The Portland daily press., 1896-11-10
STREET LIGHTING.
City Government Makes Contract for
One Year.

Small Amount of Other Business Tran
sacted-The Pest House.
An adjourned meeting of the City Gov
ernment was held last evening, prinoi-
pally for the purpose Of passing the order
making contract with the Consolidated
Electric Light company for lighting the
streets.
The action Game up in the form of an
order passed. by the Common Council at
the previous m Getting. but disagreed to
by the aldermen. When the aldermen
Assem- bled last evening, Alderman Pagan
moved that the board reoede and concur
with the Cou noil. The order ON which
this concurrence was moved, is as fol-
lows:
Ordered. that the committee on lights
be and are hereby authorized to contract
with the Consolidated Electric Light
company Of Maine for lighting the
PORTLAND for one year commencing No
vember LIST, 1895. and ending October 81,
1897, contract to be dated October 81,
1895, for not less than 260 arc lamps of
1900 candle power, 70 series lamps of IS
candle power each, and 100 series lamps
OF 30 candle power each, at the following
rates: For arc lamps of 1890 o. p. each,
c. p. each, $50 per year: for series lamps
OF SO Q. p. each. $3.50 per annum; pay
ment to be made monthly, all lamps
additional to the above ordered by the
city during the term of said contract to
be furnished at the same rate respective
~. in accordance with the proposition of
said company now in file in the city
IL la N-L-
10, 1896, the cost thereof to be charged to
the appropriation for lights.
Alderman Ilsley asked how much
saving this contract would make. Alder
man Pagan replied that 1t would be
about s34OO.
On the vote the order was passed in
concurrence by the following vote:
Yeas-Kehoe, Thompson, Howell,
Pagan, Mcdonald and Leighton-6.
Noas-Ilsley-l.
Alderman Ilsley moved to make it
unanimous, which was done.
This contract does not include the
lighting of public buildings. so an order
was passed instructing the committee to
obtain terms for such lighting and re-
port.
Alderman Pagan called the attention
of the council to the propriety of testing
the Welsbach gas lights. 1t seems
probable that with this system the city
could save 49, 900 yearly and still have
twice as many lights. Cities trying the
system had found that their streets were
far better lighted than by any other
system.
The various orders providing for con-
tracts for five or ten years for lighting
were indefinitely postponed.
THE FOLLOWING ORDERS WE'RE
PRESENTED:
Ordered, that the city treasurer be and
is hereby authorized ana directed to pay
to the Howard National bank of Boston,
or its attorney, the SUM of fifteen dollars
the same being for a coupon attached to
bond of the CITY Of Portland in aid of
the Portland and Rochester railroad, due
July l, 1896, said bond being mum pered
BAL, and which coupon is alleged to have
been lost. Said sum to be paid upon the
execution of bond satisfactory to the
city solicitor, conditioned to save the city
from loss by reason of such payment
by the city treasurer.
al OANoA AOAouA2lS W ubo 6dlO VI IoAl
estate provides for the sale of lot No. 81
GU the easterly side of Roberts street, the
same containing 5000 square feet, to
Ethel M. Legrow.
Ordered, that the overseers of the Door
and keeper of the aims house be and they
are hereby requested and authorized
| hereafter to furnish Immediately upon
the requisition of the city physician or
physician in charge of any case, food,
medicine and sustenance including
necessary beds and bedding, for all
patients and attendants at the pest house.
! Ordered further that all charges for the
above supplies shall be made to the CITY
| of Portland, and the bill therefor
rendered TO the board of health for ap-
proval, and when approved the city
treasurer is hereby ordered to pay the
same; the amounts thereof, when paid
to be charged to appropriation for con
| tingent.
Ordered, that the board of health are
hereby authorized and requested imme-
diately to put and hereafter maintain the
pest house in proper condition to receive
patients and tie city treasurer is hereby
| authorized to pay all bills approved by
the hoard of health for the above pur-
pose; the amounts thereof when paid to
be oh srged to appropriation for con.
| tingent.
| All these orders were passed.
| In introducing the orders relating te
the pest house, Alderman Leighton said
that there WAS some Disagreement MS t.
whose duty it was to provide for The
patients at the pest house. The overaeer.
Of the poor had taken the ground that il
was not their duty; and physician who
had just taken diphtheria patient
there, had been compelled to provide food
for the patient and the nurse.
As to keeping the pest house clean
Alderman Thompson said it seemed tt
him that the Board of Health had been
neRlcctful in not keeping the pest hous,
clean.
Mayor Baxter saia 1t had been the un.
Outstanding that the pest house was
clean: and asked If there was not some
Misunderstanding.
1t was then developed that patients
had boon just taken from the house,
and that there had been scarcely time tx
clean 1t before the new patient came in.
| NEW BUILDINGS.