Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-07-15
COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.
An Appropriation of $75 Granted to Each Fire Company-ExchanRe Place to Be Paved With Belgian Blocks.


 An Appropriation of $75 Granted to Each Fire Company-ExchanEe Place to Be Paved With Belgian Blocks.
 Mayor Baldwin presided over the special meeting of the board of alder men last night. The board of compen- sation reported assessments for pave ments on Bank and South Main streets, the city to pay one-half and the abut- ting property owners one-half. The re- port was accepted.
 Two ballots were taken to fill the vacancy in the board of health caused by the death of F. Floyd Weld, resulting in the selection of Frederick A. Spencer. Other candidates were J. w. Mcdonald and +. w. Whitlock.
 A petition signed by all the fire com panies of the city was presented asking for an appropriation of $75 for each com pany to entertain the visitors to the an- nual convention of the State Firemen's association to be held in this city next month. The matter was not acted upon as the meeting was a special one and 1t was not in the call. An informal vote, however, showed that the aldermen favored granting the appropriation.
 There were only two abSentees when President Kellogg called the adjourned meeting of the council to order.
 The first business discussed was upon the recommendation that the city ap- propriate $1 800 for renovating the City hall, contingent upon a like amount being appropriated by the town. Agent Carmody and Councilman Noether ex- plained the results of the case. It was proposed to paint and paper the hall, remove the side rooms, locate the dressing rooms under the stage, lay a new floor and procure new folding benches. A yea and nay vote was called for and resulted in the defeat of the resolution, 10 being m favor and 8 opposed to the measure, falling two short of the neces- sary two-thirds vote.
 Petitions from Louis l. Cook, for building line on Wood street, and from George w. Beach and others for grade on Farm street, were referred to the street board.
 The petition from the fire department for an appropriation Of $75 for each company, to help defray the expenses of | the coming convention, met with con- siderable opposition, ,all on legal grounds. A motion to grant the petition was declared out of order by President Kel- logg on the ground that under the char ter an appropriation in excess of S1OO could not be granted for the purpose asked in the petition. This decision was overruled. Councilman Riordan called the attention of the members to Sec 26 I of common council shall have power to make appropriations for public receptions, parades, and celebrations to an amount not exceeding S1O0 in any case" Under this section it was claimed the petition could not legally be granted. Every mem Der who opposed the motion did so on these grounds. A yea and nay vote was called for, resulting as follows: Yea-Council- l n c Andrews, Turner, Noether, Cunning ham, Horigan, Spellman, Kane, Casey, II; nay-Councilmen Kellogg, Barnes, Goodwin, ,Archambault, Barnes, Riordon, Finley, 2; absent, Councilmen White and Fruin.
 ] The council concurred with the alder men in the election of Frederick A. Spencer to fill the vacancy on the board of health.
 The board concurred with the alder men in accepting the report of assess ments for pavements on Bank and South | Main streets.
 The matter of paving Exchange place was taken from the table and the vote passed at a former meeting to use asphalt was rescinded after arguments pro and con had been made. Council men Turner, Goodwin and Kellogg, in the order named, argued strongly in Finley spoke in opposition to this sys- tenn. By a vote of 10 to the order to pave Exchange place with asphalt was rescinded.
 A resolution passed by the aldermen ordering belgian block pavement on East Main street to Spring was lost. Action was then taken on the resolution passed by the aldermen at the previous meeting, instructing the road board to advertise for bids for paving Exchange place with belgian block. By a vote of | II to 6 the council concurred.
 The meeting then adjourned.