The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-10-06
CITY GOVERNMENT.
Regular Monthly Meeting Held Last
Evening.

of Back Bay Passed-Assessors to Study
Systems of Bookkeeping and Abate-
mont of Taxes In Other C1ties-Other
Business Transacted.
The regular monthly meeting of the
city government was held last evening.
1t was very tame meeting but consid-
cradle business was transacted.
An order was passed instruoting the
Back Bay commissioners to condemn GER
tain land bordering on Back bay for
public play ground. I he assessors were
given a months leave of absence to
study the methods of book keeping in
use In other cities and new building
ordinance was passed.
In Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
The board of aldermen met with all of
the members present, and Mayor Baxter
presiding.
BUILDING ORDINANCE AMENDED.
Alderman Pagan introduced the fol-
lowing amendment to the building ord l.
nance:
In board of mayor and aldermen: Be
it ordained by the mayor, aldermen and
common council Of the city of Portland,
In city council assembled, as follows:
Section two of the revised ordinances
of 1892 Is hereby amended by adding
after the word "perm ission' In the last
line there Of the following words, VIZ
And the oity clerk shall not grant any
permit for the commencement Of any
building operations, until the owner or
owners or the duly authorized agenJ.
architect of the same shall have or made
written application for such permit Civ
ing full particulars of proposed site Of
such building, of what materials to be
built, and the outward measurements
thereof, and shall have submitted to the
inspector of buildings when SO requested
copy OF the plans or specifications or
both, as he may require, and have re-
ceived his written approval, or of that of
the committee on new buildings. No
person shall commence building opera
tions until said permit is granted. All
permits granted for building operations
that are not commenced within a period
of six months from the time of issuance
shall expire by limitations. This ordi-
nance shall take effect when approved.
Read twice and referred to t':s COM
mittes on new buildings.
PUBLIC PLAY GROUND.
In the lower board the following order
was introduced. passed and sent up to
the upper board for concurrence;
Ordered, That whereas the following
described tract Of land is part of Back
Cove, and by the provisions of an act to
autorize certain public Improvements
to be made at Back Cove and Fore
River in Portland harbor, public and
special laws of the State OF Maine for 1887
is under ths jurisdiction of the Q 0mmis-
sioners appointed il said act, ga i'd tract
of land being desert bed as follows: Be-
ginning at the point of Intersection of
northerly line of Fox street; thence
northerly and northeasterly by the west
erly line of Cove street and the westerly
line of Anderson street, as recently laid
out, distance of about TAO feet to the
easterly line of the Marginal way; thence
southwesterly by the Marginal way dis
lance OF about $50 feet to Fox street !:
thence easterly by Fox street, distance of
about 4b0 feet to the point at the begin
ming, and: Whereas public necessity and
onvenience require that said tract of land
should be taken by said issioners
under the provision of section six of said
act, it ia therefore ordered that the com-
missioners appointed under the provis-
ions OF said chapter 1913, private and
special laws of the State of Maine for
1887 are hereby respectfully requested to
take said tract OF land and fats in the
exercises of the light of eminent
domain under the provisions of said
chapter.
The board of aldermen passed the
order by vote of five yeas and two nays.
Aldermen Thompson and Leighton vot-
ing no, the others yes.
VOTE OF THANKS.
Alderman Kehoe, chairman Of the CON-
mittee of the oity government on its re-
cent trip to Boston, introduced the fol-
lowing resolution which received an
unanimous passage in both branches of
the city council:
Resolved. That the thanks of the city
government of Portland, are hereby ten
dered to President Lucius Tuttle of the
Boston and Maine Railroad company for
his extreme generosity in providing a
special car free of expense for the use of
the city government on their regent trip
to Boston. as guests of the Boston oity
government. and the oity clerk is hereby
instructed to transmit to President Tut
tie copy of these resolutions.
UNIMPROVED REAL ESTATE.
Alderman Leighton introduced the
following order which raised consider
able discussion in the board:
Ordered, that the city treasurer be and
hereby is directed to give to John L.
Brackett-a deed with the usual covenants
of warranty of a certain lot of land an
flats on the easterly side of proposed ex-
tension of Hanover street, andsbetween
land of said Bracket and land recently
sold by the city of Portland to the Port
land Il Rochester r. II. having 'front.'
age on said Hanover street of about 10
feet and extending back easterly to land
of said Braokett, distance of 115 feet
more or less and constaining IL, 642 square
feet The price of said land is 20 cents a
square foot.
Alderman Kehoe objected to the pass
ing of this order unless he had some in
formation in regard to it. Alderman
Leighton stated to the board that Mr.
Braokett had purchased this lot in 1892,
when he was member of the city gov
eminent and had paid for the land but
that deed had never been given him as
the city solicitor at that time had de-
cidsd that 1t would be illegal to give
Mr.. Bracket q deed for the land while