The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-10-14
DEERING.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING

melvin damlett of Brighton street. fol
damages to land caused nv tho ovorf,ov
VI ouiVer' near his property, was held
last evening in the council chamber.
Mr.. Hamiett was represented bv coun
sci IN the person of David w. Snow O.
Portland. The hearing was held in nri
vate and adjourned at 9 O'Clock when tb.
adjourned city meeting of October stt
was called to order with Major Davis i,
the chair and all the aldermen nnason,
excepting Mr. Aver.
A letter was read by the clerk fro,,
Mr.. S. T. Webb, who claims that nm +he
evening of September 20, opposite the
residence of Howard Winslow on Pod.
ford street, one of the wheels of mis- car
riage sunk in hole in the street. He
claims $50 as damages to the team.
The claim was referred to the regula,
committe.
The orders levying an assessment on
property owners for the construction OF
| sidewalks on Fessenden street and Green.
wood avenue, were given their first read
| ing, and upon motion were laid on the
table Tor q second reaQlng.
Alderman Matthews introduced an Or
der directing that the street commission
er be authorized to contract for and
construct a brick culyert on Brighton
street on land near Mr.. Melvin Ham
let's, and that the city treasurer be in
structed to pay the sum of $3.50 to the
| said Hamlett for all damages caused by
the defect in the old culvert. The order
was passed. to a second reading.
Alderman Matthews presented petit
ion signed by W. II. Hooper and 10 9th
ers. residents of Lawn avenue, asking
that the street and sidewalks be put in
passable condition. Referred.
Mayor Davis then called the attention
of the aldermen to the fact that the Or
der passed at the last meeting instruct
ing the street missioner to build a
sidewalk in front of Odd Fellows
block, was Illegal, as it WAS passed upon
its first reading and should have re-
ceived a second reading and final pas
sage. The matter was adjusted by AL
derman Cram offering new order direct
ing that the street commissioner be in
struoted to construct a brick sidewalk
on Forest avenue and Woodfords street,
around the new Odd Fellows block and
that the city's part of the cost be charged
to the account of streets, sidewalks,
etc. Passed second reading.
Alderman Gowan introduced an order
to the effect that the street commission
or be instructed to put the sidewalk to
grade in front of the residence of Mr..
Fred Kimball, on Pleasant street, and
| that the sum of $125 be drawn to put the
street to grade and SIS paid to Mr.. KIM
ball provided he accepts the same in full
for all damages to his property. The
money to pay for the work and dam
ages to be taken from the overlay on
taxes. Passed.
Adjourned to meet Saturday, October
Is at 7.3O.
Mr.. A. W. Andrews with the Mill
ken Tomlinson company of Portland.
crushed his hand badly Monday { in
| handling some hogsheads of molasses. He
will be laid up for some time as result
of the accident.
The windows of the upper stories of the
new Odd Fellows :, blockrat Woodfords
are all in.
Miss Ella Rogers and Mrs. Elmer O.
Varney, Maple street, have gone to Bos-
ton on brief visit among relatives and
friends.
Mr.. William M. Leighton of Maple
street, engaged in the tailoring business
in Portland. has gone to Boston for few
days on business.
Mr.. D. W. Hawkes. of Maple street, left
yesterday for brief trip to Jersey
City and New York.
DR.. G. W. Foster is again able to be
about after a sslightsillness of about ten
days.
The entire apparatus. for the fire alarm
system to be used in the electrician S
room in the new Odd Fellows block
has arrived and will be set up and the
fire alarm wires attached as soon as the
| new Odd Fellows block Is completed.
Mr.. Moody, the. superintendent OF wires
and fire alarms, takes great pride in the
working of the fire alarm system and in
tends to have modern and up-to-date
| electricians room in the new building.
Mr.. Moody will commence the work of
transferring the batteries ETC., from
his store as soon as the Odd Fellows
building is completed and theasteam
turned on which will probably be
about January /.
The electric light wires were taken
from the pole in front of Mr.. Moody s
drug store yesterday and the pole re-
moved. A new pole has been placed at
the corner of Woodford street to relieve
| the strain on the wires.
The work on the Forest avenue and
Maple street sewer is about completed.
| The work on the avenue extends along
nearly to Cherry street. The Maple
street branch is about completed as the
excavations are being made at the head
of the street and the pipe vii be laid to-
/ dav Frorn MaD1e street t0 Oal- tho cox-ox