The Portland daily press., 1898-04-28
DEERING CITY COUNCIL.
Adjourned Monthly Meeting Held Last
Evening.

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The adjourned monthly meeting OF the
Deeinr aldermen was held last evening.
Committee on streets reported favorably
IN the netibion for brick sidewalks on the
rortbarlv side of Saunders street; on
Forest avenue near the foot of Pearl
street: on the southerly side of Pearl
st,eet and of e. f. Carleton in front of
his lot on Pearl street.
These reports were accepted, the recon-
mendation adopted.
| The ordinance relating to the duties of
the city auditor was passed to be en-
crossed.
| An ordinance regulating the width of
streets to be accepted by the city, fixing
the necessary width at fifty feet was
passed to.be engrossed.
The ordinance amending the ordinance
relating to police was also passed to be
engrossed, as was 1.-THE ordinance relating
| to accounts
| The order granting the location of the
poles of the Yarmouth Electric Railway
Co. was laid on the table, aE
The order appropriating $4,000 to COM
plete the construction of the new HIGH
school building and instructipg the com.
mittee to proceed with the completion of
the building was given it's final passage.
It was voted the committee on streets
obtain a bid on the old stone crushor for
the purpose of selling the same. .
Petition for the following hydrants was
referred One at the corner of Main and
Presumpscct streets; corner of Main and
Calvin streets and one on Forest street
near the residence of M, M. Chadhourne
. ". W. Harmon was granted billiard
| license.
| An order appropriating 81, OO3 for the
completion of Lawn avenue, Glenwood
avenue and Prospect street was given its
first reading.
Flora B. Coolidge, petitioner for dam.
ages in sum OF 500 from defective high
way was given leave to withdraw.
Alderman Wyman presented an order
that the city's bonds for $40 600 he
issued in denominations of ST 1000, num-
bered from 1856 to 2c4 inclusive, to be
known as the new High school building
bonds. They are to be dated May 2, 1898.
| payable in 20 years with interest at four
per cent annually, the principal and in
| terest to be paid in bank in Portland.
Me. The order also instructed the city
treasurer to sell the same to Il. Z. Cav
& Son of Boston and devote the proceeds
of the same to the payment of a note for
$40, 600.
The order was also given it's first read
| ing.
| New ordinances relating to the duties
of city solicitor and new buildings were
given their first reading.
The order directing the payment of the
bill of the annexation commission was
given its first reading.
| Ex-city Marshal Clark was given leave
to withdraw his claim for $215 IS.
The students of Westbrook Seminary
were given leave to charge admission to
their grounds without d license.
| The following petitions were received
and referred to the committees: For q
brick sidewalk on Lincoln street near
Forest avenue; in front of residences
numbered 243 and 254 Forest avenue; for
the laying out of new street to be
known as "Prowsland' at Stroudwater;
for an electric light on Charles street; for
five electric lights on Congress and West
brook street, at Stroudwater; for two
hydrants on Brighton street; for two
lights on Brighton street in front of the
residence Of ". E. Trask and G. E.
Gould; for sewer extending from a point
opposite the Ocean street grammar
school southerly to Forest avenue; for
an electric light on Brighton street; for
La brick sidewalk on Forest avenue from
No. s03 to the corner of Clifton street.
| Adjourned at TO- 20 p. M. q