The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-11-12
SOUTH PORTLAND.
msetlng OF City Governme N THE
story ofa Bottie-soctal Happenings
and Coming Events.

An adjourned meeting of the city gov
eminent was held Saturday evening at
the city offices in Knightville, with May
or Reynolds in the chair. Absent. Alder
men Small and Seaman.
Alderman willard OF ward one reported
on the gravel pit question. He said the
property was OF very little value to the
city and that Mr.. Niles Nelson, who had
. claim pending against the city for dam
ages, was willing to take quit claim
deed OF the lot to offset the damage.
Alderman Willard also read a petition
from citizens of South Portland for two
additional hydrants In Willard, one on
the corner Of Deake and Main streets and
the other on Woodbury. street. IL was
ordered that the Standish Water company
be authorized to extend six inch pipe
to connect with these hydrants Alderman
Tilton read an order that the sum OF
$50 be drawn from the contingent fund to
make the necessary repairs on the poor
farm, the same to be expended under the
supervision OF the proper committee. The
order had a passage on its first reading
The auditor report showed bills for
October amounting to $l4.3il 2s/ The ac-
companying order had It's first reading.
Alderman Spear read an order that the
city clerk be requested to order the school
board to take up and dispose Of the mat
ter of the water pipe which runs through
the cellar of MIC. George Crockett 8 house
on Preble street to the school house, and
which is claimed to be nuisance.
The election returns for the city on
Presidential election are as follows:
Wards one 92; ward two, lis; ward
three, 100; ward four, 10l; ward five, 20;
wards six, 1ls; ward seven, 1853. Whole
number OF ballots cast III. Ward had
one defective ballot; ward four, one;
ward five, three ward six, two; ward
seven three.
Several building permits were granted
under the usual conditions.
ATALE OF THE SEA.
Mr.. Albert A. Cole, member Of the
Bonita Club, while at Richmond's island
one day last week, picked up bottle
on the back Part OF the island, and upon
opening 1t found message containing
the request that whoever should find the
bottle would PLEASE communicate with
the party whose address was on the paper
telling where the bottle was found and
the date. The papsr was dated Septem-
Der, bore the address of G. S. Maynard,
a commission merchant OF New York,
and MIR. Cole at once wrote him. telling
the circumstance of finding the bottle
and the request within. Last Friday MIR.
Cole received thu following letter from
MIR. Maynard, which explains the strange
request from the sea:
New York, Nov. s, 1900.
Albert A. Cole, Eq
Z. Care Messsrs Cole Brothers,
South Portland, Me.
Dear Sir
Your letter of the attn inst. was received
Mt my home last evening, and l thank
you for the trouble you took TO resp ond
to my request for an Acknowledgements OF
the In ling of the bottle with its message
to whomever might ind 1t.
was brought up In Maine, and once
year l go there to see my mother ar d
father. As long ago as 20 years, when l
used to work for Il. j. Stewart 81 Co.
of Bangor, uses~to take no little In
terest in the reports of the U. 5. Hydro
rents by means Of bottles thrown over
board and subsequently picked up. Just
why / do 1t, l cannot tell, but every
year now, when go down to Portland,
/ throw overheard from the Portland
boat about half dozen bottles with
similar messages enclosed to the one you
found, but yours Is the first acknowl-
edgment l have ever received. l have
thrown them overheard all the way from
OF Nantucket to Portland, and the one
you found was the last one l sent adrtft
on that Sunday, We might have been one
hour frcm Portland or mere; the 5. 3
Manhattan travels SO slowly that possibly
1t was a longer time, but 1t could not
have bssn over 10 or 20 miles. AS say,
not one of the many l have previously
thrown overheard has ever been acknowl-
edged, but unless they were broken by
vessels they must have gone ashore some.
where, as they were all enclosed in beer
bottles with those patent shoppers which
close up Theoretically. Possibly they are
drifting about IN the Sargasso Sea,
My annual trip to Maine is one OF the
pleasantest take. l generally go by the
Manhattan as, while that is the slower
boat 1t is to me all the more desirable
for that very reason, as 1t keeps one out
at sea SO much longer. 1t is very pleasant
to sit ND on the outer deck and watch for
whales and breathe in the pure ozone OF
the Atlantic.
II you ever come to New York, drop
In and see me; you are more likely than
not to find me here, although l leave
very shortly now for months trip
through the Cotton States, going as far
Is Texas,
A committee from ths f. f. Club will
met Thursday evening with Mrs. Harry
Dyer, Preble street, for the purpose OF
completing arrangements for a public
whist and masquerade ball which Is to
H.. f,rkt