Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-08
Board of Aldermen.


 Affecting the Interests of New Haven
 other Matters of More or Less fmport-
 ahce.
 The regular monthly meeting of the Board l of Aldermen was held last evening, His Honor Mayor Robertson presiding.
 Petitions were presented and referred as foi.ows Of Winchester Repeating Arms company for steam fire engine; of Beecher & Lyons for abatement of taxes; of G. & T. Alling for abatement of sewer assessment ; of Michael Keys to be appointed bath house keeper; of Aaron Belden for compensation for care of cannon; of Stephen Blakeslee to be appointed bath house keeper; of Peter Sweeney for damages from injury to person.
 Annual report of Committee on Sewers was read and referred to Committee on Annual Reports.
 Petitions of Timothy Crowley to be ap- pointed bath house keeper; of Bennett Hotchkiss for abatement of taxes: of Rob- ert A. Hollinger for damages from falling on the ice, were referred.
 Resolution appointing bath house com mittee for 1881, consisting of two Aldermen and three Councilmen. Passed.
 Petitition of Oscar T. Bruce for building lines north side of Wolcott street. Re ferred.
 Petition of Michael Malone for damages from falling on the ice; of Frederick P. Schwab for grading and curbing west side of Broad street; of Patrick Condon for injury to person from falling on the ice of Beeeher & Mills for abatement of taxes, were all re- ferred.
 Resolutions requesting the City Surveyor to report all facts regarding the extension of Veto street. Passed
 Report of the Committee on Nominations recommending the appointment of George Lutz and many others as special constables, also recommending that Abram Krauss, Mar GUS Schwab and Martin D. Cowles, who had ann tacS al
 be given leave to withdraw. Passed
 Report of the Committee .on Claims giving William Fitzgerald leave to withdraw his pe- tition for injuries to person. Passed Report of the Committee on Claims giving Willis Blakeslee leave to withdraw his peti- tion for abatement of taxes. Passed. Report of the Committee on Claims recom- mendlng that the taxes of William Aylwin on the grand list of 1879, amounting to $2O.25, be abated. Passed.
 Petition of Margaret Fary for damages from falling on the ice Referred. Communication from His Honor the May or, stating that the New Haven Water com pany had served notice on the city that their contract with the city would expire on the 20th of February, 1882, was read It is pro- l vided in the original contract that the city shall have the right to purchase the fran l chises, property. &c., of said company on certain conditions. It is also provided that the contract may be renewed His Honor recommends that the whole subject matter be referred to three Aldermen and four Council men to investigate and report at future ! meeting.
 Order that committee of His Honor the Mayor, one Alderman and two Councilmen be appointed to procure through the State Board of Railroad Commissioners the pas- sage of such measures as will cause the New Haven and Derby Railroad company to erect and maintain. suitable gates at Liberty and Hill streets with the tracks of said company was referred to the Committee on Roads and Bridges to confer with the Railroad Commis- sioners regarding gates where all railroads cross at grades.
 Communication from the Fire Marshal re- l garding the unsafe condition of brick build | ing rear of 108 Orange street. owned by Jo- seph I. Whittlesey, was referred to the Con- mittee on Buildings with power to act Petition of s. D. Miller and others against expending any more money on the East Rock Park until the city by their vote have had an opportunity of expressing their minds by ballot on the same. Referred. Petition of Patrick Flynn for abatement of assessment for the grading of Monroe street. Referred
 Report of the Board of Commissioners de widening of Fair street, between Union and State streets, was read and an order passed directing the City Surveyor to prepare written description of each piece of land pro- pOSeQ to De taken TOT SdlQ W1uen1uB.
 A communication from His Honor the Mayor stated that he had received 8 letter from the Corporation Counsel stating that certain measures were pending before the Legislature that affected the interests of New Haven. Among them were: First-The propo- sition to east the burden of building and maintaining Tomlinson's bridge upon the towns of New Haven and East.Haven.
 Second-A bill authorizing damages and benefits growing out of the last change of grade on Congress avenue.
 Third-A proposition to incorporate apart of East Haven with the city, and taking herewith $s0, GOO of the debt of East Haven.
 Fourth-A bill charging the expense of maintaining bridges between towns accord ing to the amount of their respective grand lists.
 Fifth-A proposition to lay double track through Church street, from Chapel street southerly by the West Haven horse railroad.
 The matter was referred to a committee consisting of His Honor the Mayor, the Cor poration Counsel, Aldermen Townsend and Langley.
 Alderman Dillon moved that the adverse report of the Committee on Nominations de appointment of Abram Krauss as special constable be referred back to said committee. Passed
 communication to His Honor the Mayor from Col Graham, asking that the city care for one of the Gatling guns by placing the same in some convenient place in, or contigu- ous to police headquarters, was read and ordered on file. Adjourned.