Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-07
GAMBLING MUST GO.

Alderman Hitler Proposes 70 Have 1t Punishable by a Fine or lmpris-
 Onment or Both - Perm1ssaon Granted to the Fair Haven and |
 Westville Horse Railroad Company l to Extend Its Tracks Through Nor |
 ton Street and Derby Avenue-Other |
 Business.
 Alderman A. Maxcy Hitler of the First ward is determined that no games of chance shall be permitted within the city limits, and in order to fully carry out his determination offered a proposed ordi- ance at the meeting of the board of alder men last evening, which if it becomes an ordinance makes all kinds of gaming misdemeanor and punishable by fine or imprisonment or both. The proposed or dinance, which was referred to the com mittee on ordinances for action, is in full as follows:
 Be it ordained by the court of common council of the city of New Haven.
 Section 1. All gambling, gaming, pool selling, policy playing, book-making, lot tery dealing, bucket shop business, or the stalking or deposit of money or collaterals on margins or otherwise against rise or fall in the markets of the price of stocks, bonds or merchandise are hereby prohib- ited within the limits of the city of New Haven.
 Section g. Any person who shall engage in gambling, pool selling, policy playing, book making, lottery dealing or bucket shop business, or the stalking or deposit of | money or collaterals on margins or other wise against rise or fall in the markets of the price of stocks, bonds or merchan- disc, for money or other valuable thing, or shall keep place where the same is carried on or reputed to be carried on, or shall entice any person into places where gam
 bling of any kind is carried on within the
 limits of said city, shall be fined not less
 than $25 nor more than al00, or be inn
 prisoned not more than six months, ol
 both.
 The recommendation from the committee
 on railroads and bridges in reference to the
 extension of the Fair Haven and Westville
 railroad through Norton street and Derby
 avenue to the city line was the cause o1
 considerable discussion. The committed
 recommended that the petition be granted
 provided said company pave between th'
 rails and for two feet outside of each raj
 with Belgian blocks. Alderman Hillel
 moved that the recommendation b.
 amended so as to read that thu
 paving between the rails be done | WlLu COUOlcS duu WILL DolSldu
 outside the rails. He stated that the com
 pany was perfectly willing to do this, bu
 one of the directors of the company hat
 told him yesterday that it would neve
 build the extension if compelled to paw
 both inside and outside the rails with Bel
 gian blocks. After a long debate tn amendment was carried and the road vii ; be allowed to pave between the rails witt cobbles and for two feet outside with Bel
 gian blocks.
 The old, old story of the city advertisin
 came up again last evening and after lon and heated discussion the matter was re ferred to the board of finance as commit , tee to consider what amount for newspape { advertising shall hereafter be appropriate
 and in what manner the city advertise l ments shall be given out.
 The reports of the city engineer de tn l | layout of the extensions of Myrtle street f Haven street, of the north line of Munso : street between Dixwell and Shelton av. nues, of Mansfield street between Munso } and Division streets, of Edgewood avenu
 man avenue, of extension of Laurel stree
 to James street, were read and then on mt = tion tabled for printing.
 The board voted that the sum of $2, ,0C } be taken from the appropriation fe , 1 bridges and transferred to the stor 1 crusher account
 The following petitions were referred the respective committees: For electr t lights at English and Ferry streets, \ Grand avenue and Perkins street; ft < lamps on Goffe street; of Mary McLaugl
 lin for abatement of sewer assessment; ) D. c. Cook & Sons for damages; for sid 3 walks on Goffe street; ft : curbing and concrete walk c Ivy street, south side, betwee
 Winchester avenue and Newhall stree F for sidewalk and curb on State stree : from Albert street to city line; for col ? crete walk on Gregory street; for eros
 walks on Hurlbert and Kossuth street for cobble gutters on Putnam street; f. t concrete walk on Ashmun street; remol 8 1 strance against the widening of St. Joh t l street; petitions of Julius Jacobs for abat ! l ment of sewer assessments; for the fllir
 in of Howard avenue to South Wat f street for 8 sewer in Putnam street, tween Dewitt and Washington streets.