Morning journal and courier., 1883-08-14
Board of CouneiImen.

 NumerOus Petitions Read and Referred-
 Reports Of Committees Adverse nnd Oth-
 ervvIse-Many Matters of Interest.
 A regular monthly meeting of the Board of Oouncilmen was held last evening, Presi, dent Spreyer in the chair.
 The following petitions were read and re- ferred: Of William Button for the change of an order for 8 brick walk on Lamberton street; of Thomas Forsyth for 8 Telford pavement on State street; of T. D. Bennett for the removal of encroachments on old Canal street; of A. P. Hemingway for ap- pointment as special constable; of John P. Phillips in favor of the extension of Lloyd street; of s. E. Merwin, jr., for the extension of Sherman avenue to Henry street or Margaret B. Tyler for layout of 8 new street from Howard avenue te Cedar street; of A. Werzburg for curbing of the west side Of Spruce street; of Henry o. Covat fer | sewer in Osborne street between William street and the railroad bridge; of Theodore Stecher for sewer on Ashmun street from Eaton to Webster street; of Walter H. Lar | kins for sewer on Orchard street between Goffe street and Whalley avenue; of T. Met l tier Cox for abatement of sewer assessment; l of William H. Kenyon for refand1ng of' portion of assessment; of David Strouse for | abatement of taxes; of Preston W. Eldridge | to be appointed special constable; of David | O. Twitchell for damages from overflow of l water; of William H. Waterbury for pub l lie park on East Grand street; of l. ;uis Osh- ' erman for abatement of taxes. | Remonstrances were referred to appropri- ate committees as follows Of P. B. Hard. | ing ct aIs. against 8 park on East Grand ! street of William A. Waterbury ct als. against the extenfion of Lloyd street of William Schroeder against sewer in Ham1l- l ton street, between Greene and Collis streets l of David Strouse against being assessed for the pavement in Congress avenue, between Daggett and Bond streets of s. L. Blatch- ley & Sons against the proposed park on Maltby land.
 Report of the Board of Public Works for | July, 1888, was accepted and ordered on file.
 Report of the clerk of the City court for the months of June and July, 1883, was 1 ordered on file.
 Report of the Street committee in favor of grading and curbing the west side ot 1 Monroe street was accepted and order l passed Also in favor of sidewalk on the south side of Chapel street, from High street to No. 492 Chapel street; also for re- lay of sidewalk on the west side of Franklin street, between Wooster and Chapel streets also in favor of a sidewalk on the south side of Columbus avenue, from West Port sea street to West street; also for the exten- sion of Thorne street, from West street to Columbus avenue.
 Councilman Charles L. Ullman offered the | following:
 Resolved, That committee of three con- sisting of one Alderman and two Councilmen 1 be appointed to investigate and report on the l rights of the city in the property known for l merly as the ''old depot, now known as the "City market"
 1 Councilmen Whately and Ullman were ap- | pointed committee on the part of this board.
 Report of the Board of Public Works de pavement in Court street between Church | and Orange streets and recommending first class asphalt pavement was read, accepted and order passed.
 Resolution requiring the city auditor to remove the band stand on the Green was re- | ferred to the Committee on Squares. The following reports of the Board of | Compensation for assessment of sewers and pavements were read, accepted and assess ments ordered laid as recommended: Sewer | in Lincoln street, sewer in Grove street, \ sewer in Hillhouse avenue, sewer in Audu- bon street.
 The Committee on Streets reported in | favor of tho following Improvements and ! their reports were adopted: For the exten- l sion of Munson street from Mansfield street | to Whitney avenue for watering trough at | the junction of Monroe, Jackson and Clay l streets and Blatchley avenue for @ concrete walk on the south side of Spireworth Square; l for sidewalk on the west side of Orange | street, between Willow and Cottage streets, | Preferred back).
 The Board of Finance, to whom was refer red the recommendation of the Board of Pub lie Works coneerning the issuing of sewerage ! bonds, in which they recommended that bonds be issued in accordance with the act | passed by the last General Assembly, was | adopted.
 | Report of the Committee on Fire Depart | ment de petition for larger steamer in place | of the present steamer No. A. was referr ed to | the Board of Fire Commissioners.
 The Committee on Claims reported in favor | of the petition of William Wilbur for dam- ages from injury to person; in favor of the ! abatement of tax of Emory s. Gould; adverse to claims of Daniel Curran, F. A. Munsen, Patrick Kellaher and Terence Kelly; in favor of compensation to Julia Carey for injury to person.
 The Committee on Streets reported adverse ly to the location of platform scales on Gus tom House Square, also adverse to sidewalk on the north side of Elm street between Winthrop and Sherman avenues, and the re- ports were adopted. | Request from the Board of Fire Commis- l sioners asking that they be permitted to trans- i fer certain appropriations was granted. Order for relay of walks on Chapel street in front of the Insurance building was &C., 1 cepted and order passed.
 1 Report of the Board of Public Works in | favor of paying P. McGovern $1OO damages occasioned by the laying of sewer in Wash | ington and Daggett streets was read and rec ! ommendation adopted.
 A report from the Board of Finance stat \ ing that they had no power to approve 8 bill of $10.5O for printing mortality reports for the month of June and asking that the diff ! culty be obviated by an order being drawn ! on the treasurer for the sum named payable | to George s. Thomas, came from the Board of Aldermen passed.
 Considerable discussion passed regarding \ the authority of the Council to pass the or | 1osrr | dent ruled that it could be passed without | unanimous consent. An appeal was taken ] from the decision of the chair and he was sustained by vote of 14 to z. The order was then passed.
 Report of the Board of Public Works de ] concrete walk on the north side of Grove l street, from Prospect to York streets, was 1 tabled.
 Report of the Board of Public Works de transfer of appropriations to the account of cleaning catch basins was passed. Report of the Committee on Sewers in Greene and Collis streets, was read, accepted and order passed.
 Report de layout of South Water street and order that layout of sixty feet in width be adopted was passed.
 Report of the Committee on Sewers in fa- v0r of a sewer in Chestnut street, between Greene and St. John streets, was read &C., cepted and order passed.
 Report of the Corporation Counsel de building lines on Chapel street. was read and referred to the Committee on Building Lines.
 The order for the grading of John street was on motion, deferred until the Lamber- ton street sewer is built.
 Report of the Committee on Claims in fa- vor of paying Benjamin Bowden $50 for damages for injury to person was passed.
 Report of the Committee on Water de pur- chase of plot of land at the junction of Washington street and Congress avenue was referred-to the Committee on Squares in concurrence. Adjourned.
 Death of M,s Loren Carman.
 Mrs. Irene, wife of Mir. Loren Carman, died last evening after long illness. De- ceased resided for years on Temple street near the junction with Whitney avenue, and her husband has for many years been en- ployed at Lieutenant Governor Wayland's residence. Deceased was sister of the late Mrs. Bromley, wife of MT. Henry Fl. Brom- ley, who resides on St. John street. She was much esteemed. She had been an in-a valid for over three years past, suffering great bodily prostration. She was about 70