The Portland daily press., 1900-10-02

gusted with the backing and filing in tsis
matter. This special committee is tangled
allH up over this The overseerj of the
poor should have taken this up in July
instead of sleeping. After the passage
of the order there was introduced an or
der for the purchase Of the Trask farm.
That order has been on the table until
tonight, two months 1 called the board
of health together last month and told
them they were authorized to proceed
and select site. We made two visits
to the site and invited members of the
board of overseers to go. They went
and objected to the site which had been
proposed for the pest house. The bids
were opened Saturday, but were not
awarded, we deciding to wait until this
meeting. We have been delaying long
enough on this matter. For heavens
sake do something tonight
Alderman Driscoll thought the board
of health might be blamed as much as
anybody.
1.-THE board of health were notified, -
health came to me and said they saw no
hope of the Trask property being pur-
chased
Overseer Johnston at this point arose
and explained. ST don't believe, - he said,
eff the pest house is put where 1t is
intended, it Will have to be removed.
The building on the Trask property is
po7~footIV oIor1roA 70 FO,. %E,o bO.reo
Alderman DriscoIl said that IN his
opinion the city should at once purchase
the Trask property and tit it up for a pest
house. He believed action should be
taken at once.
Alderman Johnson said that he thought
Mr.. Ross was mistaken when he said
that this farm is valuable property. 1t is
not valuable land, but is nearly all ledge
and 1t would cost much more to fit up
the old house than to build new one.
Alderman Moulton said he would like
to introduce an order revoking the au-
thority given the mayor and board of
health TO build new pest house. The
order to purchase the Trask property was
laid on the table and such an order was
introduced and was passed by vote of
six yeas and three nays.
A motion was then made to take the
Trask order from the tabe and give it
passage.
. The order authorizing the purchase of
the Trask property for a pest house was
passed by vote of six to three and the
order was then sent to the common coun-
Gil, but the council did not reach the
matter before adjournment.
ENGINEER PORTER.
City Solicitor Strout transmitted his
opinion respecting the matter OF retire
ment upon half pay of E. W. Porter of
Engine company No. l. In this he states
that chapter 468 of the Private and
Special laws of Maine, 1897, relating to
retirement of members of the fire depart
ment is as follows:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in Legislature as
sembled as follows:
The city council OF the city of Portland
are hereby authorized to provide by ordi-
nance for the retirement, upon a pension
not exceeding half pay, of mem bers of the |
fire department. who have served not less
than twenty five years ina position in
the fire department requiring them to
give it's duties their whole time and who I
have been honorably discharged by reason |
of age, or of permanent physical incapaci-
ty which is the result OF an accident OF |
service.
Assuming, continues the city solicitor,
that said chapter 466 authorizes the city
council to retire tremen as provided here
in, it would be necessary in order to elect
that result, that the city council should
proceed in the manner indicated. The
said action of your honorable body, not
being in accordance with said chapter 1853
did not, in my opinion, operate to retire
E. W. Porter upon a pension of half pay.
Mr.. Shaw introduced an order giving
Edward W. Porter, engineman of engine
company No. a leave OF absence with
pay until otherwise ordered by the city
council. The order passed the council
without objection.
But in the board of aldermen it was
In and conference COM
nittee appointed. Tnis committee recon-
nendeo to the council that that body re-
,ede from its former cotton and refer the
natter to the city solicitor. This the
,ounoil voted not to do but adhered to its
irst action and asked for new commit
ee of conference. The matter was still in
he air at the time of adjournment.