The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-19
AGAIN DEFERRED.
Order for New Pest
House Laid Over.
The Mayor By Eis Vote Decided The
Question.
Vaughan's Bridge Mat
ter Not Discussed.
Long Report Of Finance COM
mittes on Subject.

An adjourned special meeting of the
city governments was held last evening
and the session was very long dra wn
out affair. 1t was supposed that the
Vaughan's bridge matter would be taken
up and d iscussed. This was not done,
however, and the only reference to this
troublesome question was in the report
which was made by the finance commit
tee. No effort was made by either board
to discuss the subject.
In the common council Mr.. Hunt intro
duced an order that IA new pest house be
built. He proposed that the city SHOULD
take the money for this purpose from the
contingent fund, the sinking fund or any
other available source. Considerable dis
cussion arose as to the legality of taking
money from the sinking fund. The lower
beard finally passed the order of Mr..
Hunt. When this question went TO the up
per boarii the order was non-concurred in.
A conference committee was appointed
and made compromise report TO the
boaHi of aldermen. On the question of
adopting this report there was tie
which was broken by Mayor Robinson
casting his vote in the negative. Then
the upper board decided to leave the ques-
tion to the next meeting.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
In the upper board the only absentee
was Alderman Gsrrish.
FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT.
The committee ON finance made the fol-
lowing report last evening to the city
council:
10 the Honorable Mayor and City Conn
Gil:
The Joint Standing Committee on FL
nance, to whom was referred the orders
relative To construction OF Pest House
and the Intercepting Sewer and the Re-
port of the Committee of Public Works,
relative to the condition and reconstruc-
tion Of Vaughan's bridge, to devise ways
and means of meeting cost of same, beg
leave to submit the following report:
1t has been brought to the attention of
your Committee that the Fed Govern.
ment has already ordered the City to pro-
vide an electric motor for moving draw
in Tukey's bridge. which will cost five
thousand dollars ($5O00); also, that de-
mands will be made upon your Honor
able Body for the construction of new
AlmshOuse, at an expense of, perhaps,
one hundred thousand dollars (Sl00, O00);
also, an addition to the Lunt's Corner
school mouse at an estimator eApenSe Oi
eight thousand dollars (SS0OO). While the
three items submitted to your Commit
tee, together with electric motor for
Tukey's bridge, involve, according to
proposed plans of construction an outlay
Tor present year of but f1fty-three thou
sand dollars 1858, O0O), yet the beginning
of the reconstruction OF Vaughan S
bridge, in accordance with the rscom-
mendations of the Committee on Public
Works, commits the City to an additional
expenditure of one hundred and thirteen
thousand dollars (Sll3,00) or u
total Of one hundred and sixty-six thou
san dollars ($l66, 000); so that your Com
mittee feels that it would have failed to
perform Its whole duty If 1t did not, in
its report, present the whole situation,
and not only suggest ways and means of
meeting contemplated outlay for present
year, but at the same time keep in mind
that within two years one hundred and
thirteen thousand dollars ($ll3, COO more
of extraordinary expenses must be taken
care of; and in case your Honorable
Body should deem il advisable to build a
new Almshouse, and make requested
addition to Lunt's Corner schoolhouse, ut
least one hundred and eight thousand
dollars (SlCS, OOO) more would be required,
making in all, in addition to expendi-
lures of this year, two hundred and twen-
ty thousand dollars $50 0Ol TO be pro-
yided for within two or three years.
To meet an outlay of tifty-three thou
sand dollars (S53, O0O) of extraordinary ex-
pthditures this year by taxation will re-
quir8 an increase of approximately one
dollar and twenty cents on a thousand
over the present rate, or a rate OF twenty
two dollars and twenty cents ($22. 20),
and to complete Vaughan 5 bridge with
in two years, according to estimated cost
of plan, recommended by Committee on
Public Works, tax rate OF ut least
twenty-five dollars ($92 O0) on thousand
II. he fxuO Fnll "a
sary 10 construct Almshouse and addi-
tion to Lunt's Corner sohoolhouse, also
extending over a period of three years,
would require an additional increase in
tax rate of approximately ninety cents
$50 on thousand. In other words,
with IA tax rate slightly in excess OF TWEEN
ty-two dollars 81 00) for three years, the
Pest House, 1ntercepting Sewer and
Vaughan's bridge can be constructed and
electric motor provided, and with IA tax
rate of twenty-three dollars ($23.OO) a
new Almshouse and an addition TO
Lunt' Corner schoolhouse can also be
built Such in the Judgment of your
Committee, would De the result IL met
by taxation.
Investigation has revealed the follow
ing other resources at the command of
the City: City Treasurer now holds in
his hands funds to the amount of one
hundred and four thousand dollars (Sl0I,
OOO) for which the City is Trustee and
on which it pays interest for certain des-
ignated purposes, which fund, under our
Statutes, IL has a legal right to use for
municipal purposes, simply continuing
to pay interest ON them as at present. 1t
has also one hundred and four thou
funds in the Sinking Fund to the credit
OF Committee ON Reduction OF
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