The Portland daily press., 1896-09-19
DEERING CITY GOVERNMENT.
The Maple Street Sewer Question Dis
cussed Again.

Inc maple street Sewer question DIS
cussed Again.
An Order introduced Taking tho Matter
| of Constructing This Sewer Out of
Hands of Street COMMUNICATIONS
Mitchell Casts Deciding Vote to Indefi-
| nitely Postpone Mr. Davis's Order.
The adjourned meeting of the Deering
city government last evening was very
brief but exciting enough while 1t lasted.
Only five of the seven aldermen were
present, Messrs. Cram and Cobb being
absent. Alderman Davis opened the pro-
oeedings as soon as the meeting
was called to order by asking AL
deman Matthews for the plans and spec
derman Matthews said he had no plans
or specifications of that particular sewer
| to offer from the committee on streets.
Alderman Davis then stated that he
believed that the committee on streets
were discriminating against the Maple
construction of this sewer to connect
with the Oak street sewer had been
passed over Mayor Mitchell's veto an
other order for a sewer had been passed
and this latter sewer was now being
constructed or about to be constructed.
committee on streets and sewers had
said they would not build the Maple
street sewer until they were compelled to
and for that reason Alderman Davis in
troduoed the following order:
Whereas, 1t is hereby adjudgsd me-
cessary for the public convenience and
the pu blio health that a common sewer
be laid as follows: Beginning on Stew.
ems Plains avenue north of sthe intersec-
| ton of Oak street, thence on said avenue
to Maple street, thence on Maple street to
| Forest avenue, thence on Forest avenue
and whereas, the committee on sew ers
| have announced that they would not
obey any vote of the city council to said
sewer, therefore, he ii
Ordered that Aldermen Aver, Cram
and Davis be hereby constituted special
| committee authorized and instructed to
cause said sew or to be laid. The city
sd to make Immediately all nee dnl
| measurements and estimates to enable
| sad special committee to cause said
sewer to be laid on such part of said
streets on gu ch grades and of such
size as said special committee shall deter
mine; also to make plans and specif1oa-
tions Of the same and deliver the same
| to said committee in order that it may
| be able to contract for laying the same.
| Also to superintsnd the laying of the
same under the direction of said COM
mittee. Said special committee Is hereby
authorized to advertise for bids for the
| laying Of said sewer and contract in
the name of the CITY for such laying with
such parties as may, in its Judgment be
| for the best interests of the city.
| This sum of $4,000 is hereby appropri
ated for the coat of said sewer to be pro-
vided for by temporary loan. And the
| city treasurer is hereby directed to hire
said sum on nine months time and issue
city note therefor.
Alderman Davis said that the, $4,000
appropriated in this order would pay all
Of the expenses of building the Maple
street sewer, and he moved that the order
be laid on the table for second read
ing.
| = Alderman Aver seconded Alderman
Davfs's motion.
| Alderman Small at this got the floor
and said that he did not think 1t was
necessary for the council to pay any at
tention to the order of the gentleman
from Ward 8. 1--WE have no right to
go ahead and build that Maple street
sewer until all of the legal requirements
| necessary to said construction had been
| complied with" said Alderman Small.
"The committee on streets understands
that the order authorizing the construo-
tion Of the Maple street sewer will not be
| legal until 1t receives the signature of
the Mayor that the order has been passed
| by this board over his veto. When this
signature is forthcoming theMaple street
sewer will be constructed and not be-
| FORE"
Alderman Davis replied rather warmly
that he didn't care how any order he
introduced was beaten as long as 1t was
beaten fairly. But" said the gentle
man from Ward 8, ''no two men IN this
| board or no three men can freeze me
out of anything want to do without a
i i
on streets have said they would not
build this Maple street sewer and pro-
pose to see whether or not they can be
compelled to build it,"
| Both Aldermen Small and Matthews
said that they had never made any such
statement as Alderman Davis claimed
Alderman Matthews said that no order
for the construction of the Maple street
sewer had come before him In legal
manner and he did not intend to act
until all legal requirements were COM
piled with.
| Alderman Small moved to amend AL
derman Davis's motion in relation TO the
order by postponing the order indefinite
| ly.
| Alderman Matthews said that he