Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-07
RoARD OF ALDERMEN.

| mendatt0n9 For sewers including | the Boulevard The Old State l House once MOre-Orher Matters.
 A regular monthly meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held last evening, His
 Honor Mayor Holcomb presiding. Alder
 man States moved to proceed to the election of supervisor of steam boilers, the term of Henry J. Kittendorf having expired. He nominated MT. Kittendorf for reelection and he was elected, the clerk casting the ballot.
 Petitions were read and referred as follows: Of George L. Routh for a sewer on Liberty
 street; of James Fitzgerald for a sewer on Day street; of Home for the Friendless for
 the abatement of an assessment; of Charles
 Butcher for lamp on Frank street; of the
 Crockett & Futile company for a gas lamp on Goffe street; of Burgess & Newton for a
 of Julius H. Bitterlich for a lamp on Collis street; of | Thomas R. Trowbridge for establishment of I building line on south side of Veto street; | of New Haven and West Haven horse rail road company for permission to use the T | rail in relaying their tracks; of Stephen 1 Whitney for permission to lay out streets
 through his own land; of c. B. Curtiss for a | sewer in Gregory street, between Dixwell l avenue and Ashmun street; of Max Adler 1 for electric lights on Wooster Square; of l Thomas Garter for grading, curbing and l concrete walks on Mill street; of James N 1 States and others asking that the New Haven 1 and West Haven horse railroad company be l allowed to lay T rails on Howard and Kim berly avenues.
 | The special committee on State House \ made a report The report gave in detail what was proposed in the repair of the build ing and the estimated cost, which was S23,- l OO0
 1 Alderman States moved that the report be | accepted and the discussion of repairs be | laid on the table until the next monthly meeting.
 Alderman Graves spoke in favor of the motion, while Aldermen Spreyer and Trow- bridge favored immediate action. The report was accepted and the motion to defer action until the next monthly meeting was lost.
 The report of the committee on the petition of General s. E. Merwin, ir., asking that the old State House be repaired or removed was called from the table. There were two re- ports, majority and minority. The ma jori- 1 ty favored giving the petitioners leave to l withdraw their petition for removal. The | minority favored referring the whole matter of removal to a vote of the people. After these reports were read Alderman States moved that the majority report be &C., cepted and adopted and that the minority | report be accepted and ordered on file. After | discussion the previous question was called l for and the motion of Alderman States pre- vailed.
 Alderman Trowbridge moved that twenty l thousand dollars be appropriated for the re- pair of the State House.
 Alderman Hill moved to amend by making it twenty-five thousand instead of twenty three thousand. The amendment was car ried.
 A yea and nay vote on the motion as amended was then taken and lost, it requir- ing a fve-sixths vote to pass the appropria- tion.
 The following additional petitions were read and referred: Of Henry B. Harrison and others for the restoration of the liberty pole on the Green; of Henry w. Clarke for a concrete walk on the east side of Howard avenue from Spring street to South Water street. of William Krengel for the layout of
 Burtonia Place; of s. R. Avis for a sidewalk on both sides of Division street from Win chester to Shelton avenues; of Edward Me Carthy for sidewalk on the north side of Commerce street between Broad street and Congress avenue; of Nathan Easterbrook, ,jr., for a lamp on York Square; of Andrew F. Butler asking that his claim for damages be submitted to arbitration.
 Report of the Street committee in favor of grading Division street. between Shelton and Dixwell avenues, and curb on the south side or said street passed.
 Report of the Street committee in favor of block stone pavement on Meadow street of trap rock was amended, making the material granite stone blocks and as amended passed
 Report of the Street committee in favor of paving Temple street came from the Board of Public Works asking that a con crete pavement be ordered. President Gil bert of the Board of Pnblic Works explained the superiority of concrete pavement in preference to any other for this street
 It was voted that a concrete pavement be laid and that the sidewalk on the east side be included.
 Alderman Trowbridge submitted an order that the Committee Finance be directed to include in their annual estimates for 1886 a sum not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars for the repair of the State House.
 On motion of Aldermen Benton the order was referred to the Committee on Appropri- ations.
 The Committee on Claims reported in fla vor of the city paying Mrs. Jennie E. Ortsei- fer $500 for injuries received from falling on an icy sidewalk. After discussion the report was accepted and the order passed.
 Report of the Street committee in favor of a relay of sidewalks Broadway, Chapel and Day streets; passed. The same commit tee reported in favor of cobble gutter on both sides of Lombard and James streets, which was passed.
 Proposed ordinance de riding of bicycles within city limits was referred to the Com mittee on Ordinances.
 Resolution providing for transfer of six ty-two hundred dollars from the appropria- tion for the boulevard sewer to the building of the sewer on Grand street, from James street to Mill river, was passed.
 Resolution for the repair of the Council chamber was referred to two Aldermen and three councilmen.
 Order for the grading, repairing and re- curbing of Martin street, from Park street to Day street, was passed.
 Report of the Street committee in favor of relay of sidewalks on both sides of Temple street, from Elm to Grove streets, was read and remonstrance against the same. Both referred back to the committed
 Report of the Street committee in favor of relaying sidewalks on High, Elm and York streets; passed.
 Report of the Committee on Ordinances adhering to their former action in favor of an ordinance closing the Chapel street draw bridge at certain hours of the day was read The report was accepted and the proposed ordinance tabled for printing
 Report of the Committee on Sewers in favor of the construction of the boulevard sewer, from the harbor line to Davenport avenue, was read and order passed.
 The report of the Street committee in favor of the layout of Dixwel avenue as re- commended by the Board of Public Works was, on motion of Alderman States, indef- | nitely postponed.
 h6DOrG OI Gne COmullGG66 Ou 4NOA114dGlOAS recommending the appointment of George T. l Bradley and one hundred and forty three | others as City court jurors was accepted and l the gentlemen named were elected. l
 Report of the Committee Nominations | recommending that Charles Basserman, Sal ! vatore Pascicillo and Joseph Pearce be ap- | pointed special constables was accepted and | the persons Lamed were appointed.
 Report of the Committee on Railroads and l Bridges in favor of bridgeover Mill river at | Rock Lane; passed
 Report of the Committee on Lamps in fa- vor of electric lights on Congress avenue was referred back to the committee with instruc- l tions to try and distribute the lights more | evenly, so far as the appropriation will ad- init.
 The following ordinance regulating the sprinkling of Telford pavements was adopt ed:
 That section 81, page 127, of the ordinances concerning public works is hereby amend ed so that said section when amended shall read as follows: No person shall water pub lie street with watering cart unless he first