Morning journal and courier., 1891-04-11
THE BONDS RATIFIED

Prohibiting the H1StOf1cS1 SOchety l from Placing Its Collection, Etc., In the Free Public Library Build- ing.
 A special meeting of the board of alder men was held last evening to ratify the | issue of sewerage bonds in 1887 and 1890, which were recently sold to Boston firm. There was not dissenting vote to this action This matter came up at former meeting of the aldermen, but from q lack of understanding the situation thoroughly it was referred to the committee on finance. Had this step been carried out it would have taken about 8 month before the bonds would have received the en- dorsement of the council, and as the interest in the meantime would be withheld, the city must necessarily be the loser from about $25 to $50 a day on the $175, 900 worth sold. According to one of the provisions these bonds had to be ratified by majority of all the members in each board. This process was per formed three years ago, but when the measure was presented to the councilmen at that time, after having been passed by the aldermen, the assistant city clerk of
 
 word "concurred," without stating that the required majority of all the members | had so voted. This neglect was the cause l of making further endorsement neces- sary.
 l Another matter came up before the meeting which was treated in an emphatic manner. It was that proposed marriage 1 between the free public library and the Historical society. At the last meeting of the library directors it was voted by that body that permission be given the 1 and other effects in the public library building and hang their pictures on the walls. The committee from the two bodies, the library directors and the His l torical society thought this would be an l advantageous movement for both parties; | the public would have freer access to a | most valuable collection of colonial an l tiquities and relics of an interesting nature, and the society would in return l find quarters for their collection, as their | lease of the rooms in the Insurance build I ing expires May 1.
 The aldermen did not look with favor upon this scheme and questioned the au- |. thor1ty of the directors in taking such | step, and passed a prohibitory order pre- | sented by Alderman Maley, which further l prohibited as follows: "That they shall | not allow any person, corporation or so- | ciety to use, occupy or have control of any portion of said building, and that no prop erty of any kind be deposited or kept there except that strictly belonging to said free public library, and that the corpora | tion counsel is hereby instructed to see l that this order is enforced by legal pro- ceedings if necessary"
 The mayor, in reference to the order, said the free public library does not oc- cupy at present the galleries nor the halls | in the rear. He spoke of the position of l importance which the Historical society now occupies, and the great value which it's ! collection will be in the years to come and the necessity of keeping it together. | They have, he said, library more valua- bic in dollars and cents than the one now | in the free public library, numbering some 1 four or five thousand volumes; continuing, | he said: There is room at present in the library building and will be for some years | to come. The time of occupancy is to be terminated by either party with a years notice. He said that for his own part he considered it most valuable accession to the free library.
 l MT. Hamilton, as @ member of the -h- brary directors and the board of aldermen, arose to explain his position, and without hesitation said he would not want to vote for the proposal of marrying the two bodies unless the directors were first en- dorsed in their conduct by the court of common council. Here is building, he said, bought and paid for by every citizen of this city to be used for free public li- brary only, and that being the case, don't see where the authority comes from to de- l vote it to any other purpose. It was not intended to be mnseum. He thought the board of directors had no right to take l cuch Q otor, 1p1asc frst a1tboriza1 hu tho court of common council. He said that only four of the seven library directors had voted for the measure, and this sup port he thought was feeble. The Grand Army have been refused like privilege and why, he said, shall we make a dis tinction in societiesg It would be a far different case if the Historical society were proposing to make gift of it's effects to the city,
 Alderman Daley said there was no more right to permit the Historical society to come into the building than the St. Pat rick's society CT any other society.
 The committee's recommendation for the removal of the public urinal was recom- mitted to the committee on streets, as the Trinity church people oppose this step and desire to be heard in the matter.
 Will Go te the Retreat.
 
 moved to the insane retreat next week as early as possible. They are John Mullen, known as 'tBootjack Mullen," who has been at the house for about ten days, and Lena Bloomburg. Mullen has been ex- ceedingly violent at times.
 A NARROW ESCAPE.
 Fell Forty Feet and Hut Slightly ! Hurt.
 Michael Healey, tinsmith residing in Fair Haven and who is employed by Will liam Smith, had very narrow escape yes terday from instantaneous death or serious injuries. He was at work on a verandah near the corner Of Lawrence and Orange streets when he suddenly lost his balance and fell to the ground, distance of forty feet. Luckily the only injury he sus- tained was strain to his right ankle.
 The Electric Car.
 Hundreds of people watched the cleo tric car on the West Haven horse railroad track near the Green yesterday. Electri- clans and skilled mechanics in the employ of Henry G. Thompson & Sons, this city, were at work at the mechanism during the day. While the workmen were busy the crowd stood idly by and watched the performance. Messrs. Thompson are progressing favorably with the application of their new invention, the Eureka trac- tion system, to the car. No particular program is announced for the car, which will be run when the alterations in the mechanism are perfected.
 A Fine Stock or Goods.
 The we'll known firm of Weed 6 Clark, hardware dealers, in the Hoadley building, are, owing to their enterprise and facii- ties, winning very large trade. Their capacious store is admirably stocked in every department. They carry fine line of builders hardware, and among their specialties, in which they have an unusu- ally large trade, is the safety and other high class bicycles. They also have fine line of baby carriages, which it will pay all to examine who are in want of such 6 vehicle. They do the largest trade in bicy- cles of any firm in the city. Their stock of hardware is very large and worthy of inspection.
 THAT APPOINTMENT MADE. Maurice mcHugh Will be the W eieher
 at the Stone Crusher-The New Mem.
 ber of the Hoard of Public Works
 Present at the Meeting Last Even.