Morning journal and courier., 1892-07-12
BOARD OF COUNCILMEN.

the Fearl street Extension F1nally
Settled-The Vote on Myrtle Street
Extension to be Reconsidered at the
Next Meeting-Committees of Con-
ference Appofnted-Other Business
Transacted.
The matter of the extension of Pearl
street from Orange street to Whitney
avenue, which came up for concurrent
action by the board of oouncilmen at the
meeting of that body last evening, pro-
voked quite heated discussion. The
matter was adversely reported upon by
the committee on streets, and the board of
aldermen at its last meeting determined by
close vote to accept the report of the
committee. When the matter came up
last evening the arguments previously
made were reiterated in the cause, and no
new reasons were advanced in favor of the
extension of the street.
Councilman A. McC. Mathewson, the re-
Gently elected member from the Eighth.
was at once on his feet when the matter
came up, and asked that the board,
instead of concurring with the
board of aldermen. recommit the
petition to the committee on streets. He
made q strong and eloquent plea in favor
of recommitting the petition, using all the
arguments which were gone into so thor
oughly before the committee on streets
and in the face of which the committee re-
ported adversely on the petition. This
Councilmen Atwater Of the Eighth, Green
Of the Twelfth and Fitzgerald of the Sew
enth.
In favor of sustaining the report of the
committee, Councilman Peck, member of
the committee, stated that the committee
had rendered a unanimous report in favor
of giving the petitioners leave to withdraw,
and that even though the street were to be
extended it would not be a thoroughfare,
as it would then stop at Whitney avenue,
| instead of Orange street, as at present.
| and Parsons also opposed the recommittal
of the report to the street committee.
After a lengthy debate on the subject the
board voted not TO recommit by vote of
Is to z, after which the board voted to
concur with the board of aldermen and &C
| cept the report of the street committee
giving the petitioners leave to withdraw.
When the report of the board of public
| works de the layout of the extension of
Myrtle street to Haven street was read
quite little breeze for a hot night was
| stirred up.
The board of aldermen at its last meeting
accepted and adopted the layout and
| passed the order. AS q natural sequence
| the matter came up before the board of
| councilmen last evening for concurrent &C.
ton. Immediately after the report had been
| read Councilman Macdonald offered the
following resolution:
Resolved, That no action be taken on the lay
out Of Myrtle street extension until the board of
i pnhlic work furnish the court of common n
Gil an approximate estimate of the cost of said
| extension.
| counsel be requested If the court of common
/ council has a right to lay out any street over,
under or at grade across any railroad in the
road commissioners.
A spirited debate in reference to the
matter followed the introduction of these
resolutions which were actively partici-
pated in by Councilmen Fitzgerald and
Ahern in opposition to the resolutions and
| Councilmen Macdonald and Hoadley in
support of them. After long debate the
resolutions, were defeated by a vote of Is
to 10 and then the board voted to concur
with the board of aldermen. Councilman
| Macdonald then moved that the board re-
consider the vote just taken and that the
reconsideration OF the matter be postponed
| until the next meeting under the rule.
This motion was then carried.
The board voted to concur with the &C..
ton of the board of aldermen in referring
to the committee on streets the petition of
the New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad company de the layout Of pro-
posed new Union avenue, etc.
A petition from st. Francis orphan
asylum asking that Hyland street DO
eurbed and guttered from Prospect street
to Whitney avenue was referred to the
/ committee on streets.
The petition from the laborers employed
by the city asking that their wages be paid
| them every week instead Of monthly as at
| present was referred to the board of
finance.
The following committees of conference
were appointed
On Grand avenue extension-McNeil,
Rabanus, Reagan.
On Lombard street extension--Doughan
Green, Calm.
On walks between West Haven and New
HsysR~Harksp, ftvstaE, xally.