Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-31
BOARD OF sELEcTMEN.

Petition For Abatement Of Taxes COm"s
 sIdered-ComPliment ResOlutiOns
 To The Retiring Members Of The
 Board-C1erk Geary Renembereds
 A regular meeting of the Board of Select
 men was held last evening. Present, Select
 paen English (presiding), Reynolds, Tyler,
 Faulhaber, Feldman, Beeeher and Treat.
 The Board voted to give Messrs. W.K.
 Townsend and Hobart L. Hotchkiss Have. to withdraw their bill of $100 for services be- fore the legislature last winter on the ques-
 tion of consolidating the town and city gov ernment The Selectmen claimed that they
 did not employ the attorneys and therefore they ought not to be required to pay for such services.
 The attorneys claimed that at meeting of
 committee comprising the interests of | WestvilIe, the Annex and the town of New
 Haven they understood that the Selectmen's
 committee acquiesced in the proposition that l they should go to Hartford and appear before the committee.
 l It was voted to abate the towns share oe 1 interest on a tax bill due from John A. Rob- | inson, jr.
 Edward H. Hull was given leave to with draw his petition for abatement of taxes. It was voted to accept the work and pay the bill for the strengthening of West river 1 from Whal1ey avenue to Martin street. It was voted that Town Agent Reynolds be | instructed to notify the Board of Associated l Charities that the Board of Selectmen could l not entertain proposition to lodge tramps
 at the almshouse.
 A resolution passed by the Taxpayers as-
 sociation requesting the Board of Selectmen not to appoint or cause an election ts be held
 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles Ruickoldt in the Board of Assessors | was read.
 The contamination was received and placed on file.
 Mr. Reynolds being called to the chair, MT. Feldman after few remarks in regard to the near close of the official year of the Board presented the following: Resolved, That this Board acknowledge herewith the faithful and efficient manner in which our departing members Benjamin R. English and George Faulhaber have per formed their duties as Selectmen during the present year.
 Resolved, That the thanks of this body are hereby gratefully rendered to MT. Ben jamin R. English for the dignifed, able and impartial manner in which he has presided over the deliberations of this Board during l the year just closing.
 MT. Treat expressed his earnest approval of l the resolutions and complimented MT. Eng l fish and Mir. Faulhaber very highly, did l holds.
 MT. English and MT. Faulhaber both ex- pressed their thanks to the members of the | Board for their courtesy. MT. English also l expressed his high appreciation of Clerk Gea- l rvs services, as did also MT. Treat. The resolutions were passed unanimously l with a vote that copies of the same be pre- | pared by the clerk and presented to the retir- ing members.
 The following bills were passed: General
 account, $162. ST; almshouse, $42. 75; outside
 poor, $59O64; roads and bridges, $1, ,042. .01; l new farm, $156.52; construction, $500; cleo | tion, $10; salaries, $83.83. Adjourned. Fair Haven. MT. and Mrs. T. Van Cleet arrived home on Tuesday from visit of several days in Burlington. The oyster dealers are troubled considera-
 ply to get opened oysters enough to fill the l orders. The supply is rather short. During the sleighing on the avenue there
 were some few of our people out every day with their fast horses enjoying the winter pastime.
 At the East Pearl street Methodist church there will be watch meeting tonight, to
 pray the old year out and the new year in. 1 This is the first watch meeting the church l have held in some years.
 Tonight, New Years eve. some of the Masonic brethren will attend the ball af 4 = inthian lodge No. 103, F. and A. M., Sez
 sociation Hall, Northford. Also this evening quite a number of the
 firemen will go to Birmingham to the ball of 1 the Hotchkiss Hose Co. Mo- 1 of that place. | The fremen will go in uniform. of kho off yI5-o are going to visit the poultry show. which is 1 now heinz hnld in Meriden. Some in the Fourteenth ward are wonder | ing who will be the first Alderman and Councilmen elected to represent them when they are united to the city Captain Merritt Farren, one of the elderly citizens on the east side, is quite indisposed and has been confined to his house for some days. Mayor-elect Holcomb resided for soma time l in the borough few years ago and made
 many warm friends there. Several of them will call on him at his reception at City Hall l tomorrow, New Years day. The oyster dredge steamer fFLizzie Wood end, " which has been plying between this
 port and Port Jefferson, L. l., is laid. up for
 the winter in Robinson Slip. The three-masted schooner William H. Bentley, which has been running with coal to New Haven, was hauled up to the short wharf on Monday, where she will remain moored for the winter
 The steamboat William Wilson, which has
 been running from Derby to New York the
 past season, carrying freight and passengers,
 is moored at Captain Wright's wharf and
 laid up for the season, or until the ice en-
 bargo in the Housatonic river is removed
 The spars were put up yesterday in the
 new sharpie which was launched last week.
 The rigging and sail for the craft will be put
 up right away, and the boat will soon sail
 away for southern waters in Florida.
 The boat has many visitors each day, seeing
 the work as it advances.
 One of the pleasantest gatherings of the noted Salmagundif club was the reception given them by MT. L. c. Smith, one of the members of the organization; on Monday evening at his fathers residence on Shirland avenue, on the Heights. Nothing was left undone for the happiness, pleasure and com fort of the visitors. The programme was music, which was fine, and dancing, which was heartily entered into by almost everyone present. A bountiful banquet was served which was admirably gotten up. Those who attended tender their sincere thanks to Mr. Smith for his generous hospitality and con gratulate him on the complete success of the reception.
 Pastor Called.