Morning journal and courier., 1893-06-13
MAYORS VETO ovERRIDDEN.

The Board of Counc1lmen Decide m Favor Sprinkhng the Streets ana
 Appropriate $5,OOO fer the Purp ose
 The Body Also Favors HaVhhS
 Band Concerts During the Summer
 The Question of Auditing tne
 Books of the City.
 The principal business of importance at the meeting of the board of oouncilmen last evening was the confederation ot a veto from Mayor Sargent on the order ap-' propriating $5, ,0o0 for street sprinkling. Tke committee on appropriations reported favorably on the matter and both branches of the court of common council accepted the report by fve-sixth vote. The may or opposes the first part of the order msk- ing special appropriation of 5000 for watering the streets, such sum to be taken from any available source. The mayor does, however, approve of the section of the order which orders the board of public works to see that the streets of the city are properly watered when necessary rn- der the supervision of the superintendent of streets.
 The mayor objects to the passage of the order for an appropriation of $5, 1000, as 1t does not appear that the court of common council has any authority to appropriate any money to be expended in excess of the estimated income of the city as made up by the board of finance in November and submitted to the court of common council during the first week of December, as the amount already appropriated for the ex- penses covers the entire amount of the estimate so made.
 Councilman Bishop moved that the veto of the mayor be received and the board recede from it's former action in reference to the appropriation of $5,0S0. Council man Hoadley strenuously opposed this motion, and the motion was finally voted down. The mayors veto was finally over. ridden by vote of 16 to 2.
 When the report of the committee on band concerts came up, favorine the appro priation of $650 for band concerts, said sum to come from the incorporated balancefund Councilman Hoadley strongly favored the adoption of the report of the committee notwithstanding the fact that the aldermen at their last meeting rejected the report ot the committee. Councilman Hoadley elo- quently said that the city owed 1t to its cit. izens to furnish them with music on the public greens of the city. This was, he said, especially due to the poor and work ing classes of the city. He also moved that the original report of the committee on band concerts be accepted. This motion was seconded and, although vigorously op- posed by Councilmen Bishop and Glackinn, was finally passed. This makes disagree. ing action and the entire question will now have to lie over until the next meeting of the board of aldermen.
 oeiI action of the board of aldermen voting to discontinue the auditing of the books of the city officials and the board finally de- cided to indefinitely postpone the consider. ation of the order to that effect, and to continue the investigation and auditing by the special auditing committee.
 A petition signed by L J. Matthews and about forty others, requesting that 6 com mittee consisting of the mayor, two alder men and three couneilmen be appointed t0 confer with the harbor commissioners and devise some means whereby the channel and water front might be protected from the inroads of the Consolidated Railroad company and others, and prevent then dumping ashes and filth into the harbo, front, tending to destroy the channel sni impede navigation, was received and tn l recommendations adopted. Subsequent, | the board voted te reconsider it's vote ol
 the matter and postponed the reconsider
 ation until the next meeting.
 l A communication from Mayor Sargen
 was received recommending the appoint
 ment of committee to regulate the action of the haokmen at the Union depot. l was also recommended that an iron rsilin l be erected, behind which the hackmel shall be compelled to stand. The commun ! ioation was referred to the committee ol l ordinances.
 The board also voted to concur with th | board of aldermen in giving the New Ha
 ven City Burial association leave to with
 draw their petition for the abatement O
 assessment for curb on Ashmun street.
 The question of granting the Whitne, | avenue road permission to erect poles ol Whitney avenue was referred to the boar, of public works.
 Councilman John J. Goggin, reeentl
 elected in the Sixth ward made his first sp
 pearance and was sworn in by City Clerl | Martin,