Morning journal and courier., 1885-08-04


 On motion of Alderman States it was vot- ed that the proceedings be spread upon the regular minutes of the Board.
 Regular business then proceeded as fol- lows:
 Report of the Street committee in favor of grade and curb on the south side of Division street, between Shelton and Dixwell avenues, was adopted.
 Petitions were read and referred as follows: Of David Steele for pump in Wooster Square; of Lamp committee for permission to make contract for naptha lamp lighting; of superintendent of streets for the grading of the sidewalk on the northerly side of Brewery street, from Long Wharf to the angle southe1ly.
 The Committee on Lamps reported ad- .ersely to the petition for lamp on Day street.
 Report of the Committee on Sewers in fa- vor of referring the petition for sewer in Gregory street between Dixweu avenue and Ashmun street to the next Court of Common Council was adopted.
 The Committee on Squares reported back the petition for restoration of the liberty pole on the Green on account of the absence of quorum at the last meeting.
 Alderman Daley said it was necessary that the liberty pole should be erected at once.
 Alderman Brown moved that the liberty pole be erected at once under the direction of His Honor the Mayor, city auditor and chairman of the Committee on Squares. It was so voted.
 The Street committee reported in favor of granting the New Haven and West Haven horse railroad permission to lay T rails in streets wherever they were required to lay new rails. The report of the committee was adopted.
 Petition of Thomas Coleman and others for naptha lamp on the corner of Limerick and Rowe streets was referred.
 41na4 <I1 Poa reconsider it's action in voting 8 trap rock pavement for Meadow street and substitute granite block pavement instead.
 Aldermen Graves, Brown and States spoke in favor of the granite blocks.
 Alderman w. J. Bradley said that the property owners on that street were in favor of trap rock and some of them had gone so far as to say they would get out an injunction if granite block pavement was ordered, as they could not stand the expense.
 Alderman Benton said this Board origi- nally voted in favor of granite blocks, and afterwards at a special meeting that action was reconsidered and trap rock was substi tuted. He thought the best way was to go back to the original vote and adopt the granite block.
 The motion to lay with granite blocks was passed.
 Petition of Hon. Henry B. Harrison and many others for the purchase bv the city of 6 or Cno ldU6 UT AdFOu N Skinner, which is now for sale, was referred to the Committee Appropriations. The price asked for the portrait is $250
 Petition of James B. Munson for pave ment on the north side of Sea street was re- ferred. Also petition for concrete side walk on the eeTterly side of Greenwich avenue between Fourth and Sixth streets
 Resolution that the Board of Public Works be instructed to commence the construction of the proposed boulevard sewer soon as the limit allowed by law giving property owners a chance to appeal from the assess ment of benefits and damages laid by the Board of Compensation. Passed.
 Report of the Committee on Licenses in favor of referring the petition of Joseph Sherry for hack drivers license to the chief of police with power to act was read.
 A motion to refer the report back to the committee was lost and the recommendation of the committee was adopted. Report of the sealer of weights and meas ures for the two months ending July 31 1885, was read by title and ordered on file. The following reports of the Committee on Sewers was read and passed: Sewer ill Day street between Chapel and Martin streets; sewer in Palmer street between Rose and Broad streets; sewer 1n Liberty street De- tween Congress avenue and Silver street. The Committee on Building Lines reported adversely on the following petitions: Change of building line on Greenwich avenue from Kimberly avenue to First street; change of building line on Exchange street between Blatchley avenue and James street; change of building line on Greenwich avenue. The reports were adopted.
 Communication from the city clerk was read stating that there were not sufficient funds to satisfy the damages ordered paid for the layout of the western boulevard, there being a deficit of 1906. The matter was referred to the Board of Finance to de- wise ways and means to meet this deficiency. The Street committee reported adversely to cobble gutters Broad, Palmer, Rose and Lafayette streets; adopted.
 Order that the Boe.d of Public Works cause the west side of Winthrop avenue to be graded and curbed as per order of the Court of Common Council was passed. Order that the sum of SIC, ,000 in addition to the $15, ,000 previously appropriated be ap- propriated for the purpose of completing the Whitney avenue pavement now in process of construction was read. It was referred to the Committee on Finance. The Committee on Streets reported on the following petitions, which were adopted as reported: Adverse to curb and grade of Webster street, both sides, from Ashmun to Canal streets; favorable to granting permis- sion to Stephen Whitney to open streets through his own land; sidewalk on both sides of Division street. between Shelton and Winchester avenues; sidewalks on Mill and Welcott streets; sidewalk on north side of Commerce street between Broad street and Congress avenue; adverse to petition to ex- hibit mechanical telephone; de pump at Con. gress avenue and Washington street. Report of the same committee de walk on east side | of Howard avenue from Spring to Fourth streets was referred back to the committee Report of the Board of Compensation de | assessments on layout of South Water street | was accepted and assessments ordered laid. | Report of the Board of Compensation de assessments for the extension of Union ave nue was tabled. Adjourned. Hon. P. c. Lounsbury. l Mir. Phineas c. Lounsbury, of Ridgetield,
 has just succeeded William A. Thompson as | nresident of the Merchants Exchange Ma ! ttional bank in New York. MT. Lounsbury is interested in several moneyed ini titutions