The Portland daily press., 1896-09-29
CITY GOVERN MENT.
Special Meeting Board of Mayor and
Aldermen.

A special meeting of the Boara OF
Mayor and Aldermen was held yesterday
noon.
Absent: the Mayor, Aldermen Ilsley,
Kehoe and Howell.
The petition OF DAVID MURDOCH 20
move wooden building from 1856 Ken
nebec street to Wilmot street by tackle
and fall. and occupy three days In NOV
ing. was granted on condition that Muir
dock give bond to the city to pay all
damages caused by the moving. The
city electrician favored granting the de-
sired permission.
The powder license of Houghton,
Clark & Co., was renewed
Petition of Scott Verrill to keep fish
market at 90 York street, was granted
subject to the board of health favor
able report.
Licenses as victualIers were granted
under the usual conditions to ". E..
Sheafe; CA. Coffin. $3.50 Portland Pier:
8. 81. Marsto1, F. E. Choate, Joseph
Voniik, 26S Middle street; Catherine
W. Jenkins.
Subject to favorable report from
the committee permission was granted
to erect new buildings to W. j. Murry,
113 Washington street; Halloran & Park
er. addition to storehouse, 1924 Cross
street; Southworth Brothers, dwelling,
Ill Middle street; Fitzsimmons & Ryan,
woodshed, 80 Cumberland street; g. E.
Jordan. she'd, 70 Paris street; Locke &
Locke, addition to dwelling, corner Fed
eral street and Fremont place; John W.
Burrowes, 38-40 Alder street.
The case of an insane woman was con-
sidered and she was ordered sent to the
hospital at Augusta. Afterwards the
board thought proper notice had NOT
been given in the case and hearing
WAS ordered in the matter at 80 p. m.
The special meeting of the Aldermen
was held yesterday afternoon at 9. 80
O'Clock.
Absent, Alderman Ilsley.
The matter to come before the board
waa the granting permission to send
the insane person, whose case came uI
in the morning, to the hospital.
When notified by the messenger, Mr..
Mcgowan, of the hearing, the woman
cried andsss she wouldn't go to Angus
ia. She said the evening previous SHIT
was hysterical and she supposed sh'
didn't know what she did do, but sh'
believed she.jumped from the window.
Mr.. Howell of Ward says she TOLD
him she didn't want to go to Augusta
but after inducement Of the gentleman
to whom she is engaged to be married
she agreed to go. Mr.. Howell said sh
appeared perfectly sane.
Mr. Baker, secretary of the Board 0
Overseers, said that DR.. Pitcher advised
that the patient should be put in tn,
asylum.
Alderman leighton asked Mr.. Baker /
he didn't think the Board of Alder mel
was little hasty in ordering her sent tt
vice of one physician.
Mr. Baker said that there were three
physicians signed the papers. He also
said she had undergone an operation
some time ago, after which she had al
attack of insanity. She is subject t.
epileptic attacks and has to be givel
morphine. She is violent In her tenden
oies. She is domestic by occupation.
Mr.. Pagan asked whether any eff or
had been made by the ovsrseers, or an.
one of them, to induce the girl to go t.
the hospital, and Mr.. Baker said not &
his knowledge.
Mr.. leighton said he had no doub
that the aldermen were rather in hur
ry in their mornings action in this case
and while he had no doubt the doctors
opinion was right in the case, he wante,
to avoid any hasty action in future.
Or. Hutchinson said that in her at
tacks the only thing that would brin
the woman down was the application
of either. In her attacks she threaten
to kill herself and other people Sh
ought to be put where she can be takel
care of. She has always been oppose
to going to hospital, but she has n
home, or money, and ought to be place.
where she can be taken care of. It wa
admitted that the patient was now a
willing to go to Augusta as she WAS be
fore opposed.
Mr.. Leighton moved that as the patien
was now willing to go that the boar
Rdh ere to their former action ana tina
the papers be signed for the woman
commitment to Augusta, and it was 8
voted.