Morning journal and courier., 1883-04-10
Board of CounciImen.

tfOns and Reports-The Special COnsta-
 bIe MuddIe-Other Matters.
 A regular monthly meeting of the Board 1 of Councilmen was held last evening, Presl- l dent Spreyer in the chair.
 Petitions were read and referred as fol- | lows: Of s. M. Munson for concrete walk 1 on the north side of Woolsey street; of An l son Brown for permission to build out to building line; of James H. Woodhouse for grading and curbing and concrete walks l on both sides of Perkins street; of Daniel | Curran for damages from injury to person; of Margaret Collopy for damages from inju- ry to person of D. Alden for continuation of the sewer in Wall street, of Patrick Whelan for the opening of an alley in rear of his premises on Chatham street; of Ju- lia Carey for compensation for injury to person; of s: J. @ Blakeslee for appointment as bath house rnent as bath house keeper; of W. W. Post for change of name of Grand street to High land avenue; of Mrs. Ann Healy for damages caused by the grading of Congress avenue; of P. FaIsey for appointment as bath house keeper; of E. A. Johnson for compensation for injury to person; of s. K. Whitney for sidewalk on the east side of Winchester avenue between Munson and Sachem streets; of Thomas Connolly for brick walk on the northeast side of Wilson street between Rosette and Lamberton streets; of w. w. Wa terbury for the appointment of Edward A. Jordan as special constable; of General Hos pital society for the abatement of assess ment for the construction of Congress avenue pavement; of James Wynn for a brick walk on West street, both sides, between Congress avenue and Adeline street; of John II. Starin for the appoint ment of John H. Stevens and Frank McGinn special constables (read and the appointments made, the clerk casting the balIot) of M. B. Scott for the cutting down of the gutter on the west side of College street, between Elm and Wall streets, to pre- vent an overflow. Resolution appropriating $20O for Memor- ial day expenses was referred to the Commit tee on Appropriations in concurrence.
 Resolution de hydrants in Ann and Ade- line streets was referred to the Board of Fire Commissioners in concurrence.
 Report de layout of Brewery street was read, accepted, layout adopted and order passed.
 Petition from the American band asking that they be engaged for series of open air concerts on the Green or elsewhere was re- ferred.
 Resolution de sidewalks on the west and south sides of Spireworth Square was re- ferred
 Petition of Benjamin Bowden for com pensation for damages to person was re- ferred.
 Resolution calling on the Board of Public Works for statement as to the condition of improvements in Fair street, between Union and State streets, was passed. Petition of John H. Heiser for fire alarm box ct the corner of Canal and Bristol streets was referred to the Board of Fire Commis- sioners.
 Resolution ordering that the Board of Public Works cause the sidewalk on the south side of Bradley street, between Orange and State streets, to be raised to the grade of said street where needed, was passed. l Resolution giving s. S. Rice permission to ! connect with 8 private sewer on Osborne street was passed.
 Petition of John Shaughnessy to be ap- pointed special constable was passed by un- animous consent.
 Report of the Committee on Streets in fa- vor of grade, curb and walk on the east side of Maltby street between Pine and Grafton l streets was adopted.
 Resolution regarding the filthy condition of the streets was tabled as it was only ad- dressed to the Board of Aldermen. Report of the Committee on Sewers recon mending that @ sewer be built from Lloyd to James streets was read. President Spreyer called Councilman Wheel CT of the First to the chair. | Mir. Spreyer favored the passage of the order, as did Councilman Munson and others. l The report of the committee was accepted ! and the order passed.
 On motion of Councilman Kelly the Coun- | Gil voted to reconsider their former action referring back the list of special constables | to the Committee on Nominations. Councilman Mealia moved that the parties named (Andrew J. Kennedy and ninety l others) be appointed.
 Councilman Munson opposed the motion. | He said there were large number of men on that list that should not be appointed. They were, many of them, unit in every respect, &Eaof. Councilman Spreyer favored the accept ance of the report of the committee and the appointment of the special constables as recommended.
 Councilman Sperry opposed the rushing through of this list of special constables, as be knew that there were some on the list who had been recommended that the recommend CTS would now be glad to withdraw. Councilman Spreyer moved that when the vote is taken it be taken by yeas and nays So ordered
 Councilman Graves advocated the refer ence back to the Committee on Nominations. Councilman Holmes said that when this list was before the Committee on Nomina. tions there were many of them that the com mittee knew nothing about except the en- dorsement.
 Councilman Gallagher said there was no need of haste in this matter, as the city was not suffering on account of their non-ap-
 
 mittee would go carefully over the list and mark those that were janitors or held any po- sition where their appointment was neeessa- ", they could say so. The Councilman of- fered an amendment embodying his views
 It was moved to lay the resolution on the table; lost
 A motion to indefinitely postpone was then made and there was tie vote. The presi- dent pro tenn. dissolved the tie by voting in the negative. The motion to indefinitely postpone was declared lost.
 The motion to concur with the Board of Aldermen was lost by yea and nay vote of 12 to Is.
 A motion was then made to refer the list back to the nominating committee.
 Councilman Spreyer offered an amend ment which the chair ruled out of order An appeal was taken from the decision of the chair and the Council sustained the chairs decision.
 The yeas and nays were called for on re- ferring back to the Committee on Nominations and it was taken, resulting in a vote of 15 to 12.
 Report of the Committee on Sewers in faY- or of a sewer the south side of Whalley avenue between Garden street and Universi- ty Place was passed.
 Resolution that Telford pavement be constructed on Temple street, between Chap el and Elm streets, came to the Board as recommendation from the Board of Public Works. The resolution was referred to tn Committee on Streets.
 Communication from the Board of Public Works recommending that sewers be built on Lamberton and Button streets was referred to the Committee on Sewers
 Resolution from the Board of Public Works recommending the widening and ex- tension of Mulberry street to Day street was passed.
 Report of the Board of Public Works d @ layout of Burtonia Place, so-called, was received The Board recommended that the road way be not accepted until the street was widened. graded and curbed and cut through to the street beyond it's present ter minus Passed. Adjourned.
 Matter 1n the Probate Court
 In the Probate court yesterday morning the matter of the appointment of 8 trustee on the insolvent estate of Marcia Hinman came up. Betsey c. Curtiss, of Newtown, is the petitioner. She brought suit against the respondent last February to recover S620, but no property could be found to be | attached. Later the Dwight Place Ecclesias- sical society and Henry Smith of Wood |