Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-05-02
BOARD OF ALDERmEN.

The Proposed Ordinance dc Junk
Dealers Referred Back to the Com.
mittee - The Extension of Pearl
street Again Proposed-Special Elec-
ton ordered In the Sixth Ward
other Business.
The special point of interest at the meet
ing of the board of aldermen last evening
was the consideration of the proposed or
dinanoe regulating the licensing of of itin-
Grant Junk dealers. Hardly had the mat
ter been brought befors the board when
Alderman Gallagher arose and made an
impassionsd plea against it's passage.
The majority report of the committee
favored the increase of the license fee from
80 to $40, and included not only dealers in
old bottles, etc., but in all second hand
articles. Accompanying the majority re-
port was minority report signed by
Councilman Bishop to the effect that the
words second hand be stricken out and the
fee be left at So, instead of increasing it to
$40.
Alderman Gallagher took practically the
port. He claimed that the fee of $50
would be tho means of driving poor but
honest dealers, Russian Jews-exiles from
their native land-out of the business
Such a fee, he said, was prohibitive. He
also said that the statutes fixed the fee at
50 and the supreme court had said that 30
cents for license was ample. In reference
to the statement that these itinerant Junk
dealers were mostly thieves, the alderman
| claimed that the increase of the fee would
not, in his opinion, reduce the number of
1 10 h-e
| such an abuse existed, was not to pass q
ridiculous law. Let the police watch them
and arrest all who steal. They might
much better be engaged in this work than
in watching the back doors of saloons on
Sundays
After lengthy debate participated in by
Aldermen Hitler, Champion and others on
| recommendation of Alderman Chatfield 1t
| WAS voted to send the question back to the
committee on ordinances by a vote of Is
to 8, the only aldermen voting in the mega
tive being Hitler, Moore and Farrell.
Alderman j. N. Champion presented q
petition signed by himself and several
others calling for the extension of Pearl
street from Orange street to Whitney ave-
| nue.. The petition was, without debate,
i referred to the committee on streets.
A petition asking for the division of the
Seventh ward into two polling places was
referred to the committee on ordinances.
| A resolution calling for the appointment
of special committee consisting of two
aldermen and three councilmen to consider
the advisability of holding band concerts
on the various squares of the city was
passed unanimously, but the committee
was not appointed owing to the absence OF
| the mayor.
The following were recommended fol-
appointment as special constables: John
Behrens, Charles A. Farren, Frank B.
Beck, Nathan Simons, @. W. Prindle, John
Mandley, A. L. Currier, R. E. Wynkoop,
q. E. Mack, Joseph Waterman. The name
of Peter J. McEnerny was also recommend
ed for appointment, but Alderman Moore
] objected and the name was cent back tc
/ the committee.
A special election was ordered to be held
| in thu Sixth ward on May 16 to fill the va.
eancy in the board of councilmen, caused
| by the election of Charles L. Well to the
l board of aldermen at the recent special
election in that ward.
Aldermen Chatfeld and Conner were
| appointed the aldermanic portion of the
committee on conference to take action on
the disagreeing vote of the boards of alder
men and councilmen relative to combining
the award of contracts to resident con
tractors.
A resolution from Alderman Hitler tt
the effect that hereafter the mayor appoint
to the directorate of the free public library
one alderman and one councilman in Janu
airy of each year instead of as present, Wal
unanimously passed.
En- Route to Chicago
The New Haven school exhibit for thu
worlds fair is en- route to Chicago, all ex
cept a portion of the work done at tn,
WEIGH school, which will go in few DAYS