The Portland daily press., 1900-10-09
New Pest House Order
Passed.
Other Matters of Importance
Acted Upon.


evening was not very long one. 1t be-
gan at eight O'Clock and was over by ten.
The aldermen postponed the hearing on
the telephone matter until the 10Th and
also fixed date for the public hearing on
the Boston and Maine railroad proposition
to purchase a permanent right of way on
the Marginal Way. A new pest house
order was passed, and several otner mat
ters OF Importance attended to.
In the upper board all OF the members
were present except Aldermen Johnson
and Frye.
The Mayor first read the petition of
the New England Telephone and Tele-
graph company for the erection OF poles,
The board at once voted to give a
hearing and Hon, Charles F. Libby, the
counsel of the Eastern Telephone COM
pany, spoke a few words. He said that
the Eastern Telephone company had first
asked to lay conduits and poles ana that
Immediately following this there came
petition from the Dirigo company.
"Sooner or later" said Mr.. Libby,
''you have got to pass on whether COM
petition in telephone traffic Is to be al
lowed. have suggested that this mat
ter be put over and the attorney of the
other company wanted an adjournment
of two weeks. These questions are
complicated. This is simply prelimi-
nary matter. The system I represent is
now operating about 500 miles in Oxford,
Knox and part of Androscoggin coun-
ties. If the board is disposed to visit
Kockland we would be pleased to have
1t or subcommittee OF it make the
trip"
Superintendent II. N. Stinson OF the
New England company said If the hear
ing was put off work on lines OF his
company would be delayed.
Alderman Thomas moved that the
board adjourn the hearing for two weeks ;
but Alderman Gerrish wanted the affair
settled at this time. He said the taking
of every wire from the poles lessened
the chances of danger just SO much.
Then the hearing was adjourned 80
Friday, October 10.
The board then proceeded to it's regular
business.
ON MARGINAL WAY MATTER.
1t was voted by both boards to give
public hearing on the Marginal way
proposition Of the Boston & Maine on
Monday, 22G Of October at 80 p. N.
THE NEW PEST HOUSE.
Mr.. Hunt introduced substitute or.
der giving authority 20 the committee
on public buildings and the members
of Tire board of health to build or pur-
chase a pest house. The sum of 81, QUO
was appropriated for this purpose.
Mr.. Hunt said that the Trask property,
so called, which it was contem plated
buying, has since been sold and this
order was thereby rendered necessary.
1t was passed and sent to the alder
men for concurrence.
LONGFELLOW STREET SEWER.
The council voted to recede from It's
former action OF refusing a passage to
the order to build a sewer in LongfeI-
low street between Beacon and Highland
streets, and against the protest OF Mr.
True, 1t was passed In concurrence. Mr..
True said this order was creating a
new city debt and he objected to 1t
on this ground.
LETTER FROM FRANKLIN STAPLES
A letter was read from Franklin
Slap les formerly principal of the Center
street grammar school which school was
recently named in his honor. In this let
ter Mr.. Staples expressed his appreciation
of the honor done him and went on to
say:
IT may be allowed to say to you how
greatly prize this marked expression of
confidence and good win by friends in
tbs good city where most of my student
life was spent and where 1 had little
part in the work of public school teach
ing. If the work which was permitted
to do with the boys of the old grammar
school was of advantage to them it was
no less so to me. AS look back upon my
time In Portland and in that grammar
school it appears to me as the best of my
life. This testimonial of naming a school
for me. coming as it does, is greatly
valued; this beyond my power to ex-
press"
A SCHEME TO BUILD INTERCEPT-
ING SEWER.
Mr.. Dow introduced an ordinance
amending an existing ordinance so that
the money which might be derived from
the sale of rights on the marginal way
could be transferred to the sinking fund
Mr.. Dow said that if the right of way
on the Marginal Way were sold to the
Boston and Maine railroad he should try
and have some OF the money appropriated
for north side intercepting sewer. Mr.
Dow CONSTITUTES this sale of location as
sale of real estate the money for which
would ordinarily go Into the sinking
fund.