Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-03-07
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.

duced Providing for the Placardtng
of Houses-The big Fourss, Bill
Referred to the Corporation Counsel
REPORT OF the Committee on Street
Pavement BOnds-The Firemen's
Relief Fund BilI Referred-A Null.
Htude of city Matters Touched
Upon.
One of the NEST important meetings of |
the board of aldermen held In recent years
was held last evening. In consequence
nearly every member of the board was
present, there being but three absentees.
The session continued for over three |
hours. Mayor Sargent presided. A num-
Der of gentlemen interested in municipal
affairs were present, among the latter
being President Winchell and Attorney
Robinson of the board Of health, who at
the last meeting of that body were sap
pointed committee to request the passage
of an ordinance for the placarding of
houses where contagious diseases exist.
They presented the following:
Whenever information is received at the Office
fever, SMALLPOX, diphtheria,. membranous Group,
Asiatic cholera or typhus fever, exists In any
shall Cause public notice or piacard Of con-
tagion to be officially placed upon such dwelling
house or tenement, said placard to remain in
position until removed BY order of the board
through its constituted officer.
Any Unauthorized person removing the afore
the fines and penalties specified in section is and
incurred in violating any of the provisions of the
by laws and regulations of the board Of health.
The penalty provided by the charter of
the city for any such offenss is q fine of
not more than $500. The question was
- 6o4
The proposed fremen's relief and pen
sion fund was also the cause of considera-
BILE discussion. 1t is proposed by the fire.
men of the CITY and the commissioners to
establish fund similar to the one which
has been in operation in the police depart
ment for several years One of the proyi-
sions of the bill is that member of the
department may be retired after fifteen
years of meritorious service. This bill ia
now pending in the general assembly, and
In consequence was the subject of q COM
munication from the corporation counsel
to the board of aldermen for information
as to whether be should favor or oppose it.
Alderman Conner strongly advocated
the proposed fund and moved that the
corporation counsel be 30 instructed
Fire Commissioner Stannard explained
the plan of the proposed bill The money
is to come from bequests and donations to
the fire department., monthly assessments
ON the salaries of the employees of the de-
partment not exceeding per cent. thereof
per snnum, and per cent of all moneys
received from licenses for the sale of spir-
ituous liquors within tho imits of the
town of New Haven.
Aldermen Chatfield and BlakesIee while
favoring the plan also favored the extern
sion of the time at which fremen might
be retired from fifteen to twenty years, as
is the case in the police department. The
matter was fuaTly disposed of by referring
all the papers to the committee on fire de-
partment.
The bill of the '.Big Four" amounting
to 81, 600. for legal services rendered them
during the recent trial and requesting that
an appropriation be made by the court of
common council to reimburse them, also
claimed attention from the board. 1t was
generally anticipated that there would be
some considerable discussion before any
action was taken on this matter, but such,
was not the case. Hardly had City Clerk
Martin finished reading the petition and
bill when Alderman Callahan arose and
moved that the entire matter be referred to
the corporation counsel for his opinion as
to whether the commissioners have any
valid claim on the city for the bill or not
This motion passed unanimously.
Alderman Charles L. We'll of the Sixth
ward and John Beecher of the Seventh
ward, both of whom were recently elected.
The mayor then announced that the newly
| elected aldermen would take the place on
the committees held by their pre- decessors.
In accordance with the action taken by
| the committee on nomination at It's recent
| meeting not to railroad any more special
constables through the court of common
| council sixty-one petitions for appointment
as special constables were presented to the
board of aldermen last evening Alder
| man Beecher asked that unanimous con-
sent might be granted to the appointment
| of one of the applicants, owing to the fact
| the applicant was at work every night and
could not appear before the committee.
Alderman Macdonald objected and the en-.
tire batch was in consequence referred to
| the committee on nominations.
A petition from Daniel E Gilhuly, ct al,
relating to the licensing of itinerant Junk
ordinances. The proposed ordinance re-
stricting the awarding of sewer contracts
to any but resident contractors was ad-
verseiy reported upon by the committee on
ordinances. Alderman Beecher, the father
of the proposed ordinance, vigorously
urged the recommittment of the ordinance
to the committee, but he was voted down,
the vote standing 8 yeas and 10 noes.
The question of sending two pstrolmen
to the worlds fair in accordance with the
request of the secret service of that city
was referred to the police commissioners
with power to act.
THE BOND PAVEMENT BILL.
The committee on streets. to whom was
referred the resolution providing for the
issuance of bonds to the amount of $780,
600 for permanent pavements, submitted
it's report. It was in brief as follows:
"The original bill provided that $500, 900
worth of bonds shall be issued in a series
of 500, 600 each, and that not more than
that sum should be issued In any one year.
The bonds were to become payable in ten
years after their issue, and shall bear in
terest at not exceeding per cent per an
mum. This bill was all right as far as 1t
went, but 1t required some amendments
with regard to the amount which property
owners should pay under the system.
After coming to the conclusion that the
bill should be accepted the committee
thought that 1t would be advisable to
provide for the paving of certain streets
first under the new system, and therefore
incorporated some amendments that
Wooster street, Elm street, East Grand
street and West Chapel street shall be
paved with granite blocks, the work to be
done in the order named. Section 40 of
the city ordinances provides that each
property owner shall pay two-thirds of the
total construction of pavements, and Sec
ton Al provides that the city shall pay the
remaining one-third. It was the belief of
the committee that the city should bear
the greater share of the expense and to
conform to this idea it recommended
that these sections shall be changed and
in place of the words two thirds" in seo-
ton 10 the words t'one- fifth" shall be in
serted, and in section Al the words Zone
third" shall be changed to read "four.
ffths," thus making the property owner
pay one-fifth of the total expense of such
improvement and the city tour 6fths. The
only other change recommended With re-
gard to the bill is that all moneys collected
from property owners for their share of
the expense shall continue in the fund for
new pavements and shall be used the same
as the proceeds Of the bonds for the laying
of pavements. and for no other cause
The whole report was finally tabled for
printing, same to be printed and submitted
to the aldermen within ten days. The re-
port of the committee on railroads and
bridges was also tabled for printing.
WORK FOR TIE CORPORATION COUNSEL.
Corporation Counsel Driscoll was in
structed to prepare bills for amendments
to the city ch6rter, same to be submitted
to the general assembly, giving the city