Morning journal and courier., 1893-05-24

The Board SO Decides at the Meeting
Last Night-The Appropriation for
the G. A. r.. Also Passed-0ther
Business.

The Board SO Decides at the Meeting
Last Night-The Appropriation for
the G. A. r.. Also Passed-0ther
Business.
Exactly thirteen aldermen, including
Acting Mayor Callahan, responded to their
names in the aldermanic chamber at roll
call last evening. These were Aldermen
Killer, Blakeslee, Moran, Flynn, Burke,
Farrell, Beecher, Russell, Chatfield, Gala
han, Morgan, Conner and Foley. In the
absence of Mayor Sargent, Aldermen Gala
han presided. Later Alderman Gallagher
came in, making the fourteenth member.
. The meeting was specially called for the
purpose of taking action on the recon-
mendation of the committee on appropria-
lions making special appropriations of
$1,000 for sprinkling the streets of
the city, and $3.50 for the proper observ-
ance of Memorial day by the G. A. R. The
latter recommendation went through
without dissenting vote, but the street
sprinkling appropriation did not fare quite
so well, although 1t also eventually passed.
Immediately after the reading of the re-
port of the committee favoring the appro-
pr1ation Aldermen Blakeslee inq uired what
streets were to be watered and said that
in his opinion the order was loosely word
ed, giving the board of public works full
control over what streets were to be wa
tered.
Alderman Chatfeld said that In his opin-
ion the whole system of street sprinkling
was wrong owing to the fact that some
bod 30 eo-
the streetsin front of their properties. The
sprinkling of top dressed streets alone
would not answer the purpose and he
favors all the streets being watered or none
at all. o wing to the fact that IS 900 would
not pay for watering all the streets he was
opposed to the measure in its present
form.
Alderman Killer made an eloquent plea
for the passage Of the order on the ground
that the top dressed streets were materially
benefited by being sprinkled and tended to
preserve them, thereby an act of economy
to the city.
Alderman Callahan explained that at the
meeting of the committee on sppropris-
tons Dr.. Linsley, Wright, Winchell,
White and Carmalt had urged the sprink-
ling of the streets as q matter of public
necessity for the proper preservation of
the health of the residents of the city.
After this explanation the board voted to
accept the report of the committee, and
passed the proposed order, by q vote of II
to /, Alderman Chatfisld alone voting in
the negative, Alderman Gallagher not hay
ing arrived. Heentsred the chamber i'm
mediately after the vote was announced.
Alderman Chatfield presented petition
for the establishment Of an electric light
on Diekerman street between Sperry and
Orchard streets, which was referred to the
committee on lamps. The petition was
signed by about forty residents and prop
erty owners on Dickerman street.
The board of public works was, on
motion of Alderman Conner, instructed to
remove the flagstaff from Its present Ioca-
tion on Custom House square and cause IL
to be erected in front of the schoolhouse on
Grand avenue.
W. F. Tobin, . Waterman at the gas
works, was by unanimous consent sp-
pointed special constable and the petit
ton of John g. Skinner for appointments
was referred to the committee ON nomina-
lions.