Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-11
neAKn ALDERMEN.

The Usual Number OH Pet1taoms Rea0
 and Referred-A Large Number of
 Sidewalks ordered Relafd-0ther
 Matters of More CT Less Amper-
 tance
 A special meeting of the Board of Alder
 men was held last evening, His Honor Mayor
 Holcomb presiding.
 Petitions were read and referred as fol
 lows: Remonstrance of John c. Hollister against sewer in Winchester avenue; of c. w. Hine for lamp Arthur street between Lamberton and Rosette streets of Wilbur F. Day for electric lights on Broadway; H. B. Bigelow for electric lights on Orange street between Grove and Edwardi streets; of Henry Hooker for electric lights between Elm and Bradley streets.
 When the petition for an extension of time for laying the sidewalks on the north side of Diekerman St. was reached Alderman | Daley opposed the reference to the Board of ! Public Works. He said there was no reason l why the walk should not be laid this fall as ! ordered.
 | Alderman States advocated the reference l with power to the Board of Public Works, which was not given by the vote of the Board of Councilmen. He said if there was | any good reason why the parties should be 1 given further time then the petition should | be granted.
 ! Alderman Brown said he hoped the prop | erty holders would be compelled to carry out l the order and not be allowed to come in at \ this late hour with petition simply to cause l delay.
 Alderman Spreyer said he was opposed to granting the petition or to the reference. The l walk had been ordered and it should be laid | in accordance with such order. A motion to refer to the Board of Public rt-uy yxJif lOcf nor1 thov1 l voted to adhere to their former action, which was ordering the walk laid on or before the | 10th of November.
 Other petitions were then read and referred
 as fellows: Of E. B. Richardson for
 a. sewer in York Square entrance; 1 on the west side of Dwight Street,
 between Chapel and George streets; of Jo- seph Berry for appointment as special con | stable; of F. s. Bradley fer electric lights on Chapel street, between Day and York streets; l of William H. Thompson for change of name of East Grand street to Grand avenue; of ! Milton Stewart for compensation for damages caused by change of grade of State street; of Patrick Smith to be appointed special con- stable (appointed by unanimous consent9 Order for an electric light on the corner of Union and West Water streets was referred. Estimates of the several boards for 1886 were referred follows: Committee on Lamps, police department, Board of Public Works, Board of Supervisors and fire depart l ment.
 The order transferring $2,5OO from the | item of Fair Haven bath house to the pur-
 chase of land for pump at the junction of Congress avenue and Washington street came | mp and after discussion was temporarily ta- | bled
 Additional petitions were read and re- 1 ferred as follows: Of John McCrann for a naptha lamp on Gold street; of J. T. Pohl- | c-.. IL | gas on Bristol street; of E. s. Gaylord for 8 gas lamp on Warren street, between Wooster ! and Water streets; of F. H. Fulton for all l electric light at the junction of Water and Lafayette streets and Columbus avenue; of P. E.. Whalen for lamp on Mansfield street: of Frederick Tucker for lamp on Maltby street; of Henry R. Hili for lamps on Starr | street; of Catherine Gruener for damages by | land taken on Whiting street; of George E. ! Mitchell for naptha lamp on Liberty street The transfer of funds for the Congress ave | nue pump was taken up and the Board voted
 to concur with the Board of Councilmeu in accepting the adverse report of the Commit ! tee on Appropriations.
 | The petition of Henry c. Merwin post, G. l A. R., for burial lots for the interment of destitute soldiers was referred to a special l committee of two Aldermen and three Councilmen. Aldermen Spreyer and Brown were appointed on the part of this Board. | hopOEb or tue COmnlCLe6 on Lamps Tn Ia l vor of lamp on New street was adopted. I Communication from the acting city clerk asking for 8 transfer of $500 from the con- tingent fund to the item of ''fuel" was re- ferred to the Board of Finance. Monthly report of the Board of Public Works for October was ordered on file. Communication from the Board of Public Works de grading of highway in East Rock Park was referred to the Committee on I Streets
 Report of the Board of Finance de transfer
 of funds in the Board of Public Works was
 accepted and ordered pas ed.
 Reports from the Street committee were
 west sde o sE ra1a ss Sf Chapel and Wooster streets; for relay of
 walk on the west side of Liberty street, be- tween Portsea and Putnam streets; for or dinance de watering Telford pavements; for ! relay of sidewalks on both sides of State ! street, from Fair to Water street; for relay | of sidewalk south side of Water street, ! between State and Commerce streets; for rais- | ing and widening sidewalk on the west side | of Howe street, from Chapel street to land of Philando Armstrong; for relay of sidewalk 1 on the south side of Wooster street, from Union street to Prindle alley; for relay of ! walk on south side of Crown street, between Church and State street; for relay of walk on l the south side of Center street, be- \ tween Church and Temple streets: for | l Prindls alley, from Wooster street to Fair | street, for cobble gutters on both sides of Munson street; for layout of Rock Lane; for \ relay of walk both sides of Grand street, be- | tween St. Patricks church and railroad l track; for permission to Sargent & Go. to ! erect a bridge over Wallace street; for re- ! lay of walks on Center, State and Elm | streets and Sylvan avenue; for curb on east ! side of Howe street, between George and ! Oak streets. The same committee reported ! adversely to the extension of Second street; ! adversely to remonstranoe of J. B. Hine ! against the layout of Burtonia Place. The Committee on Sewers reported in favor | of a sewer on Day street between Chapel and ! Martin streets, and adversely to sewer on l Whalley avenue batWeen it's present terminus and Orchard streset.
 Report of the clerk of the City court for ! month of September was ordered on file The Committee on Lamps reported in favor of lamps on Congress avenue, corner of Hill and Prince streets, on Hamilton street and corner of Union and Carlisle streets.
 Report of the Board of Public Works de
 extension of Cottage, Lincoln and Willow
 streets was accepted and layout adopted.
 Estimates of the Board of Health for 1886 amounting to $11, ,O00 were referred to the
 Board of Finance. Adjourned.
 Removal
 1uc ITOtcSGdut 1uQuSITldl aSSOclallOn mas removed from it's house on Whitney avenue, and now occupy the house No. Al Elm street, near the corner of Church, formerly occupied by Dr. W. O. Ayres. Tn 6 association wish to state that they are ready to furnish all kinds of clothing and are in want of some fine seainstresses.
 Accidentally Drowned.
 Monday morning the body of Roger Null rooney. of New London, was found floating near the Woolen Mills wharf in the latter town Medical Examiner Nelson made an investigation and concluded that it was a case of accidental drowning. The deceased was eighty-four years of age, but did not ap- pear to be over fifty.
 On Duty At The Kirmess.
 Chief Bollman, Sergeant Bradley, Officers Collett, Russo and Lyman Bradley, besides n !