Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1882-04-04
Board of Aldermen.

Cunningham.
Board of Aldermen.
Numerous Petitions Read and Referred
Reports of Committees Received and
Acted Upon-Orders for Sidewalks and
Lamps-Other Matters of Interest.
A regular monthly meeting of the Board of !
Aldermen was held last evening, His Honor
Mayor Robertson presiding
Petitions were read and referred as fol- |
lows: Of John Mclaughlin for concrete |
walk on Poplar street of Andrew Newman |
to be appointed special constable of Dana |
o. Bradley, Mrs. William johnson and F. G. |
Cooper for damages from injury to person |
of Charles W. Blakeslee, for gas lamp On |
Sherman avenue of Mrs. E. Dellaher for |
permit to raise roof of frame dwelling; of
Harvey B. Dorman to be appointed special
constable Cpassed) of William j. Atwater
that sidewalks on Grand street be hereafter
laid with flag; of William Mcdonald,
Stephen Blakeslee and Walter Mitchell to be
appointed bath house keepers of Eli Whit
ney for the curbing and grading of Whitney
avenue; of the same for a light Telford
pavement on the same avenue of Charles
Fl. Fowler for the removal of outhouses in
Woolsey school yard of George J. Stevens
for crosswalk across Whalley avenue, be-
tween Hudson and County streets; of J. B.
Richards for lamp on Spring street; of
George STREET. asking that TIE American band
may be engaged for open air concerts; of j.
D. Plunkett for an appropriation of 800 to
Admiral Foote ard Henry G. Merwin Posts
for Memorial day services.
Remonstrance of Moses Nolan against the
paving of Poplar street was referred.
Report of the Board of Public Works de
change of order for walks on Cedar street,
from tie railroad bridge to Lamberton
ssreet, was referred
Report of the Board of Public Works de
widening of Veto street on the southerly
side was laid on the table until the next
meeting. Alderman Faulhaber presented
resolutions looking to change in trunk and
other sewers that empty into West river and
providing that two Aldermen and three
Councilmen be appointed to consider the
matter, and asking that questions relating to
sewers that are to discharge into West river,
now before the Court of Common Council,
be laid upon the table until said special COM
mlttee shall make their report. Aldermen
Faulhaber and Sheldon were appointed on
the part of this Board.
Resolution appointing q committee to go
to Hartford to urge reduction of horse car
fares to five cents was passed, and Aldermen
O'Keefe and Farnsworth were appointed on
the committee.
communication was read from Fire Mar
shall Kennedy, in which he stated that the
manager of Carlls Opera House had refused
to make any alterations for the ingress and
egress of patrons of the Opera House in &C.
cordance with the orders of the Board, and
recommended that no further licenses to the
house be granted until the order is complied
with. The Board accepted the communion
| ton and passed an order in accordance with
the recommendation.
The resolution giving the Police Commits
sloners power TO unexpended balances
for the purchase Of lot and the erection of
a police precinct in the eastern part of the
| city explained by Commissioners Boil
man and Catlin and unanimously passed
His Honor announced as the citizens CON-
| m1ttee to go to Hartford and advocate the
reduction in horse car fares Austin Mans
| field and John Ell. Barlow
The Committee on Bath Houses reported
| in favor of erecting new bath house in Fair
| Haven at the foot of Lombard street, near
| Lewis bridge, and recommended an appro-
| priation of $1,000 for the purpose passed.
| Report of the Board of Public Works rec
ommendlng the assessment of damages and
| benefits for the widening of Temple street !;
| passed.
| The Commissioners of Public Buildings
recommended that Paul G. Skiff be granted
| further time to perfect changes in his opera
| house; passed
| Reports of the Street committee favoring
the following improvements were passed :
! L VI 61OO"dAhS OI UOIA 61uSS VI
street; for concrete walk ON both sides of
Walnut street; for the grading and curbing
of Orange street, from Cottage to Willow
| streets; for brick sidewalk on the west side
| of Orchard street, from Oak street to Sylvan
avenue fer light Telford pavement to be
| laid on Congress avenue, from Daggett to
Bond street. for curb on both sides of
Howard avenue, from Kimberly avenue to
| South Water street; for brick sidewalk on
the west side of Gregson street, in front of
| Trinity church property for brick side
| walk on the east side of Elliott street, from
George street to Gilbert avenue; for the
| placing of fences upon Rock lane on the line
of the street; for the removal of encroach-
| ments on Whalley avenue, between
Norton and Pendleton streets; for
a brick sidewalk on the north
| side of Whiting street, from Hill street
| to Meadow street; adverse to the petition
| for grading and curbing of Greenwich ave-
| nue., between Lamberton and Fourth streets.
| The Committee on Lamps reported in favor
| of lamps on Dow street, Greenwich street,
| between Oak street and Gilbert avenue
Park street, between Crown and Chapel
streets corner of Lawrence and St. Roman
| streets.
The Committee on Sewers reported in ia
| vor of a sewer in Liberty street, between
| Columbus avenue and the New Haven and
Derby railroad; passed.
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write upon each bill, in the blank space pro-
| vided for that purpose the amount allowed
| by the Board of Finance, and before the bill
is signed by the Board; passed
! Report of the Bath House committee rec
ommending that $500 be appropriated for a
| deep water tank at the foot of Beach street,
| in connection with the present bath house at
| that point, passed.
| The motion to concrete a walk on the
Green was reconsidered and amended, and a
| vote passed that all the walks shall be con-
GREETED that have not SO been treated.
Report of the Committee on Railroads and
Bridges de making Tomlinson's bridge fire
proof bridge and providing for committee
to confer with the proprietors of Tomlinson's
bridge as to terms, &C., was accepted and or
der passed.
Report of the Board of Compensation as =
| sessing damages and benefits for the extern
sion of Lloyd street was read and assessments
laid as recommended.
| Adverse report of the Committee on Claims
| de petition of William Aylvin for abatement
| of lien was adopted.
Report of the Committee on Claims in
favor of abating the sewer assessment of John
| Malloy was passed.
The Committee on Sewers reported favor
| ably on petitions for sewers on Audubon
| street, from Orange street to Whitney ave-
| nue.; for a sewer in Lawrence street, for a
|
| CReferred back to the committee.) The same
committee reported adversely to a sewer s.
East Grand street, from Atwater street to
| Quinnipiac river. In favor of a sewer in
Foote street, from Dixwel avenue to Ash
| mum street. The recommendations OF the
| committee were adopted
The special committee appointed to get the
opinion of the Corporation Counsel in regard
to the respective powers of the Board of
Common Council and the Board of Public
Works reported that as the Corporation
Counsel had already given an opinion to the
Board of Public Works on the same subject
| they asked to be excused from further SER
vice. The committee were excused with the
thanks of the Board.
The petition of Edward Hope to be ap-
| pointed special constable was taken from the
| table.
A motion was made to adjourn, which was
| lost.
At this point it was discovered that a
| quorum was not present and Alderman Mix
| who was in the chair, declared the Board adj
journed.
| Janitor Warren, of the County Court
House, is quite sick with erysipelas, with
| which he was taken last Saturday. Assistant