Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-08
HoARDoF ALDEnmEN.
The Overflowing of Oak and Other
 Streets Referred to 9 Special Conn

The Overhowing of Oak and Other Streets Referred to . Special Conn mittee to be RemedIed-The Opinion | of the Corporation Counsel in IR efer- | ence to the Janitorial Committee l Sustafns Presldent Callahan,s De- | cfsIon.
 The last regular meeting of the present board of aldermen was held last evening and was an unusually harmonious session. After the spirited discussions which have taken place recently in the chamber of the board in reference to the water question, last evenings session was rather dull and spiritless affair, the only ripple of excite ment being caused when the question of the janitorial committee came up.
 An opinion from Corporation Counsel Driscoll was received and read in refer ence to the power of the mayor to appoint janitorial committee. In the opinion the corporation counsel stated that the vote on the resolution could not hs recon sidered, as the resolution had already be- come operative and effectual before the matter of reconsideration came up. The action could be rescinded by 8 resolution councilmen and approved by the mayor, but the vote passing the original resolu- after it had passed both boards and been approved by the mayor. In ref erence to the question whether the mayor had power to appoint janitorial commit tee he says: find no reference either in the charter or ordinances to janitorial committee and must be governed by the resolutions sent me. am of the opinion that the mayor had power to appoint a hr1t yUh hat ha delegated to the committee to elect or ap- point 8 ianitor is another question. This opinion, which fully sustains the position taken by President Callahan at 8 former meeting of the board, was accepted and ordered on file without single dis senting vote.
 A few minutes later Alderman Maley in troduced resolution to the effect that in view of the doubt as to the right of the mayor to appoint 8 committee, that all | former action and votes taken in the mat ter of the janitorial committee be re- l scinded. Alderman McGann thereupon | moved that the resolution be indefinitely postponed, but the motion was lost by a | vote of 12 to 5. The resolution of Alder man Maley was then passed.
 While the vote on the question was | being taken Alderman Maley was busy preparing another resolution, and as soon | as the vote had been taken he sent it up to | Clerk Downes. Before it could be read, however, President Callahan announced that he could not entertain any action tending to the appointment ofa committee until the vote to rescind had been passed by the board of councilmen and approved by the mayor.
 | The report of the committee on lamps, recommending that contract for three years from January 1, 1892, be made with l Thomas Brennan to furnish and supply naphtha, was accepted and contract or dered made.
 The report of the committee on claims | de the Oak street sewer system, recon mending that joint special committee ot 1 two aldermen and three couneilmen be ap pointed to give the matter immediate con l sideration and to confer with the city en gineer with a view to remedying the over l flowing of Oak, Factory and other streets was accepted, the recommendation adopt ed and the following aldermen appointed to constitute the aldermanic part of the committee: McGann and McKjernan.
 The petition of the New Haven and Al 1ingtown railroad again came up for dis position. After considerable discussion { committee of conference, consisting of Al dermen Hamilton and Hitler, was ap pointed to confer with the board of coun
 cilmen in reference to the matter.
 Alderman Johnson asked for the unani
 nous consent of the board to the appoint
 ment of F. R. Fisher, janitor of the Sas
 sacus armory, as special constable. Tn appointment was thereupon made b,
 speciaI unanimous consent.
 The board of finance was instructed t.
 report an appropriation of $10, ,000 for tn
 purpose of purchasing and laying vitrifet
 brick pavement to be used experimentally
 said pavement to be laid on such streets a
 the court of common council may direct.
 Alderman Hitler introduced resolution
 to the effect that the city advertising
 done in all the local papers, and that
 yearly contract be made with each of tn
 papers, same to be approved and signe'
 by the board of finance; and, further, tha
 the board of finance be instructed to SC
 cure bids to ascertain what the cost of ad
 vertising would be in each of the paper
 and report to the court of common coun
 cil before making any contract. This res olution was unanimously adopted, afte
 which the board adjourned.