Morning journal and courier., 1884-06-10
Board of CounciImen.

 gher in the chair.
 Report of the Committee on Sewers rec ommending an overflow sewer at the foot of Greene street was adopted; also for 8 sewer | on St. Roman street.
 Report of the Committee on Squares in | favor of painting the fences around the pub 1 lie squares and in favor of seats on Joslyn 1 Square and 6 curb around Fountain Park | were adopted.
 Report of the Board of Public Works de paving Court street was referred to the Committee on Streets.
 Reports of the Committee on Streets were adopted ss follows: In favor of recommit- ting the order for a concrete sidewalk on the
 south side of George street between Elliott
 street and Sherman avenue; in favor of a
 concrete sidewalk on the north side of War
 ren Place, between Cedar Hill avenue and
 State street; for curb and concrete walk on
 the west side of Mill River street between
 Walnut and Laurel streets; repairing of Null
 berry street between Day street and Win
 throp avenue; for grade and curb on the
 north side of Commerce street between Con
 gress avenue and Broad street; for concrete walk on the west side of State street between Edwards street and East, Rock Park; for concrete sidewalk on the south side of Pine street between Perkins street and Clinton avenue; for relay of sidewalk on west side of York street between Chapel and Elm streets; for relay of sidewalk on the north side of Audubon street between No. 2 Audubon and Orange street; for relay of sidewalk on the west side of Olive street from No o9 to St. John street; for relay of sidewalk on the -R1 T. k&A~ 1k- L4k- 1k@,- and East streets for relay of sidewalk on the south side of Wall street between Orange l and Church streets for repairing of Orange l street, west side, between the Tradesmen's bank and Orange street, for extension of | Second street from Hallock avenue to tide l water: for concrete walk west side of Cedar | Hill avenue between Grace and State streets 1 (reconmitted); for change of name of por- | tion of Lock street to Prospect Place; for 1 grade and curb on the south side of Munson | street, between Dixwell avenue and N. H. $ N. railroad.
 Adverse reports of the Committee on | Claims were read as follows: Petitions of Hannah Doody, Edward D. Barrett, Maggie 1 BIackwood, Patrick Cummings and Julia [ Cummings. all for compensation for injury l to person, were read and adopted.
 ! Adverse report of the Committee on Nomi | nations de appointment of James Daily and 1 Thomas c. NeVins were read and adopted. ! The same committee reported in favor of the | appointment of Edwin A. Gilbert, Charles | A. Maynard and Isaiah Hickman as special I constables and they were so appointed. 1 Report of the clerk of the City court for l the month of April was ordered on file. l Report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures for the two months ending May 31, l 1884, was ordered on file.
 l Petitions were read and referred as follows: 1 Of s. I. Gilbert for curb and sidewalk on 1 the north side of Blake street; of c. c. | BlatchIey for rebuilding highway from 1 Orange street to opposite Rock Lane;of Sam uel l.. Johnson for sewer on Grand and 1 James streets; of B. H. Sperry, for sewer in Prout street, from Meadow street 300 feet l easterly; of B. Ruttger, for sewer in Wash ] ington street, between Cedar street and How | ard avenue of Dennis O'Neil, for grading and curbing south side of State street, be- l tween James street and point opposite the entrance to East Rock Park; of Gibson Hall, | for abatement of assessments; of Michael 1 and Patrick Eagan, for refunding of city | tax; of estate of Patrick Henrihan, for 1 abatement of taxes; of Christie Havey and 1 Louis H. Frost, for appointment as special 1 constables; cf s. H. Street, for abatement of ta1es; of the city, town and school | boards, for the creation of committee to | consider the abatement of taxes.
 | Resolution for the sale of booths on the 1 public squares July 4th was read and adopt 1 ed.
 Resolution de express stands was referred l to the Committee on Ordinances.
 l Remonstrance of Talcott H. Russell against the erection of a public urinal on Chapel | street, between Church and Temple streets, was referred to the Board of Public Works Report of the Committee on Nominations l recommending the appointment of Harry ! Chatfeld and one hundred others as City court jurors was accepted and the jurors ss 1 selected were appointed.
 1 Report of the committee on repairs of the Council chamber was accepted with the ad- l dition of one Alderman on the committee.
 The order provides for repair of the ceiling, 1 frescoing of the walls similar to those of the Board of Aldermen, lowering and modern | izing the president and clerks desk and other improvements.
 Resolution appropriating $1,0OO from the contingent fund for repairs to the Council mems chamber passed.
 Monthly report of the Board of Public Works for May, 1884, was ordered on file. ! The resolution appropriating $1, 800 for Fourth of July celebration, which was voted l down at the last meeting because unanimous consent was not given, was again called up. Councilman Mansfield said that he voted 1 in the affirmative at the last meeting to in definitely postpone the resolution, but in | order that the matter might be fully dis l oussed he would move to reconsider. The | motion prevailed, and a motion was then ] made to refer the resolution to the Commit | tee on Appropriations, which prevailed. Councilman Daley presented a remon- I strance signed by members of the taxpayers | association against the payment of an addi- tionAl 5 I, 800. He said that if the appropria- 1 ton was made that an injunction would un- doubtedly be laid upon the auditor to prevent 1 him from paying the money.
 It was moved that the remonstrance pre- | sented by Councilman Daley be referred to ! the Committee on Appropriations, with the original motion making the appropriation. l EnHOnilman and | opposed the referring of the resolution to | the Committee on Appropriations.
 Councilman Clark thought that if, as was said, the appropriation could not pass, then he could not see why the whole matter should not go to the appropriate committee. A yea and nay vote to refer the whole mat
 ter to the Committee on Appropriations pre- vailed by vote of IS to 13.
 Report of the Board of Finance de occupa- 1 ton of the Probate court in the City Hall for
 room that was not paid for pro rata by towns in the probate district was read The report
 was referred to the Committee on Ordi- nances.
 Additional petitions were read and referred
 as follows: Of John P. Thompson for con-
 crete walk on the south side of Gofe
 street. between Sperry and Orchard streets; of William Kungle for concrete walk on
 the east side of Burtonia Place; of T. R.
 Trowbridge. jr., for watering trough at the
 flagstaff on Custom House Square;E ;Eof F.
 Chillingworth for curb and sidewalk north
 side of Stanley street; of same for grade and
 curb on Stanley street, of same for grade
 and curb on Stanley street, between North
 street and Whittemore avenue; of G. c.
 Clarke for the acceptance by the city of
 Thompson, Ivy and Brewster streets
 Invitation from the general committee on
 centennial celebration to the Board to at-
 tend the same was read and accepted and a
 unanimous vote of thanks was extended to
 Councilman Mansfield for his arduous labors
 on the committee. Adjourned.
 Am Editors WeII-ChOsen Holiday Trip.
 Mir. Charles Dudley Warner has arranged
 to take horseback trip this summer through
 the picturesque but toolittle known mountains of North Carolina The jaunt, as marked
 out for him by his friend, Professor Chicker- ing, who has spent several summers there botanizing and fishing, will occupy about
 month and extend over 25O miles. Mr.
 Warmers holiday may possibly result in some interesting studies of life in that region. If so. they will be eagerly looked for He will laaya ah0uf kha middle nR Jnlv ,.:TL