The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-19

SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTED.
The special committee appointed to
confer with the city Of South Portland
aud the Portland Railroad company in
relation TO Vaughan's bridge, reported
that the South Portland committee did
not believed the bridge should be re-
built and tbs Portland Railroad said
they could not decide at this time wheth-
ct they would want to cross the bridge
or not.
FOR A NEW PEST HOUSE.
Mr.. Hunt introduced an order authoriz-
ing the mayor and members Of
the Board of Health to cause TO be
erected Mt such place ON the
Deering Poor farm as they may deem adj
visabls, modern pest house properly
planked, heated by steam and furnished
with all modern appliances. The cost OF
this pest house shall not exceed $1,000. and
this amount when paid shall be charged
to the appropriation for contingent or
the sum be taken from the sinking fund
MIR. Hunts motion TO pass this order
was seconded by several gentlemen.
MI. WOOuSlot nthAA ttAc ceAeaoNC ~
bibited money being taken from the sink
ing fund and he propose that the sum
be taken from some OF the Harrington
Trust funds which are shortly to come In
and which ordinarily would not be
charged to the sinking fund until the
end OF the year. The money would other
wise lie idle and might be used tempo
rarily for this purpose. He offered an
amendment to this effect. He thought
that this would be legal. Mr. woodside
said he would never consent to doing any
thing which was illegal.
:Mr. Mclaughlin said he wanted to
know whether. to use these trust funds
would be legal.
Mr.. Hunt said the city solicitor had as
sured him that the city could use the
money from the sinking funds for this
purpose.
Mr.. Woodside said there were other
lawyers with as good standing as the city
solicitor who believed this money in the
hands OF the committee on reduction of
the city debt was sinking fund and
therefore this money could not legally be
taken from this fund.
Mr.. Hunt said 1t was merely a differ
ence of opinion between lawyers.
Mr.. Woodside's amendment was lost by
vote of thirteen to ten.
Mr.. Hunt by unanimous consent
amended his order by providing that the
money might be taken from the contin-
gent, the sinking fund or any other avail
able source. Mr. Comedian said this or
der would rob the contingent fund. He
believed in the pest house but didn't be-
lieve in robbing the contingent fund.
Mr.. Fox said he favored the order hav-
ing passage for the very reason that
the gentleman from one opposed 1t. He
believed in getting rid of the contingent
fund as soon as possible.
Mr. Hunts order was then passed by n
vote of twenty to four.
IN THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
Alderman Driscoll objected to the order
and moved that the upper board nownon-
concur with the lower board and askssfor
a committee on conference. This was so
voted.
:, Before taking action on the pest house
order the upper board wanted time to
consider matters and accordingly a recess
which lasted for an hour followed. When
the board reconvened the question Of the
intercepting sewer came up and Alder
man Milliken said he thought the city
should borrow the sum of s., 900 and that
the balance should be taken from the
fund. Aldermen Moulton and
Driscol were appointed a committee on
conference to confer with the lower board
on this question and to also confer re-
garding the pest house. From this con-
ference Alderman Driscoll reported that
it had been recommended that the board
of health should expend sum not ex-
ceeding 1000, $1,000 to be char ged to the
appropriation for contingent and sum
not exceeding 5000 should be borrowed.
Before we jump at these matters we
from the trust fund.-" said Alderman
Brown.
1T is perfectly legal to take this money
from the trust fund.-" said Alderman
Driscoll.
'we have u right to take it for these
purposes"
Alderman Brown still thought that the
board had better find out about this thing
before going ahead.
1.-The courts have held that it is perfect
ly legal to spend the money of trust
funds said Alderman Moulton.
The mayor explained that the adoption
OF the report meant that the order cover
ing 1t would be carried.
The question was then taken and re-
suited in tie which was broken by the
mayor, who cast his vote in the negative
Aldermen Driscoll, Moore, Milliken and
voted in the affirmative and AL
dermen johnson. Brown, Thomas and
Frye voted in the negative.
On motion of Alderman, Moulton it
was voted that the question lay on the
table until the next meeting.
BAND CONCERTS.
Mr. EouDaiIan called mn an order which