Morning journal and courier., 1893-08-08

the next meeting, remarking that in his
opinion the board of aldermen could vote
to pay for the expense of printing report
of the regular standing committee. It was
then voted to have both the reports printed
and considered at q special meeting to be
held Friday evening at o'clock
At this point the second fire alarm rung
IN and the mayor declared fvs minutes
recess.
The majority reports of the COMMITTEES
on the petitions of the Fair Haven and
Westville, State Street and Winchester
Avenue Railroad companies were substan-
TALLY as follows:
THE MAJORITY REPORT
10 the Honorable Court of Common Coun-
Gil OF the City of New Haven:
Your committee on railroads and bridges,
to whom was referred the petition and plans
OF the Fair Haven and Westville Railroad
company for the location of its tracks in
accordance with the provisions of the gen.
eral street railway law, passed at the Jan
uary session, 1898, of the general assembly
of this state, begs leave to report that it
has attended to the business assigned, and
on due examination It is of the opinion
that the prayer of said petition should be
granted and the plans submitted accepted
and adopted as modified in the resolution
submitted herewith.
It therefore respectfully recommends the
passage of the following orders.
All OF which is respectfully submitted.
Carleton E. Hoadley, George F. Ref,
Russell A. Belden.
Resolved, That the plans of the Fair
Haven and Westville Railroad company,
| showing double tracks, curves, switches,
cross-overs and frogs, through the follow
Ing named streets in the city of NewHaven,
to wit: Whalley avenue from near Univer-
sity place to the city limits, Chapel street
from little westerly of State street to
East Pearl street, East street from Chapel
| street to Bridge street, Bridge street from
East street to steamboat dock, Water street
from State street to Bridge street, and East
Pearl street from Chapel street to Grand
avenue, be and the same are hereby accept
ed and adopted, with the following modi6-
| cations, namely, the center line of the
double track to be the center line of the
roadway as near as is consistent with
proper curves and smooth alignment, ex-
cepting on Whalley avenue, where, from
University place to West river, the south
erly track shall be at an average dis
lance of thirteen feet from the curb, ex-
cept SO far as it is necessary to vary in
approaching the bridge, upon which the
location shall be substantially as at pres
ent; the northerly track to be the usual
distance from the southerly track; and ex-
cepting also on Bridge street, easterly of
the railroad crossing, where the center
line of the northerly track shall be nine
and one-tenth feet northerly of the exist
Ing track; and excepting also on the
Chapel street drawbridge, where the cen
ter line of a single track is to be six feet
northerly of the southerly wheel guard of
the bridge, until said bridge shall De wild
6n2d a and Uidar hri1oo hui
then double track to be laid, the center
line of which shall be the center line of
| the roadway of the bridge.
That at the corner of Chapel and State
streets, as far east as the bridge, and
north, south and west as far IS the point
| of the switches, as shown upon the
| amended plan submitted by the Fair Ha-
ven and Westvllie Railroad company, a
| concrete foundation, six inches deep, shall
| be prepared for the pavement.
That the board of public works shall
have the power to designate the kind and
| quality of pavement to Do laid, whenever
tee same shall be necessary to properly
maintain the roadway along said tracks.
| Whenever. in laying any of the tracks
| mentioned in the plans hereinbaf re-
| ferred to, 1t shall become necessary, il the
| judgment of the board OF public works, to
change the curb lines at the corner of aay
street, or to remove, alter or re locete
catch basins and nsn-holes, it shall
be done by said railroad company at its
expense, to the satisfaction and approval
of the board of public works. The CITY
| engineer to determine the exact alignmens
Of the tracks in all cases, and also the
! precise curvature at all corners, except
where the detail plans have been sue
mitted and approved, as in the case Of the
corners of Chapel and State streets. az
shown by said amended plan.
That the kind and quality of track to be
laid shall be Trail, not lees than fifty
pounds to the yard, the same to be laid on
tIee; provided, that the board of public
works shall have the power to designate
the kind and quality of rails and rail
guards to be laid at all curves.
The majority report of the committee on
railroads and bridges in reference to the
State street and Winchester avenue roads
places substantially the same restrictions
In reference to the board of public works
and fire departments as those imposed
I upon the West Haven road, as above The
Winchester avenue road is permitted tc
run through Chapel street, connecting
with the end of the tracks of the New Ha.
ven and West Haven Horse Railroad COM
pany at the corner of Chapel and Temple
streets to the corner of Chapel and College
| 5SASOtOy SoAhSSSlIS ob tuhS pOluG WIFI LQe
tracks of the Winchester Avenue Rail.
road company; also on the extension
of its tracks on Winchester avenue from
the present terminus to Lilac street, and the
State street road from the corner of State
and James streets through James street to
Lombard street, and from the corner of
James and Lombard streets through LON
bard street to Ferry street, and thence
through Ferry street to and across the
Quinnipiac drawbridge; and on the extern
sion OF Ferry from River street to the
Qulnn1piac river, TO enable it to operate
its cars into the car house now in process
OF erection; and single tracks with curves
| switches, turnouts and cross overs through
the following streets: On Lombard street
from Ferry street to Front street, and from
the corner of State and Lawrence streets
through Lawrence street to Whitney ave-
nue., and from Lawrence and Foster etreets
through Foster to Gamer street, thence
| through Gamer street to Whitney avenue.
The main features of the minority re-
port will be as follows: In the matter of
the Fair Haven and Westville road Alder
| men Newton and Doughan are of the
| opinion that on Whalley avenue the tracks
from University place to Westville should
be in the center of the street and not on
one side as at present, that there should be
no double track in Chapel street east of
East street nor in East Pearl street as both
streets are too narrow for double tracks.
| In the question of the State Street road
the minority object to double tracks in
Lombard and Ferry streets on the ground
that they are too narrow and think that a
single track on each street would answer
all purposes, and that there is practically
no necessity for tracks in Lawrence, Fos-
ter or Gamer streets. The minority re-
port will also recommend that the fares
should be reduced to three cents, If at anv
time the several railroad companies should
all consolidate under the name of the New
Haven Street Railroad company or apy
similar name.
The question of increasing the license
fee to junk dealers was also provocative
of considerable discussion, participated in
by Aldermen Mcdonald, Gallagher, New
ton, Cnatfield and others Two rsports
we're submitted by the committee on Or
dinances, the msjorlty report recommend
Ing that the license fee bs fixed at $50 and
the minority report at 50. After exhaust
i've arguments had been made by the
champions of both factions, Alderman
Mcdonald moved the adoption of the
majority report amended by making
the fee $40 instead of $50. This
motion was, however, lost, and Alderman
Chatheld moved that the minority report
bs adopted. Alderman Newton suggested
that the entire minority report be referred
back to the committee on ordinances. bnt
this was also overwhelmingly lost. The
motion to adopt the minority report was
then voted on and lost by vote Of 10 to 6.
As the only way out of the difficulty, Al
derman Gallagher moved that both the mi
nority and the majority reports be accepted
and ordered on file. This motion was
passed and the war was over
A petition was received from the Stan