The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-10-02
CITY GOVERNMENT
Special Meeting Board of Mayor and AL
dermen.

| "A special meeblng Oh the Board OF May
or and Aldermen was held alta D. IN. yes
terday. Absent, Mr.. Ilsley.
The Mayor read this petition of the At
lantic and St. Lawrence and Grand
Trunk Railroad company:
To the Honorable Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Portland:
| The Atlantic and st. Lawrence Rail
road company, corporation existing un-
der the laws of the State of Maine and
the Grand Trunk Railway company of
Canada, the lessee, respectfully petition
and represent that the commerce and bus
| mess of the city of Portland and the needs
| of your petitioners in connection with the
new elevator, require that additional
| tracks shall be laid adjacent to the loca-
| t1oon OF said Atlantic and ST. Lawrence
railroad over the premises upon which
was located by the city of Portland the
street known as East Commercial street,
from stake standing on the southeastern
~ part of said location at point where
the northerly line of land now, or former
~ owned by G. FL. Boyd intersects with
the westerly site line of the location of
the A. and St. L. r. r. company, thence
along said location of said street to a
place on said location where the easterly
line thereof is intersected by the southerly
line of land owned by the p. & r. r. r.
company at point where said line inter
scots with the westerly side line of the
location of the A. & St. l.. r. r. COM
pany, and now occupied by its lessee, near
the junction betN cen the railroad of the
said +. & K. r. h. company and the
railroad of said A. & ST. L. r. R. com
pany.
Your petitioners therefore pray for per-
mission to construct under such condi-
| lions or agreements therefore as shall be
reasonable and proper. railroad tracks
- H. l. L. 49,
and along and upon said East CONNER
cial street as located, and any part there
of, for the use of your petitioners and for
the greater convenience of the commerce
and traffic coming over said A. & St. L.
Il. r. and the lines of it's said lessee into
the city of Portland
Atlantic & ST. Lawrence r. r. Co.
A. A. sTRoUT,
Its Attorney.
The Grand Trunk Co. of Canada.
A. A. sTRcUT,
Its Attorney.
Mr.. Moore moved that committee of
three be appointed to confer with the
Grand Trunk with power.
Mr.. Rounds thought the committee of
public works was the proper committee to
which the petition should be referred.
The Mayor said he didn't think the
matter could be referred to the public
works committee as it related to laying
tracks in the streets.
Mr.. Moore amended by adding the
Mayor to his motion.
Mr.. Leighton seconded Mr.. Moore's mo-
ton and it was unanimously passed. The
aid and Kehoe the committee.
Fannie G. Chase petitioned that Alice
j. Seaver. otherwise known as Alice J.
Garlic, friend, being of unsound mind
have a guardian appointed and that he
municipal officers certificate her to the
Probate court for appointment of guar
dian. The petition was granted and the |
papers signed. Il
Mr.. Pagan offered an order that COM
mittee of two or more to which the treas
urer be added with the clerk-be appoint
ed to revise the jury list, and it was
passed unanimously. The Mayor APP
pointed Messrs. Pagan, Moore and Kehoe |
Mr.. Rounds read from the statutes re-
quiring a statement to be made by the |
treasurers of towns and cities to the asses
sors every two months in regard to taxes, |
and said he introduced an order last May |
requiring this to be done. He wanted to |
know what became of this order. The |
order was hunted up and it was shown |
that although it passed the aldermen it |
was indefinitely postponed by the Com
mon Council in June. Then Mr.. Rounds |
became wrathy and said that the council |
had nothing to do with it, as they are
not municipal officers, and he seemed to
think the finance committee had been |
negligent. This remark stirred up Mr.. |
Leighton and the two had an alteration |
which was squelched by the Mayor de-
claring both of them out of order.