The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-08-02
WESTBROOK.
Regular Monthly Meeting Of the
City Council.
WEsTBROOK COMPANY GETS
ELECTRIC LIGHT CONTRACT.

| ELEClhkC SVN NAIL
The Price of Lights Fixed at SIG YeaI-
Hon T. s. Burns Renominated To Leg
stature for Third Successive Time.
The monthly meeting of the Westbrook
city governmentswas held last evening.
Mayor Raymond in message called
attention to the. proposed purchase by a
local company of the Chapman farm
owned by the city. The Mayor recon-
mended a special COMMITTEES to consider
the matter in conjunction with the over
seers Of the poor.
| Order appropriating $3.50 in payment
of claim of Mr.. Michael Murray for in
juries given final passage.
ELECTRIC LIGHT CONTRACT.
| Alderman Burgess for the committee
on lights and water. repol ted recon-
mending that a contract for lighting the
city BIZ made with the Westbrook Electric
Light and Power company, for term OF
three years, the price to be not more than
SIG each for the incandescent, nor more
than 500 for arc lights.
The contract may be terminated by the
city upon the payment by the city OF the
cost of changing from the arc to the in
candescent lig hit system.
/ An order to this effect was given "a
unanimous passage. President Gray APP
| pointed Aldermen Warren, Ames and
Bailey to act as the special committee
recommended by the Mayor to look UP
the Chapman farm matter
The order relative to tine electric light
contract was reconsiGered on motion of
Alderman Quimby, who objected to The
clause relative to the termination Of the
contract at the discretion of the city; also
as to the indefinite period of the con-
tract. The price SIG was for three
years. contract.
| Alderman Quilnby then presented the
| amended order which read that the COM
mittee contract with the Westbrook Light
| company; for not less than l4) of the rs
candle power lights at SIG each; not less
than rs candle power lights at SO each;
and four arc lights of 1000 candle power;
| two to he located at either end of the city
at a cost of $95 each. The time was set
| for three years with privilege of five
| Vote on the order was by roll call, Alder
man Burgess casting the only dissenting
vote.
PETITIONS.
The following petitions wee referred:
| Of residents of East Valentine street
Directing to the construction of sewer
on that street at the present time; of
| N B, Lowell and George L. Robinson
through their attorney, j. Fl. Tolman,
| for damages to property on account of
the Forest street sewer; of Mrs. Clark for
damages caused by flooding her cellar on
account of defective drainage
MR.. BURNS RENOMINATED.
At Republican caucus last evening.
Mr.. L. S. Burns was nominated as can
didate for the legislature for the third
successive time. John X. Warren was
chairman, e. Fl. Smith, secretary and
| w. E. Aver made the nominating
speech. Mr.. Burns thanked the conven-
ton for the honor conferred upon him.
| Brief but patriotic speeches were made
by w. K. Dana and John E. Warren.
The prohibitionists met last evening
and voted to allow the city COMMITTEES to
select candidate for representative to
the legislature.
| Darius Gustin was fined S. and costs by
Judge Tolman for assault on Charles
Mason. Both parties are from Standish.
At the West End Congregational
church, Sunday. Rev. E. G. ingalls, OF
Connecticut supplied the pulpit both
morning and evening. Rev. Henry B.
Mead will supply the pulpit of this
church the first and second Sundays OF
August.
! Rev. and Mrs. e. @. ingalls, are the
guests Of Mrs. Ingalls's sisters, Mrs.
Lucy Knowlton and Mrs. Abbie Hodg-
kins.
| A party of IL young people enjoyed
blackboard ride Saturday. They left at
| 8 o'clock in the afternoon en- route for
| Sebago lake. On arriving fine lunch
was served. afters which rowing ON the
| HIKE duQ OuucI u9ICCesbiO esA'S1-NS--SS
made the time pass pleasantly. The par
ty returned early in the evening.
| Rev. Mr.. Gluent of Sussex. N. B., who
preached at the Baptist church, Sunday,
will deliver lecture in the same church
Wednesday evening on "The Rapid
| Growth of Professionalism in Italy, SPAIN
and other Roman Catholic Countries -
| Mr. j. H. Pearson, accompanied by his
brother Thomas Pearson of North
Adams, Mass. left yesterday Tor a month S
outing at Cliff island.
The body of Mrs. Pierce. mother of the
late Mrs. L. A. Rowe, was brought to
this city Saturday for burial at Wood
lawn cemetery. Services were held ut the
grave late in the afternoon.
| DEATH OF GEORGE B. KNIGHT.
Mr.. George B. Knight died Sunday at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. 9. H..
| T,eipbton of Cumberland Mills The de