Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-13
RAARn DE CnUNCILMEN.


 James NJ. Reilly for a sewer in Cedar street, R. Bliss and seventeen others asking that the Telford pavements in front of their premises be sufficiently sprinkled to keep down the dust; of Dr. o. B. Adams for sewer in Grand avenue, between Blatchley avenue and Atwater street; of William Noonan for per- mission to connect his house with Cedar street sewer; of John Russell for the widen- ing of sidewalk on Hedge street; of A. J.. Harmount for curb and grade on Green wood street; of Julius Tyler for relay of side walk on Dwight street; of Sarah Lowndes W. Sanford for concrete walk on east side of
 Ellsworth avenue, between Stanley and Chapel streets. A letter from R. T. Merwin resign1ng his position as member of the Board of Compen- sation on account of continued ill health was read and accepted, and on motion of Coun- cilman Burritt committee was appointed | to draft resolutions of thanks to MT. Merwin l for his faithful services to the city. Report of the Committee on Claims in favor of paying Martin McNerney $100 for 1 injuries to his person came from the Board | of Aldermen amended to make the amour | $200. The Council voted to adhere to their l former action and ask for committee of l conference.
 Report of the Committee on Ordinances | recommending an ordinance relating to con l nections with sewers tabled for printing. i The Council receded and voted to concur l with the Board of Aldermen in indefinitely postponing the ordinance de licensing boot 1 blacks
 The Council voted to adhere to their for mer action in adopting the adverse report of 1 the Committee on Claims de petition of Mrs. H. W. Avery for abatement of assessment, | and ask for committee of conference. A petitiol of two hundred workingmen asking that rooms be set apart in the State House for 8 reading room and public library | was discussed briefly by Councilmen Barnes 1 in favor and Brennan against and tabled by a large majority.
 More disnussion then followed on the peti- l tion and Councilman Chillingworth said if there was misunderstanding in regard to l the petition, and there appeared to be, he
 would move to reconsider. He did so and 1 the motion prevailed.
 | Councilman Palmer again moved to table. | Councilman Barnes called for the yeas and l nays Not ordered.
 Councilman Palmer's motion to table was l lost.
 ConciIman Barnes moved to refer the pc tition to special committee of two Alder men and three Councilmen.
 
 amend that the committee be instructed to report at the next meeting. Further discussion followed which brought up the free public library and the various questions connected herewith which has so | often been discussed and talked about over and over again. Finally Councilman Chil- l lingworth moved to table the wh ole mater. The motion was lost.
 The petition was then referred to a special committee, also a resolution the same subject offered by Councilman Barnes and al
 so a resolution of inquiry offered by Coun- cilman Hitler as to the reason that the con
 tract between the city and the Young Mems Institute regarding free public library had not been carried out.
 The report of the Committee on Bath Houses recommending that bath house be located between Peck and English streets in Fair Haven came from the Board of Alder men indefinitely postponed. The Council voted to concur.
 Ordinance de printing journal of proceed ings of the Court of Common Council pro viding for the printing of two hundred copies each month was passed Ordinance for he protection of elevator wells was passed, as was the ordinance relat- 1 ing to carrying concealed weapons. Report of the Committee on Nominations
 recommending the appointment ot jurors of 1 the City court (printed elsewhere) was read 1 and they were appointed as recommended. Report of the Committee on Nominations
 recommending the appointment of John H. 1 Stevens and others special constables was l read and they were appointed as recommend l ed.
 Report of the Street committee recon 1 mending the layout of streets across the old 1 town farm was adopted The same commit 1 tee reported in favor of the layout of Key holds street across the town farm from Win | throp avenue to the Boulevard, which was also adopted.
 Reports of the Street committee were adopt ed as follows: Crosswalk across Ferry street; layout of Hobart street; grading of Thomson street: concrete sidewalk north side of Elm street between Norton and Mott streets; lay out of Brownell street; walk on east side of Lloyd street and curb and grade on west side; relay of sidewalk on the north side of Congress avenue, between Ward and Kos suth streets; c1osswalk over Chapel street on west side Of B atchley avenue. The same committee reported adversely to relay of sidewalk on west side of Auburn street, be- tween Oak and Mulberry streets.
 Report of the Committee on Sewers ad- verse to sewer on Orchard street, from Whailey avenue to Chapel street, was adopted.
 Report of the Committee on Sewers in favor of a sewer in Wallace street, from Myrtle to Locust street, was adopted.
 The Committee on Sewers reported inf avor a Palmer street; sewer in the new street from Grand avenue to Clay; sewer in Munson street between Canal street and Shelton avenue. The sewers were ordered as recom- mended. The same committee reported ad- versely to a sewer in Clinton avenue which was adopted.
 A report from the East Rock Park com missioners stating that in order to properly construct the English drive in East Rock Park that the limits of the park should be extended and asking that they be given authority to purchase land or condemn in case they cannot purchase, the money for the same to be paid out of the annual appro priation for the park, was read and the &C., companying order passed unanimously.
 Order giving the Board of Public Works power to reconstruct the Grand avenue sewer from Franklin to Bradley streets was passed.
 Order from the Board of Public Works recommending an appropriation of $500 for the purpose of relaying with carbonized stone the walk on the north side of Chapel, from Church to Temple streets, passed
 Report of the clerk of the City court for May, 1886, was ordered on file.
 Report of the Board of Public Works for June, 1886, was ordered on fle
 Report of the Board of Public Works de layout of Ellsworth avenue from Derby ave nue to Whalley avenue was adopted. Also report de layout of new street to be called Shelter street, adopted.
 Communication from the Committee on Sewers recommending that the sew CT which empties into Mill river, at the junction of Anderson and Gamer streets, be laid in Gamer street to Mill river, was referred to the Committee on Sewers
 President Kleiner announced the following committees: On resolutions of thanks to R. T. Merwin, Councilmen Burritt, Bailey and Asher; on the disagreeing vote regarding the petition of Mrs. H. w. Avery, Councilmen Palmer, Powers and Beers; on the disagree ing vote on petition of Patrick McNierney, Councilmen Warren, Sullivan and Hamilton; special committee on the petition of tho workingmen for rooms in the State House, Barnes, Crawford and Merrill; on the free public library resolutions, Coun- cilmen Winchell, Brennan and Hitler. Ad- journed.
 Cigar Stumps.
 A farmer from Foxen, though not an orator, yet believes in taking the stump, as on visit to repairing shop in this city yes- terday he picked up two old diseased cigar stumDs and smokad them with avidant raI