Morning journal and courier., 1881-12-15
Board of Aldermen.
Special Meetfng--ConsiderinE the Esti- mates for Issa-Changes Made i'm Some of the Departments-Routin Businesi
 

mates for 1ss2-Changes Made fn Some
 of the Departments-Routin Business
 Considered.
 A special meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held last evening, His Honor Mayor Robertson pre-
 Petition of Morris HiIl for return of recommenda- tion for widening of Dwight street. Referred
 A communication from the city clerk informing the Mayor that there election of Alderman in resolution providing for new election on December 21st passed by the Board of Councilmen was read
 In reply to a question from Alderman Sheldon,
 Mayor Robertson stated that the charter provided ten days notice to the Mayor before an election
 Alderman sheldon called attention to the fact that less than ten days would eapse before December 21st and suggested postponement of the day named
 Several petitions for new votes on the water ques tion were read and the petitioners were given leave
 Order that the Board of Public Works be instruct ed to order the tender of Chapel street bridge to bridge is opened passed
 favor of renumbering Elm street, between York and Pendleton streets; Bristol street, between Cana street and Dixwen avenue Prospect street. from Grove street to city line Haven street between Grand and Market streets Linden street. between Foote and Livingston streets Washington street. from Putnam street to West River, and all streets northerly o Munson street running westerly from Dxweil avenue to the city line passed.
 favor of lamp on Linwood street adverse to lamI at the corner of Hillhouse avenue and Trumbu1 street.
 Order for layout Of Veto street adjoining tht property of I. E. Doolittle; passed.
 Orders for paving Dixwell avenue after the sewer il laid and for grading and paving sidewalks Ferr! street were passed in concurrence. Resolution indefinitely postponing the extension o Fillmore street to Peck street; passed.
 Petitioners for cobbe gutters on Temple street nea Path were given leave to withdraw. Reports of expenses of street pavement and sewer completed from the Board of Public Works were reat and ordered on file.
 Order postponing collection of the tax of Louisa Fox was passed in concurrence. The Committee on Claims reported in favor of giv ing the following parties leave to withdraw: JohI McLagon, Mary sDwyer, Sigismund Bauer, Michae Ward, H. H. Thompson, Michael Malone and Josepf Goebel.
 Order changing the name of Stevens alley te Stevens court passed in concurrence l A communication from the Board of Public Work that Temple street, between Crown and George Oak street was read. The subject was discussed b! Aldermen Townsend. Sheldon, Baldwin, Dillon and Faulhaber. and then laid on the table temporarily President Pond of the Board of Public Works wal called upon to explain the foregoing improvement He said he did not understand what the part1euia, of Common Council at this time, as he was absent al the time action taken.
 Mr. Sargent, of the Board of Public Works wal called upon and said he thought the proposed i'm provement was very desirable one He thought thu cost of the improvement would be returned to tn, city in increased taxes He also thought people iv
 ing beyond George street entitled to this outlet
 in order to facilitate their reaching the center of the city. There would, after this improvement wal made, be ample room for factories which it pro posed to erect. While it would cause the removal o
  streets, yet the expense would be comparativel! l light. He thought there should be opening < Commerce street at least and he thought this would be great relief to travel He said he could no give definite idea of the expense. Alderman Townsend said that without any definite idea of the expense regarding this improvement from the Board of Public Works, he would move tha Works to make estimates of the cost of the proposed improvement.
 Townsend to refer back. He thought 1t public ne cessity that the street should be opened. The motion to refer back to the Board of Publi Works was lost by a yea and nay vote of 12 to 4. Alderman Townsend said that as this matter hat provided for in the charter, that it could not pas this Board without unanimous consent It was ev1 dent that this consent could not be gained from thi
 Alderman Driscon said that matters had often orig
 mated in this Board with recommendations and the! had been passed by this body wlthouS unanimou | consent.
 His Honor the Mayor stated that propositions ha' often originated in the various Boards and he rule | that such orders were proper to be acted upon. Alderman Townsend took exception to the ruling and vote to sustain the Mayors decision was carr1e | by yea and nay vote of 12 to l. The Board then voted to concur with the Board O | Councilmen in their action. | Alderman Sheldon moved that the election of Al derman in the Eleventh ward be changed from tn
 21st to the sOth of December, in order to give tn
 Board of Police Commissioners time to give due no | tice for such election; passed. A recess of ten minutes was taken for the purpos \ of conference regarding the estimates for 1882. After recess Alderman Townsend occupied th chair.
 l The estimates were read by the clerk printe | and published in the daily papers. After the reading the estimates of the Road de that of land damages for East Rock Park amount1n
 to $SQ 00 It stated that this appropriation WE I necessary to secure land which did not come out the 5000 appropriation. The item for sewers
 $50, 300 was tabled temporarily.
 The items for the Police department were passed a recommended
 The Fire department estimates 50 far as the TO
 was concerned increased from $44 300 to S465t | on motion of Alderman Sheldon. He also move
 that the appropriation for a new house at Newhal | vile be increased from 8, 800 to $125OO. ! This motion created considerable discussion, br | was passed with but dissenting vote. | The appropriations of the Health department wer taken up as whole and passed and the same actio l was taken in regard to the appropriations of tn Harbor department. The appropriations for tn Sundry department were also passed without ob1et | tion.
 | The Board then went back to the consideration (
 the amount appropriated for sewers, which was $3o 800.
 Alderman Bald win said as he understood it the aI propriation would not cover the sewers already o
 dered andh objected to any reduction in this 1te | Alderman Drlscon said that there was Q propos
 tion to ssue additional sewerage bonds so that trun
 sewers may be built without hindrance, which woul | relieve the difficulty presented by members or th Board.
 | Alderman Baldwin thought it bad policy to reduc direct taxation for While the credit Of tn
 city is good he did not the policy of increasn the city debt by borrowing money and giving bona | Alderman Sheldon thought it necessary that th
 sewers should be put right down and if necessary nc
 depend on current expenses to pay for trunk sewer l which were absolutely necessary. l Alderman Sheldon withdrew his proposition. | Alderman Driscon hoped the proposition to issr l bonds for sewers would at some time be passed ! Alderman Sheldon then moved that the estimate
 $30 800 for be reduced from that sum to $ls l 800, and that of the amount so deducted $95OO added to appropriation for the new engine house
 Newhallville and $2, 800 to the pay roll of the Ell department
 to meet the expenses of 1882. Adjourned.