Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1886-11-06
hoard OF ALDERMEN

BOARD OF ALBERT MEN.
| The Extension of Gamer Street Sewe
| Again Called Up Numerous Petition
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of Committees Az
| proved -Ihe Free Public Librar
scheme Indefinitely Postponed
| An adjourned meeting of the Board c
| Aldermen was held last evening, His Homo
| Mayor Holcomb presiding.
When the clerk had concluded the readin
| of the minutes Alderman States moved to re
consider the vote regarding the extension o
the Gamer street sewer. The Alderma,
stated that he thought the sewer should b,
built, but it was adopting bad preceden
to build sewer and not to have the assess
ments laid in the usual way. He though
that the recommendation of the committee
was not fully understood. If the people liv.
ing on the line of the sewer were not as
sessed until they connected with it then 9th
er people. setting up the claim of poverty,
would ask for the same exemption when sew
ers We're built on other streets.
Aldermen Noonan, Wines, Daley and
Graves expressed the opinion that the mat
ter was thoroughly understood by the COM
mittee when they recommended this action,
ed the report of the committee.
Alderman Whitmore advocated the mo-
ton of Alderman States on the ground that
such action was contrary to the charter
A call for the reading of the order was
made, when the clerk stated that the order
had passed both boards, had been signed by
the Mayor and was in the hands of the Board
of Public Works where it belonged.
The motion to reconsider was passed, not
withstanding the fact that the order was not
the property of the Board.
Discussion followed this action and to get
out of the muddle Alderman Bradley moved
to recall the order from the Board of Public
Works, and the motion prevailed.
On motion of Alderman Martin previous
order for fire escapes at Music Hall was SO
far reconsidered as to instruct the fire mar
shall to defer action in enforcing the order, it
being understood that other and better alter
atoms or Improvements were in progress.
Petitions were read and referred as follows:
Of j. j. Ridley for lamp corner of Thorn
and Eddy streets, of F. S. Andrew and
others for bridge over the railroad tracks
at Water street crossing, of William O'Keefe
for gas lamps on Nash street, of George B.
Miller for services as Sunday Waterman at
Grows street cemetery, of Frank Doerschuck
for an electric light at the corner of State
and Edwards streets, of Edward Lawrence for
electric light corner of Orange and Hum
phrey streets, of William Ruth for cross
walk across Minor street on the east side of
Cedar street, of L. N Blydenburgh for an
electric light on York Square, of Grand
Army of the Republic for the fitting up OF
rooms in the State House for their use
When this last petition was read a motion
was made that the petition be referred to a
special committee of two aldermen and
three councilmen. The motion prevailed.
Other petitions were referred as follows:
Of James Kennedy for naptha lamp on
Main street, of Samuel Halliwell to lay out a
new street, of Henry H. Shipman for lamp
corner Washington and Spring streets, of
5he Bowditch & Prudden company for dam
ages to sideboard caused by a rope hang
ng across the corner of Chapel and State
streets September 13, of R. E. Baldwin for a
building line on Stevens street, of Mrs. W.
3. Pardee for extension of time to lay side
walk on Greenwood street, of Thomas For
yth for an electric light at the junction of
State, East and Mechanic streets; of Mrs
Joseph Dunn for REMEMBERING of Greene
treet, of Peter Lynch for lamps on COTE
treet
Estimates of the police department for
1897 amounting to $115, 1875, of the Board of
Compensation amounting to $4,000, of the
'oard of supervisors of steam boilers
mounting to $3.50, were referred to the
Board of Finance
Reports of the Committee on Lamps rec
lamps on Starr, Admiral and
Asylum streets, Dixwell avenue, Arthur,
Rosette, Munson and Read
treets were approved.
roved as follows: Layout of Brownell street,
ayout of Hobart street, layout of Mott street,
ayout of Reynolds street, relay of walk on
last Chapel street, north side. from rail |
Dad track to the bridge, sidewalk
n east side of Downing street from English
0 Lombard street, sidewalk on north side of
lay street between Cedar Hill avenue and |
tate street, walk on the north side of Cot
age street between Foster and Orange
treets, sidewalk on west side of Foster street |
rom Edwards to Gamer streets, completion |
walk on south side of Munson street. The
anne committee reported adversely to layout
f Lafayette Place, adversely to Telford pave
lent on Howard avenue, adversely to sidewalk
n Cedar Hill avenue from State to Grace
reefs. The reports were approved.
Report of Committee on Licenses de petit
on of F. S. Andrew & Co. for a license to |
manufacture soap and recommending the |
sme was passed.
Estimates of the Board of Public Works |
nd fire department for 1887 were referred |
the Board of Finance.
Reports of the Board of Compensation on |
le widening of Veto street and layout of |
urtonia Place were approved.
Report of the clerk of the City court for |
eptember, 1886, was ordered on file; also |
,ports of the Board of Public Works for /
eptember and October, 1886.
The Board approved the adverse report of |
le Committee on Claims de petition of Mrs. |
homas Patten.
Recommendation of the Board of Finance |
3 transfer to the item of Board of Compen-
ltion was passed.
Report of the Board of Public Works de |
yout of Bright street was approved.
Adverse report of the Board of Compensa-
on de petition of Mrs. Catherine Gruener
as approved
Ordinance regulating itinerant merchants
as passed
Communication from joint com mittee an
ouncing election of VIM. Bohen as janitor |
City Hall was ordered on file.
Resolution striking out of the order for ex-
'nsion of Gamer street so much of said Or
er as provides that the assessments to land
wners be abated until they connect with the
'wer was passed.
Report of the Board of Finance de trans
r of moneys in Board of Public Works
as approved.
Report of the committee on park in the
estern part of the city was adopted in con-
lrrence with the Board of Councilmen.
The resignation of Alderman William
u9hes was accepted.
Report of the Committee on Free Public
lDTdEf Will COHe1dCb Go"o |
ON the Board of Councilmen with amend
ents attached.
On a motion of Alderman States that this
lard insist on their former action and ask
r a committee of conference, the discussion
the whole question was again revived and
q whole ground gone over again. Speeches
ainst the proposed contract were made by
ldermen Whitmore, Daley, Martin, Kenney
ID others, while Alderman Graves spoke in
vor.
Alderman Martin moved to indefinitely
st pone the whole matter, and the yeas and
Us were called for. The result was as fol-
VS.:
Yeas-Trowbridge, Martin, Kenney, Hol-
ger, Noonan, Grinnell, Bradley, Sheridan,
Pohlman, Daley, BIakeslee-12.
Nays-Dickerman, States, Wines, Graves,