The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-11
Large Number Of Building Permits
Asked.
Park Street School Cues
ton Tangled Yet.
Important Appointments by the
Mayor.

The adjourned meeting of the City Gov
ernment Monday evening was rather q
quiet affair, although considerable i'm
portant business was transacted. An
unusually large number of building per-
mits were asked, indicating that Port
land Is beginning early for waat Is ex-
pected to be large building season. The
| petition Of the Portland Electric Light
company for location of poles was pre-
sented and hearing was ordered; but
no debate arose over 1t. The Park street
school house question was again to the
front. In the Common Council considera
BILE time was occupied in attending to
business which passed the Board of Alder
men at the preceding meeting. Mayor
Robinson and all the aldermen were in
attendance. also a large number of the
councilman.
PARK STREET SCHOOL.
Alderman hanson presented the follow
ing order:
Ordered That the committee on public
| buildings be and 1t is hereby authorized
ami empowered to make contract or
contracts for the erection of new school
house on Park street In accordance with
the plans recommended by the school
committee and the committee on public
buildings for the year 1898. And the said
committet0on public buildings Is hereby
authorized ana empowered 10 make a
contract or contracts with responsible
parties for the erection Of the said school
house as aforesaid, the contract price not
| to exceed the sum of fifty thousand dol
| lars. The final payment on said contract
shall not be made prior to April l, 1900:
| The same to. he charged to the special
appropriation for Park street school house
when made.
Tho question being on the passage AL.
derman johnson moved to lay the order
ON the table until they should have the
report of the committee on estimates.
| Mr. Lamson called attention to the fact
that they had q report from the commit
| tee on estimates in which the cost OF
building.the school house was placed at
| S4S, 900. The question being on the pas
sage of the order there were seven in the
Affirmative and two in the negstive-Alder-
men Sprague and johnson. So the order
passed the aldermen.
In the Common Council the order was
laid on the table without debate, on mo-
ton of Councilman Wilson of Ward s.
MIR. Waldron had presented previous to
this report Of the COMMITTEES on esti-
mates relating to the cost of this school
hous and 1t had bsen accepted and sent
up to the aldermen, who also accepted 1t.
Later Councilman Burke raised the point
that the committee on estimates had not
agreed to the report at a regularly called
meeting. MIR. Waldron acknowledged
that the committee met at quarter to
O'Clock. President Brown ruled that the
point of order came too late.
SALEOF POOR FARM LAND.
Alderman Lamson explained the fact
that an ordinance relating to the poor
farm land passed at the last meeting had
overlooked certain conditions as to the
sinking fund. Therefore he had another
which he proposed as follows:
Ee 1t ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen
and Common Council Of the city OF Port
land in city council assembled, as fol-
lows:
That the city treasurer and auditor be
directed TO place to the credit OF fund
to be called the real estate fund all
moneys received from the sale OF real es-
tate belonging to the city OF Portland.
situated on the @northeyly side OF Port
lund street, known rs the CITY farm prop.
erty; and that the money SO received ana
CT editsd shall not be used for any pur-
pose other than the building OF the new
Aims housa buildings.
All ordinances aud part of ordinances
inconsistent with this ordinance are
hereby repealed. This ordinance shall
take effect when approved.
This order had its first and second
reading and passed to be engrossed.
In the Council, Councilman Burke
said he did not approve of opening the
door for the transfer Of funds. and wish
ed to know mora about the ordinance be-
fore approving 1t. Therefore the council vot-
ed to non concur and ask for u conference,
and adj tinted as oouferees Messrs Pierce,
Farnham and Burke. The aldermen
voted to insist and agree 10 the confer
ence and Aldermen Lamson and Dow
were appointed conferees.
In the conference the point was raised
that the clause repeating all inconsistent
ordinances might modify some OF the
ordinances relating to the sinking fund.
So the conferees agreed to STRIKE out
that clause. This report was agreed to
| in the Board of Alderman, but the or
dinance was laid on the table In the
council on motion of Councilman MILL
ken.
APPOINTMENTS
Special Policemen without pay-Ruel
n. Field, Jacob y. ShattucS and John..H i.
Steele.
Water Cominissioner-Wi MeAle-