Morning journal and courier., 1891-09-03
THE ROAD ROLLER AGAIN.

The Meeting of the Hoard Of Public l Works-CommIssso Leigh,s Mo. ton to Dispense With the Services of the Harrisburg Road Roller Voted Down-Commission Leigh Retires From the Meeting.
 When the meeting of the board of pub lie works opened last evening there were present Mayor Sargent and Commissioners States, Atwater, Sullivan, Leigh and Brown, but before the meeting closed only the three members of the .ibig four" were present, Commissioner Brown having re- tired to catch train for Stony Creek and Commissioner Leigh retiring in order not to vote upon question in which the Har- risburg road roller was the point at issue.
 After the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting bill amounting to $221, being for the services of three men, c. T. Jones, Jerry Sheehan and J. J. Wilmot, employed on what is known as the Harris burg road roller, came up for approval. The bill already had the signatures of four of the board and was handed to Commis- sioner Leigh for him to af6x his signature thereto.
 Commissioner Leigh however refused to sign the bill, saying that he would like to inquire why the roller was at work upon the streets of the city, and why the board of public works should approve of bills for the payment of mems wages at work upon a roller which the court of common council had absolutely refused to pur- chase. MT. Leigh also desired to know if it was in the power of four men to rent the roller and continue it in use upon the streets of the city. Commissioner Leigh thereupon made motion, which was sec onded by Commissioner Brown, to the eff feet that the services of the Harrisburg road roller be dispensed with.
 Before the vote was called on the motion Commissioner Leigh arose and said that he had overheard Commissioner Atwater just say to another of the members of the board something to the effect that he Qeigh) could make as many motions as he pleased, but they would not amount to anything, as there were four votes against him. Commissioner Atwater in reply emphat- ically denied having made any such state ment, saying that what he really did say was that the bill had four signatures upon it. A vote was then taken upon Commis- sioner Leigh's motion and it was lost, the | vote standing to ?.
 Commissioner Leigh then moved that the owners of the Harrisburg road roller | be notified that the court of common coun- | cil will not purchase the roller. l Commissioner Sullivan offered an amend. ment to the effect that the matter be in | definitely postponed, and it was so voted | by vote of to 9.
 Attorney Carroll then appeared before l the board with his usual complaint to the | effect that the work of sewerage and pave ments in various parts of the city was be l hxy,> rfi ha 1pfn afC nf 1 w. Blakeslee 6 Co., or by parties directly or indirectly connected with them. Mayor Sargent informed MT. Carol
 that the board of public works was power less in the matter, and that if he though
 any such work was going on the court O
 common council was the place to go fol | redress.
 Hilton E. Doolittle then appeared befor | the board in reference to the hardening O
 Veto street. He stated that a specific ap
 propriation had been made for this pur pose, but up to the present tim nothing had been done in the matter. Com 1 missioner Atwater moved that Veto ant I Audubon streets be the next streets hard
 ened after the repairs on Park street hat
 been completed.
 1 Commissioner Sullivan then offered al |'amendment to the effect that the rolle now on East street be put on the work o1
 Veto street when East street is finished, il
 about two weeks.
 This action started up Commissions
 Leigh, as the roller now at work on Eas
 street is the Harrisburg roller. In speak
 ing upon the motion he said that that roa,
 roller never would go to work in any par
 of this city with his vote, and practicall.
 that unless the amendment was withdraw
 he would retire and leave the board with
 out quorum. He also offered an amend
 ment to the effect that the Harrisburg
 roller be not used on any of the street
 mentioned. Commissioner Leigh's amend
 ment failed to receive the necessary secon
 and Commissioner Leigh acco1 dingly with
 drew from the meeting. The origina
 motion as amended by Commissioner Sul
 livan was then passed before MT. Leig
 was out of the building.
 The complaint of W. A. Wright, warde
 of the borough of Fair Haven East, ,agains
 E. M. Futile, the bridgetender of the Quir
 nipiac drawbridge, was received and rt
 ferred to the joint committee of city an
 town on roads and bridges.
 The various monthly bills of the boar
 were then approved, after which tn
 board adjourned to meet again Wednesday September 16