Morning journal and courier., 1885-04-14
BOARD OF COUNCILmEN.

I Numerous Petitions Read and Re-
 ferred-Reports of Cemmittees-Sew.
 CTS to be Constructed and Streets
 Improved-The old State House
 once More.
 A regular meeting of the Board of Council men was held last evening, President Wolf in the chair. Petitions were read and referred as follows: Of James H. Foy for raising and
 widening sidewalk on west side of Dwight
 street, between Chapel and George streets; of
 James Wood for building line on Sylvan
 avenue and Ward street. of L. " Treat for |
 paving of Howard avenue and between Con- 1
 gress avenue and the north line of Sylvan |
 avenue; of Charles H. Skinner for establish |
 ing standard measures by which coal and wood shall be sold at retail in small quanti-
 ties: of James Bennett for concrete walk
 east side of Foote street, between Dixwel
 avenue and Winter street; of Betsey Holt for
 compensation for loss of horse; of L. V.
 Treat for grading and curbing both sides of Commerce street; of John P. Phillips ct al. for permission to construct lane through their own lands; of Ida B. Barney for grad ing and curbing west side of Poplar street, between Exchange and Wolcott streets, and . walk thereon; of George A. Matthews for concrete walk on the north side of Lawrence street, between Foster and State streets; of Oscar J. Hull for concrete walk on both sides of Chapel street, between East Pearl street and Chapel street bridge; of Chatfeld & Grant ct als. for the grading of John street; of George J. Faulhaber for watering l trough at the junction of Columbus avenue | and West street; of Frank McHugh for side
 walk on north side of Thorn street, between West and Eddy streets; of Roger Newman for appointment as keeper of the Fair Haven bath house; of | F. s. Hamilton for passage of an ordinance | in relation to the Chapel street drawbridge; | of Mrs. George Edmondson for sewer in | Bishop street, between Orange and State streets; of David o. Twitchell for curb and concrete walk on both sides of Arthur street, between Lamberton and Rosette streets; of l James Lenahan for abatement of city tax and I for abatement of the Madison street sewer ! assessment; of Grand Army of the Republic for an appropriation to defray the ex- penses of Memorial day; of Mrs. George l Aylwin for the abatement of an assessment; | of John Shuster for abatement of pavement assessment of George F. Scott for gate at | the Shelton Ave. crossing of the New Haven l and Northam pton railroad of Patrick Mur- phy for curb and brick walk on both sides | of Winthrop avenue, between Davenport and | Sylvan avenues of John J. Brennan for l concrete walk on Pine street, between Worth l and Front and Monroe streets of Adeline | B. Whitney for compensation for injury to property of Charles Basserman and Alfred P. Munson to be appointed special consta- | bles, (elected by unanimous consent); of s. I E. Merwin, jr., ct. as. for popular vote on | the retention or removal of the State House. I Order that the Committee on Ordinances | propose an ordinance concerning the proper l guarding of entrance to elevator wells was ! referred Q
 Report of the Board of Finance de bill of John Kelly as bath house keeper was accept l ed and bill ordered paid.
 | Report of the Committee on Sewers in fav- | or of sewer on Martin streets, between Ken l sington and Orchard streets was passed; also l for a sewer in Howe street, between George ] and Oak streets.
 | Resolution that the Committee on State House to, be raised be authorized to obtain esti | mates of the cost of removing and the cost | of repairing said State House was adopted. Ordinance regulating watering carts and providing that 8 sprinkler containing orihces not exceeding 3-32 of an inch only shall be l used was tabled for printing. Report of the Committee on Sewers in fa- vor of sewer in Pleasant street between Pearl ! and Clark streets, passed. l Report of expenses of the Board of Public l Works for the month of March, amounting l to $4, 736. 12, was ordered on file. Report of the Board of Compensation as- sessing damages and benefits for sewer in | Derby avenue and sewer in Poplar street was accepted and assessments ordered laid as rec | commended.
 Report of the Committee on Squares rec ] ommending the removal of the band stand and liberty pole on the Green, was passed | in concurrence with the Board of Aldermen. 1 Adverse report of the Committee on Or l dinances de remonstrance against present ex press stand on Chapel street, west of Temple street, adopted.
 Report of the Street committee in favor of l a sidewalk on the east side of Norton street,
 between Elm street and Whalley avenus, was passed.
 Adverse report of the Committee on Nem- l nations to the petitions of Charles R. Smith, l George D. Jones and Leven J. Waters as | special constables adopted. 1 Order for the erection of bath house on 1 the north side of Lewis bridgein Fair Haven | was passed.
 | Adverse report of the Street committee de l extension of Greenwood street was adopted. 1 The same committee reported in favor of the l indefinite postponement of the grading of l John street; also in favor of sobble gutter | on Gamer street; also in favor of a sidewalk 1 on Commerce street; also in favor of cross 1 walk on Columbus avenue, from Hedge street to West Lane, all of which were | adopted.
 The president announced as the special l committee on State House Councilmen Mans | field Trowbridge, Grinnen and Kenney. Report of the city engineer on the petition l of Anton Reuse for confirmation of title to
 land was accepted and order passed. l Recommendation of the Board of Public Works for regarding and repairing walks
 on Meadow street was accepted and order 1 passed.
 Report of the sealer of weights and meas l ures for the two months ending March 31 was l ordered on file.
 Petition of F. S. Hamilton ct als. for walk
 on both sides of Grand street, from Railroad l avenue to James street. was referred. Recommendation of the Board of Public
 Works for the grading of Meadow street was | accepted and order passed.
 Report of the Committee on Nominations l appointing Lewis w. Barnes and others l special constables was read, and they were
 elected, the clerk casting the ballot. Ad- iourned.