The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-27
Adjourned City Government
Meeting Last Evening.
Election OF City Physician and Board
of Health--Other Municipal Mat
tiers Disposed or

nicipal officers be taken from the table.
The motion was carried, and DIR. Loring q.
Lombard was elected city physician and
Joseph Craig and Charles J. Mcdonald
truant OIL cers.
Orders relating to the pay of fremen I;
to the fixing of the rate of wages Of Ia
borers on the streets; authorizing the city
treasurer to adjust claims between
Cape Elizabeth and South Portland, to
the repair of sidewalks. etc., were given
their second reading and passed.
Accounts To- the amount OF 81 ,Ssl. 33
for bills audited by the city auditor were
passed on and being approved the mayor
was authorized TO draw an order on the
city treasurer for the amount.
Report of the committee on public
buildings was heard aud the matter OF
fixing up the nav city offices was left to
the discretion of the committee.
City Treasurer Knapp submitted his re-
port of the settlement of matters pending
between Cape Elizabeth and South Port
land and notified tho board that he had
re ceived check form 1859 for the town
authorities of Cape Elizabeth.
Alderman Spear moved that the COM
mittee on sewers be directed to look into
the matter of unpaid assessments on sew.
ers and under advice Of the city solicitor
adopt measures to collect the same. The
order was given its first reading.
AN ordnance relating to the movement,
erection and alteration of buildings was
given its first reading
PERMITS GRANTED.
Permits were granted Frank H. Cow
en- to enter sewer on Preble street; A. J.
Doughty, the sewer in Knightville on
street; W. II. Moore, the Elm street sew
or, and T. j. Connell was authorized to
erect stable.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE RECOMMEN
DATIONS.
The estimates for expenditures in the
school department as recommended by
the school committee came up for con-
sideration and were laid. on the. table to
be taken up by committee on expendi
ures. The matter Of cutting of the apex
of the Knightville school yard was re-
ferred to the school board.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
The following were elected a board of
health: DIR. j. W. Lowell, three years;
DIR. ]. *. p. Rogers. two years; DIR. AL
fred S. Sawyer, one year.
Sealer of weights and measures, Wal
tsr e. Woodside; weighers of coal and
iron, ii. ]. Davis and Owen Durgin, Jr.
City Clerk Knight then made a report
ON the Broadway street fire, and he was
made a committee of one to report on fu-
ture fires. He was also authorized to
sell the safe belonging to the city and
now in his house, to the best Of advant-
age.
Permission was given the Veterans
day after which an adjournment was tax
eli to Thursday, May 4.
kNIGHTVILLE HOSE COMPANY
BANQUET.
The hose house of the Knightyille Hose
company was the scene last evening of a
pleasant banquet given to the friends of
the organization and about 50 persons
Toned in the festivities Ct the evening.
A delicious clam supper was served and
games of whist were INDUCED in. There
was music and good time generally.
The committee in charge were Capt. W.
p. Brown, Allison Gardner and John +.
Mountfort.
The members of the Veteran association
s.%1a ut IN hn Il M rrhf
VILE city offices to elect officers and out
line work for the year such as Memorial
day exercises, etc.
Miss Lizzie Willard has returned from
a ten weeks visit at Westboro.
Mr.. Charles Ssaford. of Stanford
street, who has been Ill for some time
was able to be about yesterday.
There are signs Of activity around the
yard where the yachts have wintsred and
bottoms are being scrapsd, boat
overhauled, and everything being put in
readiness for the approaching season.
The yacht club are launching their craft
and soon good sized fleet will be an
chored in the harbor.
Frank Sylvester is breaking ground
for new house to be built in Willard on
Main, near Day street.
Albus Angel 2d of Angel street, is
getting ready to build residence on An
CELL street, near the home of his father.
The road commissioner is doing good
work on East High street, gravelling the
thoroughfares and otherwise improving
its condition.
There will be general suspension of
business in the city today in observance
of the annual Fast Day.
Rev. Il. Corey the new pastor of the
Peoples NJ. K. church will arrive in the
city Saturday next and preach his first
sermon Sunday morning at 10. 30 O'Clock.
In the afternoon he will supply the pull
pit of the Knightville Methodist church.
1t will be remembered that the confer.
ence made no assignment to the, latter
parish, and 1T is understood that Rev