Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-16
AN INCREASED TAX RATE.

and One-half Mills on the Dollar will be tho Rate This Year Alderman Newton Wanted .
 Special Tax of One Mill Extra Laid
 Hut Was Unsuccessful-The Board
 of Aldermen Wrestle With tho kst1-
 mates for 1S94-Ashmun Street VIII
 Not be Paved With Vttrthed Brtck
 Hut an New Fire Engine WHl-be
 Located at No. 7's House Instead- |
 The Appropriation for New Pave. l
 ments Cut Down to Less Than Six
 Thousand Dollars-The Lamp De-
 partment Secures one Thousand
 Dollars Additional-Routine Busi.
 ness Transacted.
 The consideration of the estimated ex- penses for 1894 was the special business before the board of aldermen last evening, and in consequence the meeting was un- usually lengthy. All the members of the board were present except Aldermen Doody and Mcdonald, both of whom are sick, and Morgan, who was in attendance at the meeting of the New Haven commsndery. After several matters of 8 routine nature had been disposed of the estimates were called from ths table, and every one of the members present began to prepare to cut them down as much as possible, and to transfer ss much as possible to other par ticular items favored by certain members of the board.
 Everything moved along smoothly and all the items in the appropriations of the board of public works were approved and read without any opposition until the item of $13, ,666 for new pavements was reached. Included in this sum was an appropriation of $5 900 for vitri6ed brick pavement in Ashmun street. When this item was reached Alderman Kaehrle moved that this amount be transferred to the fire depart ment so that an engine could be secured aud permanent company located 3t No. 7's engine house.
 INCREASED FIRE PROTECTION FOR WATER STREET.
 This motion aroused Alderman Shanns- han, who made strong fight against the proposed transfer. Alderman Newton favored the motion of MT. Ksehrle, and in support of his position said that large number of fires had occurred within three quarters of 8 mile of No. Ts house, and all of these fires had been disastrous He also opposed the laying of vitrified brick pavement on Ashmun street, as the prop erty owners, not even having had a hear ing upon the subject, would not be com pelled to pay anything for the pavement. During the discussion it was also brought out that the present vitrifed brick pave nent is unsatisfactory.
 Alderman Chaffield moved as an amend ment that the $5 900 be divided, $2 500 for Ashmun street hardening and $s. 500 for the engine on Water street. This amend ment was over erwhelmtngly defeated. The original motion was then passed and the entire sum of $5, 900 transferred to the fire department for the purposes of securing an engine and equipments for No. Ts house. This practically ensures regularly equipped fire company In the lumber dis. | trict as it is not believed that the council men will make any determined opposition r to the transfer.
 THE NEXT sNAG.
 The next snsg was encountered when the item of $7,600, for new pavements on Chapel street, Temple to York, (granite) and at the corner of Chapel and State
 streets, was reached. Alderman Callahan moved that this item be laid | aside so that 1t could bs used later for some other purpose. This motion ! aroused Alderman Gallagher and consider l able opposition. After lengthy discus- | sion Alderman Farrell moved that $5, 900 ! of the $7.60O be transferred to an account ! for watering streets, for which no specific | appropriation is made in the estimates.
 This amendment was accepted by Alder ! man Callahan, but the motion was lost in ! an aye and nay vote. Alderman Farrell ! then moved that $1. 900 of the $7,6O0 be | transferred to the lamp department. AL ! derman Moore also attempted to secure out l of this $7, 800 an appropriation of $1, 800 for fence around Hamilton Square. FENCE FOR HAMILTON SQUARE. This latter motion was passed by a vote | of 12 o8. On motion of Aldermen Gal
 lagher this sum was taken from the $7, ,0OG
 appropriation for Chapel street granite pavement. Alderman Farrell's motion for ! $1 ,000 for the lamp department was then
 taken up: This motion was carried by a | vote of 12 to 7. This brought the total | appropriation down to $4, 200.
 NOT FOR THE LIBRARY.
 After this reduction had been made Al.
 derman Hitler attempted to secure an ap.
 propriation of &, 900 for the free public
 library out of this balance. This motion
 was lost in an aye and nay vote of IA to 6,
 the only members voting in the affirmative
 being Hitler, Doughan, Shannahan, Gala.
 han, Connor, Foley.
 Alderman Gallagher then moved that
 the item of new pavsmsnts be accepted aa
 amended.
 Alderman Doughan offered as an amend
 ment the appropriation of $2, 500 for pub lie bath houses. This amendment was
 lost and the original motion of Alderman
 Gallagher prevailed. This action leaves 6
 total appropriation for permanent new
 pavements of only $5,s66.
 $100,000 FOR SEWERS;
 All the other items of the appropriations
 of the board of public works, including $100. 900 for sewers, were approved. The
 estimates of the board of public works, as revised. and exclusive of sewers, amounts
 to $13S, ,7a7.30.
 POLICE DEPARTMENT.
 The estimates of the police department were next taken up and adopted in their
 entirety, as recommended by the board of | finance.
 THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. | All the appropriations of the fire de. partment went through without opposi. tion until the item of g 900 for a chemi.
 cal engine at the Artisan street engine house was reached. Here Alderman Hil.
 Ter again attempted to secure his little plum for the free public library by moving that this sum be transferred to that insti | earnestly opposed Alderman Hiller's plan and earnestly advocated the securing of the engine. After a brief discussion AL derman Hiller's motion was defeated and the several items of the fire department, | as recommended, were approved fnelud-