The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-10
SOUTH PORTLAND.
Regular Meeting City
government.
Echoes Of Big Blaze Yesterday
Morning.
Ready for Work on New
Steamboat.
Personal and Social Items of
Interest.

AT the regular monthly meeting OF the
city government last evening, favorable
action was taken on the petition OF the
Consolidated Electric Light Company to
set poles on certain designated streets,
with the stipulation that no poles be set
on any streets where the Portland and
Cape Elizabeth railroad runs unless 1t
should be made to appear to the munich
pal officers that satisfactory terms could
now be made with the railroad company
for the use Of their poles. Mir. Anthoine
appeared in behalf Of the electric light
company, and pledged thsir efforts to
give the city as good service as could be
found anywhere In the state,
The order for the payment OF monthly
bills aggregating SIG, 4s6. 95 was passed,
and Alderman Tilton reported compile
tion OF High, School and Stanford street
sewers according to plans drawn by En-
gineer q. W. Fem.
The committee on public buildings
were authorized TO provide voting places
and parsphernalia tor Ward =, and vari-
Gus order and ordinances ware indefinite.
ly postponed, including one introduced
May 9th by Alderman Spear, relating to
salaries OF city officials. The vote on the
last ordinance resultsd-yeas, Willard,
Spear Hilton, Seaman and Jordan;
nays, Small and Pickett
1t was voted that the continuation of
Sawyer street, now known as Village
street, be hereafter known as Sawyer
street.
Adjourned.
SUDDEN DEATH OF MRS. G. W.
IL. ROCHE.
The death OF Mrs. q. w. II. Roche,
which occurred Tuesday night at her
home on Q street, KnIghtville, was a
very sudden one Abaut O'Clock In the
afternoon she was taken III just as she
WINS leaving her home to go to Portland,
and died about 10 O'Clock from rupture
of blood vessel, according to medical |
opinion.
ECHOES OF THE FIRE.
1t is the general opinion that the city |
escaped, very narrowly, most disastrous |
fire early yesterday morning, and 1t was
fortunate that the wind was blowing, at |
the time, from the south, and a light |
rain was falling. As 1t was, big sparks
and burning shingles were flying in the
air and endangering the wooden build
ings to the westward on East High street
The windows Of MIR. Edward Studley's
house got pretty warm, and the sides so
he { that nothing but the throwing on of
watsr from hose on the roof saved the
building. DIR. Lowell thought at one
time his house was in danger, and ad-
yissd his family to be ready to leave.
Sparks were carried as far as Cushing's
Point, and altogether 1t was pretty live
Iy blaze. With the start that the fire
got. had the wind bsen blowing heavily
from the northeast, It is likely that the
whole square Of wooden buildings as far
as Sawyer street would have been swept
away, ana jumping the street the fire
might have spread on to the plush mill
The lire department responded promptly
and excsllent work but there
by this fact that 1t was necessary TO
hunt mp a man with key to the church
before an alarm could be sounded, Such
delays might be avoided IL some provision
was made whereby the signal could be
sounded by an electrical arrangement
with box available for any one who
first discovered a fire. Another bell on
the hose house would not be bad thing.
Mr.. Edwards, the owner OF the de-
stroyed buildings, was yesterday suffer
Ing from an inilamsd eye, which had been
touched by lying sparks, and said the
report that he was about to cree three.
dat building on the corner Of Stanford
md High streets was not true, and that
;he furniture In she tenement occuDied
BY Mrs. Griffin was owned by him. His
which Is with Dow Il Pink
ham, Of Portland, aggregated $1,000.
i've hundred on each building, and two
hundre on the well and windmill.
AS the blaze of the firs yesterday morn
ng looked SO threatening on the other
lids of the harbor, and fearing that
water front property might be de stroyed,
Capt Mckeown went across 60 the south
Portland side with the fire boat.
PORTLAND SBIPBUILDING CON-
PANY
The Portland ShipbuIlding company
ire gett,Sg ready TO begin work on the
for the Frontier Line. which
.uns from Calais and PASSPORT The
steamer will be 100 feet long. IS feet
vide, feet deep, and bs used for pass
,ngers and freight. This timber is COM
ng in, and has been purchased in Ssco.
Kennebunkport and Hollis Centre. She
will be about 800 tons.
The Wawenoo has gone on the ma rine
railway or repairs to her stern.
CHURCH ITEMS.
Inc annual meeting OF the First uni
Fsrealist parish OF south Portland W II