The Portland daily press., 1900-07-03
The Aldermen Defeated Order for a
New Iaughan's Bridge.
Portland to Have New
Pest House.
The Sum of Four Thousand
Dollars Appropriated for 1t.

The meeting Of the city council last
evening lasted until 11.45 O'Clock. The
order for a new Vaughan's bridge was
turned down by the aldermen; new pest
house to cost $4,000 was ordered con-
structed the ma yor returned with his
veto the order appropriating money for
band concerts and the common council
passed an order appropriating so, 600 for
the building of another section Of the
north side intercepting sewer which the
aldermen passed by a vote OF TO 4, but
the question Of the legality of the vote
arising the matter was referred to the
city solicitor for his opinion. These, IN
brief, were some of the important things
cted upon and in addition many other
things OF importance and in terest were
disposed Of
WILL BUILD NO BRIDGE.
The most important matter disposed of
by the board of aldermen was the killing
of the order authorizing the building of
new Vaughan's bridge. Alderman Mill
ken introduced an order instructing the
commissioner of public works to make q
solid fill at Vaughan's bridge on the
Portland side for 270 feet and to con-
struct q temporary bridge while the pro-
posed new bridge was being built. The
cost oD this fill and of the temporary
bridge not to rexeeed 221, 900 and the
money to be taken from the Harrington
Trust fund. The order was at first laid
on the table on motion of Alderman
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table onz motion of Alderman Mill
ken, who said that the order had been
drawn by the city solicitor He spoke in
favor of a new bridge and said that it was
BADLY needed as the reports of experts
who had examined it had proven. At
present it is in a dangerous condition.
lie argued that new bridge is a neces-
sity and something should be done in this
matter Immediately. Alderman Moulton
thought otherwise. No one who passes
over the bridge today has any fears of its
not sustaining them and the heavy teams.
The South Portland people say that their
end of the bridge is perfectly safe. The
proposed bridge would be large enough for
the electric road to pass over but no one
knows that the electric roads wish to use
this bridge. Tt doesn t seem under these
conditions that it would be wise to build
a new bridge. Portland must build two
thirds OF the new structure, but if they
build two-thirds South Portland cannot
be forced tc build the other third as long
as their third of the bridge is perfectly
safe.
Alderman MilIiken replied that the
stringers Of the bridge are rotten and the
spiles badly decayed and eaten away. The
South Portland people have sheathed the
entire top of their part of the bridge and
it is not so sure that this portion is per-
fectly safe. Alderman Driscoll argued for
the new bridge and for the passage of the
pending order. He said that new struc-
ture was imperatively needed and that
the electric railroads had nothing to do
with it.
A vote was then taken on this order
and it was defeated by vote of 6 to 2.
Aldermen Driscoll and Milliken voting
in the affirmative and Alderman Frye be-
ing absent.
THE INTERPRETING SEWER.
Mr.. True introduced an order in the
council instructing the commissioner
OF public works to construct section of
the north side intercepting sewer to begin
at the southerly end OF the sewer already