Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1888-03-20
BOARD OF ALDERMEN,

| New Ravens Harbor Enterests-An
| Important PeIitiOn-Chc late Biz
xard and our Firemen-A Hearty
| Vote of Thanks-The whitney Ave
| nue. Horse Railroad.
| Many of the members of the board of all
| dermen were in hurry at the meeting last
| night, anxious to attend the banquet of the
| Knights of st. Patrick, and cast impatient
| chances at the big clock. Fortunately there
/ were not many petitions before them and
| those few, with two resolutions, were rushed
through with school boy eagerness.
After considerable debate as to whether or
| not East street shall in the future be desig-
mated East avenue, the petition for the
change was referred to the committee on
streets.
The most important act of the evening,
and one that is of the deepest interest to ev-
cry resident of New Haven, was the adoption
of the following resolution, which was pre-
\ scented by Alderman Watrous:
| To the Honorable Court of Common Council of
Citizens Of the city Of New Haven Conn.,
spectfuly petition your honorable body to ap-
man, one councilman and two citizens to be ap-
pointed by the Mayor, to accompany His Honor the
Mayor to the city of Washington, D. c. to advocate
before the river and harbor committee of the Uni
ted States Senate an amendment to the river and
which seems Inadequate for the present
arbor Of IN aeK Of f our
progress for the general benefit of foreign and do
to be paid By the city Of New Haven e' commute
signed-H B. Harrison, n: D. sRerry, William
Fem, George q. Ford, G. S Mersick & Co., George
E. MaItby, s. Harrison Wagner, Benedict, Pardee
= Co, +; ": Foskett. William E; Chandler, Ward
Bailey, William T. Fisher, Charles Henry Town
shend
Aldermen Watrous and whittemore ad-
dressed the board in favor of the resolution.
Alderman Winchell introduced the fol-
lowing resolution, which was adopted:
Resolved. By the Court of Common Council Of
the city of New Haven, that it is the duty of the
on printing to See that the nues OF the
the board of aldermen and Of the board Of council.
once each and every month, to the members Of
the several boards not less than three days prior
nehs nd s etR auditor Il @
pay all expenses Of postage envelopes and for ed
dressing same to members as aforesaid.
the efforts of the ere department to prop
erly protect the property and lives of the eit-
liens of New Haven during the recent snow
blockade were recognized by the following
resolution offered by Alderman Dickern.an:
Resolved, Thst in grateful recognition Of the SER
during late Unprecedented storm the thauks Of
this boardbe and hereby are extended to Albert c.
ceaseless vgilence to protect the lives property
of our citizens and to every member of his depart
discharge of the extraordinary duties imposed upon
them.
by the clerk of this board to Mr. Hendrick.
Alderman Dickerman in support of the res
olution said that it was something extraordi-
nary, but that the storm too was extraerdiha-
ry and that while the citizens of New Haven
were asleep Chief Hendrick and his men were
unceasing in their efforts to prevent the de-
1 struction of their property and insure the
safety of their lives.
The resolution was passed by unanimous
vote.
The board of public works, to whom was
referred the petition of the State street rail-
road for permission to lay T rail on Whit
ney avenue made the following report, which
was accepted and ordered passed:
Ordered That the State street horse railroad
&c ON ho WSnsg
between Chapel street and the city line; provided
their tracks where not noW paved and pro1ided
that they relay the Belgian blocks ON the east side
Vidsd ' they cobble on the west s side pr Of
the westerly rail at all street crossings and private
the west side whenever ordered to do so By the
board Of public works; and provided they pave Of
where not cobbled-the whole to be done without
aoard of public works.
The following petitions were referred For
an electric light at the corner of Asylum and
Eaton Streets for a crosswalk on the east
side of Maltby street crossing Lombard; curb
ing and grading Hotchkiss street between
Cha3e1 and Norton streets; curbing and
grading both sides of Gibbs street and a side
walk on the south side of the street: of Frank
Turner, William O'Brien, Fl. NJ. johnson,
Patrick Smith as special constables.
Order passed: For a crosswalk between
the corner of Grand avenue and Artisan
street and N. Y. N. q. &H. railroad bridge; re-
monstranoe of J. B. Wheat against the curb
ing Of Ellsworth avenue between Elm street
and Whalley avenue; report of the board of
directors of the library de petition of John
p. Phillips; for the REMEMBERING of Orange !
street from Crown street to Mill river; for |
the. REMEMBERING of Blatchley avenue; for |
electric lights corner of Whitney avenue and |
Cottoge street, corner of Franklin and st. |
John streets, corner of Blatchley avenue and |
Exchange street. on the Lamberton street |
bridger corner.o Webster and Canal streets:
for q gas lamn ON Suburban straat