles, posts etc., introduced at the
| last nesting was passed to be engrossed.
| An order was passed instruoting the
commissioner of public works to build q
| retaining wall and side walk in front OF
| 436-SS Fore street.
LULA I1ON Of ECLGS Una ~ MI.
A petition was received from the New
England Telegraph and Telephone COM
papy for location Of the poles sold then!
| ! by ths city some time ago. These poles
| are now standing. The petition was or
dered to be received and placed on file
| A petition from the same company was
received for q re-erection of poles on
York street which were recently torn
down when the retaining wall in that
vicinity fell down. Petition ordered re,
ceiyed and placed on file.
| In Common Council
Councilman Pine, Virgin, johnson and
Merrill were absent. All of the orders in
troduoed in the board Of aldermen were
passed in concurrence by the lower
board.