The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-10
SOUTH PORTLAND.
Forty Four Articles of Warrant dis
posed of.

| Az INC ADJOURNED TOWN Meetlng-tOCeu 10
Use $500 for Paving Bridge Street. and
| $3.50 for Sewers-Much Other Business.
| The adjourned meeting of the town of
| Sonth Portland was held at Town hall
yester day and called out quite large at
| tendance of the voters, although there
was a notable absence of the prominent
men from the village of South Portland.
9he meeting was opened at 10 O'Clock
by Thomas B. Haskell, moderator. with
Noah b. Knight as clerk. There was
very little excitement and the meeting
was very orderly, although several of the
ar ticles in the warrant were quite
strongly contested
TIL ere were A articles in thewarrant.
The following amounts were voted TO be
raised and appropriated: For schools,
IS, O00 t own charges, So, 600; roads and
bridges, $4,000; support of poor, $500;
water payments, $937.50; text books,
| $3.50
| 1t was voted to appropriate $205 for
winter and spring highway bills for 1885,
96 $500 to pay the interest on the town
debt; $500 for collectors commissions to
pay the collector per cent for his seryi-
ces; to give discount Of per cent on
all taxes paid within two months from
the date of commitment; to raise $500 for
discount on taxes.
| Article 10 was to see what amcu MT OF
money the town would vote for the sup
port of the Free High school for the en-
| |, dora %
discussion. Several were in favor of out
| ting down the expense instead of giving
| the amount asked for. The schools Of
| Deering were compared with those of
South Portland and the speakers in favor
claimed that the town schools should have
all the money it was possible to spare for
them in order to give the scholars Of
South Portland as good advantages as
other schools. The majority were in IA
yor of raising the amount asked for in
stead of cutting it down, and 1t was final
ly voted to raise the sum of 81, 800 for the
support Of the Free High school.
1t was voted TO pay to the treasurer $500
for his services the ensuing year; to raise
S125 to decorate the graves of the soldiers
and sailors of the town; to raise the sum
of $3.50. 04 for deficiency in out door poor
account for the year 1895; to raise the
sum of 81, 554 &c for deficiency in town
charges, account for the year 1895.
Article 30 was to see what action the
town would take in reference to repairs
of school buildings, and for the raising
of money for the same. There was con
siderable discussion on this question and
the school in District No. 10 was cited
by Mr.. Joseph Fickett as one Of those
sadly in need of repairs. Capt. Boyd i'm
mediately rose to his feet and said: ''Mr.
Moderator, l should like to ask where
School district 10 iss" Mr.. Pickett re-
piled: "In South Portland. This an
swer provoked much laughter.
Capt. Boyd remarked. ''That is rather
Indefinite. Mr.. Pickett responded, !"
should have said the school was situated
in that part of the town near the Reform
school It was finally voted to raise the
sum of $500 for the repairs of schoolbuild.
} ings.
It was voted to raise $537.03 for defic-
iency in roads and bridges accounts for
the year 1895; and to elect truant officers
for the ensuing year, and William J..
Cribby of Knightville and William f.
Roberts of the western section of the
town were elected.
Article IS was to see if the town would
vote to raise and appropriate the sum OF
81, 900 for the construction Of sewers.
Mr. Joseph Pickett said he was in favor
of sewers, but believed that the work
should at least lie partially surveyed by
an expert and the work of construction
done in proper manner. He did not be-
lieve in the system that was now used in
putting in sewers In a manner that was
any thing but practical and satisfactory.
The article was finally laid on the table,
pending further discussion. 1t was voted
to accept the list of Jurors as revised by
the sslectmen, treasurer and town clerk,
striking off the name of Edward K.
Chapman.
Article rs was to see what action the
town would take to macadamize or i'm
prove the condition of Bridge street,
Knightville. This road is one of the most
travelled on the Cape, and is also one, of
the poorest In the spring of the year, it
being almost impossible at times on &C.
count OF the mud Mr.. Pickett adve-
Gated the use of the stone crusher, saying
that the town had the machinery and
plenty of rock and the thought that it
the road was properly graded with
crushed rock and the work done as it
should be it would be sbetter for heavy
teaming and less expensive than trying
to grade it up with gravel, as enough
sand had been put on the road in the
past few years to have raised the road
to the second story windows of the hous-
es on the streets, if it had not been blown
or washed away. He said that it would
be better to make start and do as
much work on the road as possible this
year.
Mr.. Barstow said he thought the best
thing to do with the road was to pave 1t
with block paving. He did not believe
! in experimenting but thought the rnonev