The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-19

tinguish any street lamp, or street light,
under penalty OF not less thnn five dol
iarss nor mors than ten doilors for each
Sec. 3. An trees, iamp-pcsts, poles.
posts, and hydrants, now placed and be-
Ing within the limits Of the streets of she
City, are hereby declared to be and shall
ps taken 20 be legally established and
or removal by order OF the City Council
sec. 4. Lamp-posts. and rosts for pro.
tsct1ng them, may be located within the
limits OF any strest Of the City bv the
joint Committee Of the City Council on
street lights by direction Of the City
| SEQ. 8. Any lamp-post, or post for pro-
tecting the same, shall BE- taken TO be
4 legally established within the limits OF
any street In the City when IL has been
located therein ~ order Of the City Coun-
oil; and any tree. pole, post or hydrant,
or any post for the protection Of the same,
now established, shall be taken TO be leg
| ally established within the limits of amy
street OF the City IL It has been located
therein by order OF the Mayor or joint
walks and Bridges; subject, however,
to relocation and removal By order Of the
City Council.
| SEQ. 9. When an order ia given under
the provisions OF Section six, it shall be
recorded By the City Clerk in book pro-
sided for that purpose and kept in bis
| office.
Ser. z. All ordinances ana parts of or
dinances inconsistent herewith are. hereby
repealed.
SEQ. This ordinance sball take effect
wneu approved.
In support of this ordinance Mr.. Wilson
said that greater part Of the ordinance
applied TO the location Of poles and posts
for the street lights. MIR. Wilson said
that In the old ordinance the sldermen
were given the power of making contracts
for street lighting which was not in ao-
cordance with the city charter. Mr.. Will
SON said that 1t was now generally adj
mitted that all contracts must be made
by concurrent vote. It Is 60 correct the
Misunderstanding which has existed be-
tween the two boards that this ordinance
Ii introduced.
Mr.. Wilson said there had been some
discussion as to where this ordinance
should be introduced. He said that he
had noticed that when any business was
to be performed the council was as good
place to introduce It as any. he would
DO nothing to dstraot from the dignity
OF the common council nor from the
SSe>Aa Va esoOfhhChs no Oity oOuuoll
now has business bsfore It and IL seems
to me-" said Mr.. Wilson, "tnat they
should transact this business like men
and without any chickering's "
MIR. Cloudy said that he heartily con-
Cured with all that Mr.. Wilson had said.
A short time ago the aldermen had sent
down facstious message to the effect
that they could transact business without
any help from the lower board. MIR.
Cloudy continued to say that he hoped
the reporters would make IL plain that
the council had taken it upon itself to
rectify the blunders which had bsen made
by the board OF aldermen.
Mr.. Dow objected to Mr.. Goudy's
wandering from the subject under dis
cussion. The president sustained the
point of order raised by MIR. Dow and
Mr.. Cloudy concluded his remarks by say
ing that he hoped the ordinance would
have passage.
Mr.. Driscoll objected to the ordinance
on the ground that there was no provision
in 10 as to the representation Of the mi
nority. he said that this year there were
three important committees which have
the expenditure of large sums of money
in their hands On which there was not
one member of the minority party. These
committees are public buildings. fire de-
psrtment and lights. Mr.. Driscoll
thought 1t would be only justice to the
citizens who belong to the minority to
recognize their representative by APP
pointing them to the important commit.
tees. 1--WE do not ask for any thing IN
reasonable" said Mr.. DrisoolI. "The
minority tax payers are entitled to repre-
sentation. This year they have no repre-
sentativss on the Important committees"
Mr. Driscoll offered an amendment
providing that theNminority party should
have representation on the committee
on lights
Mr.. Cloudy said that he favored this
proposition. 1t was In accordance with
business equity and Justice.
Mr.. True thought the minority had no
right to pick out its committees. He
thought they had no reason to complain
for the manner in which they were
treated.
Mr.. Driscoll-"May / ask the gentle
man one question: Don't yousthink it
unfair to give the minority no represen-
tation on committee which has the ex-
penditGre of s44, 900 a Year,"
Mr.. True said he thought it was right
that the minority should be represented
on this committee but he believed they
should trust to the fairness of the presid-
ing officer Of the council to give them
representation.
Mr. Burke said that this year the
minority was represented on only one
important committee and only had repre-
sentation on that because the statutes
provided for that representation. The
minority had no reason to believe from
the way in which they had been treated
this year that they would be given any
better showing ON the committees than
they now have.
President brown asked Mr.. Driscoll
what would be the result of his amend
ment providing the minority had no