Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-11-05
DEWITT STREET EXTENSION.

An Animated Session of the Board of
Public Works Last Evenfng-The
ssBig Four, and the ssLittIe Two''
Sargentss Decision Appealed
FrOm-Other Business.
There was not the slightest reference
made at the meeting of the board of public
works last evening to any alleged move
ment on foot to remove Superintendent
Doyle and Superintendent Brennan from
their respective positions, unless it was
done in the executive session which follow
ed the regular meeting of the board and
concerning the business transacted at
which each member of the board was as
dumb as an oyster.
For short time last evening things
were pretty lively, the old lines being
drawn pretty closely between the "Big
Four" and the "Little Two" The matter
was brought about in the following man
ner: The subject of the Dewitt street ex-
tension had been ventilated at considerable
length and brought out various expressions
of approval or disapproval from the COM
| missioners as to the method of carrying
| out the orders of the court of common
council.
After considerable discussion of the
| case pro and con, Commissioner Leigh
moved that the clerk notify all owners of
the encroachments to remove same before
January /, 1892. This motion was Sec
onded by Commissioner Brown and an aye
and nay vote was called for. The vote was
| taken, Commissioners Leigh and Brown
voting in the affirmative and the 'tBig
Four" refusing to vote.
The mayor then declared the vote passed
L L l. Ck-l-
was at once up in arms and appealed from
| the decision of the chair, claiming that the
| mayor had no right to declare the vote car
ried by two members of the board voting
| for it when all six members we're present.
| The mayor stated that the vote was passed
| as all the members had had an opportuni-
| ty of voting, but had not embraced IT,
The appeal of Commissioner States was
| seconded and the vote being taken the de-
cision of the chair was not sustained, in
an aye and nay vote, this time the ''Big
Four" being solidly arrayed and voting
not to sustain the mayors decision and
the "Little Two" voting in favor of sus-
tanning it. The mayor then declared that
| the board had not sustained his decision,
| but added that it was a question for the
corporation counsel to decide whether his
declaration of the first vote was valid or
not.
Commissioner Atwater then moved that
the order of the court of common council
| in reference to the matter of the Dewitt
street extension be carried out as soon as
| an appropriation for that purpose could be
| secured. This was carried by a vote of
| four to two.
When the matter of the opening and
| extension of Dewitt street, which has been
hanging fire for the past eighteen years,
l came up before the board last evening it was
| favored by alarge number of property own
/ ers and residents in the neighborhood who
were present to favor the proposed extern
sion and the removal of the present en-
croachments. Among those who were pres
| emit and heard in the matter were Alder
man Keane, John Ward, G. 81. Bradford,
J. N. Coe, Thomas H. Fulton, Thomas
Discoll, Charles Doherty, F. L. Morse, Ed
ward Farley, D. F. Kelly.
Professor Farnam appeared before the
board in reference to an order which was
passed at the last meeting of the board in
structing him to lower the sidewalk in
front of his property on Edwards street.
The vote passed at the last meeting in
structing the superintendent of streets to
enforce the order was rescinded, and Pro-
| lessor Farnam given leave to lay his walk
| at the present grade and that the superin-
| tendent of streets be instructed to lay q
crosswalk across Edwards street as soon as
the walk is completed.
The city engineer was instructed to here
after include on the monthly pay roll the
name and salary of each man in his depart
ment
The order recently passed by the board
of aldermen in reference to the laying of
| sidewalk and curb on the Ashmun street
side of the New Haven City Burial associa
ton Grove street cemetery was referred
to the superintendent of streets with power
| to act.
The matter of removing the stone from
State street where the railroad company is
laying its double track was referred to the
superintendent of streets, with power te
act. This stone will be utilized by the
city, after being crushed, for hardening Of
streets.
Superintendent of Streets Doyle STATED
that he had no further use for the Harris
burg road roller and desired to be instruct
ed as to what disposition to make of it fol
the winter. He was requested by the
| mayor to take the machine to his residence
and store it for the winter.
Superintendent Doyle also reported that
he had received six bids for the filling in
of the boulevard sewer and that some PEG.
pie were violating the city ordinance by re
laying brick sidewalks, but both matters
were tabled for the present.
When signing the monthly bills of the
board last evening Commissioners Brown
and Leigh unwittingly affixed their sigma.
lures to the bill of F. G. & "A. E. Rowland
for 81 for repairs to the new road roller
They had no sooner, however, ascertained
that they had signed the bill than they i'm,
mediately with one fell stroke of the per
crossed off their approval of the bill. The
bill was signed by the other four members
of the board and approved, as were also al
the other monthly bills.