Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-04
Board of Aldermen.

1MIeEebGs A regular meeting of the Board of Alder men was held last evening, His Honor the Mayor presiding.
 Petitions were read and referred .as fol- | lows: Of H. A. Barnes and others for the grading of Greenwich avenue; of Henry Bronson to open street on his own land; of R; w. Law for grading of Sea street; of John w. Nichols for sewer in St. Roman street; of H. B. Perry for sewer in Elm street between Garden street and University Place; of William Smith for concrete walks on She east and west side of Frank street; of Patrick Dowd for sidewalk on the north side of Sachem street; of James Wheatley for lamps on Spireworth Square; of George Ed mondson for sewer in Bishop street be- tween State and Orange streets; of Patrick Clark for cobble gutters on South Front street between Grand and Exchange streets; of Henry z. Nichols for the abatement of interest on sewer assessment; of F. B. Futile for a sewer on Orchard street between Whal- ley avenue and Goffe street; of Otto A. G. Rausch for sidewalk on the north side of Cedar street between Prince and Washington streets; of s. W. Delzell for the appointments of J. w. Rose as special constable. (Grant- ed, the clerk casting the ballot for the Board.) Of Mrs. J. l.. Ward for abate- ment of taxes; of J. Bunton Hine remon- strating against the paving of State street from Humphrey to Nash streets.
 Report of the Street committee reoom- mending that the sidewalk on the east side of Orange street, between Willow and Cot tage streets, be concreted instead of brick Qd0 reported in favor of the extension of Ro- sette st. to Howard ave. provided the roadway is fifty feet wide. The same committee also reported in regard to new bridges required at Fair, Court and Grand streets, and recom- mending that iron bridges be built at Fair street at once, the city paying the cost of su- perstructure, and also at Grand street, the railroad company to bear the cost of the fu- ture maintenance of said bridges and the city to bear no further expense than their propor- tion of their superstructure. An opinion was also read from the Corporation Counsel stat ing that in his opinion the'Court of Common Council had the right to cause suitable bridge to be maintained by the railroad com- pany at Fair street.
 MT. J. B. Sargent, of the Board of Public Works, thought if the city would show fair iberality in their ultimatum that the railroad company would do their share. Opinions in the matter were given by Aldermen Benton, Klenke, Farnsworth, Baldwin, McHugh, Barker and O'Keefe and a yea and nay vote was called for on the motion that the city pay 25 per cent. of the cost. of the bridges, and it was lost by vote of yeas to II nays
 Aldermen States and Waterbury were ex- cused from voting.
 Alderman Mix moved that the whole mat ter be referred to a special committee of His Honor the Mayor, two Aldermen and two Councilmen to inquire and report
 k1Ak city for building an iron bridge at Fair street on the proposition of the railroad company would be about $625.
 The question to refer to a committee was passed. His Honor appointed Aldermen Mix and Farnsworth on the part of this board.
 Resolution asking for a transfer of unex- pended balances in the police department to build barn at an expense of about $3, 900, either at police headquarters or at the pre- cinet, was read.
 Commissioner Sloat explained that a barn was needed. He said that the horses could be kept cheaper and in better shape than at present. He said that the transfer came almost entirely from the pay roll.
 Alderman Mix moved to amend so that the expense of the proposed barn should not ex- ceed $3,OO0 of the unexpended pay roll balances.
 Petition of the Board of SeIectmen to con- struct a sewer to drain low lands through
  Whalley avenue to Munson street, the same to flow into the Whalley avenue sewer at Sherman avenue, was referred.
 It was voted to accept @ deed of a trian- gular piece of land owned by Charles Shan ahan, where it is proposed to build the water ing trough at the junction of Blatchley ave- nue and Clay street.
 Order that the Corporation Counsel be authorized to allow judgment to be taken in the sum of $4 900 in the case of Bartholo- mew Healy vs. the city of New Haven was passed.
 Report of the Committee on Streets in ia vor of the grading of Cedar street between Prince and Silver streets in favor of raising walk on south side of Bradley street between State and Orange streets to grade of street; in favor of 8 concrete walk on the west side of Poplar street between East Grand and Clay street; in favor of a Telford pavement on State between Humphrey street and Neck bridge, were all passed.
 Order for relay of curb and walks on Court street between Oransge and Church streets previous to the laying of an asphalt pave ment, was passed.
 Petition of Thomas W. Congdon to remove building to State street was referred.
 Alderman Bradley offered resolution that the sum of $50 be transferred from the $1, 200 appropriated for the morgue for the purpose of keeping the Beach street bath house open until October 1st.
 The Mayor ruled that the resolution could not pass without unanimous consent.
 Alderman O'Keefe appealed from the deci- sion of the chair, and the chair was sustained by decided vote.
 The resolution was then referred.
 Petition for the resembling of the order for flag walk on Orange street between Elm and Court streets was referred to the Board of Public Works with power to act
 Resolution appointing His Honor the Mayor and Aldermen Klenke, Benton and Kelley 8 committee to act with three Coun- ciImen and the Board of Selectmen to ap- point Q janitor for City Hall for 1884 was passed.
 The order for the extension of Lloyd street to Clay street was taken up. motion to lay upon the table was lost by rising vote and the order was then referred back to the committee.
 The report of the Committee on Squares in faver of the layout of public park on East Grand street was taken up and discussed at length. A resolution to lay on the table was carried.
 Report of Committee on Streets in favor of sidewalk on Columbus avenue from West Portsea to West street was passed in concurrence.
 Under HauuctnatIOns.