Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-07
Board of Aldermen


monstrances and Comm nj cations-The
City Year BOOk-NumerOus Reports Re-
ferred.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Aldermen for February was held |
last evening His Honor Mayor Robertson
presiding.
Certificate of the election of Arthur j.
Weld member of the Board from the |
Eleventh ward was read. He had previously |
been sworn.
Petitions were read and referred as fol- |
lows: OF William A. Beard, for sewer on |
Davenport avenue between West river and |
Vernon street of Wooster A. Ensign, for !
the curbing and grading of walk and remov. |
ing Entertainments on the south side OF |
Whalley avenue, between Norton and PEN
| d1eton streets; of H. Tilton ct al, for a
sewer in Dixwell avenue of Daniel Love-
! Joy, to be appointed bath house keeper.
Remonstrance of Massena Clark ct al !
| against sewer in Daggett street, between
Congress avenue and Washington street !
| Passed.
Communication from the City Engineer
| concerning the REMEMBERING of streets was
| referred o.the appropriate committee.
| The report of the Committee on Lamps for
| 1881 was referred to the Committee on Annu-
| al Reports.
| Report of the Committee on Annual Re-
| ports, recommending that the city year book
be compiled by the assistant City Clerk, was
read and passed.
| Annual report of the Sealer of Weights and
Measures for 1881 was read and referred to
| the Committee on Annual Reports.
Petition of Charles W. Skif for abatement
| of taxes on list of 1879 was referred
Petition for lamp on Park street, between
Chapel and Crown streets, was referred.
| A communication from Corporation Coun-
sci Stoddard informing the Mayor that there
| was proposition before the General Assem-.
bly, to make Tomlinson bridge free bridge,
and informing His Honor that should the
proposition succeed the city and town are
left with bridge that must soon be rebuilt
] at very large expense "The corporation
owning and operating said bridge had, and
believe (says Mr. Stoddard) now equitably
| owns, a very large amount of valuable prop
| erty, worth probably from 500, 900 to $780,
900, and in my Judgment some steps should
| be taken by the city and town to endeavor to
subject the property of that corporation to
the expense, in part at least, of rebuilding
the superstructure of that bridge before it is
made free bridge"
A communication from Louis Ell. Bristol,
asking for release of lien on land owned by
heirs of Joseph H. Scranton, deceased, stu
ated on Orange street, near Grove, was read
and referred.
Annual report of the Board of Public
| Works for 1881 was read and referred to the
Committee on Annual Reports.
The report of the City Engineer for 1881
was read and referred to the Committee on
Annual Reports.
Report of the Committee Nominations
in favor of the appointment of George B.
Miller, William DeForest, Peter Stanford and
Nathan A. Myers to be Sunday watchmen at
the various cemeteries was read and passed.
| At the request of His Honor Alderman
l States took the chair.
| Petition of Bernhard Oberkehr to be ap-
pointed bath house keeper was read and re-
ferred.
Adverse report of the Committee or Non,i-
nations de petition of Martin d. Cowles,
Frederick Morris and Isaac Morris to be ap-
pointed special constables was passed.
Petition of Fred Wiser to be appointed
lumber Inspector passed.
Report of the Committee on Nominations
favoring the appointment of -- Harris
and --- Enscoe as public weighers was re-
ferred back to the committee to. correct and
give full names of applicants.
Report of the Committee on Nominations
favorably naming Lester W. Mabry and
many others as special constables was read.
The names of A. P. Munson and Edward
Hope, who were reported in the list, were
| objected to.
II On motion all the names on the list were
accepted except those of Munson and Hope.
| 1t was then voted to proceed to vote separ-
ately for Edward Hope and A. P. Munson.
Alderman Townsend moved to refer the
entire list of names back to the committee,
which was lost.
A ballot was then taken on the name of
| Edward Hope and resulted in in favor and
against, the remainder scattering. There
being no choice another ballot was ordered
and resulted in favor, against and scat
tering.
On motion the names of Hope and Munson
were tabled.
| Report of the committee on Mayors mes
sage relative to the consolidation of the
city and town governments was read. The
| committee recommend that a committee
consisting of His Honor the Mayor, the Cor
} poration Counsel, - Aldermen and -
Councilmen be appointed to secure the adop-
ton of such legislation by the General AS
sembly as may best tend to carry into effect
the recommendation of His Honor the
Mayor. The resolution was passed and it
was agreed that the Mayor should appoint at
his pleasure the committee to carry the above
resolution alto effect.
The report of Alderman Studley, clerk of
the Board of Aldermen in the struggle for
the election of commissioners was read and
ordered spread upon the records of this
meeting.
Petitions were read and referred as fol-
lows: OF Charles Alling for brick side
walk on Orchard street between Sylvan av-
enue and Oak street the west side of
Zacharias Endriss ct al. for naptha lamp on
|
| Gilbert avenue.
Report of the Committee on Printing ad-
verse to re-binding Is copies of the year
book for 1880 was read and the matter was
indefinitely postponed
communication from Charles r. Whe-
don, clerk of the Board of Health, presenting
. resolutions by that board in which they state
that smallpox is spreading over the country
! and recommending that sum of money, not
less than So, 900, be appropriated for the free
vaccination of all the residents of New Ha-
ven, was read.
Professor Brewer, president of the Board
of Health, appeared and advocated the meas
ure He said that there were over 1900
children in the public schools that at present
! needed vaccination.
Alderman Sheldon took the floor and urged
that there was no immediate necessity for so
large an appropriation this year and moved
to amend, making the amount $500.
Alderman Studley said that he had no
doubt but that the freedom of the city from
smallpox to-day was due to the general vacci-
nation of last year. By vaccinating children
he said we were taking care of the future,
and he could not see why the Alderman from
the Ninth should oppose the appropriation
asked for
After considerable discussion, in which AL
dermen Sheldon, Mix and Klenke took part,
. the motion to appropriate So, 600 was lost,
| there not being five-sixths vote in favor.
motion was then made to make the ap-
preparation 81 800 and it was lost.
motion to make appropriation 81, 800
was then taken and lost.
Amotion to make the amount 81, 400 was
lost.
Alderman Sheldon moved to adjourn,
: which was lost
A motion to make the amount 81, 800 was
then taken and lost.
Alderman McHugh moved to adjourn.
Lost.
motion to make the amount 81, 200 was
J then taken and lost.
A motion to make the amount 81, 900 was
then taken and carried by a fve-sixths vote.
The names of Munson and Hope, reported
for special constables, were taken from the
| table and referred back to the Committee on
, Nominations.
Alderman Studley moved that His Honor
the Mayor, two Aldermen and two Council
men be appointed to procure such legislation
as is necessary to give the city power to issue
bonds for the building of sewers.
The motion passed and the Mayor was
given power to appoint the committee. Ad
| journed.