The Portland daily press., 1900-09-20
Eastern Company Gets Postpone
ment.
Then the Dirigo People
Have to Acquiesce.
Miscellaneous City Business
Transacted.


The special meeting of the Board of
Aldermen to consider the petitions for tel
ephone rights in the city was attended by
Mayor Robinson and all the aldermen ex-
cept Mr.. Moulton, OF Eight. In the alb
sence OF the city clerk, Auditor Sanborn
was chosen clerk pro tempore.
Drs. Merrill and Lewis appeared to tes-
tify in an insane case. The subject was
committed to the asylum at Augusta.
The following petitions for leave to
erect new wooden buildings were referred
on motion of Alderman Gerrish:
*, p. Chase. one story building, 40 by
90 feet, to be used as a mandatory at
No. 23 Franklin street..
b. i. Jones, wooden addition to
dwelling at No 9S Washburn avenue.
Mrs Lizzie Hodsdon, private stable
at R 41S Stevens avenue.
George A. Child, a story and half
dwelling at the corner of Ocean and
Sawyer streets.
The following licenses were granted:
Benjamin Mack, pawnbroker at No.
Plum street, August Scofer, Fvictualer at
No. 104 Middle street, Mrs. h. Karalosky,
victualler at 81 Center street, Charles
Murphy to blast rock for one year.
An order was passed granting e. W.
Hannaforu permission to erect a hitching
post in front of his residence at No. 1866
High stree
TELEPHONE MATTERS.
A petition of the New England Tele.
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lay conduits in certain streets was re-
ceived and a hearing was ordered for the
evening Of October s.
The petitions Of the Eastern and Dirigo
Telephone companies for rights in the
city were then taken up.
Hon. Charles +. Libby, representing
the Eastern Telephone company. said that
on account of the absence of important
witnesses his clients would ask an ad-
journment until Monday evening, Octo-
Der 10. This was granted.
The petition of the Dirigo7company was
then taken up. Clarence Hale, ESQ, ap-
peared, saying that he represented the
New England Telegraph ana Telephone
company, who had considerations to pre-
sent to show why new companies should
not be admitted. Therefore he thought
that all the petitions should be heard on
single evening so that his clients
might meet the whole case at once. He
would have no objection to the hearing OF
witnesses on behalf of the Dirigo compa-
ny, but thought that their case should not
be completed until the occasion when the
whole case would be settled.
Ardon w. COombs, Esq, representing
the Dirigo company, said that each petit
tioner was Independent of the other, and
he did not like the suggestion that the
Dirigo company should put in its case
and leave its opponents thres or four
weeks to answer it.
After considerable debate the aldermen
decided that the hearing should proceed
There was then an animated debate
among the counsel and friends OF the Di-
rigo. Judge Enooh Foster and Mr.. Lewis
A. 6oudy neld a conference. and the re-
suit of it was that they decided not to go
on until they could put their case in with
that of their opponents, although they
had witnesses present from places as dist
ant as the State OF Georgia.
Mr.. Coombs announced to the Board
that there had been an understanding
with Mr.. Hale that the hearing might
be postponed until October 10, but that
Mr.. Hale woul ask no further continu-
anoe. even if the Eastern company should
not be then ready.
The board then adjourned the hearing
to 2 80 p. M, October Is.
The adjournment disappointed large
array OF spectators who were present. The
Dirigo people had many witnesses pres
ent, and the adjournment was rather a
hardship Tor them.