Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-17
RoARnoE ALDERMEN.

BOARD OF ALDERMEN. The Coming Mayor I'm Attendance
 Petitions Read And Referred-Re-
 ports of Committees-Passing The
 Estimates-Mayor ROlcomb's Fare-
 well Address-A Little More State
 House-ExIt Board of Aldermen For
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 A special meeting of the Board of Alder men was held last evening, His Honor May or Holcomb presiding. Judge s. A. York, the Mayor elect, occupied chair under Mayor Holcomb and witnessed the proceed ings.
 Petitions were read and referred as fol- lows: Of Robert Crane for an electric light on Chapel street, of E. Henry Barnes for electric lights on Chapel street, John Curran for a gas lamp on Forbes Place, of Reuben G. Futile for gas lamp on South Front street, of Lucius l. Thomas for electric light at junction of Kimberly and Greenwich ave- nues, of Charles B. Bristol for two electric lights on Greene street, of Martin Bergin for replacing of gas lamp on Grand avenue, of O. c. Marsh for lamp on Mansfield street, of A. D. Good year for damages caused by change of grade of Lamberton street, of Charles Bradley for lamp on Hill street, of James M. B. Dwight for electric light on Hillhouse avenue, of Patrick Moore for concrete walk on south side of Bristol street, of William A. Bronson for electric light corner of State and Bradley streets.
 Report of the Board of Public Works for the month of November, 1886, was ordered on file.
 Report of the sealer of weights and meas nres for the two months ending November 30, 1886, was ordered on file.
 Report of the Board of Public Works de widening of Orange street was referred to the Committee on Streets in concurrence.
 Report of the committee the consolida- ton of the office of sidewalk and lamp in spector was indefinitely postponed.
 Report of the Board of Finance de appro- priation of $5.000 for dedicating soldiers monument, etc., was adopted.
 Report of the Board of Public Works de layout of Hamilton street was accepted and ordered passed.
 Report of the Board of Public Works de extension of Gamer street was accepted and layout adopted.
 Report of the Board of Compensation de layout of Burtonia Place was read and passed.
 Report of the Committee on Claims rec ommending that $1 ,017 for'expenses in con- testing the seat for the mayoralty was read.
 Alderman Daley moved to refer the report back to the committee. He stated that he was satisfied that if the bill of ex-Mayor Lewis was paid that MT. Andrew, who con- tested the claim of Mayor Lewis, would put in petition to be reimbursed for like ex- penses, and he thought the committee did not understand this when they made their report. After discussion the motion of AL derman Daley prevailed.
 Report of the Board of Compensation de widening of Veto street was read and passed.
 Adverse report of the Committee on Claims de petition of George B. Miller for compen- sation for services Sunday watchman was adopted.
 Adverse report of the Committee on Claims de petition of George Yemmans was adopted.
 Report of the Committee on Claims in fa- vor of referring the petition of the Bowditch & Prudden company to the next Court of Common Council was adopted.
 Report of the Committee on Claims in fa- ! vor of referring the petition of Maurice Nc ! Hugh to the next Court of Common Council | was adopted.
 The report of the committee in favor of I appropriating $3,0O0 for putting rooms in ! the State House in repair for the use of the | Grand Army was taken from the table.
 Alderman States raised the point of order | that as the matter was tabled for reconsid- | eration at the next meeting and this was not | done, that the question of reconsideration | could not be considered at this meeting.
 Mayor Holcomb sustained the point of or der and the motion to reconsider was not en- | tertained.
 Report of the committee on Tomlinson | bridge and recommending it's purchase by | the city in conjunction with the town at | sum not exceeding $25, ,000 was read and &C., cepted.
 pa,,or+ of tho Noropoitfoa oD Wotar da | water service of the New Haven Water com pany, and ordering that notice be served on the company stating that the supply of | water in certain streets is inadequate and | that the company would be held liable for all I damages resulting from its failure. to supply | the city and all persons and corporations with a full and adequate supply of water, was read.
 Alderman Graves thought the Court of | Common Council should go little slow in this matter. He thought if the notice as proposed was served on the company the opinion of the corporation counsel should be served with it. MT. States offered 8 resolu- tion or amendment providing that the Water company shall within thirty days authorize the execution of an additional contract bind ing the company to extend the mains under a penalty to proceed forthwith to extend and replace the mains as may be required by the city.
 The amendment was lost and the motion of Alderman Daley to serve notice on the company prevailed.
 The consideration of the estimates for 1887 was next taken up. $1 ,250 was added to the $6, 900 appropriation for building James street bridge on motion of Alder man Connors, it being understood that the span of the bridge had been from 100 feet to 150 feet. The next change was to take S12, 800 from the for fopening and widening streets" ($23, ,OOO and place it to pull chase of Tomlinson bridge. Then $1 ,250 was taken from the same account and appropriated to Jackson street bridge, leaving $9,250. The item for claims and damages was cut down from $2, 500 to $1 ,5OO, and the $1, ,oO0 saved from this estimate was appropriated to print ing journal of proceedings of the Court of Common Council.
 The estimates as finally decided upon are as follows: Board of Public Works ks........... ... $154 700 % Police Department. 115215 OO Fire Department .............-.....-.. os,01O OO Health Department. .... ......... SITS % Harbor Department. -....-.-..-.... 5O OO Sewers. ........................ 137,50o %
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 Just previous to adjournment His Honor Mayor Holcomb addressed the Board of AL dermen as follows:
 GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN: