The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-13

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JULIET lou to Christian Hereshed.
AN order was passed authorizing the
committee on fire department to purchase
oooo feet of hose.
NEW BUILDINGS.
Inc following petitions were referred:
moses H. Tarter to erect a brick build
ing at IA Spring street, to be two stories
nigh and to be used as a dwelling.
Y. b. Dalton to erect q wooden build
ing on Congress street at S53 to be 2 Ia
stories high to be used as dwelling.
Mrs. L. E. Dennison to erect wooden
addition to No. 3s Eastern Promenade. =
Charles M. Davis, to erect brick
addition to No. 2 South street to be three
stories high and to be used as dwelling.
franklin G. Payson to erect a brick
addition to No. 10 Gray street.
LICENSES
| The following petitions for licenses
We're referred:
Benjamin Mack as pawn broker at
No. Plum street.
| Samuel Papkin, to keep billiard hall
at 469 Fore street.
William F. Mcbride as victualer at
Long island
Margaret E. Donohue as victualer at
AIS Commercial street.
PETITIONS REFERRED.
From A. Parody and others, petitioning
the city government to authorize the
street commissioner to complete the
Chapel street sidewalk.
| From Fred NJ Leavitt for the extension
of the Neal street sewer $50 feet between
Brackett and West streets
In Joint Convention.
The following subordinate city officers
were elected:
Weigher of Coal-W. I. Pencoast.
| Measurer of Bark-Charles B. Tobie.
| In Common Council.
Councilmen Stone, Virgin, Smith and
Corey were absent.
| President Virgin being absent Council
man Mayberry was chosen president pro
| tenn.
On the appropriation for the fremens
muster there was considerable discussion
in the council, but the order finally passed
by vote Of 10 to Q.
| Councilman Lamson presented a resolu-
ton requesting the aldermen to transact
the business requiring concurrent action
first in order that the business of the
lower board might be facilitated. This
resolution was passed and in the joint
session Mayor Randall explained that
this was the way the upper board tried to
carry out its business, but some times the
orders We're delayed in reaching the COM
mon council on account Of thu discussion
in the upper board.
An order was introduced in the lower
board transferring 81 1874 from the appro-
| priation for the improvement of Portland
street to pave Centre street between Free
street and Fore street. This order aroused
any amount of discussion pro and con.
Councilman Howe was among those who
spoke in favor of the passage of this
order. He said that for twenty years the
people down in ward four had been try
ing to get Centre street paved, and he
thought that now was the time to do it.
i The order passed its first reading final
lily, but Councilman Lamson here arose to
/ q point of order. He said that as the rules
allowed of an order being tabled on its
second reading until the following meet
| ing if five members of the common coun-
Gil should object to the second reading he
desired to enter his objection to the second
reading of the order. The matter was put
4 to a vote and Councilman Dow, York,
Lamson, johnson, Smith and Mayberry
Directing to the second reading, the order
was laid on the table until the next meet
ing.
The same fate befell an order transfer
ing 1886 from the appropriation for Port
land street to build sidewalk on Fore
street. The order passed it's first reading,
was objected to on its second reading and
six of the same councilmen as objected to
objected to this order having a second
reading and the matter was laid on the
table until the next meeting.
All of the other orders requiring con.
current action were passed by the lower
board.
To Investigate Commission.
/ When Alderman Rounds was asked last
evening what was his intention in regard
to the investigation of the commission on
public works, said: II propose to inves-
tigate the doings of the commission for
the last three years; its methods of award
ing contracts, carrying out work and all. 1
have no charges to make nor do care to
talk much about the matter now. The
committee on investigation will probably
carry on it's WORK behind closed doors and
/ believe that when I make my report to
the city government will have some
thing of interest to make public
Mrs. Martin Severely Injured.