Morning journal and courier., 1883-03-06
Board of Aldermen.

Board of Aldermen. Numerous Petitions Read and Referred |
 Special COnstabIes by the Hunired-
 Reports of Committees Legislative
 Work-Tax Committee Recommends
 tiOns-Other Matters.
 The regular monthly meeting of the Board | of Aldermen was held last evening. His Honor Mayor Lewis presiding.
 Petitions were read and referred as fol- lows: Of David Clark, for permission to make repairs on his shop, Preferred with power); of E. M. Riggs, for curb and con- crete walk on the east side of Maltby street, between Pine and Grafton streets; of James w. Rowland, for 8 fire hydrant corner of Atwater and Grafton streets; for sewer on Nash street. between Eagle and Lawrence streets of Andrew Rutz, for lamp corner of Rock Lane and Everett street of Mich ael Scally, for relief for James Cummings, occasioned by grading of Castle street of Margaret Breen, for remuneration for in- juries received; of William Cummings, for appointment as bath house keeper; of John Reilly, for damages caused by death of James Reilly on Park street; of Patrick KelIaher for damages occasioned by freezing his hand while employed by the city; of John A. Wood, to be appointed special constable; of B. Burns, for sidewalk on east and west side of Orchard street, from present terminus to Munson street of E. E. Hall, for pernis- sion to repair building No. 187 Chapel street; of B. Burns, for sidewalk on west side of Dixwen avenue, from present terminus to Munson street; of James M. B. Dwight, for crosswalks on Trumbull and Temple streets of George S. Foote, to be appointed special constable of Samuel s. Spencer, for lamp on Leonard street; of Edwin B. Shephard, to be appointed special constable; of David TTvIfa fn1 m for 6or
 by overflow of water on Button and Arthur streets of Jules Barribant ct al for sewer in East Chapel street, from Lloyd to James street.
 Report of the Committee on Nominations recommending that Andrew J. Kennedy and about ninety-two others be appointed special constables Except that the names of John
 B. Smith and John A. Loyejoy be referred back to the committee, and that of Frank H. Richards be stricken from the list for non. residence.
 Report of the Board of Finance recom- mending the payment of Foskett & Bishops
 bill for repair of street fountains amounting
 to $2O0 was accepted.
 Report of the Committee on Sewers for 1882 was referred to the Committee onAnnual Reports.
 Report of Peter Carberry, sealer of weights
 and measures. for two months ending Feb ruary 15 was ordered on file. Alderman Mix submitted the following ad- ditional names for special constables: Wm. G. Dickinson, Patrick Slattery, Joseph H. Smith (37 Ward street), Henry B. Judd, Ja- cob A. Shelly and Philip Roller. The names were referred to the Committee on Nomina- tions.
 4 communication was read from Corpora ton Counsel Driscoll stating that bill was pending before the Legislature giving the CenterVille horse railroad power to extend l their tracks down Elm street to Church street l and thence over the tracks of the State street or Whitneyville horse railroad to the corner of Chapel and Church streets. Alderman Law explained that the road had l been previously exempted from pavement
 assessments and now the road proposes to 1 issue what may be called third mortgage 1 bonds to the amount of $1OO0O, and they I desire to be exempt from pavement assess
 ment in the continuation. The road he said was already bankrupt, but if the bonds were issued as called for in the bill the bondhoId- l CTS would come in ahead of the city on the | assessments
 Alderman Griffng advocated the proposi- 1 ton of the road He said it was a matter of
 very great interest to people living in the western part of the city who had no other l way to reach the center except by this road Alderman Mix suggested that the matter be referred to a committee consisting of His 1 Honor the Mayor, the Corporation Counsel
 and the two Representatives from the town
  After further discussion, in which Alder | men Barnes, O'Keefe,s Griffing Benton and l others took part, His Honor the Mayor ex- plained that he had talked with Mir. Pierpont about the extension and he had told Mr. Pierpont that he did not believe the city
 would require anything more than that they
 keep the track in repair after they had laid l their track.
 Alderman Baldwin moved that His Honor | the Mayor, Corporation Counsel and three
 members of the Board of Aldermen be ap- pointed 8 committee to look after the mat l ter.
 l Alderman Shoninger moved that the Cor
 poration Counsel be instructed not to oppose 1 the petition of the Centerville horse railroad provided there is not embraced in their peti-
 ton permission to lay rails; passed. A motion by Alderman Barnes to have in-
 serted in the petition that they will keep the
 track in repair without expense to the city ! was lost.
 That portion of the Corporation Counsers communication relating to the Hartford and Harlem and New York and Connecticut rail
 road as laid out through the city was refer
 red to the Board of Public Works. 1 Report of the Beard of Finance recom-
 mending that B 900 which was estimated for
 the completion of the new police precinct
 and which was not printed, be itemized and
 used for the purpose intended passed.
 Report of Committee on Nominations rec-
 ommending the appointment of Newton s. l Bird and H. G. Shepard as lumber inspec- | tors was passed.
 Report of the Committee on Lamps rec
 ommending the erection of lamps on Nash, | Clark, Bright and Brewery streets was pass l ed.
 Report of the completion of sewers in | Washington, Liberty, Daggett, Audubon and
 Lincoln streets, and pavements on Congress
 avenue, High and Brewery streets, WAS re- | ferred to the board of compensation for sew | CTS and pavements to assess damages and 1 benefits.
 Petition of Peter Stanford to be appointed watchman at St. Bernard's cemetery was re- l ferred.
 | Petition of Patrick McDermott to be ap- | pointed bathhouse keeper was referred Petition of R. K. Arnold to be appointed
 special constable was referred | Monthly report of the expenses of the
 Board of Public Works for January was ordered on file.
 Communication from Acting City Engineer | Hill regarding the publication of city maps
 and the communications he had received
 from Everts, Richards & Co.,, of Philadel-
 phia, and G. M Hopkins was referred to His
 Honor the Mayor, two Aldermen and two
 Councilmen with power to act His Honor
 appointed Aldermen Mix and Benton on the part of this board.
 Report of the Finance committee recom-
 mending that the coruoration counsel be di-
 rected to secure such legislation as will create a special sewerage account into which all re- ceipts from sewerage bonds and assessments | shall be placed and used only for the con = struction of sewers Passed. The taxes and assessments of the following
 persons were abated in accordance with the | recommendation of the tax committee Mi : | chael Herrity, Michael Starr, Michael
 R. En scoe, Charles w. Bradley, James Goodwin, John W. Bishop, Benjamin F. Ess,
 estate Julius Tyler, Mary A. Deinnson, Zenas
 J. Ward, Frank Starr, James G. Clark, l Perez Broadway, Margaret l.. Wee
 ney, John Coogan's estate, Chris topher Flood, Thomas H. Fulton, Cath crime Dillon. Grace Church, G. $ T. filling,
 Jane Ann Clark, NJ. W. Brogan, National
 Savings bank.
 l At 1O:3O twas announced that there was l no quorum and the Board adjourned few recommendations of the tax con-
 mittee were left over for future considera= tion.
 Church Notes. Rev. Mir. Houghton, of the Church of the