The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-27
WESTBROOK.
City Fathers Accept Report Recon-
mending Ownership of Lighting Plant

Minor Items of Business Transacted
An adjourned meeting of the Westbrook
city government was held last evening
commencing at 8. 10 O'Clock.
| President Gay presided. Mayor Rayk
mond was in attendance.
Levi Turner of Portland appeared, rep
resenting the Cumberland Illuminating
com pany on their petition for right to
locate poles and wires over the streets of
the CITY for the transmission of light and
power.
An order was passed at a previous meet
ing granting the company right to To-
cate, provided that they would furnish
bond for $4,000 as indemnity against
accidents, also that the company should
furnish free and keep in repair 80 lights
without expense to the city. Mr.. turner
asked that the order be recommltted and
passed in an amended form SO that the
company should furnish an indemnity
policy which would cover the case better
| than bond. He also suggested that the
furnishing of 80 lights was somewhat OF
ceive the city's contract for lighting. He
| asked that the order be am ended SO that
| the company should agree to furnish Is
lights.
President Gay of the board stated that
| the matter was then in the hands of
the aldermen for their decision. None of
the aldermen offered an amendment to
the original order as passed SO the mat
ter will stand as voted few weeks ago.
| Alderman Burgess for the committee
on electric lighting, reported that the
regular and special committee appointed
to look into the ACCESSIBILITY of the city
owning it's electric lighting, had attend
ed to their duty and would recommend
that such plant be given preference to
any private lighting corporation.
The report of the committee was accept
ed. Aldermen Gray, Burgess, Bailey,
Lamb, McCubrey, Watson, Anles,
Pomelreau, Haskell and Warren. voting
yes, and Aldermen Lawrence, London
and Quinby voting no.
| An order was passed appropriating
$4l16 for the expenses and compensation
of Mr.. A. E. Winchester of South Nor
walk, Conn, for professional services.
| relative to the advisability Of the city
operating its own lighting plant.
The committee on finances reported and
an order was then given It's first read
ing on their report recommending that
the sum of $3.50 be paid to Mr.. Michael
Murray, for injuries sustained by his
wife owing to defective street,
The meeting then adjourned to meet in
regular session the first Monday in Au-
gust.
Mr.. Charles Halliday of Woburn. Mass. )
is visiting his grandmother, Mrs. Julia
Wilson, High street.
Mr.. James Trafton and wife have re-
turned from Boston where they have en-
joyed brief visit.
e. J. Poisson and family, accompanied
by Mr.. Philip Lucier and family left
yesterday for Libby beach where they
are to enjoy weeks outing.
A calf belonging to Mr.. FL. K. Griggs
was attacked and badly bitten by a large
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the West End. Saturday last.
A box for the sick ones at Chicka-
manga, is to be sent next Wednesday by
their Westbrook friends. All who will
donate coInforters, sheets, underclothing,
old linen, books, jellies, cereals, etc., will
please leave the same at Mr., Kimball
Eastman's store on or before Tuesday
noon.
Messrs S. d. Warren 6; Co., instead of
opposing the municipal lighting scheme,
are, on the contrary, aiding the commits
tee. The company will have ten miles
of unused wire with fixtures and dyna-
mo that are offered to the city for use in
trying the experiment. Should munici-
pal lighting prove success after two or
three years trial then the city can pur-
chase either this or other material and
apparatus and make the plant permanent
or, should the reverse prove true, the ex-
pense of the city will have been lessened
and the losses will have been reduced to
minimum.
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