Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-09
BOARD OF COUNCILMEN.


 Petitions Read and Referred - Re-
 ports of Committees - New Ordi-
 nances Proposed-Other Matters.
 A regular meeting of the Board of Council men was held last evening, President Galla- gher in the chair.
 Petitions were read and referred as fol lows: Of Catherine Gruener for sewer in Whiting street; of George H. Scranton for the reconsideration of an order for the grad ing and curbing of portion of Sherman ave nue; of Nathan Simon to be appointed spe- cial constable; of c. M. Loomis and many others for the erection of electric lights in va rious parts of the city, referred to a special committee consisting of the Committee on Lamps and Councilmen Gum, Daley and Blakeslee.
 Amendment to the ordinances making the Committee on Lamps joint standing com mittee instead of an Aldermanic committee, as at present, was referred.
 Other petitions were referred as follows: Of H. w. Main, for a modification of the vote for paving Vine street; of Edward Me Carthy, for cobble gutter on Commerce street; of William H. Kenyon, for sewer in Wallace street; of John Gibbons, for a sewer in Grand street between James and Haven streets; of William G. Courell, for sidewalk in Lynwood street; of John Beecher, to be appointed special constable (appointed by unanimous consent); of the United society, for permission to extend the rear of North church; of Martha Tiesing, for 8 change of building line on Humphrey street; of John W. Nichols, for a sewer in St. Roman street; of Michael Reardon, for 8 sidewalk on the south side of Lamberton street and the east side of Clark avenue.
 Remonstrance of Patrick McAyeney against sewer in Wallace street was re ferred.
 Report of the clerk of the City court for the month of July was ordered on file.
 The following reports of the Street com mittee were read and accepted: Widening of Liberty street; curb and walk on Stanley street; watering trough on Custom House Square; brick walk on both sides of Vine street; grading and curbing west side of Stevens street, between Sylvan and Daven- port avenues; ;curb and concrete walk on both sides of First street; pavement in Court street, between Orange and Church streets; crosswalk across Oak street, on the east side of Dwight street; curb and concrete walk on the south side of Carlisle street and Union avenue; concrete walk on both sides of View street; concrete walk on the south side of Thorn street, between West and Eddy streets; curb and brick walk the north side of Liberty street, between Columbus ave nue and Carlisle street; relay of sidewalk from 493 to 541 Chapel street. The same committee reported adversely to the relaying of sidewalk on the east side of Spruce street between George and Oak streets; also ad- verse to the grading and curbing of the south side of State street, between James and Ly- man streets.
 Report of the Committee on Bath Houses nominating John Kelly bath house keeper at West river was accepted and the nominee was elected.
 Report of the Board of Public Works de of ,1s1 accepted and ordered passed. The same Board reported layout of St. Roman street which was adopted also in favor of straightening 1 West river between Martin street and Whal- ley avenue. The same Board also reported their reasons for not laying out the Boulevard from Oyster Point to Whalley avenue, which ] was accepted and ordered on file. The report of the special committee award | ing medal to Timothy Crowley for saving | life was accepted and ordered passed The ordinance de awnings was adopted in | concurrence with the Board of Aldermen Ordinance prohibiting public worship on | the streets and squares was referred Resolution giving the Board of Finance power to fix the pay of bath house keepers, 1 passed.
 Resolution directing the auditor to report | the indebtedness of the New Haven and 1 Derby railroad to the city, passed | Resolution appointing Councilmen T. R. | Trowbridge, ir., Fa1sey and Goebel 8 com mittee to select janitor for City Hall was l passed.
 The resolution for layout of piece of land for public park at the junction of ! Congress avenue and Washington street was | referred.
 | Resolution providing for an ordinance pro- | hibiting the firing of cannon on the public Green was referred.
 Order providing for the printing of jour nal of the proceedings of the Boards of Al dermen and Councilmen was referred Ad jodrned.