Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-20


 between Oak and Mulberry streets Petition of Mrs. John Kenney for abate- | ment of taxes was referred.
 Report of the clerk of the City court for
 the months of May and June was received | and ordered on file.
 Report of the Committee on Claims on the | case of Martin McNerney came from the
 Board of Councilmen on disagreeing vote. This Board voted to adhere and ask for a l committee of conference.
 Report of the Board of Public Works on layout of Shelton street from Grand avenue 1 to Clay street was adopted.
 Order extending limits of East Rock Park for the more proper construction of the En- l glish driveIVas passed. | Report of the Board of Public Works that | there were no funds to construct walk on the
 north side of Chapel street from Church to Temple streets was reported to the Board of l Finance.
 1 Monthly report of the Board of Public | Works for June, 1886, was ordered on file. | Order for rebuilding the sewer in Grand | avenue from Franklin to Bradley streets was passed.
 Report of the Board of Public Works en- closing decision of the railroad commission l CTS relating to the construction of bridge over the tracks at Chapel and East streets, l and stating that there were no funds to carry out the order, was referred to the Board of Finance.
 Report of the Committee on Lamps in fla vor of naptha lamp on Spring street was passed.
 Ordinance against firing cannon (other than toy) in the city limits without the con- sent of the Mayor or the Board of Aldermen was referred.
 Report of the Committee on Sewers in fla vor of a sewer in the new street to be known as Shelter street was adopted; also for a sewer in Wallace street, from Myrtle to To- cust street.
 Alderman Dickerman offered the following petition and stated that he did so by request of the signers of the same: To the Honorable Court of Common Coun- cil of the city of New Haven: Whereas, it has been publicly charged by road company, corporation controlled ill part by the city of New Haven, has paid ! money for corruptly influencing municipal | legislation, the particulars of which payment
 the said Sargent professes to be fully ac- 1 quainted with, and
 1 Whereas, it has been also publicly charged l in substance by the said Sargent that certain l members of the Court of Common Council l of 1SS4-twelve in number-were bribed | by the payment of $100 each to vote for the | adoption of 8 plan reported by the city Board of Finance of the year in question for selling the outstanding indebtedness of the Gerby railroad company to the city, the names of which members the said Sargent professes to know; and Whereas, The charges constitute 8 serious arraignment of the administration of the af- fairs of the Derby railroad company, for which the city of New Haven is in part re- sponsibIe, as we'll as grievous and mali cious libel upon those members of the Court of Common Council of 1884 who favored the Derby railroad compromise, so called, above referred to.
 Therefore, the undersigned members of the Board of Aldermen of 1884 who voted for the said compromise respectfully petition your honorable body to investigate the whole matter with special reference to the charges made by the said Sargent and with the view to afford him an opportunity to make public the particulars of the alleged compromise and the names of the parties alleged to have been corrupted.
 And as in duty bound your petitioners will ever pray.
 (Signed Herbert E. Benton, Alonzo A. Townsend, J. c. Bradley, Benjamin E. Brown, Frank s. Platt, James P. Barker, I. Strouse, Eli Whitney, jr., F. A. Monson, w. A. Waterbury, William A. Kelley, Thomas G. w. Jefferson, R. w. Armstrong.
 endorse this petition to the extent only of demanding a searching investigation of the whole matter. Charles L. Baldwin.
 The petition was tabled temporarily, and after the transaction of some minor matters they were again taken up.
 Alderman Graves said if this investigation was to be made it should be thorough. He thought that the whereas were a little too broad and rather unnecessary, and might as well be stricken out. He did not believe that any of these men had been bribed, and he had not seen anything from MT. Sargent that he has charged these men with so doing. He did not believe that any been bribed He thought, however, that the investigation should be so thorough that it will bring out all the facts connected with the part the directors of the Derby railroad took in securing lobby ists to engineer this or any other scheme through the Court of Common Council.
 Alderman Dickerman thought the investi- gation should be confined to what was called for in the petition and should not include in it's scope outside matters or those not in- cluded in the petition.
 Alderman States favored full and thor ough investigation into every point bearing upon this case. He said, however, that he did not believe that any investigation was necessary to establish the reputation of the gentlemen who had signed this petition. He did not believe there was one word of truth in the charges-if charges they were made by MT. Sargent so far as any of these gentlemen being paid any money by the Derby railroad company was concerned.
 Alderman Bradley said that former Councilman had stated to him (Bradley) that money was offered to him to vote for the measure referred to, and he was willing to make his statement under oath.
 Alderman Trowbridge said this statement brought the question before this Board in a new light, and he thought the committee should be appointed and the investigation be made at once.
 Alderman Martin thought full investiga- tion should be had, if any, and in this AL dermen Daley and Blakeslee concurred.
 A11arpoop n Gro vaa offarad an as follows: Ordered, that the petition be re- ferred to joint committee of three Alder men and eight Councilmen and that said committee be instructed to make a full in- vestigation of the matter therein referred to. The amendment was adopted unanimously
 Reports of the Committee on Sewers in fa- vor of a sewer in Broad street from Cedar to Palmer streets and for sewer in Munson street between Canal street and Shelton ave- nue were adopted. An adverse report against sewer in Clinton avenue was also adopted.
 Report of the Committee on Nominations naming City court jurors was passed and the persons named were appointed.
 Report of the Committee on Nominations recommending the appointment of John H. Stevens and others special constables was read and the persons named were appointed.
 Adverse report of the Committee on Nomi- nations to the petition for sewer in Orchard street, from Whalley avenue to Chapel street, was adopted.
 Adverse report of the Committee on Claims to the petition of Mrs. H. w. Avery for abatement of assessment came from the Board of Councilmen on disagreeing vote. This Board voted to adhere to their former action.
 Resignation of R. T. Merwin as member of the Board of Compensation was read and ac- cepted and committee appointed to prepare suitable resolutions of thanks.
 Ordinance relating to carrying concealed weapons was adopted in concurrence
 Ordinance providing for printing journal