Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-11
LOCAL NEWS.
Board of COuncilmen.

Board of COuncilmen. Business Transacted Last Evening-Pe- titiOns and Resolutions Read and Re. ferred-specfal Constablss Elected Other BusIness.
 4 regular monthly meeting of the Board of Councilmen was held lRSt evening, Presi- | dent Gallagher in the chair.
 Petitions were read and referred as fol- lows: Of William Fuller for 8 sidewalk on Portsea street; of Henry W. Ball for appoint l nnent as special constable; of Francis Brown for appointment as bath house keeper; of l Charles F. Bennett for appointment as spec l ia constable; of Peter Boyle for concrete walk on the south side of Eagls street be- l tween Nash and NicolI streets. Resolution that an ordinance requiring all persons applying for plumbers license to | be examined by three practical plumbers, also for the appointment of an inspector of plumbing, was referred to the Committee on Ordinances. Order that bath house be | built at the foot of English street in Fair Haven at cost not exceeding $2, 300, and to l be built under the supervision of the joint | standing Committee on Bath Houses, was | referred.
 Report of the Board of Public Works recon- | mending that Temple street between Grown | street and Congress avenue be graded, curbsd and paved by the proprietors of land on said street was referred to the Committee on | Streets. Report of the Board of Public Works de completion of sewer in Chestnut | street from Greene to St. John streets; sewer | in Myrtle street from East to Hamilton | streets; sewer in Lawrence street from Whit ney avenue to St Roman street; Telford pavement on Whitney avenue from Cansl | railroad to Sachem street; TeIford pavement \ on Kimberly avenue from Howard avenue l to the brick yard, were referred. Report of the sealer of weights and meas- ures from Dec. 15, 1885, to Feb. l, 1884, was ordered on file.
 | Report of Board of Compensation assess ing damages and benefits for sewer in Whslley avenue between University Place and Garden street was read and assessments laid as recommended. Also for pavement on Dixweu avenue, between Bristol and Henry streets; also for sewer in Nash street; also | for sewer in Whalley avenue between Sperry and Orchard streets on the north side of the avenue; also for a sewer in University Place; also for sewer in Elm street from Dwight street to University Place.
 The committee to consider repairs end inn provements of council chamber which had previously been reported and which had cir culated between the two boards fol 8 long time was again called up The cost of the improvements it wal stated would cost $70O. The resolution wal passed by the Board of Aldermen and came back to this Board for action. A motion was made to concur with the Board of Alder men.
 Councilman Graves moved to indefinitely postpone the whole matter. He said there was no reason for the improvements propos ed, and in fact the erection of partition would not improve the room in any way, bu on the contrary would be serious objection
 The motion to indefinitely postpone pre- vailed.
 Petition of George F. Liefeld and A. W Judd for appointment as special constable were referred. Other petitions were referred as follows: Of Hannah Doody for compensa tion for injury to person; of James Lay fo abatement of taxes; of Thomas McWeeney
 M. B. Scott and others for appointment 8 | special constables; of Jacob Mill for a side
 walk on Liberty street between Washington and Prince streets; of the American band fo an appropriation for open air concerts; O Patrick Cummins for compensation for in jury to person; of Kate Wagner fo compensation for injury to person; O | h4 Fillmore street; of James Whateley ct als for the curbing and paving east side O Liberty street between Carlisle and Putnam streets; of Frank McGinn for appointment as special constable tpassed
 Resolutions of thanks to the rescuers O the crew of the schooner "Jane" were passed | unanimously in concurrence with 8 vote ot the Board of Aldermen.
 Petitions of William Cummings, L. F. Cone Thomas Naughton and Patrick McDermot for appointment as bath house keepers were l referred.
 Report of Committee on Nomination favoripg the appointment of Henry B. Judo and sixty-two others as special constablel was accepted and they were elected, the clerl casting the ballot
 Report of the Committee on Claims d. petition of the estate of Patrick Connolly, ir favor of abating the same, was passed. | Report of the clerk of the City court fol the month of January, 1884, was read, ac cepted and ordered on file.
 | The appointment of John w. DeForest af watchman at Evergreen cemetery came up The nominating committee reported in favor of Charles Albig and the Board of Aldermen substituted the name of Mir DeForest. Wher it came up in this board Councilman Caldwell l moved to insert the name of Mir. Albig Con siderable discussion followed, and it va finally voted to refer the report back to the committee by vote of + to Ia. The other nominees for cemetery watchmen on the same report also went over.
 Norton s. Bird was appointed lumber in. spector on recommendation of the Committed on Nominations. Report of Committee or Ordinances adverse to changing law regarding | signs, show bills, etc., was adopted.
 Report of the Board of Compensation as sessing for sewer in Wall street, between Higt and York streets, was passed.
 Adverse report of the Committee on Build ing Lines on petition of Octave Tareotte fol | permission to build within three feet of the street line on Exchange street was recommit ted in concurrence.
 Ordinance de proposed ordinance concern ing the construction of vaults cesspooIs etc, was tabled for printing
 Report of the committee on Mayor xaes sage and assigning rscommepdations to vari
 ous committees was read and referred in ac
 cordance with vote of the Board of Alder
 man, except that portion relating tC interest held by the city in the Derby
 railroad. When this subject wal
 reached Councilman Daley stated
 3hat the city had been trying for af
 teen years to get a statement in regard tC
 the city's interest in the Derby railroad, anG
 without questioning the capability of any man or the Board of Finance the matte
 should receive full consideration and befort } this road was allowed to issue preferred stocl as petitioned for to the General Assembly,
 Councilman Graves introduced the follow ing
 Whereas the city of New Haven is a larp l stoekholder in the New Haven and Derb, , railroad company, holding two thousand shares of the stock of said company. And whereas, the said city is guarantor O the interest and principal of large amour } of the bonds of said company. And whereas she city is also otherwise : srge ere aitor of said company Therefor 3 Be it resolved by the Board of Councilrael } of said city,
 F That said Board protects against the pas sage of any act by the Legislature of tn State concerning the issuance of preferre, stock by said railroad company until settlement shall have been first arrived a between the city and said railroad compan in relation to the indebtedness of the con