The Portland daily press., 1900-08-09
Bonds For $4,000 Voted To Be
Issued.


The August meeting OF the South Port
land aldermen was held last evening. Al
We're present.
The following orders were given final
passage:
For payment of the months bills.
Instructing the street commissioner ia
correct Of Insufficient drainage at Willard
involving the expenditure of $1,000 for
drainage; $1,000 for building the Hoyt
street sewer, and $1,000 or the Dyer street
sewer.
For sewer on School street.
For the Stanford street sewer, involving
the sum OF $1,000.
For a sewer on Palmer and Ballard
street at pleasantdaIe.
When the order for the Stanford street
sewer was brought up Alderman Small
talked for nearly half hour until he dis
covered that the hour for his speech had
not arrived, as the order appropriating
money had not come up.
The order was taken up instructing
the city treasurer to issue eighteen
bonds of the city OF $1,000 each for the fol-
lowing purposes, the bonds to be dated
September / 1900, and paid two each
year commencing September l, 1903: I'M
provements Of sewer surface drainage IN
Willard, $1,000; rebuilding the Hoyt and
Bramble street sewer and service drain
age at pleasantdale, $1,000; construction
Of the Palmer and Ballard street sewer
pleasandale. 500; extending and repair
ing Dyer street sewer, South Portland,
&Dnn. School and = favFrxd sfwaa< .s.xxr,..s
$1,000 repairs ana furnishing school build
ings IN ward two. $3.50; repairs and fur
nishing school building, ward three,
$1,000; same for ward give school building,
$3.50 same for ward seven shool build
ing, $3.50.
Alderman Tilton offered an amendment
that the money for the school building
repairs be expended under the supervis-
ion Of a committee composed Of three al
der1nen or three school committee men.
Alderman Small presented another /
amendment that there be but two MEM
bers Of the school board on the commit
tee
While a recess was held the electric
lights went out and the aldermen were
left in darkness. When parlor lamp had
been secured by ex-Alderman Davis who /
was present business was resumed.
The amendment by Alderman Small I
was passed, making the committee three.
Alderman Seaman offered an amend
ment that the repairssbe made IN accord
ance with the bids and Specifications in /
the hands of the school board.
The order as anne nded appropriating /
SIS. 900 was given unanimous final
passage.
The mayor appointed the committee on
public buildings as the committee on the
part of the aldermen. This committee is |
composed of Aldermen Pickett, Iilton /
and Small.
An ordinance relating to the weighing
OF coal supplied the school houses and the
preservation of the certificates for the
same was taken from the table and voted T
down. The vote was nays, Tilton, VIII
lard, Spear, Jordan yeas, Small, Scam /
man, Pickett.
An order instruotlng the city solicitor
to secure a deed from the Portland Iron
and Steel company of lot of land for
school purposes, in ward seven was given
first reading after Alderman Jordan
made report relative to the same.
Ordered that competent overseer be
hired to oversee the work on the Stanford
street sewer and protect the oity's inter
ests.
The lights returned at this time, the
damage on the line having been repaired.
Adjourned at 935 p. m. on the motion
of the alderman from five.
Mrs. Octavia Frye of Newport News,
and Miss Bertha Lombard are. guests OF
Dr. and Mrs. Lombard at their home
in pleasantdale.
MARRIAGES.