The Portland daily press., 1899-01-21
SOUTH PORTLAND.
Questions Asked by Abutters Regard
ing stanford street Sewer.

Characterization Meetings Last EVEN
ing-PersonaI Items, Etc.
The PRESS has received two letters,
one from an abutter touching the assess
ments, cost, etc., of Stanford street sewer
which is still live question in the town
and another making Inquiry in certain
school matters.
The letters are given below:
south Portland. Jan. 20, 1892
To tbs Editor Of the Press:
As one of the abutters of Stanford
street sewer / would like to ask lew
questions, namely
lst-wby the abutters should pay six
teen hundred and four dollars aud nity
seven cents for fourteen hundred and Sixty
feet OF twenty four inch pipe at eighty
eight cents a foot and fifty Us al Tour
dollars and seventy five cents each.
2d-WhySshould the abutters pay an IA,
spector for eight days more than ne
worked on Stanford street sewer proper
3d-Why should the abutters pay the
contractor one hundred dollars more
than his contract
4th-Mhy should the abutters pay thirty
five dollars for labor on sewer laying be-
tween Stanford and School streets.
for digging up and repairing old sewer.
6th-Mhy should the abutters pay for
tive street basins for draining other streets
that Join Stanford st. which were con-
structed after the main sewer was built
7th-Nhy should the abutters pay Tor
hauling of pipe when 1t would have been
delivered free of charge by other people.
Therefore the abutters have been charged
with three hundred and fifty dollars,
more or less more than the main sewer
cost Aug. IA, 1897, special town meet
ing was called to raise ana ap.
propriate the sum of twenty-six hundred
dollars for the purpose of rebuilding
stanford st. sewer from Broadway to
4 de waters. Instead Of simply rebuilding
me sewer they built u trunk sewer
draining two hundred acres more
taan borders on Stanford ISt. aud
expect the abutters to pay for same which
some are unable to do.
South Portland, Jan. 90, 1899
The PRESS
As taxpayer and head OF family
having children in the second grammar
school, l would like To know the reason
why il has been found necessary to close
both rooms in this school. because one
teacher is unfortunately sick ct home.
can understand why in Miss Hutchins'
Illness her scholars, for a time, should lie
sent home, but fail to see any good reason
for closing the other room presided over
by Miss Flagg, assuming of course that
she is able to attend TO her school duties.
Pen haps the school committee can illuni
''' ' n L. GORDON.
A HANDSOME PINK.
Boston just now is adding to her fame
the owner of the kings Ranson"-the
Mrs Lawson pink-which has been pro-
nounced the queen OF carnations and for
which it is stated that $4,000 was paid
that it might remain in Boston, thus
outbidding her New York and Chicago
rivals. And in this connection it should
bs noted that South Portland has just
raised handsome pink at the green
houses of Niles Nelson which is thing
of beauty 1t was raised by MIR. II. W.
Dyer and is of an exceedingly delicate
rose pink color, and very fragrant as
we'll 1t seems to be of vigorous healthy
growth and promises well.
THE NEW HOTEL.
Contractors from Portland are looki ng
over the building and grounds at the
head of Lewis, Chase Il Whitten's wharf
on Front street, and rumor has it that
parties have this site in view for the new
hotel. No better spot could be sele,ted
and Improvements and enlargement of the
building would make 1t large first class
boarding house which is greatly needed,
as every body knows.
The High School seniors will probably
net SD to $40 from their exhibition,
which will go to defray the expenses of
graduation.
Mrs. Herbert Loveitt of Angel street,
Willard. still continues very low at her
home with erysipelas complicated by
Bright's disease.
A son of Mr.. Fred Knowles, Front and
Sanford streets. is quite sick with an at
tack of hemorrhage of the lungs
Mrs. Harrison Burns is visiting friends
in South Portland.
Administration has been granted on
the estate of the late Ernest III. Clark.
The quarterly conference of the Knight
vile III. f. church was held last evening
and attended by the presiding elder, Rev.
L. o. Thayer.
There is to be another bowling tourna.
men at Trefethen's alleys. There Will be
four teams with the following Captains;
Charles Dyer, c. n. Trefethen, Charles
Studley, and Frank Willard. The
teams have not yet been named. The
to armament viii begin In about week.
Miss GRAHAM of Willard IL employed at
the Sentinel Office.
Z. b. Lamb, who was the guest ef his
nephew, James Lamb, has returned TO his
home in Harrison.
Harry Harmon has entered the employ
Of the K. L. Burrowes company. His
place at the Niles Nelson gree nhouses has
been taken by &. W. Taylor. School
street.
James Desmond, is employed at Peaks
island in the post Office and grocery store
Of Mr.. Bracket.
Some of the young men of the village