The Portland daily press., 1899-02-02
DRERING.
Special Meeting Of City Council Last
Evening.
PERMISSION REFUSED TO CARRY
HIGH VOLTAGE ALONG STREETS.

Protested Against Granting Request
OF Deering Electric Light Company
and Aldermen Decline 90 DO So.
A special meeting of the Deering city
government was held last evening at the
council chamber, commencing at $50
o'clock. Mayor Moulton presided. All
the aldermen were in attendance Tho
committees on streets, public buildings
and sewers reported relative to several
petitions and recommended that they be
referred to the next city government for
action.
Alderman Wyman for the special COM
mittee, reported that he had been unable
to do anything in the way of securing
transfers from the Deeripg lines to the
Portland lines of the Portland Railroad
company. 1t was voted to lay the report
on the table until such time as the rail :
road company might appear before the
city government for any special legisla-
| ton.
Alderman Jacobs for the committee on
claims reported favorably on the claims
of Marsh Brothers and others, for dam
age by change of grade on Forest ave
nue.. Voted to pay them $3.50 In settle
ment of the claim.
Favorable report on claim of W. 5.
Loveitt Cor damages sustained by horse
and carriage by defective street on For
est avenue Voted to pay the said Love-
lit the sum OF $50 in settlement of his
claim. Committee recommended on
claims of IL J. Webster, Veranda street,
and c. Z. Bangs of Oakdale, for damage
sustained by changing grade OF street,
that they be given leave to withdraw.
Report accepted.
The mayor then read the order relative
to the petition of the Deering Electric
Light company for permission to run
1000 volts along Forest aveunue from
Pride's bridge to . temporary transform
er house on said avenue. near the So
called Willows" At the meeting held
Jan uary 30 the permission was refused by
a vote of to 5. The mayor CALLED the
attention of the aldermen to the fact that
two petitions, had been presented asking
that the prayer of the petitioners be
granted and that on the other hand a
petition had been sent in during the day
in opposition to the granting OF the pc
tition.
Alder man Dingley moved that the vote
taken at the last meeting of the board
against the petitioners be RECONSTRUCTED.
Alderman Farnham presented a petit
ion signed by 4. II. Libby and 20 Others,
residents of Forest avenue, in the vicini-
ty of Pride's bridge and the willows,
asking that no company be allowed to
carry 10, 600 volts along the street.
| Alderman Carter said that there was
one signer on the Deering Electric light
company's petition who admits that he
signed the petition without thorough
understanding of the same.
Alderman Farnham said that there
were 80 houses along the avenue where
the proposed voltage would be carried
and that 20 of the householders had
signed remonstranoe, and that seven of
tho families had not been seen. but W ere
understood TO be opposed to granting the
petition.
| The melton TO reconsider the vote was
then taken up on the roll call and result
cd in its defeat. Nays-Aldermen Han
son, Farnhsm. Carter, Smith, Clay and
Lane Yeas-Aldermen True. Dingley,
Pickett, Wymap and Jacobs.
| The aldermen then went into executive
session for half an hour. Upon reconven'
ing the committee on new streets reported
recommending that the matter of the ex-
tension of Longfellow street be referred
to the next city government.
First reading was given the favorable
report of the committee on streets recon-
Inending the extension OF Grand street
from Prospect to Brighton street. Dam
ages are recommended to Henry DeetinR
| In the sum of Sl490. and the Marks *
Earle in the sum of Si37. 80.
| Adjourned,
Mr.. Victor Brewster entertained party
of the conductors and motormen nf the
Portland Railroad company at the car