The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-03
CITY GOVERNMENT.
The Cape Road Granted a Location to
the Rochester Station.

The Cape Road and the Yarmouth Road
Are Chummy-The Auditor to Transfer
Unexpended Balances to Moneys Unap-
Last night was the last meeting OF
the City Government of 1866. There
was not great deal of business tran
sacted, but it was of important charac-
Ter. Inc hearing on the extension of the
Cape electric road was the principal fea-
ture of the evening.
BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDER
All present. The mayor in tho chair.
Ihls business was transacted:
ORDERS PASSED.
Ordered, That the reports of the sew
eral boards and heads of departments,
made In accordance with the statutes
and ordinances to this board, or to the
City Council, be received and printed
with the city auditors report.
Passed unanimously and sent down.
Lower board CONQUERED.
Ordered. That the city solicitor draw
up an agreement with the New Eng
land Telegraph and Telephone Company,
whereby in consideration of the trans
Ter OF ownership to them of all polls
owned by the city in accordance with the
proposition submitted by the company,
said corporation shall covenant and
agree to put in their subway such duct
| as has been reserved for the use of the
city, such cable containing city wires
ta6 Inv r a nj v al ri
and com mittee on electrical appliances,
to the cost value of not less than 1880.
the work TO be done to the satisfaction
and under the direction of the city cleo
trician, and when completed the COM
mlttee on electrical appliances'are autho-
| rlzed to execute such agreement in be-
half of the city.
Passed, yeas, 1 nay, and sent down.
Ordered, That all unfinished business
referred to and now in the hands Of the
various committees be referred to the
next City Council.
Passed unanimously and sent down.
Alderman Thompson voted ''no. %
Ordered, That the city treasurer be
directed to pay all claims and bills ap-
proved by the several committees, COM
mittse of: accounts and the mayor, which
are or may be in excess of specific appro-
priations; and the city autitOr is auuho-
| riZed to allow and charge the same to the
neutrality-suspicious. The city auditor
ia hereby authorized to transfer at the
close of the financial year the balances of
unexpendsd appropriations to moneys
unexpended, Except the balance stand
| ing to the credit of the kindergarten and
such other accounts as are required to
be carried forward by ordinance, and
with the same to balance the accounts
where expenditures have exceeded the
appropriations SO far as the same may
| be adequate for the purpose and to
make all necessary transfers for closing
the accounts of the financial year.
Passed unanimously and sent down.
| Ordered, That the city auditor transfer
| the sum of $500 from the appropriation
| for streets to drains and sewers.
| Passed unanimously and sent down.
REPORTS RECEIVED.
The report of the joint st tnding COM
mittee on electrical appliances on pur-
chase of number of poles by the New
England Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany, says that they found 1876 poles more
or less, intermingled with the poles
owned by the electric light and the tele-
phone and telegraph companies. About
one half of the poles are in good condit
ion, one quarter fair, and the remainder
in poor shape, and all in need of paint
| ing. The committee deems 1t advisable
to recommend exchanging these poles
| for underground wires to the amount of
1880 as offered; the same to be drawn
| into conduits without expense to the
city, thus making beginning of put
ting all city wires under ground.
the report was received and sent down
for concurrence.
| PETITIONS PRESENTED.
VIM. A. Hatch to erect an addition to
a building at No. 46 Howard street
Granted, subject to favorable report of
committee on new buildings.
| OF William P. barton to keep and sell
gun powder at No. IS Preble street.
Granted, subject to favorable report of
city marshal.
| MISCELLANEOUS
The bond of Arthur NJ. Sawyer as con :
stable was approved.
The report of the city marshal was re-
ceived and ordered on file
| CAPE ELECTRIC ROAD.
After the regular business meeting was
transacted, hearing was given on the
petition Of the Cape Elizabeth electric
road for the extension of their road from
Monument Square, across the tracks of
the Portland Railroad Company on Con-
gress street, thence down Elm street to
| Oxford through Oxford to Preble and
thence by double track to the Rochester
raill DAD station. Mr.. Perry of N. &
H. Cleaves appeared for the Cape road.
He reoited the proposed location of the
extension and read the advertised notice
OF the hearing. Mr.. Perry said the pro-
posed extension would greatly acoomino.
date passengers coming into Portland.
and going out of the city, via the Port
land & Rochester road.
Alderman Thompson asked if the
| speaker knew that the board had granted