The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-10-20
DEERING.

Inc selnl-clrouAal "AuuoWS at the top OF
the Odd Fellows lodge room, fronting on
the avenue, are to be of stained glass.
The contract with the Water Co. for
furnishing new hydrants during the past
summer is about completed and with the
exception of two that have not been
placed the work is complete The two
remaining to be placed are on Forest ave-
nue.. One is to go near Hartley avenue
and the other will be placed a distance of
800 feet from the Kenney house. The
hydrants have been placed as follows:
Woodfords, opposite railroad tracks:
Woodfords, near Arlington stretet: Long
fellow, corner Linden street; Calvin. cor
ner Front street; Deering, foot Prospect;
Grant, corner Lincoln; Glenwood avenue
corner Rackliffe; Glenwood avenue
north of Spring street; Glenwood avenue.
corner South street; Smith near Brown:
Sawyer, corner Thomas; Stevens Plains
avenue; opposite the church; Stevens
Plains, corner Brighton street; Stevens
Plains, near Spring street; Stevens Plains.
corner Mckinley street; Main street,
south of the brook and another on Main
street north of the brook; Main near Raw
street; Main near Lincoln's residence:
Central avenue, west Of Smith street
Reed, corner Cedar street, Williams, cor
ner Deering; Cherry at turns Grant, cor
ner Chestnut; Leland, opposite New
street; Florence, corner Hartley avenue.
Lincoln, west of railroad track; Fessen-
den, corner Deering avenue. On the con-
tract of one year ago the last ones have
been put in as follows: One on Deerina
avenue near the Senter residence; one on
Congress street, west of Alderman
Gowan's house; one on Stevens Plains
Avenue near the residence
of Col. Moore, and the last one has been
placed one half the distance between Col
Moore's house and Aliens Corner. The
entire hydrant system of the city now in
cludes 1909 hydrants ready for use.
Mr.. Charles W. Gushing the carpenter
whose barn was burned on Friday after
noon, while he was at Long Island
learned first of the fire the next morning
from the local papers.
City Clerk Jones issued the tax sum-
monses yesterday to the residents of Ward
8 in the vicinity of Woodfords. Mr.. Jones
is of the opinion that the taxes have been
paid more promptly this year than ever.
before. sfad SO So-s II
A meeting will. be held at the city.
clerks office Friday evening at 7. 30
October % for the purpose Of drawing one
person to serve on the traverse jury Of
the Superior court holden in Portland the
/ first Tuesday Of November. s
Workmen are engaged In shingling the
old part of the Mosher house at Wood
fords.
The Ladies Circle of the Woodfords
Universalist society have arranged to hold
a penny supper Friday evening of this
week at their church hall Woodfords cor
ner. The penny supper is comparatively
a new idea. Every person in attendance
pays cent for every article of food eaten,
also for each dish or other article used.
The MEMBERS of Hose 8, Morrill's Cor
ner, cleared $33 as the result Of the dance
held last Thursday evening under their
auspices in Red Mems hall.
Workmen are engaged in exoavating on
Stevens Plains avenue on the southerly
side of the road to lay pipe to connect
the Maple street sewer with the new
sewer on Oak street. The Forest avenue
and Maple street sewer will then be COM
plete as soon as the connection is made at
Oak street.
. City Marshal Clark said yesterday to
the PRESS that 10th he and Mayor Davis
feel that the attempted action on the part
of the board of aldermen at their meeting
Saturday evening" in offering to pay
counsel fees in defending the Verrill suit
was entirely uncaHedfor under the ex-
listing circumstances as the city had never
taken any interest in the case previously
therefore he did notfeel that it was called
for now. seeysyai~s -
Mr.. Robert Ballard of Bath, is in the
city for few days visiting relatives and
friends on Stevens Plains avenue.
The work on the erection of the build
ing for the New England Furniture COM
pany is progressing rapidly, and the first
floor is now being laid on the stone piers
erected to sustain tina building.
The work of laying the Oak street and
Stevens Plains avenue surface drain is
nearly completed. At the corner of Oak
street and extending along the avenue in
southerIy direction for thirty feet is a
mass of solid ledge that is now being
taken out. The rock that comes from the
ledge is as solid and handsome as that
taken from any quarry.
Mr.. e. ]. Fobes, the popular chemist,
with Mr.. Frank L. Winship, the Deering
Centre druggist, left Monday for
week. cunning trip in the vicinity
mot.
Sealed proposal for furnishing all
material aud labor necessary for complet-
ing the mason work on the new High
school building on Stevens Plains ave-
nue., Deering Centre will be opened at
the office of Architect F. A. ,Tompson In
Portland Saturday, October 25rd at 1a
o clock.
Mr.. Elmer Coffin who was to have