The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-07-04
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Peleg Barker, wooden store house, l65x
40, at Custom House wharf.
Jerome Ia Watson, 3 l-2 story wooden
dwelling at No. 116 Forest avenue
Lucinda L. Loveitt, change of wooden
stable to dwelling at No. 80 Grant street.
Mrs. Eliza Al Swett 2-story dwelling
and private stable on Dartmouth street,
between Forest avenue and p. g. Il. X.
Clarence Hale, 2-story brick ell at No.
9s7 Western Promenade.
Mrs. A. K. Martin, Ia story wood
shed at No. 81 Beckett street.
]. @. Ward, 3-story stores and tenement
building, at Nos. 2bI-e55 Danforth
street.
Isaac L. Strout, three-story wooden
dwelling No. 3S Morning street.
]. +. Perkins, 2-story wooden bay win
dow at No. "a Dow street.
J. G. Ward, S-story dwelling at Nos 2-s
May street
Howard Q. Hamilton, LIZ story
wooden dwelling at corner Of Grove and
Washburn avenue
Edward buddy, 8 story brick; d we'll
ing at No. 4S Mountfort street.
W. E. Howell. s.story wooden addition
at No. GO Elm street.
Thomas j. rockingham, 2-story brick
private stable at No. ~ Cotton street.
MAYOR GIVEN A CLOCK.
In joint session Aldsrman Dow said
that 1T seemed fitting at this time, as the
| schools had recently closed, to bring to
the attention Of the council some OF the
work which the manual school Is doing
for. the pupils of the public schools He
said 1t gave him great pleasure to present
to the mayor, in behalf OF the manual
training school clock which had been
made by two boys Of that school, Masters
Edwin Palmer and Segud Lorenson.
| At this point the two boys brought into
mayors desk handsome clock which
had been the work of their hands in the
training school, The council greeted
these boys with applause.
Alderman Dow went on to say that $50
beys being instructed in the manual
training school and their work was very
oomInendatory to the school. their teach
1 6En, bubtuEeASce anu tuc CITY.
Mayor Robinson accepted this gift
In an appropriate speech. He said
nm indebted to the manual training
school for this hesutitui gift and assure
you that it is fully appreciated. Its ad
mirable workmanship reflects credit on
the boys who made it and to their in
structors 1t would be a revelation to
most membsrs Of the city council to visit
the two rooms where manual training is
taught. A visit to these rooms would be
tf great Interest and profit to all the city
council members. He said that 1t sur
pissed him when he paid these schools q
visit to see the fine work they were doing,
tic had no idea the instruction in this
work was SO complete and so much in
accord with the work of other depart
ments. The mayor said that it is true
that the city government and the citizens
generally do not half appreciate the ex
celience of our institutions. He advised
the city council members to visit these
schools and see for themselves the work
which is being DONE Applause greetet
the concluding remarks of the mayor
when he said that he would highly prize
his gift and would see to 1t that 1t oocn.
pied "a prominent place in the mayors
Office as an example Of VIVA
our public school boys could do.
PARK ST. SCHOOL COMMISSION.
The mayor announced in joint conven.
ton that the Park street school commits
sion would make an effort to report at
the next meeting OF the city council He
asked that an adjournment be taker
until next Monday evening in order t
hear this report.
TO INVESTIGATE POOR DEPART.
MENT.
Councilman Cloudy presented an order
in the council which provided for the ap
pointment of special committees to in
vestlgate the poor department and tt
make such recommendations regardin
1t as was thought advisable.
In support of this order Mr.. Cloudy saiC
that by the auditors's report it was
seen that $4,000 had been appropriated
for this department.. There were sl2,OOl
in bills OVERLAPPING fIom last year which
taken of from the original appropria
ton left $4,000 to run this depart
ment on for the coming year
MIR. Cloudy called the attention of thu
council to the fact that si3.373 had so fai
been expended from this amount leaving
only Si9,625 TO run this department fo
the remainder of the year. with tine wors
time Of the year to come At this rate i
would mean that the overseers of the POO,
would spend over $40, 600 for the poor thi
year. mir. Cloudy called the attention
of the council TO what the mayor hat
recommended in his inaugural address
regarding Che suppors OF the outsid,