Morning journal and courier., 1888-11-20
ooURr OF CopruON COUNCIL.


 The Electric Light OOntracfs-FIag for
 she SOidiers' mOnument-The old State
 House AgaIn-A Lively DIScugslOn-
 The S65 1000 AmendmenG de Old State
 House Raised to OO,OOO-VViu This
 Kln the GhostlY Relios-A Resolution
 te Entirely Remove It OGered-SpecIal
 Meeting ofthe Aldermen to be Called. lar meeting last evening. The following paper was read and referredto the committee on appropriations:
 To the Honorable. Court of Common Council of At q regular meeting of the Henry Q. Merwin R0st held S ege1lIg July S the 1ooT adopted by this post and committee of three ap- Whereas, @ The city of New Haven has accspted from the town of New Haven the soldiers monu- Whereas. The city of New Haven has neither national flag or city flag to display said nonu-
 Resolved. That this post request the city govern msnt to provide national flag and city flag for the over to the commissioners of East Rock park with ment saeh sO f Nav hs Se % nne on and of July in commemoraticn of those days. Considerable discussion was aroused by the the introduction of the electric light contract question. The proposition of giving con- tract of three years to the company was gen- erally opposed as the reduction of three cents
 
 be conceded for long term contract. Upon a vote whether the amendment of one year should be accepted or not the amendment was lost. It was voted to accept all other | actions of the board of aldermen upon the question.
 The invitation to take trip on the Derby | road extension tomorrow was accepted. The State Houae question then came up. The resolutions of the board of aldermen, previously published fnfhe COURIER were read \ President Moran said they were not properly | endorsed and no action could be taken. A recess of five minutes was voted to find City \ Clerk Shanley and have the paper endorsed. | The resolutions were soon brought back and 6 lively discussion ensued. Councilman | Fleischner of the State House committee made long speech in favor of the report. f described and pictured all the benefits and | improvements which the improved building | would offer. He said that it would take $30, ,060 to put the inside in proper repair \ and stated that the building would afford | superior advantages for the free public liz brary.
 sI have here little paper relative to the | subject" interjected President Moran, and he | directed the clerk to read the following: | To the Court of Common Council of the City of
 The undersigned friends of the Free Public library
 of the city of New Haven respectfully represent to your honorable body that in their opinion it is mex pedient te take any action on the repairs or the
 State Hose for the purpose of fitting it for the free \ library until It shall nave been lnVeSISAt0Q by you, whether snch 8 location and building are
 favorable to the growth and success of the library To this end we respectfully ask that joint com
 mittee of both boards of the common council be ap
 pointed to consider aud report upon the subject be- fore any further action is taken thereon. H. B. Harrison. x E. Farnsworth' ! c. R. IngerSon, N. D. Sperry, ! s. E. MerwiD, Henry c. White i Henry G. Lewis, James D. Dewel, | John E. Earle, E. F. Mersick. The resolution to appropriate $65, ,000 for repairs of State House was then put before the board. MT. Thompson offered an amend l ment to raise the $65, GOO to $100, ,000. The ! amendment was passed.
 l A set of resolutions was then presented by MT. Gessner, to be submitted to the people next election. The resolutions called for the destruction and removal of the building from the green, and stated the manner of l action in So doing.
 MT. Fleisehman vigorously opposed the resolutions and said that the building was
 there to stay. He expected it would remain
 there always.
 The amendment of $1OO, 900 was voted ! and reconsidered. The amendment WAS, however, recarried.
 It was voted that the mayor be requested 1 to call @ special meeting of the board of al- dermen to consider the amendment of $1O0,- 900 in place of $65, 900 in every place in the 1 State house resolutions. The board then | adjourned.