Morning journal and courier., 1886-04-13
BOARD OF CoUNo1LmEN.

WOrktngmen-Other Matters. A regular meeting of the Board of Council men was held last evening, President Klei- 1 ner in the chair. Petitions were read and | referred as follows: Of Thomas Elliott and
 Joseph Pearce for appointment as special l constables; of Grand Army of the Republic for an appropriation of $300 for Memorial | day expenses; of John Russell for brick side l walk on Hedge street; of H. B. Dorman for ! cobble gutters on Sylvan avenue; of T. J. Alderman for cobble gutter on Beers street; of Horace P. Hoadley for layout and curbing of Ellsworth avenue; of J. H. Lanfare for ap- pointment as special constable; of H. H. Shipman for change in building lines on l Spring street between Button and Washing | ton streets; of James Keegan for a curb on the east side of Auburn street, between Oak and Mulberry streets; of s. R. 6 0. C.. Blatcbley for permission to open public street; of Benjamin Hague for sewer in Foster street from Lawrence to Edwards streets; of Peter Murphy for abatement of | taxes; of E. l.. Goodale for concrete side | walk on Munson street; of Edward Malley | for relay of sidewalk Chapel street be- ! tween Church and Temple streets. Remonstrance de location of Far Haven ! bath house was referred.
 Communication from the Board of Fire Commissioners asking for an appropriation ! of $7OO to purchase horses was referred. Recommendation of the Board of Finance I to transfer $150 from the item of sundries in \ the health department to the item of print \ ing, postage and stationery was passed. Timothy Crowley was elected bath house ! keeper at the Beach street bath house on rec | ommepdation' of the committee, the clerk casting the ballot.
 The various reports and recommendations ' ! viously reported were acted upon in concur l renee with the Board of Aldermen and the | usual reference to appropriate committees | was made The recommendation for vote ! of thanks to His Honor the Mayor for his ex- | cellent suggestions in his message was passed ' by unanimous rising vote.
 | The report of the Committee on Bath ] Houses recommending the appointment of Daniel F. Brennan for keeper of the West river bath house was read. A motion to sub stitute the name of Richard Ward was lost and Mr. Brennan was elected, the clerk cast ing the ballot.
 Petition of Caroline Hampstead for com pensation for charge of grade of Meadow ! street was referred to the Board of Compen- sation.
 Ordinance providing that the Board of Public Works shall have exclusive control of the watering of Telford pavements was read and tabled for printing.
 Reports of the clerk of the City court for February and March were read and ordered on file.
 Report of the Board of Public Works for the month of March, 1886, was read and ordered on file.
 Report of the sealer of weights and meas- ures for the two months ending March 31, 1886, was read and ordered on file. | Report of the Committee Bath Houses \ fixing the pay of bath house keepers at $25O each was passed.
 Advers3 report of the Committee on | Claims on petition of Elizabeth Bremen for abatement of taxes was adopted. Adverse report of the Committee on Claims on petition of Mrs. H. w. Avery for an abatement of assessment was adopted. Report of the Committee Ordinances recommending that the joint rules of the Court of Common Council be amended by adding to the joint standing committee a Committee on Lamps and Lights" was adopted.
 ! Report of the Committee on Ordinances recommending that the ordinances be chang ed so that the Court of Common Council instead of the Board of Aldermen have charge of the lamps of the city was tabled for printing.
 | Report of the Committee on Sewers in favor | of sewer in Prince street, between Lafayette and Liberty streets, was adopted. A re- | monstrance against the same was tabled. ! Report of the Street committee in favor of a chester avenue, from Sachem to Compton | streets, was adopted. Also in favor of a | concrete walk on both sides of Linden street, between Orange and Foster streets. Report of the Board of Compensation as- sessing damages and benefits for stone block | pavement on Meadow street, from Congress | avenue to Water street, was accepted and assessments laid as recommended. Report of the same for sewer in Fair | street. from State street to railroad bridge, ! accepted and assessments laid as recon mended.
 Report of the same for pavement on Brew cry street, from Long Wharf northerly, &C., cepted and assessments laid as recom- 1 mended.
 Councilman Beers presented a resolution looking to the repair of the State House by the appointment of 8 committee to consider the matter. The Councilman said he did not present the resolution to create discus sion, but because he believed the building to be in dangerous condition and that it should be repaired at once.
 Councilman Chlllingworth presented a sub stitute resolution providing for the leasing of the State House for ninety-nine years at 8 rental of $1 ,000 per annum, the lessees to ex- pend at least $20, ,O00 in repairs of the build | ing and they (the lessees) to keep it in repair during the term of their occupancy, the rental thus received to be used in support of ! free public library.
 These two resolutions started a discussion | that on the start bid fair to assume large proportions.
 Councilman Chillingworth said he present. | ed his resolutions in good faith and he be- lieved the plan proposed was feasible one. | He thought there were societies that would | be glad to take the building on the terms he ! had proposed and he hoped the matter would receive that consideration it deserved. | Councilman Hitler thought the resolution | of Councilman Beers should first be acted | upon and then the resolution of the Coun- l cilman from the Tenth (ChillingworJh) could | be referred to this committee. l Councilman Warren moved that both reso, | mittee of two Aldermen and three Council l men to be raised who shall consider the whole | matter.
 Councilman Asher thought that Council | man Chillingworth was unfair in this matter 1 because he was in too much of hurry to get his resolution passed. This matter was toe | important to be hurried. Let it be ventil- | ated before committee and then the ques- | ton can be fully discussed on the report oi | the committee
 ! Councilman Warren's motion prevailed. l On motion of Councilman Hitler unani | nous consent was given for the appointment l of Daniel E. Reynolds special constable. The following, signed by Councilmen \ Bishop and Chillingworth, was presented: Resolved, That while this Board does sympathize | with the underpaid laborers who are seeking for { just and equitable reward for their toll and with Overworlzed laborers who in legitimate way seei
 to secure reasonable reduction of their hours o1
 work it does not approve of any action that tends
 to injure the prosperity of the business of the city
 by boycott to bring ruin to any of the citizens o | business enterprises of New Haven.
 Councilman Chillingworth (by request) ex-
 ! plained the resolution. He said his object
 was to express sympathy for the laborine
 man who was working long hours for & little
 pay. He thought the hours of. labor should
 be shortened. The second portion condemns
 such action as would bring ruin to the em
 ! ployer, which seemed to him to be just, an6
 | he hoped the resolution would pass.
 | Councilman Brennan took exceptions to
 l that portion of the resolutions which con
 demns the boycott. He said it was the only
 weapon that the poor man had to get justice
 and he would not vote for any such resolu
 tions as presented.
 Councilman Hitler said he did not sec
 any reason why the Court of Common Coun-
 cil need to pass any su ,h resolutions. Councilman Asher said he did not believe
 I in the city expressing any opinion the
 ! boycott. It was none of the business of the
 | city and if the resolutions passed then the
 rich corporations would say to the laborine
 ! men, there you see now what the Common
 \ Council think of it. He thought he saw