Morning journal and courier., 1885-08-26
KNIGHTS OF HONOR.

The Visit of Two Hundred and
 Fifty New Jersey Knights To-Day
 Their Receptfon-RevleW by the
 Mayor and Common Council-Din-
 ner at the Shore.
 It is especially requested that all the New Haven Knights of Honor be at the rink at r o'clock sharp this morning to march to the boat to meet the two hundred and fifty Knights Of Honor who are to come here to- day from New Jersey. After being met at the boat the visiting Knights will be escorted to the Lincoln rink, where light breakfast will be served. At 12 o'clock short parade will be held and at 1 o'clock the Knights leave for Savin Rock, where at o'clock dinner will be served at Howes' rink, after which speeches will be made by prominent Knights. The Knights will return to this city in the evening and after listening to music and informal speeches at the rink they will be escorted to the boat on which they will leave at midnight for New York. | The following is the route of march: Chapel street to Church, to Elm, to State, to Chap ell to the Green, where cars will lie in wait 1 ing to convey the party to the shore. The following has been issued from the ! Mayors office by the Mayor:
 The Court of Common Council is requested to meet the Mayor at the City Hall at 1sl5 Wednesday of New Jersey. The several boards of comms- sioners also invited to be present. BOARD OF SELECTMEN. l About Center Street Water Pipes i'm the AnnexNew Telegraph Wire Extension-An Annex Drain Pipe The Location of 'sNfgger Head.'' At meeting of the Board of Selectmen l held last evening Selectman Treat presided | in the absence of Selectman Tyler. Selectman Treat inquired if the cut five feet deep which is being made in Center street in the Annex would interfere with the water pipes Surveyor Butler said the cut | would reach the pipe. Selectman Beecher ! did not appear pleased with the information, | and suggested that the next time improve | ments were to be made that the members of t the Board first take look at the profile be- | fore ordering the improvement
 Engineer Butler said that the profile was | laid before the Board.
 l Selectman Beecher said that he begged to l differ with Surveyor Butler, as he had never
 seen the profile.
 1 Selectnan Treat said: s'I don't think I ! would dig big canal there in order to get l some material for filling which can be carted l there. However, am willing to leave the matter with the committee, and l think the | committee should look after the affair before
 any further work is done."
 Selectman Beecher was appointed com 1 mittee with power to act in the case ot the Bankers & Merchants Telegraph company ] who ask permission from the town to erect poles and string four wi1es through the fol | lowing streets: Oak to Day, to Mulberry, te Winthrop avenue, to George, to Derby ave l hue, to West Chapel, across the bridge, to l the right the wires to come out at the ole Seymour turnpike. The Board have no right to give the leave to put them through the l streets in the city, but they can in the town
 outside of the city line.
 Jesse Crane, Doroff 6 Stostsky and c. 0
 Shepard were given leave to withdraw theil
 application for abatement of taxes. slml'
 lar application of Hiram Goldbaum wal granted.
 l Selectman Brown said drain pipe whlct 1 runs down Quinnipiac Hill has tumbled II
 in places and several property holders along
 the line have connected drain pipes witt
 this big pipe The latter pipe empties into ! a slip owned by the town, which is used b,
 oystermen to land their oysters, and the
 broken pipe had the effect of damaging th'
 landing and the smell was very offensive
 Mir. Brown also suggested that when tn
 pipe be repaired it be extended to the end O 1 the wharf, The matter was referred to tn
 Committee on Roads and Bridges, as th'
 Board has no Committee on Sewers.
 John Cunningham asked for permission t.
 blast rock on Nigger Head, West Rock, ane
 the matter was referred to Selectman Beeche
 to investigate and find out where Nigge
 Head is, as he had lived in Westville thirt. | years and didn't know of any such place ol 1 West Rock.
 Bills were approved as follows: Aims
 house, $347.62; outside poor, $4s7: 34; road
 and bridges, $55S.77; new farm, ss5. DO; gen
 eral account, $5s; notes paid, $13,0OO; in ! tarest acoount S41A 27