Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-04
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.

An Appropriation for Memorial
 Day-PetitIOns Head and Referred
 Committee Reports Received and
 Acted UpOn-The Contract With the
 Gas Company Agreed tO-$l75, 1000
 Wanted for the Boulevard Sewer.
 A regular meeting of the Board of Alder men was held last evening, His Honor Mayor Holcomb presiding.
 Communication from the fire department asking for an additional appropriation of $700 for the purchase of new horses, owing to two horses becoming disabled, was read.
 Alderman Daley advocated the giving of unanimous consent for the purchase of the horses, as they were needed at once.
 Chief Hendrick explained to the Board that two new horses had been purchased this year and the department had lost one horse since. There were now three horses laying off on account of lameness and two horses were necessarily hired at the present time.
 The Board by unanimous consent voted to appropriate the amount asked for.
 Report of the Committee on Appropria. tions recommending that $3OO- be appropriat- ed to the Grand Army of the Republic was read and passed.
 Petitions were read and referred as fol lows: Of Edgar Lockwood for sidewalk on Foster street; of Thomas Elliott of Joseph Pierce for appointment as special constable; of James Keegan for curb on east side of Auburn street; of William s. Robin son for @ sewer on Clinton avenue; of s. R. and c. c. Blatchley for sewer on the street to be opened from Grand avenue to Clay street; of Martin McNeirney for compensa- tion for injury to person. of Solomon Rosen- bluth for abatement of tax; of John A. Rose for appointment as special constable; of John Hayes for electric light at the corner of Wal lace street and Grand avenue; of Julius c. Cable for sewer iu James and Lombard streets; of trustees of the old town farm for layout of now streets on the old almshouse farm; of Frank Johnson for 8 lamp on Spring street at the head of Hurlburt street; of Joseph Kaine for electric. light near the Court street bridge; of F. S. Hamilton for change of naptha lamps on Exchange street; of R. w. Law for sewer on Howard avenue; of H. B. Dorman for cobble gutters on both sides of Sylvan avenue from Vine street to Winthrop avenue; of James Donnelly for widening of Lafayette Place; of Caroline Hampstead for compensation for change of grade of Meadow street; of James Dixon and G. Greiner for appointment as special con- stables.
 Ordinance relating to carrying concealed weapons was referred.
 Reports of Board of Compensation assess ing damages and benefits for the following improvements were read and assessments laid as recommended: Sewer in Fair street from State street to railroad bridge, pave- ment on Brewery street from Long Wharf northerly; sewer in St. Roman street from Lawrence street northerly; stone block pave- ment on Meadow street from Congress avenue to Water street.
 The Committee on Lamps reported in favor of the following and their recommen- dations were adopted: Lamp on Downs street; lamp on Chestnut street between Greene and St. John streets; lamp corner Hallock avenue and First street also corner of Hallock avenue and Second street.
 Report of the clerk of the City court for March 1886 was read and ordered on file.
 Report of the Board of Public Works for the months of February and March 1886 were read and ordered on file.
 Report of the clerk of the City court for February 1886 was read and ordered on fle
 Petition of James Wrinn and others for electric light, corner of Washington and Cedar streets was referred.
 Order for the appointment of Daniel F. Reynolds special constable passed.
 Recommendation of the Board of Finance de transfer of $150 from the item of sun- dries in the health department to the item of printing, postage and stationery, passed.
 Report of the sealer of weights and measures for the two months ending March 31st 1886 was read and ordered on file.
 The contract between the city and New Haven Gas Light company came from the Board of Councilmen passed as recommended by the committee which was three years contract.
 Alderman States moved to concur with the Board of Councilmen.
 Aldermen CIravaS rnnva1 {o o9nan6 Tooly- ing the contract for one year instead of three years. He said he did not believe in the principle of the city making contracts for three years.
 Alderman States spoke in favor of the committees report. as did also Aldermen Whitmore and Trowbridge, all of whom ex- pressed the view that the contract was en- tirely fair to the city
 Alderman Graves amendment was lost and the recommendation of the committee was passed in concurrence.
 Ordinance to regulate the watering of Tel ford pavements passed as follows:
 Sec. 1. That the Board of Public Works shall have the entire and exclusive control and regula- tion of watering and splinkling all Telford pave ments in this city and that no person shall place. or cause to be placed, any water said pavements unless expressly authorized and instructed so to do
 Sec 3 Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance shall forfeit and pay penalty of not more than fifty dollars for every such offense.
 Report of the Committee on Mayors Mes sage de western Boulevard was referred to the Committee on Streets in concurrence
 Report of the Committee on Ordinances that there be added to the joint standing committees committee on lamps was read.
 Alderman States moved to indefinitely postpone the resolution He said his purpose was to give the Board of Councilmen a repre- on all standing committees, and if his motion prevailed, he would then intro duce a resolution covering his proposition.
 Alderman Graves said the amendment of the Alderman from the Fourth (States) would kill the proposed amendment, and thought it best to pass it and then make such other alterations in the composition of other com mittees as may be necessary to meet the suggestions of Alderman States.
 Alderman Daley moved to lay the matter on the table until the next meeting. The motion prevailed.
 Report of the Committee on Free Public Library de sale of bonds for providiug a site for a free public library, as provided by act of the General Assembly, was taken up and again tabled.
 Resolution providing for a committee to secure park in the western part of the city was passed and Aldermen States and Dicker- man were appointed on the part of this Board.
 Reports from the Street committee were ad and passed as follows: Relay of sidewalk on west side of Orange street between Crown and Gsorge streets; relay of sidewalk on the south side of George street between Factory md Temple streets; concrete sidewalk on both sides of Beach street between Wallace and East streets; cobble gutters on Broad street, Davenport and Sylvan avenues; layout and curb of Ellsworth avenue; relay of side walk on east side of Prindle street between Wooster and Fair streets.
 Report of the Committee on Sewers in fa- vor of a sewer on Prince street between La fayette and Liberty streets was adopted.
 Resolution for the appointment of spe- cial committee of two aldermen and three councilmen to find out what is best to be done with the old State House came from the Board of Councilmen passed. This Board amended by making the committee three aldermen and four councilmen.
 Alderman Martin moved that the Board reconsider it's action on the communication of J. B. Sargent concerning the New Haven and Derby railroad presented at the last and that the same be referred to the Board of Finance. The motion was lost
 Alderman Martin said that at the last meeting a resolution was passed opposing any action by the General Assembly looking toward the removal or change of the tracks