Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-11
RoARn oF couNc1LmEN.

The Usual Number of Petitions
 Read and Referred-Many Street Im-
 prOvements Ordered-An ApproPrfa-
 tion for Memorial Day-A Journal
 OfProceedIngs Called FOr-The Ever.
 lasting State House Question once
 More-Other Matters.
 A regular meeting of the Board of Counclmen was held last evening, President Klener in the chair.
 Petitions were read and referred as follows: Of F. s. Hamilton for ordinance providing That the of the street railway lines shall be allowed tn stop in front of streets, but only on upper crossing of said according to
 way car is going, excepting at junction of State
 and Chapel streets; of Lucy A. Sarvant for repay
 ment of taxes collected unlawfully; of E. A. Rich ardson for establishing building line on York
 Square entrance; of Mrs. Edgar Lockwood for side walk on Foster street. for amendment to ordi nance concerning carrying concealed weapons; of trustees of old almshouse farm for layout of new streets of James Donnelly for widening of Lafay- cite Place; of John A. Rose for appointment as special constable; of John Dixon for appointment
 as special constable; of Martin McNeirney for com pensation for injury to person; of R. w. Law for sewer Howard avenue; of s. R. & c. c. Blatchley for sewer street to be opened from
 Grand avenue to Clay street; of Julius O. Cable for sewers in James and Lombard streets of William S Robinson for sewer Clinton avenue; of Alex ander Mcdonald to be appointed special consta- Remoustrance of James Johnson against sewers | in Lombard and James streets referred. Resolution providing for band concerts on East
 '' Communfcation from the Board of Fire Commis- sioners asking for additional appropriation of
 S7OO for purchase of horses; passed in concur renee. - l Favorable reports from the Street committee were receive and orders passed as follows: Relay
 of sidewalk on east side or naIe street. betay or
 Factory aud Temple streets; walk on both sides of Beach street between Wallace and East streets layout and curb of Ellsworth avenue; cobble gut ters on Broad street, Davenport and Sylvan ave
 nuss; relay of walk on west side Of Orange street between Grown and George streets; sidewalk on
 south side of Stanley street; relay of walk north
 streets concrete walk on west side of Haiiock ave | nue and curs and grade on west side; sidewalk on Rosette streets. The same commit e reported ad l versely to grading roadway of Hallock avenue; to extension of Second street. to walk east side of Pine street. Cobble gutter on west side of Dwight l street. reported adversely, was recommitted
 faHor of appropriating Ssoo to the Grand Army of
 the Republic for Memorial day; passed unani | Ordinance giving control of watering Telford pavement to Board of Public Works was read and The following favorable reports by the Committed | on Sewers were passed: Authorizing the Corpora
 from the legislature to issue bonds in $175O0O foI l completion of the boulevard sewer; sewer in Greg | ory street between Dixwell avenue and Canal
 street; sewer in Ashmun street to point 40 feet
 west of Ashmun street; sewer in Foster street from l Lawrence to Edwards streets Adverse to sewer il Water street from Union to Olive streets. l Petition of Solomon Rosenbluth for abatement of I
 Petition of George Yemmans. for compensation for injuries to person from falling into excava
 tion in the sidewalk was tabled because the certif
 cate of the city clerk that legal notice had been giv | en the city did not accompany the petition. | Councilman Asher introduced an ordinance pro l viding that journal of the proceedings of eacE | meeting of the Court of Common Council shall be | printed and distributed to each member and pro | Siding for the binding and indexing the same at \ ths end of the year; referred
 Report of the Bath House committee in favor ei | the erection of bath house at Lew s bridge il Fair Haven; passed.
 | Resolution providing for the appointment of | special committee to find out what is best to be done with the State House came from the Board oi Aldermen with an amendment increasing the n um | Der of the committee to four Aldermen and five Councmen. This Board concurred and Council 1 men Beers and Chillngworth were added to the committee. Resolution providing for the renting 1 of the State House also amended in a similar | way.
 | Another series of resolutions were introduced by | Councilman Winchell relating to the issuing o
 S100 900 library bonds and providing that the queS \ ton of issuing the same be submitted to popular
 at the next city election also providing that al the next city election a vote shall be taken
 proposition to donate the old State House to some
 duly incorporated association or corporation for | free public library These, ike the preceding reso lutions, were referred to the State House commit ! tee.