Morning journal and courier., 1884-04-15
Board of Councilmen.

Congress avenue and Broad street; of Edwin E. Barrett for damages from injury to person.
 of public vehicles was referred to the Com. mittee on Ordinances.
 Resolution that the Bath House committee be instructed to use the g., ,5O0 appropriated for a bath house at the foot of English street for a bath house at the Cedars was read.
 A motion was made to indefinitely post pone the resolution and Councilman Red- mond favored the motion.
 Councilman Wolfe favored the resolution to transfer the appropriation to the Cedsrs. He said that there was no place so popular for bath house es the Cedars and he believ- ed the location would give general satis- faction.
 Councilman Kent strongly urged the loca- ton of the bath house at the foot of English street. He said the money had been special ly appropriated for bath house in this To- calitV, and it could not be used for any other purpose under the charter.
 MT. Sargent took the ground that the transfer could not be made, as the money was specifically appropriated for bath house in Fair Haven and nowhere else.
 Mir. Graves took similar ground to Mir. Sargent
 Mir. Futile said that if the bath house was built at the foot of English street 1t would be torn to pieces every year by the floating ice, and would have to be rebuilt every spring.
 Mr. GoodselI, of Fair Haven, opposed the location of the bath house at the foot of En- gliah street. He thought it would be waste of money.
 The motion to indefinitely postpone was withdrawn.
 The motion to refer to the Committee on Bath Houses as passed by the Board of Alder men was amended so that the committee were instructed to locate the bath house in Fair Haven.
 Resolution that New Haven offer induce ments to manufacturers to locate in this city WAS referred.
 Resolution de seats on Jocelyn square was referred.
 Resolution changing the time of meetings of the Boards of Aldermen and CounciImen was referred to the Committee on Ordinan- ces.
 The following petitions were referred: Of William Kreogel for sidewalk on Barto- mia Place; of Library committee for an ap- propriation for printing; of Max Figman for ordinance to prevent boys from lingering about theaters; of New Haven Wire company for appointment of Thomas o. NeVins and
 
 Hickman for appointment as special con- stable; of R. W. Lynch for compensation for injury to person; of George LoWndes for compensation for injury to person; of Mrs A. Warner for compensation for injury to person; of John B. Stirrup for the re- moval of, 8 lien erroneousIy placed on his property; of John Mansfield and William Cummings for appointment as bath house keepers; of T. J. Stanford for 8 crosswalk across Oak street from the west side of Tenn pie street; of Patrick King for concrete walk and curb on the south side of Pine street between Clinton avenue and Ferry street; of w. c. Robinson ct als for side walk on both sides of Edwards street between Orange and Foster streets; of Frank MoHugh for sidewalk on south side of Columbus av- enue between West street and West river; of J. W. filling for discontinuance of Canal street between Sachem and Lock streets; of William Sullivan for appointment as special constable. (passed.)
 Remonstrance against the extension of Hallock street to tide water was referred.
 Adverse report of the Committee on Claims de petition of Kate Mcguire for com pensation for injury to person was referred back to the committee.
 Resolution appropriating $200 to the Grand Army of the Republic to pay expenses of Memorial day was read and advocated by Councllnen Gum, Taylor and Graves and opposed by Councilman Caldwell. A motion to grant unanimous consent WAS lest on ac- count of Mr- CadweIl's objection. A motion to refer to the Committee on Appropriations was lost. This was recensidered, and Mr. Caldwell withdrawing his objections the reso- lution passed unanimously.
 Resolution locating bath house at the foot of Second street was indefinitely postponed.
 Ordinance providing that nc privy vault or cesspool shall be constructed on any street where there is sewer was passed in con- currence.
 Order for the extension of Jackson street to State street was referred.
 Reports of the Street committee were adopted as follows: Relay of sidewalk on the south side of George street, between Temple street and Congress avenue; con- crete walk on both sides of Monroe street, between Blatchley avenue and Lombard street; extension of Fillmore street, from Lombard street to Peck street; relay of side walk on south side of George street, between Dow and York streets; relay of sidewalk on the north side of Washington street, between Cedar street and Howard avenue; recurbing of Oak street, north side, between Temple and Factory streets concrete walk on Clay street, between Haven and Ferry streets; re- lay of sidewalk on Grand street; curb and sidewalk on the east side of Liberty street between Carlisle and Putnam streets. Sidewalk on east side of Lib erty street between Washington and Prince streets. Relay of sidewalk north side of Sumner street, between State and Hamilton streets. Relay of sidewalk on ColIis street. south side, between Wallace and East streets.
 Change of order for Court street pavement was referred to the Board of Public Works
 Petition giving the Elm City Boat club permission to erect boat house at the foot of Saltonstall avenue was granted.
 Adverse reports of the Street committee were as follows: For petition of change of nfM Maodnvv Ckroc fr Eob okwa aak, F1. petition of change of name Congress and Whitney avenues to Church street; for ex- tension of Sherman avenue from Goffe to Henry street.
 Proposed bylaw de public conveyances was referred to the Committee on Ordi- nanoes.
 Additional reports of the Committee on Streets in favor of the relay of sidewalk on the north side of Whiting street, between State and Meadow stree s, and relay of sides walk on the west side of State street, be- tween Bradley and Pearl streets, was adopted
 Order that the city clerk cause journals of the proceedings of the Boards of Aldermen and Councilmen to be printed was referred to the Committen on Printing.
 Resolution appointing Timothy Crowley and John J. Byrne bath house keepers was adopted on recommendation of the Bath House Committee.
 Report of the city clerk for the month of was ordered on file.
 Oorder fixing the salary of bath house keepers at $500. per annum was indefinitely 
 Report of the sealer of weights and meas- l 1res for February and March was read and 1 ordered on file.
 Report of the Committee on Ordinances le ordinance against policy playing, and 1 king fee for license for wholesale dealers in | petroleum oil, were both tabled for print l ng.
 ie petition of Hon. Henry G. Lewis for pay nOnt of expenses incurred in establishing lis title to the msyoralty came from the 1 Board of Aldermen recommitted The Coan- il voted to accept the report of the com- nittee giving the petitioner leave to with lraw.
 Report of the Committee on Sewers in ayor of an overflow sewer on Greene street rom East street to Mill river was accepted md ordered passed. Adverse report of ame committee for sewer in Prospect street Yas adopted.
 Adverse report of the Committee on Claims le petition of Julia Cummings for compen- ation for injury to person was referred pack to the committee. The same commit ee reported adversely on the petition of Lokar7 of al for fha rafnndin0 af in