The Portland daily press., 1899-04-04

that the comr,ittee ON lights be autho-
rized to make n contract with the Port
land Electric sight company to supply
the current required for all lights desired
that are not already contracted for and
| that the price for i6 candle power lamps
| (where used Internationally within build
inRs), shall be furnished at the rats of
81 SO DER year, referring to cases where
meters are not used, and that in case
arc lights are used.eithsr by the year or by
meter the rate snail bo at least 20 per
cent lower than 10 Is now paying the
Consolidated Electric Light company.
1t is further stipulated that the Port.
| land Electric Light company shall bind
| itself to continue the rates heretofore
published and furnished the citize q,
business houses and manufacturing firms
without nny advance price for term OF
be executed that will be satisfactory to
the committee on lights, that the terms
of this agreement shall be faithfully per-
formed.
| He moved that the order have passage.
Aiessrs Driscoll and Burke thought this
order should be referred to special com.
mittee for Investigation.
Mr.. Goudy sald he thought the COM
mittee on lights competent to act on tsis
matter he thought 1t was reflection
on the committee on lights to refer the
order to any other committee.
Mr.. Burke said: "I claim that the mi
nority party which has no reprenfenta
tiou on the committee on lights is EN-
it'll to some consideration in this ques
tion as the minority party In Portlan~
Is as much interested in it and as much
concerned in 1t as are the members Of
the party in power.
| Mr.. Driscoll said he should refuse to
vote to refer any matter to any committee
which did not have minority member
as one OF its members. He claimed that
all of the committees of the Council were
partisan committees. Out of tho 20
committees the minority party was rep
resented only on ten.
Ihe question was finally put on the
passage of the order. The yeas.andlnays
were called on it, and all the council
voted yes with the exception of,the fol-
loving who voted no: Messrs. Gerrish,
and Connolly. The order had passage
and was sent up for concurrence.
When the proposition was read in the
upper board, Alderman Smith at.once
said that he considered the whole business
out of order, as he thought the lower
! board had no wight TO act on such a
matter. He therefore moved that the
matter be laid on the table.
Alderman johnson thought that they
should have the right first to erect POLES
Alderman Lamson thought it was get
ting the cart tefore the horse.
Alderman Mannix thought that this
would rot prevent the present matter
from being acted on.
Mr.. Smith renewed the motion to lay
on the table. which was carried without
division.
Then the order accompanying the prop.
ositlon was read, and this was also laid
on the table
A vote TO lay on the table does rot pre-
vent the matter being taken from the
table at future time.
CITY HAY SCALES.
AT Wil.on introduced an ordinance in
the council amending the city ordinance
In relation to the Weighing of hay and
the election OF city weisher of hay. This
ordinance creates two or more weighers
of hay to be chosen annually and allows
loads Of hay to be weighed in Deering as
we'll as in Portland by properly chosen
city weighers. Mr. Wilson explained that
all hay sold in Deering is now brought to
the city scales in Portland and then has
to be carted out to Deering again The
purpose OF the ordinance is to allow the
hay TO be weighed in Deering without
having to haul 1t into Portland and then
out to DeeIing again. The ordinance
passed the council to be enRrossed but did
not reach the aldermen in time for them
to act upon 1t.
ROPES FOR FIRE ESCAPES.
Councilman Dyer introduced an ordi'
nance which was in substance as follows;
"The owner, proprietor or manager of
every hotel and lodging house, and of
every boarding house having more than
fifteen sleeping rooms above the ground
floor, and the person or persons having
charge or management of every public or
private hospital or asylum, shall, within
three months after the passage of this act,
place or cause to be placed i'll every room
of such building used as lodging or
sleeping room, except the rooms on the
ground floor, and also excepting rooms
one or more widows of which open upon
fire escape having direct access 10 the
ground Manila rope, or other better APP
pliance to be approved by the chief of the
fire department OF said city, to be used as
an auxiliary means of escape. Said rope
or other appliance shall be securely
fastened at one end to suitable iron
hook or eye to be securely driven or
secured to one of the joists or tlmbers
next adjoining the frame of the window,
or one of the windows of such room and
shall at all times be kept coiled up and
exposed TO the view OF the occupant Of che
room, the coil 70 be face nd In such slight
manner as to te easily and quickly
loo ened. Said rope shall not be less than
one inch in diameter. and shall be of
| 30, ha md