Morning journal and courier., 1885-08-11
BOARD OF CoUNo1LmEN.

A Number of Petitions Referred to
 Appropriate Committees = Reports
 Received and Acted Upon-Other
 Matters of More or Less Inter.
 est.
 A regular meeting of the Board of Coun- cilmen was held last evening, Councilman Mansfield in the chair. Petitions were read and referred as follows: Of Henry Munson for an ordinance regulating the keeping of COWS; of John L. Disbrow for change of building line on the east side of State street, between Chapel and Wooster streets; of FL liott H. Morse for concrete walk on the east side of Greenwich avenue, between Fourth and Sixth streets; of David Steele for pump on Wooster square; of superin7 tendent of streets for the grading of the side walk on the northerly side of Brewery street from Long Wharf to the angle southerly of Water street; the peoples mission for the ap- pointment of Arthur M. Sypher as special constable; of William H. Brewer for the pas sage of an ordinance concerning newsboys; of James B. Munson for the paving of the north side of Sea street, between Howard avenue and Munson Court; of Henry B. Har- rison for the purchase of the portrait of ex- Mayor Skinner; of Lamp committee for per mission to make contract for naptha lamps; of D. M Welch for permission to lay down . concrete walk in front of his premises on Commerce street instead of brick.
 Resolution de construction of boulevard sewer, passed.
 Order appropriating $1O, 900 for the Whit ney avenue pavement was referred.
 Order de curbing of the west side of Win throp avenue, between Sylvan and Daven- port avenues, wasaadopted.
 Saa&i0 Rhn 1orb 6o deficiency of funds for payment of damages for the layout of boulevard sewer was refer red to the Finance committee.
 Order transferring &, 900 for the grading of John street was read. The Council voted to adhere and ask for committee of confer ence. Councilmen Kleiner, Blaskeslee and Hamilton were appointed.
 Resolution de erection of band stand on the Green was referred to the Committee on Squares.
 Adverse report of the Committee on Claims de petition of William Powers for compensation for injuries received by fall was recommitted in concurrence.
 The following reports of the Street com mittee were adopted as recommended: Grading Division street and curb on the south side between Shelton and Dixweu ave- nues.
 The Meadow street pavement, which has been circulating between the two Boards for some C1Q16 paSG OH OlStST6o1uS NO1SS, dE5d1A came up. The Councilmen want trap rock pavement and the Aldermen think it should be granted. After considerable dis cussion the Council voted to adhere to their former action and asked for a committee of concurrence. Councilmen Whately, Flynn and Falsey were appointed on the commit tee.
 Other Street committee reports were adopted as follows: Sidewalk on the west side of Stevens street; sidewalk on North side of Commerce street; granting permis- sion to Stephen Whiting to lay out streets on his own land; sidewalks on Mill and Wolcott streets; permission to New Haven and West Haven horse railroad company to use the rail; walk on east side of Howard avenue from Spring to Fourth streets (re- committed); sidewalk on both sides of Divis- ion street; pump at junction of Congress avenue, and Washington street; adverse to cob ble gutter on Broad, Palmer, Rose and La fayette streets; adverse to curb and grade of Webster street, both sides, from Ashmun to Canal street; adverse to petition to exhibit mechanical telephone.
 Report of the Committee on Squares de restoration of liberty pole on the Green was adopted.
 Report of the Committee on Sewers in favor of sewer in Gregory street, between adopted.
 Report of the Committee on Sewers in favor of sewer in Palmer street, between Rose and Broad streets, passed.
 Report of the Committee on Sewers in favor of sewer in Liberty street, between Con gress avenue and Silver street, passed
 Report of the Committee on Sewers in favor of sewer in Day street to be built in 1887 was referred back to the committee.
 The Committee on Building Lines reported adversely to changing building line on Ex- change street; also adversely to change of building line on Greenwich avenue from Kimberly avenue to First st.; also adversely to change of building line on Greenwich ave nue.
 Report of the Sealer of Weights and Meas ures for the two months ending July 31, 1885, was accepted and ordered on file.
 Monthly report of the Board of Public works for July, 1885, was accepted and or dered on file. Adjourned.