Morning journal and courier., 1890-03-29
AM ABBEY on a srREET,

q. G. BOW and Others want TOWN. !,
send Alley Changed TO q street.
Grooved or II Rails On state street,
Chandler ana she Urinal.
Townsend Alley, or Townsend Lane, ~ 1t
ID called, has been an eyesore to the resi-
dents In the vicinity of Winter. Henry and
other streets for some years. The pinnacle
of their grievances was reached when per-
NIT was granted to Mr.. Donovan to build
upon the alley. They thought that street
at least should be laid out before any build
ings were erected upon this tract, which
Judge Sheldon characterizes a. but little
more than cowpsth. Accordingly, Law
yer Z. q. Dow and Others pstitionsd that no
one be allowed to build until q street was
laid out and that this street be surveyed and
laid out ~ soon % possible.
The matter was thoroughly aired before
the committee on streets last night. Mr.. Dow.
Judge Sheldon, Mr.. Townsend and others
stated the necessity of q street through the
place. Mr.. Dow wanted q straight street,
and this seems to be the point which is most
vigorously contested. Some wanted q street
with an angle in 1t. Mr.. Donovan did not
oppose the laying out of street nor did he
favor 1t. Tho one thing he struggled for
was the angle: This matter does not come
In the province of the committee on streets
to recommend. Whenever street 10 laid
out, q hearing of all interested In the im-
provement is held and the layout is made as
near a. possible for the interest of all. 1t
recommended to refer the matter to the
board of public works with recommends.
ton that the layout of the street be made.
Attorney Watrous for the Fair Haven and
| Westville horse railroad company, Hoadley
| B. Ives and others appeared to oppose the
petition of business men that the road Dc
directed to lay the fiat or grooved rail from
Chapel street to the depot on State street.
practical one and that the Rrooved rail was
| the worst possible kind, for in summer it
filed with dust and small stones and in win
ter with snow and ice, thus forcing the cars
from the track to the discomfort OF passen-
gers as we'll a. the company.
and Howarth of the Centerville horse railroad
companies appeared to endorse these state
ments, as did also Judge Sheldon. Letters
to the same effect were read from Els. Good
rich, president of the Hartford and Wethers-
field road, President Hyatt (who is treasurer
of the United States) of the Norwalk road,
and one from the president of the Bridgeport
horse railroad.
In opposition to these statements City En-
gineer Hill said that on paved street the
| Rrooved rails worked to charm and were
never blocked with stone or sand.
Alderman Thompson appeared for the PEI
| titioners. He stated they did not wish to
antsgonizs the railroad company, but simply
| to protect themselves. He read an extract
from the Engineering and Building Record
| which gave abundant evidence of the sue
cessful Working Of the grooved rail in WASH
| ington, Buffalo, New York and Boston. He
| said there Was not city Of $4,000 inhAbi.
tants in the country that would let street
| railroads impose upon 1t "a New Haven does.
| Half of the streets are ruined by the badly
laid and Ill kept tracks. The companies
had promised to remedy this, but had re-
peatedly violated their promise. Now the
public intended to protect themselves with
something beside promises.
The committee wished to inform them
selves more fully in the matter and tabled 1t
till next meeting.
Alderman w. E. Chandler protested vigor-
ously against the public urinal on Chapel
street between Church and Temple. He
said II was not needed and was q great an
are now forced to shun that side Of the street
entirely. A letter from John s. Fowler sug.
gested that It be removed to the green and
overgrown with ivy. The petition was
tabled till next meeting. The committee was
convinced that 1t was public necessity.
Petitions recommended were: Concrete
walk on the north side of Bishop street be-
tween Orange and Whitney avenue and a
sidewalk on Saltsnstall avenue, both to be
laid before October 1; the top dressing OF
| Temple street between Grove and Trumbull.
Those recommended to be given leave to
withdraw were: Sidewalk on Ferry street;
| grading of Canal between Webster and Num-
son streets; top dressing of Academy between
| Chapel and Howe Place.
The grading of Ashmun street between
Bristol and Grove streets was tabled to next
meeting.
II was recommended that the Phelps asso-
citation be granted authority to use four
teen inches over the east street line of Pros
poet street and eight inches over the north
line Of Trumbull street, provided that said
association shall remove any wall or fence
built thereon whenever ordered by the court
Of common council to do so, without preju-
dice to the rights of either party as now ex-
/ istipR.