Morning journal and courier., 1888-07-10
noAnp OF CoUNoILmEN.

Petition to Have LiberTy' Street Exs
 tended Referred to the Committee
 on Roads and Bridges~ResolutIOn
 offered by Councilman Manning 10
 Give Edwin L. HubbelI's Widow
 Two Thousand Dollars Routine
 Busimesss
 At the regular monthly meeting of the board of councilmen last night but little else than routine business was done. The following was submitted by Councilman Fleischner:
 "We the undersigned, residents and property resent that m public necessity and requre that Liberty street should be continued as thor Derby railroad, and that while the proposed foot bridge is open to all Of the oD1ectons that have been urged sgalnSs m gc pIiGge s4ge bridge would not be subject, and further that the
 situation of the tgacRs n that Ioeay % s sUea , as p the street at triaing expense compared with the benefit t9 be derived without materially y9nra neSm respectfully petition your honorable body to pass
 R 9dg @ 5 v Ss lg street. sae on beg from the southerly line of the property of N H. and yyt6 io e ee S as in duty bound we will ever pray" The above was signed by MT. F1eischner and about fifty others.
 On motion of Councilman Fleischner it was referred to the committee on railroads and bridges.
 Councilman Joseph R. Manning presented the following:
 To the Honorable Court of Common Council of the
 City of New Haven:
 Hubbeii, member of the the New Haven fire depart ment. met a sad and untimely death while in the always ready and promptly responded to the calls of fire during his many years of credtabe service Haven fire department loses most deserving and worthy member, his family devoted husband and beloved father. Be it therefore Resolved, That we do hereby vote and grant the sum of two thousand (S2,000 dollars to be drawn said R Edwin L. Hu6bsll, 5 deceased @ as recogniton ion of his brave and courageous service upon the fourth psstmeSt M % in which Tfd he lost his fife And E Hen: drickrchlef ot the fire depa@rtment @ is hereby ap. bs deemed for the best interest and welfare of the family of the said Edwin L. Hubbell, deceased.
 Councilman Manning moved that the money be paid. The members of the board were in favor of the resolution, but it was thought best that it take the regular course and be referred to the committee on ordi- nances, as by voting to pass the resolution might establish 8 precedent that in the fu- ture might cause trouble
 It was voted to recall the order for a sewer in Charles street from the board of public works and refer it back to the committee on sewers.
 There was some little discussion in regard to the action of the board of public works in regard to the drinking fountain to be placed in Wooster Square. Councilman Fleischner moved that the order for it's construction be recalled from the board of public works and referred to the city auditor with power to act. He said that the board of public works had sent word to the city auditor that they had no money to build the fountain.
 Councilman Martin said that the board of public works must be Iaboring under a mis- apprehension, for if they had read the order they would have seen that it said the money was to be taken directly from the city treas ury.
 Some one hinted that the board of public works was not doing it's duty, whereupon Councilman Sheehan wanted to know why it's members weren't. He said that the order gave that board until August 1st to erect the fountain. It was not August yet, nor had that board sent any official notification of how matters stood; hence the discussion all went for naught.
 In order not to postpone the matter month the board as separate body passed motion calling the attention of the board of public works to the order as passed and to take ac- tion as soon as possible.
 The following new petitions were referred to their proper committees: For curbing, grad ing and concrete walks on both sides of At water street, between Chatham and Lom- bard streets; for the extension of Hill street, from Water street to Union avenue; for sewer in Prince street, between Cedar and Liberty streets