The Portland daily press., 1898-03-15
way called D street, and thence over D

street to the EaGorn PROMENADE.
AS this street had never been con 5tructed
and could not be opened to travel except
at great expense, the Board of Aldermen
on October 18th, 1897, passed an ord er
giving the Grand Trunk Railway per
mission to temporarily use a portion of
the street for track purposes.
Early in February, 1898, a petition
was received from Mr.. VIM. W. Brown
and others asking that a part of East
Commercial street be discontinued. The
committee on laying out new streets TO
whom this petition was referred, gave
hearing to the parties interested on
February 26, after which they voted TO
recommend to the City Council that the
street be discontionued from d street to
the eontherly line of East Cutter street,
and from the northerly line of Congress
street to the northerly line of land OF
the heirs of Elhridge Gerry and others.
Tho order of discontinuance was passed
blythe City Council and approved March
8th, 1865 Length of street discontinued,
about 1860 feet. No.damages awarded.
sgThe action of the city council in this
respect / think was a wise one, and
while it will greatly assist the Grand
Trunk Railway in its facilities for hand
ling freight, 1t will rebound to the bene-
ct of the city.
Franklin street.. On petition of Burn
ham & Morrill, and Others Franklin street
has been widsned on it's westerly side 3
feet. making the width of the street 48
feet. Order of widening approved May
4th. 1897, Amount of damages awarded
50, 945.O0.
On petition of Arthur f. Marks, ct
al, owners OF the property known as
Fessenden Park, four streets we've laid
out across the property from Deering av-
enue to Brighton avenue. Ihese streets
open up as.large tract of land for building
purposes, and several residences have
already been built. Two OF the streets
Howell and Hawthorne, have been
roughly graded and sewers constructed.
Dartmouth street has not been opened
and Haywood street has been discontln-
ued. No damages were awarded.
On petition of property owners on
Long Island, the main avenue has been
EXTENDED, 80 feet wide, across land of
Charles e. Cushing and others. This
street was constructed late in the season
at an expense of S400
SEWERS.
The total length of all sewers built
during the year was 3909.7 feet, ut an ex-
pense of $4,969.20, all average cost of
81. IS per linear foot. The sewers were
from eight to eighteen feet in diameter,
and those in Hollwell and Hawthorne
streets were built through difficult ledge.
Sewers have been rebuilt in Mountfort,
Madison, Monroe and Howard streets at
the cost,of 1854. 65. Forty-three newtcatch
basins have been built. and sixteen re.
built, at an expense of "a, 6S5.9l. The
cleaning and flushing of sewers and
catch basins has been carr ed on as usual
at u cost of So, S72.22 The total expenses
of the sewer department. for eleven
months ending February 20, 1898, were
S16, 733. 55.
NORTH SIDE INTERPRETING SEW
| Owing to the large demands on the city
| for work during the past year 1t was i'm
possible to provide for the extension of
| built extends from the end of the solid
fill on the Marginal Way east of Washing
| ton street in westerly and southerly di-
| reotion through the Marginal Way and
| Anderson street about 1900 feet to Gould
street. The sewer already is really an OUT
| let section and affords no relief to the
northerly slope of the city. 1t is recom-
nended that the sewer be extended dur
| ing the coming season to Lincoln street.
Through no fault of the city authorities
the relief sewer across the Grand Trunk
railway yard has not yet been constructed
A sewer is needed through Franklin
street from Commercial to Fore and
should be constructed before any perma.
nent surface work is done, TFss sewer
would take the place of the old Hamp-
shire street sewer, which is located across
private lands and under buildings. The
old sewer iszin bad condition, both as re-
CARDS construction and grades, and can
be kept in repair only at great expense.
STREETS.
The total expenditure in the street de-
partment for steven months ending Feb
ruary 28, 1898, was $50, 672OO OF this
| amount S45, 800 90 was applied directly to
| labor, as shown by pay rolls; sol ,637 80
| was expended for street and sidewalk
material land labor not included in pay
rolls; "a, 697 As for bridges; 1896. &c for
office expenses and SIS, 1T. 81 for the stable
and team account.
| Granite paving has been laid on the
easterly side of Market street from Fore
| to Middle, Fore street from Exchange to
Plum Chapel street from Congress to.
Cumberland, Center street from Cobb's
Court to Fore street, ana on the northerly
side of Congress street from Washington
street to point opposite Ponce street, at
an expense of 81, 56i. 81.
| Macadam pavement has been laid on
Pearl street from Cumberland to Oxford,
| Free street from Center to Oak and
Brackett street from Cushman to Spring,
at cost ofAs4, 0o1.77
| large amount of sidewalk work has
been done during the year, including 1850
feet of new brick and artificial stone walk
| 8. 21o feet of walk relaid, 9,740 feet Of new
cobble and brick gutter laid, and $50
| feet relaid.
AS soon as money can be made availa-
BILE for the purpose, granite paving should
| be laid on Fore street between India and
Franklin, Commercial street opposite
Center Commercial street between High
and Park, Preble street from Portland to
4 Kennebec, Elm street from Congress to
| Cum berland and the southerly side of
Congress street from Washington to At
lantic. This latter street is on heavy
Grade, and 1t is believed that its paving
| with granite would be in the interest of
/ Q economy.
The blowing up on the battle ship
Maine in the harbor of Havana has
plunged the whole nation into mourning
and drawn forth the SYMPATHY of the
| civilized world. Whether this catastrophe
was by accident or design is as yet I'M
| known, but in either case the brave men
who lost their lives on that occasion are
deserving of as great honor as though
they died in battle.
| I haveEssreceived letters from parties in
New York who are undertaking to raise
funds to erect national monument to
the memory of those brave men. But