Morning journal and courier., 1888-08-07
THE BOARD CT AIDERmEr.

Alderman Wh1E1n0re i'm she Chair-A
 Large Amount of Routine Business
 Another Vote on the Liberty Street
 Brldge-PropOsed New Ordinance.
 In the absence of Mayor York, Alderman Whitmore presided at the meeting of the board of aldermen last evening and he ham dled the immense amount of business before the board so quickly that that body did not
 have to endure long the high temperature of
 the chamber. Immediately after the roll call
 the oath of office was administered to Captain
 Callahan, the newly elected member from
 Fair Haven. At the request of Mayor York,
 Acting Mayor Whitmore presented the name
 of DT. George F. Doolittle as member of
 the board of health to succeed Dr. Thatcher,
 resigned. The board confirmed the nomina-
 tion.
 The petition for the relief of the family of Fireman Hubbel1 came up from the board of
 councilmen. After Alderman Bushnell had
 put himself on record aB opposing the appTo-
 priation on the ground that the line must be
 drawn somewhere, the matter was referred to
 the committee on appropriations in concur
 renee with the lower house.
 The Electric Light company were given
 permission to construct and maintain cons
 duit leading from its works on George street
 to Temple street.
 A committee consisting of His Honor the
 Mayor, Aldermen Dickerman, Barnes, Lynch
 and Bushnell was appointed to carry out the
 provisions of section 5, page 1S6, of the ordi-
 nances of the city of New Haven in reference
 to the preparation and signing of rate book for 1887.
 A proposed ordinance prohibiting heavy cartinR through the Green was referred to the committee on ordinances.
 The chair appointed Aldermen Bushnell and Sheridan committee of conference with the councilmen in the matter of placing all electric wires underground.
 Commissioner States of the board of pub lie works appeared before the board and asked for further appropriation of $l2.0O0 to the sewer fund of the board and trans fer from the appropriation for hardening streets to the cobble gutter account, in order that the hardening of streets already ordered may be carried out. Alderman Kleiner moved to refer the matter to the board Of finance. In answer to question from AL der Sheridan, MT. States ssid 1t would De necessary to carry on the work of hardening streets that the transfer be made at once or { the work be stopped.
 MT. Kleiner said that his motion referred only to the sewer communication. With this | exclamation his motion passed. Three thou sand dollars was transferred from the ac~ ! count for hardening streets to that for cob- ble gutters. 4 ~7
 The Derby road matter came up again in \ the shape of the report from the committee | on streets recommending a roadway bridge | at Liberty street instead of the foot bridge. The board voted to table the report. This | was followed by Councilman Fleischner's pe- \ tition that the street be kept open, which came up from the council. On the question of tabling this petition the ayes and nays were ordered. The vote resulted:
 Ayes-W Watrous, Bushnell, Dickerman, Ken ney, Barnes, Sheridan, Doyle, Whittemore, Edwards, Avis, Daley and Groack-12. ' HlY7Ei 1v and Kent-5. Alderman Lynch changed his vote from no to yes.
 The Italian societies, through Paul Russo, extended to the board an invitation to partic- I ipate in their coming national exercises and \ review their parade. The boad voted to &C., ' cept the invitation.
 Alderman Dickerman presented the fol lowing petition, which was referred to the committee on ordinances: The petitions asks ! that "Section 12 of the ordinances of said I city conceI ing assessment and payment of ! damages and benefits" be and the same is ! hereby amended to be as follows, to wit: If any assessment of benefits or apportion- I ment is not paid within iftysfve days after | it becomes payable, the collector shall cause { @ certificate of lien to be filed for record ac- | cording to law; but if within said ffty-five days, the owner of any estate subject to
 such assessment shall request the collector ' in writing to appcrtion, the same said collector shall apportion it into three equal parts: The first day of May following, the filing ot said lien; the second, one year thereafter; the third, one year after said sec ond payment. A lien book in proper form shall be kept at all times in the office of the collector, in which a memorandum of all liens under the charter and by-lNws of said society shall be entered. And be it further ordered by the Court of Common Council of the city of New Haven:
 That section A of the ordinances of said city, concerning "assessment and payment of \ damages and benefits" be and the same is hereby amenoed to be as follows, to wit: It shall be the duty of said collector to \ take legal steps to foreclose any lien in be- ' half of the city in default of full payment of ' the same or of any payment thas may be due upon the apportionmnt of the same as pro. vided in section F, for more than one year after the filing of such lien.
 Petitions were referred as follows: For hardening and top dressing College street be- tween Chapel and Elm streets; of Dr. Stephen E. Hubbard, for repairs corner of College and Crown streets; for 8 sidewalk on Howard
 avenue between Spring and Lam- corner of Church and Crown streets; of Thomas Callahan for crosswalk on Gil- bert street between Cedar street and How ard avenue; for an electric light on the cor ner of Howard avenue and First street; for a | sewer in James street between Grand avenue ' payment of damages for shutting up Ferry path; for an electric light corner of \ George and Park streets; for q | sewer in George street between Day street and Derby avenue; for the hArd- ening of George street, between College street and Derby avenue; of George ". Cur | ran, for appointment as q special constable; Ferry streets; for sewers ia Clay and Ferry streets, from Poplar to Pine streets; for 6 crosswalk on Hamilton street, from the north east corner of Hamilton and Myrtle ! streets; for curb and concrete walk on the west side of Norton street; for concrete walk on the east side of James street from Grand avenue to the Shore \ line; of Agnes Wheeler for abatement of as- | sessment for pavement in front of 70 Fair street; for 8 sidewalk on George street, be- | tween Orchard street and Sherman avenue; | for a crosswalk at corner of Gilbert avenue | and Elliott street.
 The board passed orders as follows: For
 sewer in Ward street, between Sylvan and Davenport avenues; for sewer on Grand ave- nue from State street to the railroad bridge; for curbs and walks on Hamilton street, be- tween Chapel and Wooster street; for new crosswalk from the west side of Fillmore street across Grand ave- nue; for a naptha lamp on North avenue be- tween Whal1ey avenue and Goffs street; for crosswaIks on Lombard street; for crosswalks on Blatchley avenue; for concrete walk on Charles street; for concrete walk on Osborn street; for opening new streets between Win chester avenue and West Drive; for concrete walks on both sides of Bond street; for con- crete walks on Mansfield street; that the or der for sidewalks on First street be recalled and referred to committee on streets; for sidewalk on both sides of Palmer street; for concrete walks on north side of Clay street;
 for the extension of Gibbs street from Shell
 ton avenue to Dixwell avenues; for Q cross walk from easterly side of Garden street to
 north side of Wha1ley avenue; for concrete
 walks on Ashmun and Grove streets. Daughters of Rebecca.
 The members of Miriam lodge of the of oba sy, KL{z o{kx1 a~a ,,a,.x,