Morning journal and courier., 1893-11-29
MANY MUNICIPAL MEETINGS.

MAN uAHkx AAs&1Cs 1
The City Hall the Scene of ACTIVITY
Last Nighp-Another Breezy Meet.
Ing of the Committee on Licenses
The Selectmen Also Transact Some |
Important Business-The Library
Directors Audit Bills-Other Meet
ings. l
The city hall presented an appearance OF |
unusual activity last evening, there being |
no less than six meetings called, and over
one hundred residents of the city were
present in the hall in attendance. The
largest gatherings were before the board of
selectmen, the special aldermanio commit
tee on licenses, and the special committee
of fraternal societies for the relief Of the
worthy poor.
The aldermanic committee on licenses
met in rooms 10 and II, and these rooms
were not sufficiently large to hold tbs i'm
mense crowd Of Seventh warders who de-
sired to protest against the granting of the
petition of the Standard OIL company for
permission to locate a storage plant In their
midst. In consequence number of the
remonstrants were compelled to stand in
the corridor.
The Standard OIL company was repre-
scented by Agent E. A. Brown and Attor-
neys Loomis and Pardee, while Attorneys
@. 8. Hamilton and Frank 8. Bishop ably
looked after the interests of the renon-
strants. Exactly at O'Clock Aldermen
Morgan and Foley were In their seats, and
few minutes later Alderman We'll entered
the room and the committee was ready for
business. When Alderman We'll appeared
he was given an ovation, all the remon-
strants uniting In . spontaneous outburst
of applause in consequence of his action at
the previous meeting.
When the applause had died away the
business of the meeting commenced In
earnest. Agent Brown presented the
and was subjected to a rigid cross-exami-
nation by Attorneys Hamilton and Bishop.
Practically no new facts beyond those
which have already been printed in the
COURIER were brought out, and the petit
TONERS were told it was now their turn.
Upon this announcement Attorney
Loomis arose and presented a petition ad
dressed to the board of aldermen and
special committee on licenses, asking that
the Standard OH company be given per-
mission to locate its plant in this city. This
petition was signed by the following: O.
F. Levere, E. T. Schroeder, Il. q. Guern
& Co., Chambsrlin & Co., English & Mer-
siok, Charles s. Leete & Co., James D.
Dewell & Co., 9. S. Mersick & Co., Lee &
Platt & Thompson, Thompson &
John R. Rembert, Butler & Tyler, Marsh
& Beecher, T. Attwater Barnes, Bradley,
Damn & Darlington company, New Haven
Window Shade company, Schorer & Co.,
Buckingham, Clark & Jackson, Dillon &
Douglass, Abner Hendee, Charles W. Whit
tlessy & Co., L. @. Bates, Spencer, Mat
thews & Co A. n. Allen & Co., Charles
g. Kimberly, Stoddard, Kimberly & Co.,
Harry Lsigh, New Haven Beef company,
Bryan, Minor & Read, New York Biscuit
company, The Bradley, Smith company,G.
F. Burgess, The Foskett & Bishop COM
pany, The G.. F. Warner Manufacturing
company.
The introduction of this petition was
strenuously objected to by Attorney Ham
ilton, and he and Attorney Loomis in
dulged in sharp controversy. The com
mittee. however, after consultation, de-
cided to admit 1t, and also in addition
some letters which Attorney Loomis read
from people located near the Standard Oil
company's plants in other cities, going to
prove that in other cities the rates of in
surancs had not been increased, that they
had suffered no Inconvenience nor danger
from fire from the compsny's tanks, and
that the premises were kept uniformly
neat and clean. There was also no un-
pleasant odor arising from the oil.
THE RESIDENTS WIN.
The hearing continued until II 80 o'clock.
At this hour the committee went into ex-
ecutive session, and after fifteen minutes
elaboration decided to recommend that the
Standard Oil company be given leave to
withdraw their petition by vote of to /,
Aldermen We'll and Foley voting to that
| effect.
THE TOWN FATHERS.
| Before the board of selectmen Town
Clerk Brethauer appeared and issued the
call for town nesting December and Z.
The meeting will be called at O'Clock
Tuesday morning, December S, and then
| adjourn until o'clock Thursday after
| noon, December 7. The call specifies the
l election of town officers, the fixing of the
| salaries of the town agent and town treas
urer, tho making of the regular annual ap.
| preparation to the New Haven dispensary
Il Iva A14oAASoA oko 4oA tAo POO43 tAo Sob4uk
upon the question of petitioning the gu
perior court to convert the New Haven and
Derby turnpike into feee highway, the
consideration Of a petition to spend $12,
600 next year on the Beaver Pond district,
the proposition for an elevator at East
Rock and the appropriation of $40, 0OG
! with which to build seawall on the north
| side Of Tomlinson bridge.
The layout of the New Haven and Morrie
(vNry f~u H. 49, Il
/ from Forbes avenue to Lighthouse Point
also came up for a hearing, and although
q large number of the people interested
were present no objection was made to the
| layout. In some places along the proposed
| route the roadway will have to be widened
! either at the expense of the town or the
railroad company. The board voted te
visit the location next Saturday.
COMMITTEE ON ORDINANCES.
1t was impossible to secure quorum Of
this committee last evening, and in conse-
quence no meeting was held.
LIBRARY DIRECTORS.
The directors of the free public library
met, with Alderman A. Maxcy Hitler in
the chair, last evening, and after ten
minutes session, during which the regular
monthly bills were approved, adjourned.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
A meeting of the board of health was
called for last evening, and although George
NJ. Grant and DR.. O'Connor waited long
time for quorum no other member ap-
peared, and in consequence no meeting
could be held.
ARMORY NOTES.
Signal OorPs-Sarsf1elds-T Blues
OFF for Newark Tonight.
The signal corps are talking of holding
carnival in January and inviting all the
other siunal nnrns in fha ststa