Morning journal and courier., 1883-12-28
Board Of COuncilmen.

Frying to Agree With the Aldermen on
 Estfmates-BOth Boards to Meet Again This Evening.
 A special meeting of the Board of Coun- eilmen was held last evening President spreyer was absent and Clerk Crowley called the meeting to order and asked for the nom ination of president pro tenn.
 Councilman Gallagher was nominated and took the chair.
 Report of the sinking fund commission ers regarding sewerage bonds was read as follows: Amount of bonds, $2O, 800.
 RECEIPTS.
 Interest on town of New Haven bonds, S1 ,Oa5; received from Fl. N. Welch, treas- urer, $1o,oOe.
 Present. amount of fund, $81, ,525, all in- vested in notes of the town of New Haven. Annual report of H. M. Wslch, Town Treasurer, was read and referred to the Committee on Annual Reports,
 Report of Board of Public Works de cross ings at Jackson and James streets was in definitely postponed.
 Petition for building line oa Warren street was referred to the nsxt Court of Common Council.
 Report of the Conlmitte on Streets de paving of Meadow St feet was referred to the next Court of Comm8n Council.
 Report of the municipal bond sinking fund commissioners, showing the fund to be $43. 96O. 56. was referred te the Committee on Annual Reports.
 Reports were referred to the next Court of Common Council as follows: Board of Public Works de con crete walks on Grand street from BarnesFille bridge to Haven street; ordinance co dhcerning city advertis- ing.
 Report of the Street committee was re- ferred to the Committee on Annual Reports to be raised.
 Resolutions and orders were indefinitely postponed as folloEs: Concerts on the Green; transfer of appropriation in lamp account; the bath house al Lewis bridge; bids for removal of old Slate House; the relay of sidewalk on Dwight street; the sppropris- ton of $3, 900 for 9he purchase of a plot of ground on Congfss avenue for a pump; order for cobble gutter in Clay street; the petition for 8 bkth house in Fair Haven; the transfer of $1O0 from claims to bath houses; the salary of assistant city clerk.
 Several other matters that had been on the table for aryear or two and which were of minor importance were disposed of in like manner, which cleared the table of all the papers left over for year or two. Next year the Court of Common Council will have a comparatively clean slate to work upon. The disagreeing vote between the Boards 1 of Aldermen and Councilmen regarding the estimate for the Court street pavement was | taken up. It will be recollected that the board of finance recommended in their esti- mates $A, 600 for the Court street pavement. This board refused to comply with the rec ommendation, and after conference con- mittee had been appointed they could not agree.
 After several meetings and no agreement being reached, the Board of Aldermen on last Wednesday evening voted to adhere to their former action on the $4 ,015 basis, and committee of conference was appointed. The subject was all gone over pro and con, Councilman UllmRn making lengthy speech in opposition to the appropriation. Coun- cilman Graves also opposed concurrence with the action of the Board of Aldermen. Councilman Munson favored concurrence with the Board of Aldermen. F Councilman Graves insisted that the order for the Court street pavement was rushed through without that serious consideration which it required, and it was right and proper that an injunction should be brought against what he considered was an outrage upon the taxpayers and property owners.
 After further discussion yea and nay vote was taken on the motion to adhere and the motion was carried by a vote of 14 to 8.
 The president pro tenn. Then appointed Ceuncilmen Sargant, Stevens and Graves as committee of conference.
 The Board then adjourned.
 This evening" as seen by call of the Mayor in another column, both boards will meet and try to reach an agreement in regard to the Court street matter.