Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-04-05

Haven Road Granted Formulation to l
Use tho Trolley Electric System-The
Matter Of the Repars1tien OF the
City Hall-Routine Business.
Baseball was for once transferred from
10 green diamond to tho halls of legisla-
on and was last evening the main topic |
{ discussion at the meeting of the board
aldermen. 1t was a spirited contest
7hile the game lasted, but in the end the
overs of the game were victorious and the
anne will be played on the Howard ave-
lue grounds for the present at least.
The matter was precipitatsd by the intro
luction by Alderman Keane of the follow
ng order:
Resolved by thecourt of common council,
That the board of public works be and is
hereby ordered to proceed Immediately
aad cause Dewitt street to be opened as
far as Lamberto2 street in accordance
with the original layout for the extension
and widening of said Dewitt street. in
with the order of common
council approved October IA, 1891.
The matter was discussed at great length
by the board. Aldermen Conner, Callahan,
Gilhuly and Hitler, being
supporters of the national game,
opposed strenuously the passage of the
order as proposed. Alderman Conner
claimed that it was not necessary to cut
up the ball grounds, when by doing so no
good would result to the residents of the
ward, as there was no bridge across the
tracks, nor did there seem at present likely
to be one constructed.
Alderman Gilhuly advanced the argu-
ment that in the case of a runaway dash
ing through Dewitt street if it was opened
without the bridge being constructed and
the team should dash over the precipice the
city would be liable for damages, and he
for one emphatically stated that he should
under the circumstances oppose the pas
sage of the order.
Alderman Keane stated that unless the
order was pressed there were several per-
SONS who would take out an injunction
which would prevent the team from play
ing on the grounds, but that the residents
would not oppose the playing by the team
there for the present. He then introduced
the following amendment:
And further resolved, That the board of
public works be, and is hereby directed to
apply to the railroad commissioners at
once to order a bridge constructed across
the N. Y, N. II. & 81. railroad in the
line OIL LILO 0AL0utlOu VI O0 " 1LO nuIO0ts
Alderman Callahan moved to still
further amend the order 80 as to read as
follows: "That the board of public works
order the opening of Dewitt street as soon
as tho railroad commissioners order the
bridge built on the line of the extension. ;"
This amendment was then passed by a vote
of II to 1, after which the order as amend
ed was unanimously passed. On the vote
on the amendment Alderman Keane voted
in the affirmative.
This practically settles the baseball
matter for the present, and the local base
ball team will play on the Howard avenue
grounds until such times as the bridge is
ordered built.
OTHER BUSINESS.
Aldermen Newton, Blakeslee and Kelly
were appointed by the mayor as the al
! dermanic part of a committee to be COM
| posed of the mayor, three councilmen and
| three aldermen to consult with the eorpor.
| alton counsel in reference to the reparti
ton of the city hall, which will by reason
of an order from the superior court soor
be heard by special committee appointed
| by that court.
| The report of the committee on rail
roads and bridges de trolley electric sys
tenn, which has already been published In
full in these columns, was accepted as {
whole, after the first section of the report
had been amended, 80 that the New Ha
ven and West Haven Horse Railroad com
| pany can use only iron or steel poles TO,
| means of support for the overhead wires
| on Church and Meadow streets.
The board voted to discharge the com
mittee on Anthony Carrolrs charges Of
favoritism against the members of the
board Of public works, and the report o.
| %14o %> oLo
was indefinitely postponed.
John P. Phillips petitioned the board t.
order the rails and ties of the Winches
ter avenue railroad removed from Colleg'
street, as the railroad company has not ru1
| any cars over the road, unless the com
pany at once proceed to run cars over it
road. The petition was referred to tn
committee on streets
Alderman McKiernan presented the fol
lowing order: That the corporation coun
sci be and he is hereby instructed and di
rected to institute proper legal proceeding
to compel the New Haven and Derby Rail
road company and it's lessees to construc
bridge over the railroad tracks of sait
railroad company at Liberty street in th
city of New Haven as ordered by the rail
road commissioners of said state. Thi
order was referred to the committee OF
streets.
The following petitions were referred t.
the proper committees: Of Joseph Pierre
for appointment as special constable; TO
electric light on Fillmore street; for sewe
in Liberty street; for sewer in Putnam
street; for sewer in Foote street; for hard
ening of Court street; of John Shuster TO
abatement of assessments; for new stree
from Exchange street to Grand avenue
for sidewalk on Shelton avenue TO
curb and walk on Carmel street; fo
sewer on Cedar street; for sewer O.
Norton street; for sewer on Rose street
for sewer on Lombard street; for electri
, lights corner Oak street and Winthrop ave
nue., on Chapel street between East stree
and bridge over Mill river; for two lamps O
Liberty street; for electric light Monro
, street crossing New York, New Haven an
, Hartford railroad for electric light corne
of Bassett street and Dixwen avenue; fo
fire hydrants corner Lilac and Newhall an
Lilac and Butler streets; for electric lgt
corner Elliott street and Gilbert avenue.
Death of the Reputed Oldest Perso
In Connecticut.
MIDDLErowN. Conn, April Airs. Nj
hitable Dayton of East Haddam died yei
terday, aged 104 years and eleven months
She is said to have been the Oldest perso
in Connecticut