The Portland daily press., 1900-06-05
Committee Reports That vaughn's
Bridge Must Be Rebuilt.
Portland to Celebrate July 4th---Sanitary
Contract Awarded.

heated Small pox Is n winter disease
and the building should be constructed
to be q comfortable hospital.
DIR. Cummings said the city now has
four small pox eases and three who may
be sick with 1t.
Mr.. Mclaughlin wanted TO know how
many cases the city must have before Il
would be quarantined. DIR. Cummings
said that unless the city was well vacci-
mated the contagion was liable TO spread
rapidly. He said the board OF health to-
day is not we'll prepared for small pox.
Mr.. Hunt then introduced an order au-
thorizing the mayor and board Of health
to build suitable pest house TO cost not
more than 5000 and to be located on
the Deering farm at such location us
they might select.
In support of this order Mr.. Hunt said
the committee on public buildings recog-
nized the necessity Of such hospital be-
ing erected and at once.
Dr. Bowers said TINT fifteen years ago
he was taken with small pox In city
no better prepared than Portland Is at
present In this city there were 600
cases Of small pox at one time. He said
he was carried to small room and put
on the floor In a heap of rags. The
small room was intended for three pa
tients only and there were eleven Of them
there. Dr.. Bowers arguments In favor
Of this order were very earnestly stated
and he closed by saying that the resent
condition Is disgrace to the city. II
man rs taken from his own home he
should at least be taken to a suitable
house
The order passed the council by an
unanimous vote.
The order passed the upper board
Later In the evening Alderman 6errish
asked that the action OF the upper board
concurring with the lower board regard
ing the pest house question be reconsid-
cred. He explained that the contingent
fund was already depleted and that the
desired sum could not be secured from
that source. The matter should go TO the
finance committee the same as the
vaughan's bridge matter had. Then the
upper board voted to reconsider and
| Aldermen Gerrish and Milliken were ap-
pointed members of conference commit
tee. The eonferees on the part of the
common council were Messrs. Hunt,
Bowers and Moulton. They reported that
after conference with the members OF
the upper board they had agreed to rec
ommend that the former action of ths
council in passing the ordsr be recon sid
cred and that the matter be referred to ths
committee ON finance and sent up fol-
concurrence.
The report of the conference COMMITTEES
was accepted and Mr.. Hunt then moved
to reconsider. Mr.. Fox objected to the
| order being reconsidered. He said that
there was no better why OF spending tht
peoples money than in building this pest
house. Large sums of money had already
been appropriated illegally and almost
thrown away. He thought that the
| council should adhere to Its former &C
| ton.
Mr.. Woodside took the same view o.
mayor would veto the order II it eve
reached him as there was not enough
money In the contingent fund from
which this appropriation was to be taken
Appropriations Of g., 900, then Of $500
then of $500 and this appropriation of 81,
900 besides some others had been mad
and there would be little or nothing lef
II this latter sum was taken.
Mr.. Phinney asked Mr.. McI.aughlin
If he was speaking with authority wheI
he said the mayor would veto the order
Mr.. Mclaughlin replied that he was not
Mr.. Fox urged that the vote be not re
considered. Let the upper board TAX
the responsibility Of defeating this meas
ure II 1t chooses. Let the mayor shoulde
the responsibility of killing the measur'
IL he wishes. Let US stand firm and de
mand that this pest house be built.
Mr.. Roberts-"We'v started right. LIE
us remain steadfast."
Mr.. Bewers-"I want this pest hous
more than any member here. know
ths necessity Of u bus I believe that "