The Portland daily press., 1900-02-06

urs n PARSED, u that the label Wouio %
placed on every bis OF printing including
stationary and envelopes.
In printing the Australian balio', City
Clerk Dyer who was asked for an opinion,
presumed that the order wo1ld also In
oluds this.
were conforming with the regulations OF
the union but the idea wss TO bring In all
OF the other offices. The union mas the
effect OF preventing the crowding OF ths
men In the matter OF wages.
Mr.. Tower said that the union printers
as now constituted. could not do the work
Of the city printing n It should be
awarded TO them this spring.
Alderman Dow thought there was some
Misunderstanding. The COMMITTEES on
printing had very little TO do about as
aixninQ printing, ~ many OF the depart
msnts lock aft .r their own printing.
Alderman Merrill moved that tbs meas
ure have passage. 1t was 90 voted,
Messrs. MouIton and Frye voting nay.
7he order that committee Of two Al
derman and three counoilmen constitute
a sp eoisl committee to investigate the
condition Of the back bay sewers was
taken from the table having come up
from, the lower board. 1t was Indefinite
~ postponed.
Mir. Cobb introduced an order In the
council to sell certein land owned by the
city to Alexander r Bailey for $780,
THIS land Is an unuted and exhausted
gravel PIE at Morrills Corner. The order
was passed and sent mp for concurrence
after some discussion.
Alderman Lamson thought the amount
should 10 piaoed In tho poor house fund
and then 1t was voted to non-concur In
the order.
Mr., Wilson introduced an order chang.
ing the name of Pleasant street In Deer
ing to Pleasant avenue. The order passed
without objection and wss sent to the al
dermen for concurrence where IL was
passed.
MANUAL,TRAINING SCHOOL.
The following Communication was re-
ceived from the trustees Of the Walker
estate:
To Augustus u. Mouiton, Elmer k. Ger
IRISH, Elias Thomas and Joseph 4. u.
Connolly, etc.:
Gentlemen-Your requess thst the trEs.
tees OF the estats of Joseph Walker modi-
fy the terms of their proposed donation
of January /, 1900 to the City OF Port
land, for the erection Of Manual Train
ing school building by eliminating the
second and third conditions OF ssid pro-
posal, has bsen duly considered by the
trustees and Is respectfully denied. The
proposed building when erected must be
struction provided at the expense OF the
city. The trustees do not wish to invite
or encourage the expenditure Of public
moneys raised by taxation, for the sup
port OF trades schools or the maintenance
OF technical instruction that may not
be- desirable for all scholars in the public
schools who may lsct to receive Its bens-
fits.
Yhsy believe that manual training In
struotion of the character that Is nov be-
ing provided in our public schools Is OF
great benefit to the scholars who resolve
1t and that the expense Of maintaining
such instruction Is q legitimate and
wise use Of school funds. The trustees
by their proposed donation simply desire
to aid In furnishing for such instruction
better facilities than are now available.
They desire that the conditions remain
as stated In the proposal. but wish them be
70 literally construed. The second con-
dition should not be construed TO ex-
clude any class or gr AIDE Of scholars In
the public schools to which the done
may elect to extend the advantages Of
manual training Instruction, and Of
course permits and courts the introduc-
tion OF any improved methods Of instrue-
ton from time to time according to the
developments Of the art.
The occasional use Of the proposed
building for cooking and sewing
schools for girls and public evening
school and the dones may elect to main
provided In the third condition of the
proposal unless such use interfersd with
or impaired the efficiency of manual
training instruction which is the especial
OBJECT the trustees desire to further BY
their proposed donation.
James p. Baxter,
Seth L. Larrabes.
John II. Fogg,
Trustees.
February 8. 1899.
Alderman Aoulton read the oommuni-
cation and then moved that the order
accepting the offer with the conditions
as modified in this communication, have
a passage. This was voted and accepted
BY the council in concurrence.
DIRIGo TELEPHONE co. AGAIN.
Alderman Dow introduced an order
that an extension of time be granted the
Dirigo Telephone company in wards
eight and nine. Last year before Deer
ing was made a part of Portland the
City of Deering granted permission to
the Dirigo company to erect poles and
place coaduits provided that the work