The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-09

Park street school house szo' wv
Ladder and chemical on MunJoy :, ooo
hill. II w w.
Engine at West End. s,mV
Engine house, Ward o. ''Voo
Total, sfA ooo
Ihs anne ndment specified that this
sum should be taken from the SINKING
fund. When the aldermen took up tins
matter 1t was arranged that the terms
Of the amendment should he offered and
voted on separ ately. This first question
then arose on the sa5, 900 for Park street
sobooI house. Alderman Lamson moved
that the sum be made $50, 900 instead of
s25, 900. Mr.. Lamson said that he felt
greatly interested that this new school
house should be built Fifty or seventy
five scholars were demanding school &C.
commodations which could not he given.
The law of the state required that each
child should have u certain amount of
schooling. Portland was not now meet
ing the requirements of this law, and he
believed that parents whose children are
crowded out might send the n to private
schools at the city's expense. Mr.. Lam
son spoke of the difficulties Of getting
money because of the constitutional debt
limit. But he said that if some of the as
sets held b, the city were sold and APP
piiedsto reduction of the debt thereswould
be margin of u million dollars within
which the city might DO rrow. This
showed that the city could ford the Inn
proyement.
Alderman Merrill said dthat he should
not favor any proposltion.to borrow from
the sinking fund. He would favor the
Park street school house as an tndepen-
dent proposition, and acquiesce in max
ing the taxes larger in order to pay Tor it.
But he would not vote to take from the
sinking fund, which he considered a bad
financial policy.
Alderman Dow said that these were
his sentiments. He did not favor tnk.
ing money from the sinking fund.
Alderman johnson asked Mr.. Lamson
If he thought the school house could be
built for $50, 900. Mr.. Lamson said that
would do for this year; more would be
required another year. Mr.. johnson
thought that the present Park street
school house could be used another year.
He did not believe either in raising the
taxes or dipping into the sinking fund to
build the school house.
Alderman Moulton WAS against taking
from the sinking fund, which was trust
fund.
1t WAS decided that tho question of TAX
fra oh ha do
cidt d after the question on the various
amendments.
The proposition to appropriate $50, 900
for the Park street school was then car
ried as follows: Yeas-ManDix, Merrill.
Dow, Lsmson, Smith--5. Nays
Spraeue, johnson, Moulton. Frye-4.
The next proposition was for sll 900
for combination ladder truck and
chemical on Munjoy hill. MIR. Lamson
proposed to make this S2500, but 1t was
not seconded. The vote was then taken
on the main prof. osition, after debate, and
1t was defeated by this vote: Yeas
Sprague Mannix, johnson, Smith,.
Nays-Merrill, Dow, Lamson, Moulton,
Frye-5.
On the proposition for fire engine at
West End, S., 500, there was some debate,
after which the proposition was defeated
by a viva voca vote. The proposition to
appropriate 49, for an engine house
in Ward was also defeated on viva voca
vote.
The next question was whether or not
the amount needed for the Park street
school house should tie taken from the
sinking fund Alderman Mannix moved
toamend this SO that the money should
he taken amy available fund.- Mir.
Lamson asked what available fund there
was outside OF. the Smiling fund. Every
one laughed, at. this, as no one knew of
any available funds. Mr.. Mannix's
Trojan horse amendment was defeated,
to 3, Messrs Sprague, Mannix and
Johnson being the three supporting it.
The question then REQUIRED upon the pro.
position to. take the money from the sink
ing fund, and it was defeated by nays
and yeas. So the aldermen decided
that the school house should be raised by
taxation and notlfrom the sinking fund.
The remainder of the appropriation
bill was agreed to without change, only
Aldermen johnson and Lalnson voting
against it. The bill was then sent to the
council
IN The COUNCIL.
The council voted TO take up the appro
priation bill section by section and
amend them as it saw fit.
The appropriations for advertising and
ASSESSORS department were passed with
out reduction. Mr.. Wilson thought the
appropriation for Australian ballot of
81, 500 could be cut down to $500. He
said that it had always been the custom
TO advertise the ballots in four daily
papers in Portland, This he thought was
unnecessary rs two papers would be
sufficient. The council amended this item
to So, ZOO
When the appropriation for armory and
auditorium was reachet MIR. Dow thought
the appropriation was too small and asked
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