The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-04-03

present and explained that 70 was abso-
lutsly necessary that the work on the
Turnout be imnedistsiy begun.
NEW CITY CHARTER.
Mr.. True OF ward three presented an
order authorizing the appointments OF .
com mission to draw up new city oh ar
Ter for submission to the Legislature. He
referred to the fact that the city hes out
grown Its old charter ana some changes
are necessary to put the administration
of CITY affairs on O businesslike basis.
Mr.. True made some refsrJnce 10 the de-
lays which are oooasloned By the present
system.
Mr.. Woodside eaid we needsd . new
charter and he did not think new char :
ter would fall Of q passage again as the
people now want IL. He said that he
wished to present an amendment to Mr..
Irus's order, but did not wish TO be I'M
derstood as antsgonizinG the order In any
way. Mr.. woodside believed that the
charter should be drawn up by the mem
hers of the city council who would do
better than wouli q comm ission. Mr..
woodside said that even II . commission
should be authorized 10 draw up char
ter 1t would ultimately have TO be
amended BY the council MIR. Woodside
offered an amendment to this effect.
MIR. MoLaughlin's seconded Mr.. Wood
sides amendment.
MIR. True spoke at some length against
the Amendments and referred to the old
commission, Charles b. Libby, Wilford
q. Chapman and X. u. Minslow, whom
he praised for their work on the city
ohartsr they had drawn up. He said he
did not believe there was any one In the
city government today who can compare
in knowledge of city affairs with those
gentlemen named.
Mr.. Phinnsy said be believed there was
such thing Hs carrying economy to ex-
tremss and he believed the new charter
should be REVISED by the best counsel that
could bs obtained.
MIR. Cobb did not agree with Mr.. Phin-
ney. He said he thought there we're abls
men In the oounoil who could do this
matter.
Mr.. Woodsids said that the city council
now has the draft of the old commission
and II the work were done by commit
tee OF the city council 1t could be done
better than IL could be done by CON-
mission. He thought that such com-
mittee would get In closer touch with the
citizens than could a commission.
Mr.. Dow moved that the matter be
laid upon the table.
The motion was lost
Mr.. True spoke again in favor OF the
passage of his original order, referripg
the matter to . commission. He believed
that u committee would take the matter
up bnt would not hasten about making
report and it would probably be the
death of the measure to give 1t into the
hands OF city council committee.
The amendment was adopted by vote
of twenty to seven. The original order as
amended was then passed.
TO PAVE WEST COMMERCIAL ST.
Alderman Milliken presented q petition
signed by all of the wholesale dealers on
Commercial and nearly all Of the truck
men that West Commercial street be
paved from the end OF the present paving
ON the street for distance Of about nine
hundred feet. As 1t was now the street
was a mud hole.
The order was referred to the commit
tee on public works.
CLAIMS Against THE CITY.
Alderman Mouiton presented q claim OF
Barock q. Peabody Or four hens and Al
derman Thomas presented claim of
Thomas j. Flynn for two Gems and q
rooster, all of which ware killed BY dogs.
Flynn's claim was for four dollars. Both
OF these claims were referred to the oom =
mittss on claims as was also ths claim Of
William Ii. Scott. who asked to be rsim-
bursed for loss on contract for ventilating
the Emerson school house.
CINQUINI RE.APPoINTED
Alderman Milliksn brought up the
subject of the nomination of Faustino
Cinquini as special policeman
which was laid on the liable at
the last meeting Alderman Milliken
said that several of the people who had
been opposed to the re-Appointmsnt Of
the man had now waived their objections.
Cinquini was then confirmed.
LIGHTS OUT.
Alderman Gerrish presented an order
that the police departments in making its
monthly reports give the total number Of
lights out and their class. The order
passed.
In the council Mr.. Mclaughlin asked
II the electric lighting companies made
any discount on their bills for these
lights out, as their contracts provided
for.
Mr.. Sloman replied that this had never
been done heretofore but in the future n
deduction was to be made in all such
cases.
ELECTING AN OVERSEER.
In joint convention the city council
nroceed tn elect an Oversee of the Door to