The Portland daily press., 1896-12-08
CITY GOVERNMENT.
The City Purchases Land for Park
Purposes.

Il lkC O1Uy L OAooOS AahhN Avn = eNA -
Purposes.
Trouble Over a Wooden Building ON Fore
Street Settled Satisfactorily to All
Observation-Disclosures Orders and 9th
er Business.
The principle business transacted at
the meeting of the city government last
evening was the purchase by the city OF
lot of land on the Eastern promenade
and one adjoining behring's Oaks to be
used for park purposes.
In Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
All of the mem bers were present and
His Honor, the Mayor vas in the CHAIR
TROUBLE OVER A FORE STREET
BUILDING.
Building Inspector J. G. Ward by a
communication dated December LIST in
formed the mayor and board of aldermen
that the Maine Cold Storage and Pro-
vision company was erecting wooden
building at 4S6-43S Fore srteet within
the fire limits and that In compliance
with the approval of the committee on
new buildings he had notified them to
stop work ON the aaid wooden buildings
as the permission to erect the same had
been granted by the committee on new
buildings through mistake. The work
was stopped in compliancu with the
building inspectors notification and re-
quest and he reported the matter to the
mayor and board of aldermen. When the
above matter came up in the board OF
aldermen, Mr.. John W. Dyer, the trens-
urer of the Maine Cold Storage company.
was present and stated that when he was
notified by Inspector of Buildings Ward,
to stop work on the building in question,
the str ucture was nearly completed and
it was in such shape that to have stopped
then in compliance with tha building in
spector's order would have ifretrivably
damaged the building. Therefore they
completed the littlo which remained to
be done to the roof the building In and
then stopped work. Mr.. Dyer also said
that the Maine Cold Storage company
had received permits to erect the build
ing from the city government. AMI on
the strength of this hpermit they ad COM
menced to erect the building.
After some discussion Alderman
Thompson moved that, as the committee
on new buildings had made IL mistake in
granting the permit, the Maine Cold
Storage company be allowed to go on
and complete their building. 1t was SO
voted.
CLAIMS REFERRED. CO.
A claim of s18 from Otis E. Wood for
damage done his shop on India street by
reason of detective cu!vert was referred
to the COM mittee on claims.
A claim from Della Mahoney for $500
for damages sustained from a detective
sidewalk on Greenleaf straet, was also
referred.
PURCHASE OF LAND FOR PAT
PURPOSES.
Ordered, that the city treasurer be
authorized and instructed to procure the
deeds from the Portland and Rochester
Railroad company of tue following lots
of land, namely: A certain lot of lard on
the northeasterly side of the Eastern
promenade bounded and described as fol-
lows: On the southeast by land of Long
fellow; on the southwest by land CT Geo.
P. Wescott and Bowdoin college; on the
northwest by North street and on the
northeast by a line to be hereafter deter
mined by survey as the southwe5terly
side Of the railroad location; said lot of
land being about 1900 feet in length and
about Ss to 1850 feet in width and con-
tanning 40. 600 square feet.
z Also another lot of land at the junction
of Washington street and the Marginal
Way, bounded as follows: On the east
by Washington street; ON the north by
the Marginal Way; Oh the west by An
derson street and on the south by land
now or formerly of M. @. Palmer, con-
tanning about 5000 square feet.
The condition of these deeds shall pro-
vide for the payment to the said Port
land and Rochester Railroad company Of
the aggregate sum of So, 1853 for said pur-
chase, providing said entire lots shall
survey 17s, 800 square feet and proportion
ately less if said survey shall fall below
17s, 600, payable in ten equal payments
on the first day of Msy in each year with
interest OF four per cent.
Ordered, that the city treasurer be
authorized and instructed to procure 8
deed from the owner of the following DIS
scribed tract of land situated On the
nor therly side of Portland street in said
city, bounded and described as follows:
beginning at stake on the northerly
side line of Portland street, and at the
easterly corner Of land of the city of
Portland, known as the Larrabee pur-
chase, thence northeasterly by the easter
" side line of said abee purchase
and by land now or formerly of J. W.
Plaisted, distance of about 800 feet:
thence easterly by said Plaisted's land
distance of 23 feet to land now or former
ly of Preble heirs, thence southerly by
said Preble heirs' land distance OF
about 3OS feet to the northerly side line