Morning journal and courier., 1893-08-12
ALDERMEN TAKE ACTION

ports of the Committee on Rail- roads and Bridges-The Majority
 Reports On All Roads Adopted
 With Hut Slight MOdificatiOns-l The Consideration of the Proposed | Ordinance De Itinerant Junk | Dealers Postponed Until Next | Meeting-Corporation Counsel Dris- | coll Instructed to Claim a POrtien
 of the Maret Request in Behalf of l
 the Free Public Library.
 It was hot night for the special meet | ing of the board of aldermen last even- ing, but the matters to be discussed were important and called for action. The meeting was specially called to consider the majority and minority reports of the committee on railroads and bridges in reference to the petitions of the various street railways of the city for permission to extend their various lines.
 The frst gun was fired when Clerk Mar tin read the majority and minority re- ports of the committee on railroads and bridges in reference to the West Haven road. The majority reports were signed by Councilmen Hoadley, Ref and Belden, while the minority report bore the sigma lures of Alderman Newton and Doughan. Both reports were printed in substance in the JOURNAL AND COURIER last Tuesday morning.
 The first material difference between the 1 minority and majority reports was the | double-tracking favored by the majority | report and the substitution of the power of l the board of public worksin ordering track paysments by that of the mayor and court | of common council. The minority report favors vesting this power in the hands of l the mayor and court of common council, while the majority report favors leaving 1 the power in the hands of the board of public works.
 powers of the board of public works and l court of common council. An aye and nay vote was then taken on motion made by Alderman Newton to the effect that section of the minority report, which is briefly | explained above, be substituted for section of the majority report, and resulted in l the defeat of the motion by 8 vote of 15 to 6. The six aldermen voting in favor of the minority report were Newton, Flynn, Kaehrle, Doughan, Shannahan and Chat | field.
 The next material objection WAS met l when Alderman Newton offered as an hlICuulACAV Sc tAO AAoJoAAOy AOPO4G Q StC- tion of the minority report recommending three-cent fare. Alderman Connor, in | opposing this substitute, stated substan- l tially that the court of common council l could not designate the amount of the fare. 1 Alderman Chatfeld offered an amendment | to the effect that after January 1, 1896, | seven tickets shall be sold for twenty-five cents and the limit of the fares should be l five cents. Both amendments were over | 1.ca 4al iority report of the committee on railroads
 and bridges in reference to the New Haven
 and West Haven road was almost unani- I mously adopted, Alderman Newton alone
 voting in the negative.
 The majority and minority reports con-
 cerning the Winchester avenue road were
 next taken up. The only change made in
 the majority report was the insertion of
 the section from the minority report pro-
 viding for the extensian of the tracks in
 Winchester avenue to Read street. Afte,
 this action had been taken the majority re.
 port as amended was adopted.
 When the reports of the committee on
 hesitate street road came up Alderman } Kaehrle presented petition from mum
 Der of the residents on Lawrence stree |. asking that the court of council refer back
 to the committee on railroads and bridges
 so much of the majority report as related to the extending of the road through Law
 renee street. The petition was referred te , the committee on railroads and bridges.
 The majority report was substantially as
 in the other roads, while the minority re port was that the plans be not approved
 sent modified plans.
 Alderman Gallagher, in the interests ot his constituents. residents of the Eightt
 ward, requested that so much of the ma jority report as referred to the layout O. , the road through Lawrence street, iron Foster street to Whitney avenue, be strick en out and~recommitted to the committe,
 on railroads and bridges. The board voted to grant his request, and the entire repor
 as amended was then adopted as whole
 The majority report of the committee or
 railroads and bridges in reference to tho
 plans of the Fair Haven and Westvills
 Horse Railroad company, as published 1T
 the JOURNAL AND COURIER last Tuesda,
 morning, was adopted with but few minol
 changes. These changes were of but littl'
 moment and do not materially affect thu
 plans of the company.
 FOR THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
 The board unanimously voted to instruc
 the corporation counsel to claim for thu
 city of New Haven as trustee of the pub]i library @ proportionate share of the be quest in the will of the late Philip Maret to the state of Connecticut, which the stat E declined to accept. The above action wa
 taken in consequence of the receipt of
 communication from Corporation Counse f Driscoll to the effect that the state had re f | fused to accept the bequest, amounting t
 some $65, ,000 The terms of the will pro
 vide that should any of the trusts not accepted the amount intended therefo t shall be proportionately distributed fl = augmentation of such as may be accepted
 The Lskeville school for imbeciles claim
 the entire amount of the bequest whic , the state refused to accept, and some of tn l other bsnefciaries are also claiming thei , | proportionate amount of the bequest unde
 the terms of the will. The city of Ne1
 Haven as trustee of the free public librar is one of the benefciaries, and as such tn corporation counsel desired instruction a , to whether he should claim a proportional
 amount of the bequest for the city as true
 tee of the free public library.
 THAT JUNK DEALERS ORDNANCE , Like cork bursting forth from bolt. so did the proposed ordinance regulatin
 the licenses of itinerant junk dealers burs upon the members of the board of alder | 8 newed life shortly after S30 o'clock, ant
 la consequence of the numerous motion . made in reference to it, 1t was not dispose, of until 9:45 o'clock.
 The matter was precipitated upon tn l board by Alderman Macdonald of the Tent ? l ward, who moved to reconsider the vot
 taken at the last meeting, whereby tn | amended report of the committee on ordi nances was placed on file for future refer ence, owing to the fact that the necesear, number of votes to pass an ordinance hat
 not been given.
 Immediately Alderman Gallagher, witt
 all his forensic eloquence, was upon hi feet and opposed thereoonsideratiou of tn question.
 When the alderman from the Eighth ha, finished Alderman Macdonald moved tha the report be taken from the file ant
 placed on its passage. The original ma : jority report of the committee on ordi nsnces recommended license of $20, bu
 in the board of aldermen at the last meet
 ing amended the report by making tn : license fee $1O.
 After Alderman Mcdonald had made tn
 foregoing motion Alderman Gsllaghe
 moved @ postponement, but this motion was lost, the vote standing ayes to 1: } l noes.
 , At this point Alderman Callahan took hand in the business of presenting motions
 and moved that the majority report of th committee as amended be adopted. Thi
 motion again brought Alderman Gallaghe to the front with an amendment to the eff