The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-08


Acceptance of the offer of the trustees of
3he Walker estate.
A committee of conference was asked
for by the lower board after the order for
the appointment of a committee had been
non-concurred in.
The committee of conference after q
= very long session reported back to their
respective bodies. Alderman Kehoe re-
ported as chairman of the committee of
conference of the board of aldermen.
There were two reports from the commit
tee, majority report and minority re-
port. The majority report asked that the
hearing be fixed on the acceptance of the
building by the city at meeting to be
held not later than January first and au-
thorizing committee from both boards
to inquire into the matter. The minority
report asked the boIrd to recede from its
former action, accept the building with
the proposed conditions and thank the
trustees for their munificent offer
Alderman Kehoe moved the acceptance
# the minority report.
The mayor said he should not entertain
the minority report as a report of a COM
mittee of conference should be either an
agreement or a disagreement. The
mayor referred to the rules as his au-
thority for refusing to put the minority
report as a motion before the board.
Alderman Kehoe said this was merely
subterfuge to shut off debate on the
question.
The mayor said he had no intention of
shutting off debate, but he was acting
under the rules and must live up to them.
The motion was then put to appoint a
r committee consisting of three members
from the aldermen and as many of the
councilmen as might Join to look into the
conditions OF the proposed gift, report
back to meeting of the city government
not liter than January first, at which
time hearing on the acceptance of the
building by the city shall be held The
motion was CT ri ard was concurred in
by the lower board
Alderman Kehoe said be desired to be
understood in tAs matter. He thought
the proceeding most unwiss and foolish
The board was simply throwing
munificent gift back in the faces of the
givers. The city needs the building, it
will materially benefit poor people to have
building of this kind and he wanted to
go on re, ord as protesting.
In the beard of aldermen vote of
tn las for the munifcent offer of build
ing TO the city WAS passed. The lower
= board voted to non-ooncur in this and
asked fer Il committee OF conference
a -et of elaborate resolutions, thanking
the trustees for their offer of the building.
Councilman Dow drew up this resolution
which passed both branches.
CROSSING TUKEY's BRIDGE.
The matter of granting the right to
cross Tukey's bridge to the Portland
Railroad company and the Portland and
Yarmouth electric railroad. now came up
for consideration.
The special committee consisting of the
Mayor, Aldermen Leighton and Pagan,
made verbal report to the board The
: Mayor said that the committee had con-
: sidered many propositions from the rail.
: road companies and considered the mat
ter with great care. The Portland Rail
road had off red to pay sc, 600 under con-
ditions which the commi ttee did not
think advisable to accept. The Yarmouth
roa offered to ray $500 year for 100
wears for the privilege of crossing the
bridge, but the committee had thought
it advisable to reject the proposition.
The committee now presented the fol-
lowing order:
City of Portland, Board of Mayor and
Aldermen. Decenbe 18th, 1897.
OrCiered: That upon the execution of a
written agreement by the, Portland and
Yarmouth Electric Railway company to
pay to the city of Portland the sum of
twenty thousand $50, 000) dollars in the
manner following, towards the cost of re-
building Tukey's bridge including
paving, said sum to be paid in ten annual
lnstalments Of two thousand ($2, 000)
) dollars each, with interest at the rate of
tive per cent per annum, from January
1st, 1883 payable annually, the first pay
r lnent TO be made January 1 1898, if said
bridge is then open to travel, otherwise
a as soon as so opened and succeeding pay
nents to be made on each first day of
January thereafter until the full sum of
twenty thousand dollars with interest as
aforesaid shall be paid, such being the
terms in relation to the amount of the
expense Of rebuilding Tukey's bridge
NiiACI oh1SIA w ny JIG oeslA
I and Yarmouth Electric Railway company
tor the occupation of said bridge by its
tracks, poles, wires, appliances and ap-
purtenances fixed and determined by
this board, the right is hereby granted to
said Portland and Yarmouth Electric
Railway company, its successors and as
signs, to lay and maintain for its exclu-
slve use d single track on said bridge, on
the easterly side Of the same, connecting
with its tracks as now located or hereafter
to be located at either end of said bridge,
and to erect and maintain the poles and
overhead fixtures on said bridge necessary
to operate said railway by electricity, so
long as said bridge shall stand provided
said Portland and Yarmouth Electric
Railway company its SUCCESSORS and as
signs shall locate and construct it's said
bridge uneler supervision.of the commission
er OF public works and shall maintain it's
said track and road and the substructure
under the same in good condition and
shall keep and maintain in good repair
such portions of said bridge as shall be