The Portland daily press., 1898-04-20
YARMOUTH ROAD AGAIN.
Hearing Oh Its Petition for Location
Of Poles.
INCIDENTLY TERMS:FOR CROSSING
TUKEY'S BRIDGE DISCUSSED.
The Location Has Not Been Granted Nor
Has the Terms of Crossing Been Ar
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Grandchildren Matters.
The mayor and board of aldermen, not
withstanding the alarms of war and the
excitement occasioned by Ethe stirring
events of the past few days are still 1T
work at the same old stand grinding out
business from the municipal mill.
Yesterday afternoon they were called
together to dispose of the petition of the
Portland and Yarmouth Electric road for
the location Of it's poles on Elm, Oxford
and Washington streets. The queer
thing about the petition of the Yarmouth
road was the fact that permission has al
ready been granted it to set it's poles in
the streets named, but so far the exact
location of each one of these poles has not
been determined by the board of aldermen
rs is required by the act Of 1885.
Mr.. Seth L. Larrabee, attorney for the
Yarmouth road, was present to represent
the interests Of the company and briefly
stated what the company wanted. On
the streets named the poles will be set
with cross arms and the trolley wire will
be eighteen feet above the centre of the
street. The poles win be of hard pine,
squared and neatly painted They will be
set one hundred feet apart Mr.. Larrabee
stated after he had outlined the wishes of
the company that inasmuch as the terms
for the crossing of Tukey's bridge have
not yet been agreed upon the Yarmouth
road would request the aldermen to grant
them a conference on the matter, SO that
they might settle the crossing of the
bridge and begin to build the road into
the city as soon as possible.
Alderman Rounds found out that on
Elm street there is at present turn out
built on the location Of the Yarmouth
road by the Cape road and used by the
latter road. The alderman wanted to
know whether or not the Yarmouth road
intended to put another track in this
street, making three in all. After long
discussion it was shown the alderman
that the side track was part Of the Var
mouth road and would form part Of its
regular track when laid.
Alderman Mannix said he thought the
first step to he taken before the location
of poles was granted the Yarmouth road
was the terms for crossing Tukey's
bridge. This view of the case was taken
also by Aldermen Merrill and Lamson
and the aldermen with the Yarmouth
road representatives retired for confer
ence which was very long and without
any result. The aldermen failed to agree
to the terms proposed by the Yarmouth
road and the terms remain to be settled.
When the aldermen returned to their
chamb Der after the conference with the
Yarmouth road representatives, Alder
man Smith moved that the location of
the poles for this road be granted.
Alderman Rounds seconded the motion.
Alderman Merrill thought the matter
of crossing Tukey's bridge should be
settled before the location of these poles
was granted.
Alderman Lamson also took this view
of the matter.
Alderman Rounds said thatl some one
was constantly throwing obstacles in the
way of the Yarmouth road. He couldn't
understand why this was being done.
Alderman Mannlx moved that the
matter Of location of the poles be laid on,
the table. 1t was SO voted.
Alderman Rounds with much indigna-
ton What's under the meal hsre any
way? What are you trying to do?"
Alderman Mannix-"I rise to point
OF order"
Alderman Rounds-"Haven't I the
foor?''
Alderman Mannix-"You have and you
are using ungentlemanly language. OBJ
ject to your statement about the board
having some Interior purpose intoxicating
this NATTER
Alderman Rounds-"You are knocking
this corporation because they are not rich.
If it was a rich corporation you would be
tuinbling over one another to do as they
wanted you to do.''
Alderman Dow" There seems to be
great deal of talk here without much OBJ
ject. To bring the matter to head, 1
move you that it is the sense of this body
that the Yarmouth road may cross
Tukey's bridge on the same terms offered
the Portland Railroad company"
Alderman Rounds - "That don t
amount to hurrah. Reduce the motion
to writing and introduce it as an order.
Refer it to a special committee with
power, let us do something and help this
corporation along.''
Alderman Mannix at this point moved
to adjourn and the adjournment was
taken.
BOSTON AND MAINE REQUEST.
The special committee on the petition
of the Boston and Maine railroad to build
a connecting track on Commercial street
from the centre Of Tying street, across
Commercial to the west of Bracket street
reported fayorably on the petition and
recommended the request be granted.
An order was introduced by Alderman
Rounds formally giving the road per-
mission to build this connecting track on
certain conditions. The track may be