The Portland daily press., 1898-10-15

e ome 10 the Deering Electric Light
eomnanv only as far as the Deerlng eioc-
trio light station and that beyonu ohaI
point the voltage was sub]eo1 20 'ne re-
strictions of the city governmsnti H. 49,
AS you told the CONTINUES onmo U.u
Cumberland Illuminating company
would deliver 1o. 900 volts at the Deerln
Inns we call YOUR attention to the above
statement of Mayor Moulton SO that you
NAV correot 1T if it is erroneous. We
would add that Mayor Moulton SAID that
the amount of voltage peyopo the power
house at Woodfords would DC limited to
not over 25OO.
your explanation Of the above.
49, Very respectfully,
Secretary of Committee.
COMMITTEE WILL INVESTIGATE.
Having finished reading the report Mr..
Dow. said that Mr.. Brown and Hon.
Charles F. Libby had had appeared before d s the
thar the Sebago Power company had
water rights on the Presunpsoot which
were all right. Mr.. Brown told the COM
mittee that he would answer some of
their questions in confidence, but be did
MT wish to make public all the affairs of
his company. The committee refused to
hear anything in confidence. They wished
they learned about the matter
Further than this the committee had
been informed unofficially that the Port
land Electric Light company had never
asked for or obtained any rights In the
city of Deering. The Deering Electric
Light company had been granted rights.
but mot tie Portland company. This
seemed,.t to complicate matters still more
and, there were other complications in
Westbrook which the committee did not
understand.
Alderman Rounds: "It looks to me as
if this COMMITTEES had been asking lots
of legal questions which it had nothing
to do with. They have not found out
anything which they might have learned
regarding the conditions at Great Falls
and the ability Of the company to do What
it says it can do"
Alderman Dow said the committee had
asked the company to furnish proof or It's
rights and other questions which it
seemed proper for them to ask.
Alderman Rounds said he wanted to
know more about this thing. He was
prepared to vote for cheaper Ii ghts under
cretain conditions but he wanted to know
what he was doing when he did vote.
81 move you that the order be taken from
the table and referred to the committee Of
investigation for further examination and
that tho committee obtain more informa
ton and hire experts to obtain 1T II neces
sary."
The order was taken from the table.
"When the committee or the company
satisfies me that this company means
business and will not sell out to the ex-
listing company / will vote for this order
or one similar to it," said Mr.. Rounds.
Alderman Smith-"The committee Il
perfectly willing to do all that Is asked Of
them but is not willing to go any further
.r,i+ Rrspx ar "a f11Tthar n
formation from him. His statements
have been conflicting and misleading and
he has refused to help the committee
obtain information about his company
and has been hinderance to us rather
than help. We are not satisfied to dc
anything further with Mr.. Brown"
eff he can tell everything why don T
asked Mr.. Rounds. There are forty
thousand tax payers in Portland and
everyone of them Is interested in this
matter. All of them should know az
much about this company as does the
committee. If there Is anything wrong
about this company want to know 1t. II
there has been any transactions that seem
suspicious let us hear about them. If this
company intends to get franchise and
then sell out let's know it before it Is toe
Alderman Dow said that it was only
fair to MIR. Brown to say that their plant
at Great Falls had been examined by an
expert and the committee had also en-
ployed an expert Both had made reports
to the committee, but they didn't agree
and so were not made public.
Alderman Rounds suggested that the
committee make it condition In the
order that the company could not sell,
lease or otherwise dispose of it's rights In
the city streets without consent OF the
city government and should 1T do so with
out consent of the city the poles and con-
duits should become city property.
The order was then transferred to the
committee for further investigation and
they were given all the time they wanted
to make a report.
PROTEST AGAINST BILLIARD
A petition of remonstrance was re.
ceived from residents in the neighborhood
of Washington and Cumberland streets
protesting against the licensing OF q bill
lizard hall on that corner, as lit was Ere.
judicial to good morals and would be a
nuisance in the locality.
The petition has already passed the
hoard to license this place and the bill
lizard hall is now fitted up and ready to
open for business. Che permit, however,
is still In the hands of the city marshal
lQV6SUlRttlUUs Liz DOhIu tOOC0 w SAfC
the parties interested a hearing at the
next regular meeting Of the board of al.
dermen.
MR.. DAvIS'S STABLE.
Alderman Rounds brought up the mat
ter of remonstrance by the residents on
Vesper street against the erection OF a
stable at 20 to % Vesper street by Mr..
Roscoe S. Davis. 1t seems that this
permit to ersct the stable Ehas been pre-
sented to the board of aldermen ana in
the usual manner referred to the COM
mittee ON new building with power. This
committee not knowing that there were
any remonstrants granted the permit
and Mr.. Davis has commenced the cree
ton of his stable. This granting Of the
permit WAS the result of a misunderstand-
ing on the part of the committee as was
explained, they having understood Build
ing Inspector Josiah Ward to say that
there were no remonstrants.
Mr.. 6. W. Verrill said that he owned