The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-08-25
OUR STREETS.
Report of the Commissioner of Public
Works.

What Has Been Done the Past Year
Plans of Work for the Next Season
Laying Out New streets-What Has
Been ID one in the Parks.
The annual report of Commissioner Fern
aid of Public Works. has just been issued
by the printers. In this report the commits
sioner gives the following valua BILE and in
teresting statements of work done and pro-
posed:
That portion of C street extending westerly
from st. John street to the Maine central
railroad location was discontinued by or
der of the city council, approved September
3, 1895. The land covered by the location
of this street reverted to the city, and has
been sold to the Maine Central Railroad
Company for $1,569.75.
The petition presented to the city council
in 1894 for change in the line of Spring
street at the northwest corner at High street
has been Iavorably acted upon. This change
in the line of Spring street widens the side
walk at the corner four and four tenths
feet. and the new line conforms to the stone
fence there existing. The amount of land
taken was 51.32 square feet, for which the
city coun ell voted to allowsthe owner $50.
By vote of the city council, approved July
2, 1895, a small triangle of land at No. 573
Congress street has been purchased from the
Rufus Horton heirs at an expense of 800.
Tbis nurcbase was made for the nrr,ose Of
WIDENING the sidewalk at tbis noinr about
IA incbes
net;+;on hoe heer raoa;yad 70 d;soo,-
tinue thai NORTON of Conorass s+ree+ he+rveen
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nurnosa of oorrec+ino defects =, 1.rd +;t1as
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cemeteries and nnhlic Grounds This land
is j., close ,,roxir,itv ~ Fort Summer ,,arly
and can he made into a nlayeronnd at little
exnense.
since the date of th q last renort seven lots
have been sold nm the streets laid ont
through the citv farm in 1893. The nrice
of 3 cents ner so,are foot established nv tba
citv council when this nronertv wac niaced
on the market. has NOT been changed. The
work of grading Payson street has been con-
timed durire the wear and would recon-
mend the onening of Washburp avenue
through to Grove street at an early date.
The proposed street parallel with WASH
burn avenue and extending from St. John
street to the easterly side of the farm should
be accepted as a public way, and across the
northerly side of the farm new outlet
should be provided. This can be accom-
plished by opening street from st. John
street to Grove by taking one-half the
width from the city and one half from the
adjoining owner. f. gz.et5
The interest of the city in the lot of la nd
on the southerly side of Pine street, opposite
Chadwick, has been disposed of during the
wear for the sum of So. 313. TO-
An order was passed by the city council
.Juune 2. 1895 directing the ocommissioner
of public works to make survey of Grant
street between Grove and Weymouth streets
for the Durpose of fixing proper grade