The Portland daily press., 1896-08-15
PASSED OVER VETO.
Deering Aldermen Pass the Oak Street
Sewer Order.

ers Last Evenini-AIderman Davis
Attempts To Run the Meeting But
FaiIs-Permission Granted Portland
Railroad to Build Other Tracks on
Pleasant Street.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Deering city council, held last evening,
was a spicy session and transacted con-
siderabl business
The petition of the Portland Railroad
Company was granted by unanimous
vote of the board and the Oak street sew
er matter was passed over the Mayor s
vsto. Alderman Davis of Ward attempt
ed to run the board to suit himself and
for one brief moment delegated himself
as the presiding officer of the meeting,
but after a short argument with the
Mayor, became convinced that the posi-
ton of chairman of the Deering city
council is but an empty honor and car
ries with it few powers unless the Mayor
is counted out of the game.
When the meeting was called to order
al OF the aldermen were present anu
there was goodly gathering OF oltlzens
besides who expected to see the fun and
they were not disappointed
HEARING ON RAILROAD PETIT
TION.
The petition of the Portland Railroad
Company asked for the right to lay
double tracks from the end OF the double
tracks on Forest avenue at the head OF
III ctu T1d
Pleasant street to join the double tracks
already laid through Stevens Plains
avenue. The petition also asked for the
right to lay tracks gu Stevens Plains
avenue to Aliens Corner and thence
through Main street to Lunt's Corner to
connect with the present line on Ocean
street.
President William A. Wood of the Port
land Railroad Company was present and
spoke at some length.
Mr.. Ira S. Locke spoke against grant
ing the road permission to lay the dou bic
tracks on Spring street. The permits
sion was granted without dissenting
vote.
THE MAYOR vETOES A SEWER
ORDER
AT the last regular meeting OF the city
government an order was presented by
Alderman Davis and passed authorizing
the construction of a sewer from Stevens
Plains Avenue near Maple street at Nor
rill's corner, down through Oak and
George street to Back Bay Last evening
M1to hoI nf
this order. He gave the grounds Of this
veto as follows:
Too the Honorable Council Of the City
of Deering
Gentlemen Tho passage Of the order
for sewer system for the Morrill, Corner
section of the city having for its outlet
tho fats at the foot of George street, has
my emphatic disapproval
do not wish to be understood in this
matter as Opposing sewer privileges to
the residents in this neighborhood; but
only object to the manner OF It's constrUc-
tion and outlet
At very considerable expense, during
the last year of the town government. a
survey was made by the best engineering
SIX i'll obtainable, which provided sewer
age system for the larger portion OF the
city. These plans have been the guide
by which the various city governments
tion. and when varied in one or two in
stances by the supposed superior wisdom
of the board Of aldermen, later experience
has taught the CITY that engineering
knowledge is after all the BEST as with
the raising Of the grade of Pleasant
street sewer.
These plans provide!that the sewerage
from Morr,ll's kCorner shall be carried
through sewer to be built on Forest
Avenue, connecting with that now con-
struoted atssthe intersection OF Forest Ave
nue. and. Pleasant street, and becoming part
of our main sewer that empties itself at
Dsering bridge. ANY departure from
these plans l deem unwise especially the
proposal TO deposit the sewerage from
such large and growing section on the
flats asaaGeorge street. With the experience
of the City ofgPortland before US; with
the knowledge that just now they are
beginning at a large expense to correct
the errors of the past aby 5hesconstructton
of an interoepting sewer, we should not
begin on this side of the cove TO repeat
the mistakes of our neighbors on the
other d side. On May the maj GRITTY
of your sewer committee reported favor
ably on petition of n. K. Sawyer and
othera for sewer to be built according
to the engineers plans, and l would be
very glad to have you reconsider your
action by which you disregard its recon-
mendations.
I herewith present you letters received
from Messrs. ulsley and Cummings and
Mr.. E. G. Jordan, also from our own
civil engineer. Mr.. l. W. Barbour, as to the
advisa billy of constructing a sewer as
your order directs. This 1 attach to and
make part of this message.
[ therefore veto this order.
VIM. W. MITCHELL, Mayor.
The reports of the engineers were also
read. Messrs. Ilsley and Cummings say
eve have at all times reported against
the entrance of any large amount OF
drainage onto the fats, and in our first
communication to the commission called
attention to the faot-( although outside
limits we were dealing with)-that at
some time in the future large intercept
ing sewer would have to be built along
the shores Of the cove with outfall east
of Tukey's bridge, to accommodate Ocean
street, and such 1aterals as would from
tim to time be built from it.
''At the time the George and Oak street