Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-05
Presented With a Flag.
AFFAIRS OF CITY FINANCE. Transfers of Funds fin the Public Works and Police Departments Hills Reiected.

Bills Rejected.
 Commissioner States of the board of public works appeared before the board of finance last night to ask that 5000 be transferred from the stone crusher account to that for repair and turnpiking. There is $8, ,363.0 .08 remaining unexpended in the stone crusher account. He also ask ed that etoo frosaa sAis account hA transferred to the account for grading streets and $1 ,500 be transferred for the hardening of George street between Oak and Orchard streets.
 The board granted the first two of these requests, but there was considerable ob- jection to the last. The common council has recently ordered the board of public works to harden the city streets in the or der as they are passed by the council. There is large number of streets which have been ordered hardened, but there has not been enough money to do the work. Streets which were ordered hard ened in 1887 still remain as they were be- fore the order was passed. Many of these streets take precedence of George street by two or three years. It was finally decided to transfer the $1 300 asked from the stone crusher account, but the board of public works was instructed to use this amount for the hardening of Daggett street, this being the first street on the list which comes within the $1 ,5OO asked.
 Police Commissioner Andrews appeared to ask that the board of finance audit the pay roll of the police department semi monthly as it does that of the fire depart ment He also asked that $500 unex- pended in the horse and wagon account be transferred to the sundries, and also that $400 which was appropriated for repairs | in the lookup be transferred to the same | account.
 The board transferred the $500 as asked, but not the $4OO, as the members consid- l cred that the repairs to the lookup were l necessary.
 On moion of alderman Gessner the bill of S340 from Burton Mansfield of the library commission, for legal services, was taken from the table. The alderman told the facts of the case as he had ascertained them. He said that Mir. Mansfield had represented the library commission at the l hearing of the suit of the Young Mems l institute vs. the city of New Haven over ! the possession of a certain sum of money left for library purposes by Philip Marett. | The library commission had authorized him to represent it, but he had promised the commission that his service would not l cost the commission cent Neither the mayor nor the corporation counsel had ! authorized Mir. Mansfield to act in behalf l of the city. Considering these facts Alderman Gessner said he could not see
 why the board of finance should approve
 the bill presented by MT. Mansfield.
 Aldermen Maley and Beers were of the same opinion. In their opinionssif the bill
 was paid it should be paid by the library
 commission. The board voted not to ap-
 prove it, and referred it to the library | commission.
 There was some objection by Alderman | Gessner to the bill of $3 from Dr. T. M
 Cahill for attending drunken sailor on | the steamer 0. H. Northam about three | weeks ago. He thought the case should have been cared for by the police surgeon.
 Alderman Maley thought the bill too small
 to make fuss over and it was finally ap.
 proved.
 o. A. Dorman's bill of $9S4 for printing
 ,500 copies of the city charter was tabled
 Only 800 copies of the book have been
 received.
 City Clerk Downes reported that the ad
 vertising fund was exhausted and was in
 structed to make use of the contingent
 fund in the future for this purpose.
 The total amounts of bills approved
 were Public works, $9, ,590; police, $10,
 114.57; fire, $7,0O9.34; health, $1, ,OO8. .O2
 sundries, $12,436.53 total $40. .48
 The sewer account amounted to $17 ,O61. IS