The Portland daily press., 1897-12-23
ROUNDS GOT MAD.
City Council Refused to Pay His
Attorney.
THE ALDERMAN SAYS THE LAW
WILL MAKE THE CITY SETTLE.

Yarmouth Road Granted Right to Cross
Yui1eYs Bridge on Their Own Terms
Tho Walker Trustees Offer Discussed
bat no Action Taken-A Long and
Lively Session OF The City Council
The meeting of the city council last
night was very lively one. The Var
mouth road was given permission to cross
Tukey's bridge on the payment of $500
per year for 90 years. Alderman Rounds
the attorneys report drawn up Tor the
special committee on Investigation failed
of passage. The Walker trustees offer
was taken up, discussed and laid on the
table without any action.
BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDER.
MEN.
The meeting was called TO order at { 80
O'Clock. All the mem bers of the hoard
were present. adjournment was taken
at ten o'clock.
HUNG UP AGAIN.
Alderman Moore chairman of The spec
| lSt1 CCiIliltlkUcS CDGOlutGI " COAlEt WIN
| the trustees of the Walker estate regard
ing their proposed gift to the city of a
manual training school presented the fol-
| lowing report:
The joint special committee appointed
| by the city government met tue trustees
and ascortained that their offer eontem-
plated building as shown in the
plan they presented with the exception
| OF the one story addition marked on the
plan including boiler room and forge
room. 10 make those rooms available the
| city would be required to meet the ex-
pense of rock excavation. The interior Of
the building would be in the style known
as mill hnish,' that is without plaster
| ing or other finish except in the teachers
| rooms. No equipment would be provided
except portable heating apparatus.
After an informal discussion the trus-
tees withdrew their offer of the Esd
ult5imo and stated in substance verbally
that II the city would indicate to them
the sort of building best adopted to it's
requirements in size and location they
would be disposed to present such build
ing to the city.
WM. II. DOW, Secretary.
Accompanying this report was an order
authorizing the appointment of com
nittee of three from the aldermen and as
many as the council might join to confer
with the Walker trustees and investigate
the needs of the city as far as the manual
training school is concerned and decide
upon the sort Of building ard the location
for it and report back to the city gov.
e nment Pending the settlement of
other business this order was for the mo-
j 1nent tabled without discussion.s
| A little later al erman Leighton intro
| duced another order on the Walker
trustees offer. Alderman Leighton g
order was in substance that the trustees
be respectfully requested to renew their
| original offer of a manual training school
for the city of Portland and that the
board of alderman pledged themselves to
accept the original offer and in pli-
ance with the terms at first proposed to
equip and maintain manual training
| school in the building to be erected by
the Walker estate trustees.
The passage to this order was moved
by Alderman Leighton and seconded
| by Alderman Kehoe.
Alderman Leighton-"I am willing
10 leave this matter entirely in the hands
of the three eminent gentlemen who
have made the city this offer. They have
preparet the plans with great care and
the only handsome thing we can do is to
accept their first offer.
/ Alderman Rounds-"The three men
from this board who have made this re-
port on their conference with the trustees
| OF the Walker estate are good men and
have looked into the matter carefully.
| They now come here after Ii conference
with the trustees and ask that another
committeee ho appointed / think we
| should grant their request" He moved
Alderman Leighton's order be laid on
the table.
Alderman Kehoe thought the matter
should be left with the trustees alone
and that Alderman Leighton's order
should be passed.
Hon. Seth u. Larrabee one of the Wal
ker estate trustees was present in the
chamber and was asked by Alderman
| hehoe to express his opinion on tho mat
ter and to state what the trustees wanted.
Mr.. Larrabee said cit would be bad
state for me to say that the committee
appointed by this board to confer with
| the trustees has reported improperly. The
trustees Will act as a unit when they
act. / don't care to make any statement
| for the trusees on this matter -
A vote on laying Alderman leighton s
order OF the table was then taken, Alder
men Rounds, Pagan, Mcdonald and
Moore voted yes.
Alderman Ilsley, Leighton and Kehoe
voted no. The order was then laid on the
table.
/ In the excitement coming with the nd
iournment Of the board both of the order,
relating to the Walker estate offer vver,
forgotten and were not taken from th,
table during the meeting, as had beer
originally intended, so the matter is hupo
up once more.
| ALDERMAN ROUNDS GETS MAD.
The first sensation of this highly sen
sational meeting was sprung by Alder
man Rounds. lie introduced an orde,
which authorized the city treasurer to pa,
the bills of the special committee ap
lpointed by the city council for the pur
pose OF Investigating the commissioner
of public works and his assistants provid
ing such bills did not exceed the sum OF
$500. Alderman Roun5 moved that this
order have "a passage and the motion wa
seconded by Alderman Ilsley
Alderman leighton was on his feet il