The Portland daily press., 1898-04-23
CITY GOVERNMENT.
Special Meeting of Board of Mayor and
Aldermen.

A special meeting of the Board OF
Mayor and Aldermen was held yesterday
afternoon, the Mayor presiding.
Absent, Alderman Sprague.
The meeting was called in accordance
with published hearing, to see it the
board would grant the Consolidated
Electric Light company permission to
erect tour poles on Taylor street. An
order granting the required permission
| was passed.
Alderman Rounds opened up a long
discussion by suggesting that commit
| tee from the board should DO appointed tc
| examine the locations where poles were
! to be established land by poles he meant
not only electric light poles but all poles,
and then report back to the board for its
| final action. He knew there was COM
mittee on rules but he thought that theil
duty related to the work of committees
of both boards of the city council, and
this was matter that pertained only to
the upper board.
| Mr.. Raymond of the Electric Light
company said the poles were always
placed where they were satisfactory to the
city electrician and If there was objection
to location by an abuttor the pole was
removed.
Alderman Manni1 believed in the ap-
| pointment of committee. He had heard
complaints made by people that When
they objected to pole in front of theil
dwellings they were actually threatened
by the oompany's agents.
line discussion was participated in by
Aldermen Dow, Merrill, Lamson and
Smith. One point made against the
change in the present method was that
the statute of the state took precedence
over the city ordinance
A petition for hearing for the erection
OF poles on the Eastern promenade, and
notice Of a hearing to take place May 10th
was read coming from the Consolidated
Electric Light company. Alderman
Mannix offered an order that three mem.
bers Of the board be appointed to examine
the proposed location of the poles and re-
port back to the board at the time of the
hearing, May 10th, and Alderman
Rounds, Lamson and Mannix were ap,
pointed.
Then Alderman Rounds offered an order
that committee of three be appointed
to be a permanent committee to examine
the locations of all poles erected in the
city during the municipal year.
| The order was amended by Alderman
Lams0n so as to BE- referred to the com-
mittee on rules and orders and as amended
had q passage.
| Then Alderman Rounds thought some
thing ought TO be done about the crossing
of Tukey's bridge by the Yarmouth Eleo-
trio road, and this matter was discussed
but no action take. 1t was stated that
both the Portland Electric road and Port
land and Rochester had paid their share
OF the Washington street bridge and the
Yarmouth road had refused to pay it's
| share and Alderman Smith moved that
no action be taken on the request Of the
Yarmouth road for permission to cross
Tukey's bridge until that road paid for
their share of the cost of the Washington
street bridge and six per cent interest
from the time of its completion, but in
the discussion the Mayor forgot to put
the motion, which was seconded by Alder
man Lamson, before adjournment.
These building permits were granted
subject to favorable report of committee:
Fred e. Allen, dwelling No. 80 Deer
ing street, Mrs. Marion D. Noyes, addition
to dwelling No. SO Deering street; D. W.
Clark Ice company. addition to stable on
Richardson's wharf; John Fits and Son,
carriage house No. 30 Oxford street.