Morning journal and courier., 1891-09-22
ANNUAL SCHOOL ELECTION.
THE WORK WILL NOW GO ON.

SeS
 THE WORK WILL NOW GO ON. The Board of Councilmen at a Spec
 ial Meeting Vote to Concur With
 the Board of Alderman n in the Mat
 ter of the Transfer of Certain Ac-
 counts In the Hoard of Public -- Works-Other. Business.
 A special meeting of the board of coun- cilmen was, held in the City hall last even- ing in pursuance of call from Mayor Sar- gent, The meeting was called for the purpose of taking action upon the transfer of moneys from one account to another in the road department.
 The board of public works desired that the sums of $1 ,04O, $1,66O and 1900 be transferred from the road roller and stone crusher account, respectively, to the con- tingent expenses account, to walks and curbs account and to the account for the repairs of payements. Besides these transfers the board desired the sum of $870 taken from the appropriation for the hardening of Whiting street and turned over to. the account for the repairs of payements These transfers were recom- mended by the committee on finance and submitted to the board of aldermen, by which body the petition was granted. The board of councilmen at it's last meeting tabled the matter of the transfer as there was not 6ve-sixths of the mem bers present. The work in the various l departments of the board of public works was considerably hampered in consequence l of the action of the board of councilmen. l At the meeting last evening the follow l ing communication from Mayor Sargent | in reference to the matter was read: 1 To the Honorable Board of Councilmen of New
 The mayor felt constrained to call your honor 1 able body together in special session this even- ing, in consequence of the immediate necessities l In order to keep the usual number of men at work in the department of the board of public
 and for the purpose of doing worI ordered by ! the honorable court of common council, which is
 urgently needed, the transfer of sundry appro: l priatiens is necessary, as asked for by said
 board and recommended by the board of l finance Respectfully, I Jos. B. SARGENT. | City Hall, September 21, 1891.
 The matter was brought up by. Council man Cleveland, who moved that the board E concur with the board of aldermen in the l matter of the transfer. Councilman Nc
 Donald desired to know for what purposes
 the transfers were desired, and whether
 any of it was to be devoted to the pur
 chase of the road roller.
 Mayor Sargent, who is president ex
 officio of the board of public works, an6
 who was present at the meeting of the ] councilmen, was asked to explain the ob
 jects of the transfer. He said briefly
 that the transfers were desired princi
 pally for tho purpose of repairs to pave 1 ments and walks and eurbs, and not flo,
 the purchase of 8 road roller, and that thi fact was very evident from the fact tha
 nearly all of the transfers were from thu
 road roller account to other accounts O.
 the board of public works.
 Councilman Parsons of the Second
 stated that in his opinion the matte
 might be obtained upon the subject. Il
 reference to the board of public works h
 said when we have board of publi
 works, which it is necessary to investigate
 and committee on investigation has nov
 been in existence for nearly two months I it is time we looked more fully into tn
 matter before we do anything nasty in tn
 matter, and I therefore move you that tn
 matter be tabled for the present in orde to obtain more light upon the subject. The amendment was put and declare' lost The original motion of Councilma Cleaveland, to concur with the board c . l 0AooA tuon, ~"e Poo anu -S"AAAoo uAt'n
 At this stage of the proceedings Counci
 man McDonald desired to be excused i
 order to attend 8 meeting of special com
 mittee which was in session in anothe portion of the hall. The president rule , that it was not permissible for any com mittee of councils to hold any meetin a while the board was in session. Council
 man Reyes at this juncture arose and aske 7 for the city sheriff. When asked by tn president if he really wanted to see him h 3 caused great deal of merriment by reply 8 ing: "Well, don't know. If any of thes f gentlemen want to leave it might be we to have him around. At any rate, he wa : here when tried to get away few meet ings since" The members who desired t 7 attend the other meeting were then give s |, unanimous leave to withdraw.
 , The proposed pest house ordinanc
 which was tabled at the last meeting wa , taken from the table and passed.
 , The report of the committee of confer f ence to the strengthening of Dixwell ave : nue, recommending the accepting of th , report of the committee on streets was at
 cepted and recommended adopted by 2 vote of F to 3.
 3 The following petitions were referred t , their respective committees: Hardenin of Ward street, sewer in Ferry street petition of H. Aldermen for damages, an , a resolution presented by Councilma , Moore for the elimination of the wor negro in the section of the city charte where it speaks of negro minstrels, theatr cal entertainments, etc.