Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-08
GARR1rx,s REPORT ACCEPTED.

iARRITY'S REPORT ACCEPTED. { It the Town Meeting Yesterday Her. bert E. Benton Wanted a Commit- tee Appointed to Examine 1t Hut He Was Outvoted-The Salaries of the Town Agent, Town Clerk and Town Treasurer Fixed-The Scheme for an Elevator at East Rock Park Referred to n Committee of Five The Superior Court to be Petitioned to Make the Derby Turnpike a Free Public Highway-The Usual Appro. pria,ions Made-Over Six Hundred Were Present and the Meeting Though Brief Was More Than Usu. ally Interesting.
 The town meeting which was held yes- terday afternoon in Banquet hall was large ly attended, upwards of 800 people being | present. In the words of a prominent | democrat the meeting was "farce," and as was generally expected the meeting voted to accept the report of Town Agent 1 Clarity, and in fact, voted to do every thing which it had been pre-arranged it should do.
 Shortly after 3 o'clock the 6OJ or more voters, all of whom wore their overeoats clo'ely buttoned up in consequence of the extreme cold atmosphere of the building, were called to order by a rap from the gavel in the hands of the moderator, Isaac Wolfe. In the meantime Town Clerk Brethsuer had ascended the rostrum, and after order had been secured he read the call for the meeting, after which the mod orator announced that the first business before the meeting was the acceptance of the town agents report for the year just closed. It was moved aud seconded that the town agents report be accepted, and the putting of this motion was the signal for an earnest protest on the part of Her bert E. Benton.
 As soon as MT. Benton obtained recogni. tton from the moderator he spoke substan- tially as followe: 'It seems to me that we ought to take more deliberate action before we act on that report. presume that not twenty five men in this hall are familiar with the matter before voting to accept 1t. do not say that there has been any dis honesty. I do not say that the auditors have not audited the accounts correctly. In all fairness, the account ought to be scru- tinized, as 1t has been attacked in the newspapers, and therefore I move that this report be referred to a committee of five citizens to examine and report at an ad- jo1rned town meeting."
 This motion of MT. Benton was offered as an amendment, but Park Inspector Kelly moved that the amendment be laid on the table and this motion was seconded by General Registrar Carney. The motion of Mr. Kelly was put and carried, after which the report of Town Agent Garrity was accepted amid great applause. The next bleezs was created by the in troduction of the following vote in refer ence to the town agents salary:
 Voted, That the sum of $2, 300 be and Is hereby appropriated from the treasury of \ the town for the payment of the salary for ! the actual performance of the customary duties of town agent in the town of New Haven, including services as clerk of the treasurer in distributing state pensions to soldiers orphans without additional con- pensation, and in lieu of all other con- pensation as selectman.
 MT. Benton offered the following as an amendment:
 Voted, That the sum of $2 300 be, and the same is hereby appropriated from the treasury of the town for the payment of the salary of the town agent, in lieu of all | compensation for services as selectman and town agent, including services as clerk of | the state treasurer in disbursiug state pen sions to soldiers orphans
 This amendment was xplained at length by MT. Benton, but the majority of the voters present had evidently received theil instructions prior to the meeting, and thii amendment was also voted down by a large majority, after which the original vote wal | passed.
 | The next particular bone of contention was over the resolution introduced asking for an appropriation of $40, ,0O0 with whicf to erect an elevator at East Rock park This resolution was opposed by Felix Chil lingworth, ,ex Selectman Beecher and others Superintendent of Parks Kelly moved a an amendment that the matter bs refer red
 to committee of five to be appointed b,
 the selectmen, and after 8 great deal o
 discussion and the taking of several vote
 this amendment prevailed. The origins
 petition calls for the appropriation c
 $40, ,O00 for the purpose of constructip
 an elevator, the charging of a fare of fiv
 cents and the appointment of committe to be known as the East Rock Park com mittee, which shall be composed nf tn mayor, the president of the park commis sion, the first and second selectmen, tw aldermen, three councilmen and three prl vate citizens and the appointment from thi
 committee of a collector and treasurer, a ! ACCOuuG u tuo ItColpLS duu
 to be rendered monthly.
 mills be laid on the polls and ratsble et
 tate of the town of New Haven upon tn
 grand list of 1893.
 The salary of the town clerk was the
 fixed at $1, 500 and fees and that of tn town treasurer at $500 per annum. Samu,
 A. Yale, John A. Richardson, Andrew I
 Kidston, pjsmin R. English and Gard
 ner Morse were appointed managers of tn
 town deposit fund, and Hudson B. Forbe
 Albert Rowe, George A. Linslsy, James
 Landers and A. T. Moulthrop members (
 the committee on oyster grounds.
 The following resolution was offered:
 Voted, No psrson shall drive, wheel (
 draw any cart. hand-cart, wheelbarrov
 bicycle or other vehicle of burden (
 pleasure, whether of the same descriptio
 or not, except children's hand carriage
 propelled by hand or drive, or permit an
 cattle to go or stand upon any sidewall
 except going in or out drivewsys. Tn
 penalty for each and every breach of thi
 law shall be $5.
 Chairman Wolfe said the resolution ir
 tended to give to the town outside the cit
 limits the game rules now in force in th
 city. The resolution was amended by Al
 Fowler and finally laid on the table for on
 year.
 The selectmen were instructed, upo
 motion of Henry c. White, on behalf C
 the town of New Haven, to petition th superior court for New Haven county, fo
 a discontinusnce of the turnpike road c
 the Derby Turnpike company, and for tn
 laying out and establishing free publi
 library in its place.
 Many after the meeting expressed mucl
 satisfaction at the prospect of having
 good road from New Haven to Derby, Bil 3 mingham and Ansonia-a road as good other roads leading out of New Haven, an expressed tue view that with good roa , New Haven merchants would ind de cided increase of patronage owing to in
 creased carriage travel over the Dsrb highway. The movement was considers
 good step in favor Of good roads, a move
 ment now so popular in New England an other parts of the country, and so strongl advocated in the press and magazines.
 The following votes were also passed: To appropriate $2,0O0 each from tn , treasury of the town to the New Have
 orphan asylum and to the St. Franci orphan asylum for aid in supporting tn
 poor children of the town for the year end ing December 31 1894.