Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-15
naARn OF oouHc1LmEN.

| Petitions Received and Referred Reports of Committees Adopted | Grand Street Made An Avenue-The Free Public Library Question Set- l tied.
 l A regular meeting of the Board ot Coun- | cilmen was held last evening, President Wolfe in the chair.
 | Petitions were read and referred as follows: Of New Haven Clock company for $3,700 to
 be included in the estimates for the purchase
 of new fire engine; of Mrs. H. w. Avery
 for abatement of an assessment.
 Report of the Committee on Sewers in fa-
 vor of a sewer in the entrance to York Square
 was accepted and orders passed.
 Report of the Board of Public Works de
 completion of sewers and pavements was re- ferred to the Board of Compensation for as
 sessment of damages and benefits. Opinion of the corporation counsel that the Board of Councilmen were not entitled to
 representation on the Lamp committee with
 out change in the rules and ordinances was read and ordered on file. Report of the Board of Compensation rec | ommending that Mrs. John Hemstead and | Max Mailhouse be given leave to withdraw ! their petitions for damages by change of l Meadow street was passed l l favor of paying Elizabeth A. Farren $75 for l damages occasioned by change of grade of | Maltby street was adopted. l Report of the Board of Compensation as- | sessing damages and benefits for change of | South Water street was adopted. | Adverse report of Board of Compensation l on petition of Mary Fitzgerald for damages l by change of grade of State street was | adopted.
 Report of the clerk of the City court for | November, 1885, was ordered on file. Report of the sealer of weights and meas | ures for the two months ending November l 30, 1885, was ordered on file. l Report of the Board of Public Works de | layout of Burtonia Place was adopted. 1 Monthly report of the Board of Public l Works for November, 1SS5, was ordered on l file.
 l Report of Committee on Claims refer 1 ring the petition of Alkaline B. Whiting to | the Board of Compensation was adopted. | Tke same committee reported adversely to | the petition of Mrs. Julia Maloney for l abatement of assessment and the petition Of | Hiram Goldbaum for abatement of taxes. | The adverse report of the Committee on l Claims to abatement of sidewalk assessment 1 of the Home for the Friendless came from l the Board of Aldermen amended by grant l ing the prayer of petitioners. l he Council concurred with the Board of Aldermen. | Adverse report of the Committee l Claims de petition of Cullom 6 Co. for | damages to a carriage on Meadow street was adopted.
 | Report of the Committee on Claims in l favor of paying William Powers SlOO for l damages received from falling on the ice came from the Board of Aldermen amended | by making the amount $250. l Councilman Flynn moved to concur with | the Board of Aldermen.
 Councilmen Kleiner opposed the motion. | After remarks by Councilmen GrinneIl, \ md n favor | the order was passed as amended by the Board of Aldermen.
 Report of the Committee on Claims in ! favor of paying R. w. Lynch $100 for | damages by falling on the ice and recom- mending that the petition of Henry G. Lewis for compensation for expenses in establishing his claims to the mayoralty be continued to the next Court of Common Council was adopted.
 Report of the Committee on Claims in fla vor of abating the taxes of Frank Cross was adopted.
 Report of the Committee on Claims in fla vor of referring the petition of Andrew F. Butler for damages from change of Ferry Path to the railroad commissioners passed.
 Report of the special committee on petition of Henry c. Merwin post for purchase of soldiers burial lots was adopted. Report of the Street committee in favor of a sidewalk on thu west side of Spruce street, between George and Oak streets, was adopted.
 Report of the Street committee in favor of changing the name of Grand street from State street to the town line was read.
 Councilman Blakeslee moved to amend by making the change in name from Gainesville bridge to the town line.
 The report created considerable discussion, in which several members took part The principal objection to cutting the street in two was that it would require a renumbering of the street.
 A vote to table the amendment was de nays. Fl
 Discussion was resumed on the amend ment in which several members took part.
 The amendment was lost.
 Councilman Mansfield moved that the whole matter be indefinitely postponed. The motion was lost.
 The report of the Committee on Streets changing the na1ue to Grand avenue was then adopted.
 Report of the Street committee in favor of the leveling of ATunson street was adopted.
 Report of the Street committee in favor of l sidewalk on the west side of Spruce street l was adopted.
 Adverse report of the Street committee de | cobble gutter on the west side of Dwight | street, between Chapel and George streets, | was adopted.
 Report of Street committee in favor of grad l ing 8 highway on East Rock Park was | adopted
 Report of the Board of Finance de esti- mates for 1886 was read by title and ordered | advertised.
 Report of the committee on free public l library came from the Board of Aldermen, adopted. The Council concurred without debate and the Board then adjourned.
 Death of Clergyman's Son.
 Bernard Bowman of East Hartford, son of Rev. MT. Bowman, died at 9 o'clock Saturday evening of consnmntion aped IS wears Ha