The Portland daily press., 1897-01-05
A QUIET MEETING.
Of the City Council Was Held Last
Night.
CONSIDERABLE BUSINESS OF
MINOR IMPORTANCE DONE.

Not Word Was spoken About the New
CITY Charter-Cold Storage Company
at variance-dany Claims Presented
Against the City-Building Inspector
Authorized to Enforce the City Ordi
nance in tn Peleg Barker Case.
At the regular monthly meeting of the
city council held last evening consider.
able business was transacted. Not q
word was spoken about the new city
charter In this meeting as special
meeting will be called TO further consid-
er it.
Mayor and Board of Aldermen.
When the meeting WAS called to order
By Mayor Baxter all of the aldermen
were present.
THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
The report of the Board of Public
WorE1 for the niue months ending Janu-
ert was received and approved by the
board Of Aldermen and sent down to the
EoW6f DOhFQ lUr OUuCuTT6lCos
COLD STORAGE co. AND CITY AT
VARIANCE.
The city solicitor rendered q report on
an order which was recently passed by
the mayor and board of aldermen, direct
ing the baard of public works to repair a
sideTalk in front of 436 and 4S8 Fore
sdreet. 1t was the opinion of the city
solicitor that as this sidewalk was origi-
nally disturbed and put out OF repair by
the Maine Cold Storage and Provision
company when they built their stable on
this spot, they sh ould repair the side
walk themselves. 1t is the duty of the
city to maintain it's sidewalks in repnir
and the city solicitor recommended that
the original order be amended SO that
the expenae of building this sidewalk
should be charged to the Maine Gold
Storage and Provision company.
Joseph A. Locke, ESQ.,, appeared be-
for the board as the attorney for this
company and asked the board not to pass
the amended order. Mr.. Locke said that
the city had never built retaining wall
at this point and he believed it was the
city's duty to construct wall and to
build a sidewalk. Mr.. Locke did not
think it would be just to ask the COM
pany to repair this sidewalk. The at
torney spoke some moments on the mat
ter and asked the board of aldermen to
appoint committee to investigate it be-
fl,or al rnQnf
to the order. Alderman Thempsen cross
examined Mr. Locke about the matter at
some length. John ". Dyer of the 4.-i-
pany also spoke on the subject for some
time and fully explained the company s
position. Mr.. Lyer also thought that
the city should build a retaining wall in
front of this lot of land and repair the
sidewalk.
Mr.. Locke said the It the city solicitor
opinion was based on the belief that this
sidewalk was originally disturbed by the
Cold Storage company when they put up
the stable. As matter of fact tho side
walk was at that time out of repair for
if it hadn't been out of repair it wouldn t
have fallen down when the stable Was
built.
The amended order was finally laid on
the ia BILE to be further Investigated.
TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATION
Order that the city auditor be and here
by is authorized and directed to make
the following transfers of appropriations:
se56. 40 from appropriation for Back Bay
sewer TO appropriation for York street
wall; 1858 Sc from appropriation for
Portland SIRE ct to appropriation for YORK
at Get wall; S704. 50 from appropriations
for Portland street to appropriation for
Portland company wall; 1901. 20 from ap-
preparation for Portland street to appro-
priation for county taxes. 50, BIC. 40 from
appropriation for Portland street to APP
propriation for public buildings.
The above order passed witho ut oppo-
sitiop,
CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY.
Mrs. Nellie S. Evans who lives at "a
India street is the owner of the Domln-
ion HOUSE on Fore street She claims 5000
from the city for damage done this house
by defective sewers. The claim was re
ferred to the committee on Judicial pro-
oeedings and claims
The Burnham q Morrill, Go. presented
a claim against the city for $3.50. 70 for
damage to goods, by OVERLOOKING OF the
sewer Sunday, September 6, 1885. The
claim was referred to the proper commit
tee.
Susie Best presented claim OF 81
against the city for clothing in process
of making which was destroyed on &C.
count of diptheria. The claim WAS pro-
perly referred.