Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-07-09
RoARD OF ALDERMEN.

York. New Haven and Hartford
Railroad Company Referred to the
Committee on Streets-The Matter
of the Pearl Street Extension-Rou.
tine Business Transacted.
Eighteen members of the board of alder |
men were present at the special meeting of |
that body last evening. Among the petit
lions presented was one from the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
company asking for the layout of a new
Union avenue, the discontinuing of portions
of several streets in the vicinity of the
present station, etc. The petition was re-
ferred to the committee on streets. The
full text of the petition is as follows:
| To the Honorable Court of Common Council Of
the City of New Haven:
| The undersigned petitioner, the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad company, repre-
| sents:
That it desires and proposes to cause con-
| nection to be made between the tracks OF the
York division ao of its roaS along The bank Of Vest
river, and to transport passengers passing over
| the Derby railroad over said connecting tracks
| to and from the present Union station OF the
It desires that the present freight station and
| yard of the Derby railroad shall be used for !
local freights carried over the New Haven and
Derby railroad to and from any western connect
| ing rOadS. ;,
Your petitioner also desires to rearrange the
existing tracks on the westerly side of Union
addiona aH Tracks bTenching vest from Union
wharf and south of said square, SO as to use said
tracks for additional passenger and freight tTaf
| It also desires to remove all the tracks OF the
New Haven and Derby railroad which now cross
| Meadow street.
For the purpose Of carrying out the aforesaid
! improvements and making said changes and
enl4rging it's station grounds and furnishing
| halter nQS9lp to
aud from Its passenger station, it desires to lay
out and construct new public highway seventy
ton Of Water street with State street, thence
running westerly in a straight line across
Intersection. and thence westerly in straight
line across Portsea street to the intersection OF
public highway it desires to have designated a
Union avenue.
Union avenue, and those portions Of State street
Columbus avenue, Meadow street, Portsea street
and Carlisle street which lie southerly Of satd
honorable body as public highways, such dscon'
tinuance to take effect when the proposed Unior
Of the board Of public WORKS Of the city Of New
Haven and thrown open to public travel.
: Your petitioner represents that it now own
: street, south Of Custom House SQUARE and npo1
Union avenue, and upon the southerly portions O.
and Carlisle street; it also nearly all of thu
land over which said proposed new Union avenue
l
The petitioner, therefore, respectfully request
your honorable body to pass an order authoriz
AVENUE and discontinping as p1blc hshxay
the present Union avenue and those portions o
State street. Columbus avenue, Meadow street
| Portsea street and Carlisle street which are south
discontinuance not to take effect until said ne1
ed BY your petitioner to the satisfaction Of tn
board of public works of the city of New Haven
vided, however, that said present Union avenu
10 and those portions Of Meadow street
% continued shall be kept open and in good stat
Of repair by said railroad company as az
proaches to its present Union passenger station
until such time as your petitioning compan
d shall provide a passenger station with az
O. proaches abutting upon the new Union avenue
and, provided further, that the said New Have
tracks which now cross Meadow street, and r.
square and State street to point south Of tn
-, intersection of the new Union avenue with Stat
" Dated at New Haven. June 80, 1892.
y The New York, New Haven and Hartford Raj
10 road company.
When the report of the committee o
= streets giving the petitioners for the e.
tension of Pearl street, from Orang
street to Whitney avenue, leave to will
draw, somewhat of stir was caused
!. Alderman Champion of the Eighth ward
member of the committee, rising and OF
Of posing the adoption of the report. Durin
- the course of his remarks on the subjec
10 he stated that the only persons to oppos
the extension were lawn tennis playe,
:. and that he was opposed to the adoptio
Is of the report. Alderman johnson, chat,
man of the committee, stated that tn
+, committee had good and suficien
"a reason for presenting the repo1
and that it should be adopted. Alderma
Or Callahan then moved that the report of til
IN committee be accepted, and this motto
was seconded by Alderman Keane. Alder
ke man Sonnenberg moved as an amendmer
I'd that the matter be recommitted to til
committee on streets, and this was SECOND
w ed by Alderman Champion.
ds At this point Mayor Sargent stated tht
nd the motion to recommit took precedence
one to adopt the report, and that while b
ng had no authority to cite upon the subje,
ne he would 80 rule. Alderman Callahan too
a exception to the ruling of the chairman
but sooner than have any trouble said
IT. few minutes later that he would bow
in the decision of the chair.
be The motion to recommit the matter
the committee on streets was then put an
If lost. The report of the committee G
in streets was then adopted after q long di
al cussion by close vote, and. this matter
the extension of Pearl street is settled fe
MS the time being at least.
lie The proposed ordinances, de the multi
wv ton of books, papers, etc, in the free pul
lie library; de the selling of pools, etc.
the city, and the ordinance de commission
wv ers or employees of the city furnishing SUI
ue plies, either directly or indirectly, to CO..
ng tractors, were under the charter tabled f