The Portland daily press., 1897-11-30

Question of Suing Bondsmen of Rumsell-
ing Victuallers p recipitates an Inter.
esting Debate.
A special meeting of the board of
mayor and aldermen was held yesterday
afternoon, the mayor and all the board
except Alderman Pagan being present.
AS usual there was nothing dull about
the meeting from beginning to end. The
poles were put back on Danforth street.
the Gaiety theatre got its license, and
the question of bringing up rumsellina
victuallers by proceeding against their
bondsmen, were features of the meeting.
The question of suing the bondsmen OF
victusllers was brought up by Alderman
Leighton. who called for the bond of the
late Andrew Cross, who kept restaurant
on Free street. Mr.. Leighton said that
liquor had been seized on the premises
and he thought it time to investigate the
perfunctory manner in which these bonds
of victuallers were treated.
| Alderman usley said he thought that
| they ought to take live victualler If they
were going to proceed at all, and not be
gin at the cemeteries.
Alderman Rounds also was much op
posed to going into the matter of the
bonds of victuallers. 1t was true that In
cases where victuallers violated the liquor
law their bondsmen could be proceeded
against; but so also could the owners OF
the buildings be proceeded against. In
l IL
was owned by Mr.. Dow, and if they
were going into that matter he, did not
know where it would stop.
Alderman Leighton said that these
bonds were given, and they were supposed
to mean something. They were bonds for
$500 to guarantee that the victualler
| would not break any law of the state. In
| cases where liquor was seized there was
no reason why the city should not proceed
against the bondsmen. Mr.. Leighton an
nounced his intention at the next meet
| ing to bring up this matter of bonds and
urge that the city solicitor proceed in
cases where the victuallers sell liquors.
| It was announced after search, that
no bond Of Andrew Cross was on file.
Mayor Randall presented petition of
the Consolidated Electric Light company
tor the location of poles in the region of
Danforth street, where the poles were
recently ordered out.
The petition was received, and hear
ing was ordered for Thursday, December
16.
Alderman Ilsley asked il the locations
asked were substantially those from
moved. Mayor Randall said that there
was considerable difference in the loca-
ton. Then the petition was read in full.
It asks for the running of poles along the
southerly side of Danforth street, where
the poles have recently been ordered out
But whereas those ordered out were SO sci
that fifty-two were required, the new
location are asked for only thirty-three
poles. This smaller number of poles is
understood to be concession to the senti
ments of the rem onstrants.
Alderman Leighton then arose and sale
that the order directing that the poles be
removed from Danforth street had pro
duced considerable discomfort in tht
region affected, and therefore he moved
the reconsideration of the order. Thi'
was done by an unanimous vote. So thu
lights will be continued on Dantortf
street until the question of the location
of the new poles is settled.
Alderman Ilsley who wanted to go SLOW
at the last meeting until the means O
supply were better understood, called fol
the plans, and Mr.. Raymond sent fol
them and had them shown to the board
before final action was taken.
By putting in a smaller number O.
poles, it will be possible to eliminat,
such of those as gave the most offense.
THE GAIETY THEATRE.
The question of the Gaiety theatre came
up again, when Alderman Leighton pre-
sented petition of John N. Long fol
license to give theatrical exhibitions a
No. 1868 1-2 Congress street.
| Alderman Ilsley moved that the petition
be granted.
Mr.. Leighton asked if this new reques
came from a new manager, or whether
the theatre was to continue under the Ole
proprietor. 1t seemed to be very de
sirable property. Within twenty-foul
hours it had been announced that it hao
been sold to man named Littlef1eld
then to Davis, and now 1t was the
| property of Long.
Alderman Rounds challenged this
statement of the transfers of the property
Alderman Ilsley said that MIR. Long
was clean man; and the only way to dc
was to grant the license. Then If he did
not do right the license could be taken
away.
The vote was then taken on the grant
| ing of the license, and it was granted by
the following vote:
Yeas-Messrs. Ilsley, Kehoe, Rounds
and Moore--4.
| Nays-Messrs. Mcdonald Leighton-2.