Morning journal and courier., 1889-03-05
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.


 system Receives Favorable Attention
 Petition For the Erection of the |
 Memorial M Iomument in the Hear of l
 Center Church-.Enstruction to tne
 Corporation Counsel Regarding Mat. l
 ters Pending Before Legislature.
 The board of aldermen after three hours session last night, adjourned to meet again tonight, having loads of business on hand.
 The committee in squares, as result ot it's conference with the Chamber of Commerce committee, relative to the extension of the city's park system reported. Resolutions in favor of the issuance of bonds, by the towns and not by the city and not to exceed the proposed sum of $2e0, ,000 at four per cent. interest or less. The money to be expended by commission, to be constituted by the town and city authorities and that act Of the legislature relating to the subject shall De binding until submitted to and approved by popular vote. The report recommends the Councils approval of the park extension project, and the appointment of 8 joint com mittee consisting of the mayor, two alder men and three councilmen to cooperate ID the matter with the selectmens committee and the Chamber of Commerce committee Tn preparing a bill to be presented to the legis- Iature at it's present session, asking for power on the matter. The report was adopted IS to 8 and was referred to the committee on squares and the mayor.
 Joseph Porter and Prof. c. s. Hastings, were appointed by the mayor on the library committee. Vice Driscon and Bigelow re- signed. The board confirmed the appolnt- ments.
 The following petition was read and re-
 ferred:
 "The undersigned, a committee of the First Ec
 clesiastical Society of New Haven Center chHreh)
 would respectfully represent that said society pro-
 poses to erect in comnemoration of the 25oth an
 niversary of the settlement of New Haven a. men tai
 church edifice memorial of the founders or 1ne
 snd spscs Sf he w Ie of e9s With
 width of about 70 feet and extending about 10 feet
 sTgor t59@ the w wt
 design to be submitted f0r yoIr ap
 beautiful and appropriate public monument worthy of it's subject and situation, ana more
 on e site ateiy granted by your honorable body
 for the same purpose at the junction of Congress
 avenue ana e intended to be utilized as recess or
 Auditorium of the church building occupied by the
 E1est reanest your honorable body to grant
 permission to erect said memorial structure ana
 consent to the use of it's interior in the manner
 Thomas R. Trowhridge. Justus s. Hotchkiss, Ma than H. Sanford
 It had already been decided to erect the monument at the junction of Congress ave- nue and George and Meadow streets, but it has been thought since that the plot is too small. The memorial building will cost be- tween $25, ,O00 and $30,000. Preliminary ! sketches were presented with the above pa- per. The walls will be of stone and marble, | granite or brown stone being used for the \ main walls.
 | One great consideration prompting the ' petition of the church is that the city | has fixed site for memorial | statue on a plot ten feet square at the \ junction of Congress avenue and George \ street. As this is 8 very cramped position it Y is thought, as the graves of all the early sets \ tiers are clustered around Center church that \ an addition to this church which would com | bine many more historical subjects than the | monument would embrace would be fal \ preferable. The monument which was tc | be erected at the street junction would have \ been surmounted by a life size statue 1T | bronze of Theophilus Eaton. If the memo | rial addition to Center church is built 6 \ bronze or marble representation of Eator | will be placed on the exterior. The addition ' will be octsgonal in shape, and inscriptions and statues will be placed on the four e1 | terior walls. The two rough stones behind the church, which are supposed to mark the \ burial spot of Goffe and Gilbert, will be ! placed in the walls of the memorial.
 John Davenport, who died and was bur | jed in Boston, was one of the first settlers ! of New Haven and his statue will be placed \ in the walls of the memorial building. There ! will also be a representation of Governor | Goodyear, who died in London, and of Al | lerton, the first pilgrim who voyaged te | America on the Mayfower. Allerton was buried on the Green, between the liberty \ pole and Center church, about 1850. Many ! other statues will be added from time tc | time. Tablets in marble and bronze will | bear names of early settlers and other data | The building is to be entirely memorial 1T | character. It will not take up as much space
 as the recent addition to Trinity church. Il | will, however, increase the accommodations of Center church, although this is not the prime object of the move.
 The lamp committee reported adversely or ' fifteen petitions for lights in various parts oi the city, on account of a lack of finances. | The clerk was instructed to cast ballol \ for the appointment of constables recon. mended by the committee on nominations
 and already printed in the COURIER.
 Corporation Counsel Townsend sent in { | long communication in which he asked to bt | instructed what to do regarding several mat | ters of interest to New Haven which will bt ! heard before the legislature tomorrow. He was instructed not to oppose the bill for tht extension of the Fair Haven and Westvillt | road, for the substitution of electric for ami. \ nal power and for an increase in capital | stock-all, if carried out, to be subject to the | approval of the court of common council and | the improvements as proposed in the bill te be done in three years.
 He was instructed not to oppose the incor \ poration of the New Haven and Morris Cove \ road, provided that it be built within three ! years. He was instructed to favor the incor II poration of the Newhallville railway com pany, provided that the paragraph relating | to the cars being run by overhead electric l wires be stricken out.
 He was also instructed not to oppose tn I ..ek ETa-A Haz- ho~o f0 the laying of 8 double track on Churcl street, providing the tracks are laid to th' satisfaction of the board of public works ant | that the cars of the Newhallville, Whitney | avenue and State street roads have the priv. ilege of passing over the West Haven road tt
 the depot by giving proper compensation; ! Alderman Douglass introduced petition that section GA of the city charter be amend ] ed to read as follows:
 Provided further that in any prosecution for | violation of any of the provisions of this and
 shall find that any sign attached to any building ! does not project into the street more than five
 inches and that no substantial to pub
 lie travel caused thereby, then the person prose
 cuted shall be liable for violation of this and the preceding section.
 ! It was referred.
 Petitions referred: For electric lights cor ner of Howard and Columbus avenues, cor. ner Howard avenue and South Water streets gas lamp on Broad street between Cedar and Palma streets; for naptha lamp on Fillmore street between Lombard and Peck streets ! for appointment as special constables, Wm | Sullivan, Charles c. Hall, James O'Reilly, William H. Munson, William E. Mon, I sell, J. E. Smith, John Delaney, Wm. J. Cook, Isaih Hickman, Sam G. Betts electric lights corner Winchester avenue and Sachem street, on Kimberly avenue between Grant and First streets, corner Rosette and Dewitt streets naptha lamp on Willow street between Foster and Anderson streets; John W. Miller for license to drive hack; of Rev. John Russell for park on southwest cor ner of State and Franklin streets; Bernard Lynch of 127 Kimberly avenue for land damages caused by an overflow of water from adjacent streets; George L. Armstrong, trustee Anna N. Sheriden, for abatement of taxes; Hiram Camp for readjustment of benefits and dam- ages on Blatchley avenue; Joseph L. Joyce for abatement of taxes; sidewalk on both sides of Ellsworth avenue between Chapel and Martin streets and Park avenue; cross walk on east side of State street from Mill river to Albert stret; side- walk on Lloyd street; for top-dressing of Middletown avenue; sewers in Asylum