The Portland daily press., 1899-05-10

not be called worthy poor were supported
by the city and he did not belisve thss'
persons should be supported st the publi'
expense. He moved 70 amend the appro
priation to s45, This was finally vot
ed by q vote Of 10 to o
The item of $500 for salaries for the
treasursr's departments, brought Mr.. Trut
10 his foot. He said that the salaries IN
this department did not figure up 10
this amount and he moved 1t be out
down 70 $1,000
MIR. Phillips said he understood that
the city treasurer would be obligedAto
employ extra help on account OF the an
neaation Of Deering and that the extra
amour was for this purpose.
Mr. True said that the city treasurer had
said that il the discount system was done
away with he would need fewer clerks.
Mr.. Pierce said that If Mr.. True would
withdraw his motion to amend he would
move to postpone action on this item I'm
til the actual expense could be ascer-
tanned. Mr.. True then withdrew his
motion 10 amend and Mr. Pierce moved
| TO DO5bpUut shONCa W ohhVhN
by cutting the item down to $500. A
| rising vote was taken resulting in 10 vot-
ing for the amendment and II against
Some OF the member did not vote. Mr..
| Waldron explained that he did not vote
on this question because he was all at
sea.
MIR. Gerrish wanted to send for the city
- &as. t,,st hat tho
salaries in this Office were.
City Auditor Ssnborn appeared before
the board and said that the salaries in
this office were IS, 500; 1t cost u, 400 for
postage and the rest of this amount was
for other expenses in this office.
| Another vote was taken on the proposed
amendment, but no one voted for it. The
item was passed AS originally reported.
The appropriation of s65s.69 from grad
| ing the Chestnut street school lot brought
MIR. Waldron to his feet. He asked II this
expense had ever been authorized by a
city government. There was no answer
to this question and the item passed as
originally reported.
| All of the other items on the appropri.
alton bill as reported from thu board Of
aldermen, passed without amendment.
| 1t was discovered that an item of sl2,-
O1O for the city of Deering bills had not
been passed by the aldermen, although
the estimate committee had recommend
ed that this amount be appropriated.
MIR. Wilson introduced an amendment
to the bill correcting the error and appro-
priatine $4,000 with which to pay the
unpaid Deering bills. This amendment
passed without discussion.
Mr. Wilson also proposed an amendment
of scoop for revising, printing and bind
| ing the city ordinances. This msnd-
Inent had passage.
The amendment to the appropriation
bill making an appropriation of $50, 600
for the Park street school house then
came up.
MIR, Gerrish moved to amend the amend
ment as follows: Appropriating $1,000
| for a combination ladder truck ON Mum
| JOY hill; 50, 500 for remodelling and stu
ating an engine at the West End, and
$4,000 for the purchase of lot and build
ing an sngine house at Deering Centre.
MIR. Gerrish moved that this amend
ment to this Park street school amend
ment be adopted.
MIR. Thomas endeavored to secure the
floor, but Mr.. Gerrish said that he still
had the floor and began to speak.
He went on to speak in support of the
amendment as offered BY him. He said
that nine-tenths of the voters in Ward
had signed petition for this engine.
For years this matter has been urged up
on the city council by the Mayor and
| Chief engineer, but no action has been
taken on the matter. He spoke OF the
character of buildings now on the hill
and said that few years ago child S
| life was lost in a one story and bali
house, because of the lack of ladder.
He said that he had seen fire himself in
which there was not enough hydrant
pressure to force the water from the
nozzle. That now the firemen were
Obliged to hunt around in peoples back
yards for ladder with which to reach
the roof of the house and extinguish the
fire. He said that Ward 1 was not ade-
quately protected and serious oontagra-
tions had been narrowly avoided on sew
eral occasions He said that Ward had
been very generous with other parts OF
the city, but it seemed to him that the
time had come when this section OF the
city should at least be considered.
Mr.. Phinney said that one part OF
the amendment referred to Ward 9. 1t
is meant for a. combination chemical
and ladder truck at Deering Centre. He
said that 1T might be construed In this
case as the establishment of a life saving
station. He said that there was no lad
der trucks in this vicinity and that lad
ders were necessary to save lives. Seven
ty-fiye per cent of the fires in dwelling
house can be stopped with n chemical
angina which ii ia proposed to place in