Morning journal and courier., 1884-10-07
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.

Numerous Petitions Read and Re-
 ferred-RepOrtso of Committees Both
 Favorable and Adverse-The North
 Church Extension.
 regular meeting of the Board of Alder men was held last evening, His Honor Mayor Lewis presiding.
 Petitions were read and referred as fol- lows: Of Samuel R. BIatehley for lamp on Lloyd street; of Francis Martin for lamp on the corner of Goffe and Foote streets; of L. NJ. Soltan for a lamp on West street; of Robert Fields for lamp on Sylvan avenue; of T. G. W. Jefferson for lamp on Grand street; of Frank Wrinn for lamp on Fill more street; of Nelson A. Beebe for lamps on Pine street; of the Porter Stairs company for lamp on Grand street; of c. NJ. Loomis for electric lights in the central part of the city; of Mrs. NJ. A. Yale for damages from injury to person. of George R. Chamberlain for damages from the overflow of the George street sewer; of Fred F. Pot ter for compensation for injury to person: of c. H. Redfeld for change of order de con crete walk on the south side of Prince street; of Edward Mccarthy for cobble gutter be- tween Congress avenue and Temple street: of Yale college observatory for a sewer in Gamer street; of William Sandalla for brick walk on both sides of Redfeld street; of Catherine Gunner for sewer in Whiting street; of George F. Davis for Q lamp near the corner of Shelton avenue and Hazel street; of E. R. Whiting for a sewer in Henry street; of c. R. Spiegel for the appointment of Nathan Simon special constable; of w. H. Palmer for a sewer in Palmer street; of w. H. Mills for lamp on the corner of Crescent and Munson street.
 Remonstrance of H. w.. Maine et als. c@1
 Remonstrance of George H. Scranton against the grading and curbing of the west side of Sherman avenue was referred.
 Resolution providing that the corporation l counsel be directed to inquire and report | whether private owners are not encroaching | upon land dedicated to public use as high | way at the foot of Chestnut street south of | Water street was referred |
 Communication of the Board of Health de | naptha lamp in Summer Place and stating | that it was not in any appreciable degree a | cause of ill-health was accepted and ordered | on file.
 The petition of the United society for an | extension of their church on the Green came | up and created considerable discussion.
 Aldermen Coffee and Kennedy strenuous l ly opposed the granting of any more public | lands for church extension or any other pur- pose
 Alderman States moved that in view of | the fact that there was an extended petition and remonstrance in regard to the extension of the North church, that the whole matter be referred back to the Committee on Squares, and it was so ordered.
 Report of the Board of Public Works de ex- penses for August was read and ordered on file.
 Report of the clerk of the City court for August, 1884, was ordered on file.
 Report of the sealer of weights and meas ures for the months of August and Septem- Der was ordered on file.
 Report of the Committee Squares rec Ommending the removal of stone posts at the of the Green and Wooster Square was adopted.
 Report of the Board of Public Works de completion of sewers and pavements was ordered on file.
 Report of the city auditor de indebtedness ,f the New Haven and Derby railroad to the ,ity of New Haven and stating that the whole matter was embodied in the report of he Finance committee on the same subject was ordered on file.
 Report of the Finance committee in regard % the status of the New Haven and Derby .ailroad Elsewhere reported) was then read oy Clerk Pigott
 After reading the report Alderman States aid there were two members of the Board of Finance that did not fully agree with this lebts except what it owed to the city of New Haven and he desired to state the position of he minority.
 Alderman Benton raised the point of order hat there was no question before the Board md that Alderman States was out of order n arguing the case.
 The whole subject was then tabled for fu- ( Trre consideration. ,
 It was voted that when the Board adjourned t be until two weeks from last evening Oct. ,O) when the Derby railroad matter will be discussed and acted upon.
 OJo,. fraI1 Ina arH of Ei1sot asking for Q transfer of mon ys was granted. A similar communication rom the Board of Public Works was also -ranted
 Report of the auditor de transfer of appro- ,riations was ordered on file.
 Favorable reports of the Committee on Streets were adopted as follows: Relay of idewalk on the North side of Center street; obble gutter on the east side of View street; urb and concrete walk on the north side of ;outh Water street; relay of sidewalk on the outh side of Congress avenue between Ieadow and Lafayette streets; relay f sidewalk on the south side of Grove treet and cobble gutters; relay of sidewalk \ n the north side of Whalley avenue from lowe street to No. 205 Whalley avenue; for oncrete walk on the south side of Lamber- f on street between Kimberly and Clark ave ues; cobbling the roadway of Gregson treet. The same committee reported ad ersely to the grading and curbing of Win ' hrop avenue; to petition. for concrete walk on IynWood street; to petition for concrete yalk on Burtonia Place.
 The Committee on Claims reported in avor of paying John Burns $500 for com ensation for injury to person Adopted. he same committee reported adversely to laimg of Patrick Noonan, Gibson Hall and lark L. Ogden.
 The Committee on Sewers reported in favor f q sewer in St. Roman street and adversely to awers in Nicoll street, Wallace street, almer street and Bishop street.
 Ordinance de amendment to Jolnt rules ,oa ,.afarred to the Committee on Ordinances; Iso resolution de printing of journal of pro eedings. lamp on Quinnipiac bridge, also ID favor