Morning journal and courier., 1880-07-08


 Petitions Presented and Referred-Refer- ence of RecommendatiOns-Re of Committees-Other Matters. The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held last evening, His Honor Mayor Bigelow presiding. The following petitions were read and l ferred Of Joseph l.. Joyce for concrete walk on souther1y side of Whalley avenue,
 between County street and Winthrop avenue; | of Rosanna Ward for concrete walk on Kim berly avenue; of William E. Belamy to be ap- pointed special constable; of l.. H. Prindle | for permit to erect frame addition at No. 233 George street; of F. H.. Curtis for | sewer in Elm street, between Garden and Kensington streets; for a gas lamp on How | ard avenue, between Sylvan avenue and Oak street of Erwin Barnes for abatement of | taxes; of John Wrinn to repair roof at No. l Davenport avenue Report of Board of Compensation assess l ing damages and benefits for pavement in Union avenue was read, accepted and assess ments ordered laid Recommendation of the Board of Road Commissioners, asking that they be permit 1 ted to use unexpended balance for such work as was needed and for which the appropria- l ton was exhausted, was passed Petition of Thomas Brennan and others for swinging gates at the Lamberton street crossing was read and referred to the Con- mittee on Roads and Bridges. Petition of Dennis Ward and others for an l increase of pay of city cartmen to $3 per | day was read.
 Alderman Baldwin moved that the matter | be referred to the Board of Road Commis- sioners. Alderman Robertson said that as he under | stood the matter the Road Commissioners had declined to act. l Alderman Baldwin explained that the Road Ga,> 4<,S11r k1a how ho- cause the Court of Common Council on a l previous occasion had changed prices of la l borers after they were fixed by the Board. The matter was referred as suggested by Alderman Baldwin. communication was read from William s. Charnley rendering his resignation as mem Der of the City Hall Sinking Fund. resolution was read appointing Samuel Hemingway member of the City Hall Sinking Fund, in place of William s. Charnley, re- signed, which was passed. Order that the Board of Compensation for the assessment of sewers and pavements re- port to the Court of Common Council an as- sessment for sewers in Whitney avenue, from Gamer street to Highland street. and in Highland street, from Whitney avenue to St. Francis Orphan Asylum. Passed. Ordinance concerning claims for damages by reason of claimed defects in streets, and requiring the City Clerk to notify the Road | Department when claims for damages were | made. Passed
 | Petitions of Patrick McDermot for lamp on Wilson street, between Rosette street and Kimberly avenue; of William H. Fulton for
 a lamp on Silver street, between Liberty and | Lafayette streets. Referred. Resolution that committee consisting of l His Honor the Mayor and four Aldermen be | appointed Ito sign the 'Rate Book was | passed, and Aldermen Dillon, Beebe, Sheldon and Waddock were appointed. | Report of the Committee Lamps in ] favor of lamp on Adeline street. Passed. Report of Committee on Lamps in favor of | a lamp on Silver street, between Liberty and Lafayette streets. Passed. Petition fer sewer in University Place and Elm street and Whalley avenue were re- | ferred.
 1 Report of the Committee on Building Lines establishing lines on Cedar Hill avenue | Passed.
 1 Communication from the Board of Road l Commissioners stating that there was difficult l ty in removing surface water at the junction | of Bridge and Water streets, and recommend | ing that the matter be referred to the Con-
 mittee on Sewers. Passed. l Report of the Sealer of Weights and Meas | ures for the two months ending June l. Or | dered on file.
 Report of the Committee on Squares in favor of fencing Munson Park. Passed. | Report of the Committee Squares in
 favor of paving walks on Spireworth Squa re with concrete. Passed.
 | Report of Committee on Streets, de fees for excavating streets, was tabled for print
 ing.
 Adverse report of the Committee or Sew
 CTS de sewer in Lombard street passed.
 Adverse report of the Committee on Sew
 CTS de sewer in George and Day streets
 passed
 Report of the Committee on Sewers in ia
 vor of improvements at the corner of Win
 chester avenue and Hazel street passed.
 Report of the Committee on Sewers in fa-
 vor of a sewer on State street, between East
 and Mill River streets, passed.
 Report of the Committee on Sewers in fla | vor of a sewer in Union street, from Fair
 street, to Chapel street, passed. Report of Committee on Sewers in favor of
 a sewer in Congress avenue, between Cedar
 and Daggett streets, passed.
 | Alderman Robertson presented a resolution
 that the Committee ordinances inquire
 into the mode of selecting and compensatine
 coroners and report whether or not some or
 dinance cannot be passed to regulate the
 whole matter of coroners. The resolution
 was referred.
 Report of expenses of the road departm ent
 for the month of June was read and ordered
 on file.
 Alderman Sheldon asked that action on the
 petition establishing gates at the Lamberton
 street crossing be reconsidered. He said that
 he thought the matter should be referred to a
 special committee
 The suggestion met with approval, the mo.
 tion to reconsider was passed, and a motion
 to appoint special committee of one Alder.
 man and three Councilmen was agreed to.
 Alderman Sheldon was appointed on the part
 of this Board. Adjourned.
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