Morning journal and courier., 1890-04-11
HARmoNY IN THE noAnn.

messrs. Todd States ana whitney Are
NOS Present at tho hoard OF Public
Works Meeting and Matters Are
Harmoniously Discussed-Mr. LeI9h
q Labor Reformer.
An unnatural harmony pervaded last
nights meeting of the board of public works.
Messrs. Todd, States and Whitney were not
present and Mr.. Atwater affiliated most
pleasantly with Messrs. Reilly and Leigh.
Mayer Peck presided.
M Leigh won quite feather for his cspI
ouf,ns the latter part of the .meetin6 by
posing Is labor reformer. Thaide.s .d.
vanced By him were dssmes worthy to be
considered by full ho.rd and 40 ii: nro.
jeots were tabled 81, 49,. '...t;n. N. a.
water epiov Till next mssung. MI. Az
.h""s, '''0 ed the meeting 60 we'll that he
at q meeting ~ often as once a week
would be quite pleasant.
Robert Morgan appeared for Landlord Seth
Noseley of the New Haven house to ask per-
mission to make a conn cotton with the
Chapel street sewer, distance of 1876 feet.
This was granted.
The turing of that portion of the green
upon which the old state house stood is
| subject which has disturbed the board more
or less. Mr.. Atwater thought it should be
| turfed and not sown with seed. This was
the opinion Of most of the board. There are
about so, 900 square feet altogether which are
| bare of grass To turf this would cost about
| 81 800 and to SOW 1t would cost $50, but it
would take several years before 1t would
present respectable tunic of turf. It
seems impossible to get an extra appropria-
ton for this work, and the board do not like
| to transfer this amount of money from the
other accounts. No action was taken.
| Superintendent of Streets Kent was author.
lied to lay two new crosswalks on James
street ct Alton and Lombard streets.
Mt. Leigh moved that Bradley street be
| cobbled. It was so voted.
Mr.. Foskett, 1873 Davenport avenue, asked
/ permission to remove tree which stands ir
his driveway. II was referred to the COM
mittee with power.
Mr.. Leigh stated that through q mistake
Sewer Superintendent Dillon had b6en al
lowed but SO month for keeping horse
when he should have had $12.6O month
He was give latter amount from April l.
Thomas J. Groark was granted license tt
make sewer connections.
The following communication was re
ceived.
hereby assign all my right and interest in foul
certain contracts for sewers in the city of New
snse Sy on
| Of New Haven, said Blakeslees to perform afore
mentioned contracts in toto and receive IN compen
sation therefor the prices named In said contracts
by them during the execution Of the work which
may arise in consequence thereof.
FREDERICK E. SHAW
Messrs. Atwater & Reilly thought this
questionable proceeding. Mr.. Reilly said
was unfair to the other bidders for On out-of
town man to come in and then turn his con
tract over to others. Mr.. Leigh thought
all right, as the city did not lose anything
The matter was tabled.
Mr.. Leigh stated the conduit of the puml
on the large green was grown in with root
of trees and needed cleaning. It was refer
red to the committee on sewers.
Mr.. Leigh made strong -appea
} for those workmen who work o.
the city streets. He brought on
the time books and found that of the fit
men on the list some received work t
amount to no more than seventy-6ve cent
or 81 week, and they are paid for the tim
they work. When they work full da
they get $3.50. When half or three-quarter
} of a day, they are paid accordingly. MI
| Mr.. Leigh thought no man ought to be de
: prived of quarter of days pay when the
work three-quarters of a day. He thought
man should receive a full days pay when b
worked over half day. Msssrs. Atwate
J and Reilly said 1t was the custom to take
quarter Of days pay off II they did nc
work more than three quarters of day. Th
matter was finally tabled till next meeting.