The Portland daily press., 1896-11-14
DEERING.
Regular Meeting Of the City Govern
ment Last Evening.

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Question of Getting Water From Duok
Pond Taken Up in Earnest-Other Citv
Matters.
A regular meeting of the Deering City
Government was held. last evening, Nav
or Mitchell presiding and all the alder
men. except Mr.. Small of Ward g. being
present.
The city marshal's report was present.
ed for the month ending October 25 The
net cost of the police force for the
month was $l05.
The resignation Of DR.. L. K. Austin
as member of the board of health and
secretary Of it, was received ard accept
ed. DR.. Austin is to remove from the
city. Regret was expressed at his de-
parture. The Mayor nominated DR.. r.
T. Goodhue Of Deering Centre as his sue
cessor, and the latter was confirmed.
A letter was received from Col. Ed
ward Moore protesting against the read
iustment of the line of the street In
front of his house on the line OF the new
electric road extension to Aliens Cor
ner. The new line, he said, would dam
age his lawn. The debate developed the
fact that the new lines were located by
the county commissioners, while all the
work of the change would come upon the
electric road. So 1t was voted that the
city clerk communicate to Col. Moore
that he should look to the county for
redress.
The city government are invited to at
tend the supper of Hose Company, No.
8, on the evening of Thursday, Novem-
ber 10. 1t was voted to accept the invita-
tion.
Tho Mayor called attention to the fact
that the police appropriation was near
ly If not quite exhausted. Only one off,
Ger was now on duty, the night patrol
at Woodfords corner, the expense of his
services being about 50 per night. The
sum of $500 was transferred from the in
cidental account to the police account.
A like sum was also transferred from
the incidental account to tbs public
buildings account.
The toothpick company has gone out,
it being understood that a trust was
paying them not to run. another con-
Germ was now operating the plant. The
question was whether the new concern
should receive the exemption. The mat
ter was referred to the committee on
GLAZING.
An order was passed to enable the over
ssers Of the poor to contract with the
trustees of Evergreen cemetery for
foun dations for headstones on the
strangers lot in the cemetery.
VOLUNTARY LIGHTING.
An important ordinance was introduced
by Alderman Davis, s'providing..th any
householder who shall establish a 49,
candle power electric light at or near the
sidewalk IN front of his house, shall 1e-
oeive $3 per annum from the CITY, The
object OF this is to Increase the num-
Der of electric lights in the city. The
ordinance was laid on the table for
second reading.
Petitions were presented for new streets
as follows: For new street 90 feet
north Of Read street and parallel to it;
also one from Stevens Plains avenue to
Forest avenue between Maple and West
street. Mr.. O'Brien appeared and an
nounced his opposition to the street as
proposed. These petitions were referred
to the committee on laying out new
streets.
A petition for a orosswalk at No. 90
George street was referred.
1t was voted to sell the land on which
the Marquand Leather Company had
factory.
. An electric light is petitioned for on
Clifton street by IA ladies. Referred to
the committee on lights.
petition fof brick sidewalk on Pearl
street was referred ;..nlso one from Mrs.
Mary d. SCOTT for sidewalk in front Of
her home on Spring street.
W. S. Morton asks $50 damages for in.
juries from defective road. Referred,
Capt. Compton's claim was also re-
ferred,
Friday, December 1s. at 7.so p. NJ. was
on the assessment of the Oak, Grant,
Prospect and High street sewers.
WATER FROM DUCK POND.
The most important action of the meet
ing was embodied in the following order
introduced by Alderman Aver:
Ordered, that the Mayor be and is here
by authorized to appoint COMMITTEES
consisting of three aldermen and five citf-
zens not mem bers of the city govern
ment to take undsr consideration the adj
visibility of the oity procuring charter
to take water from Duck Pond for CITY
and family use, said commission to re-
port atstheir earliest convenience.
This order was unanimously passed
and May orE Mitchell Immediately appoint
ed the following as the commission: AL
dermen Aver, Gram aud Matthews. and
Messrs. Andrew Hnwes, John e. Saw
yer, W. W. Merrill, M. E. Moore and r.
d. Coleman.
1t is understood that this movement
is caused by dissatisfaction with the
service given by the Standish Water and
Construction Company, which is allied
with the Portland Water Company. and
which now supplies Deering. 1t is com