Morning journal and courier., 1893-06-06
COMMITTEE REPORT

6Veh1hS-A N uAU6E u AACCO
mendations Made for Running the
Departments of the City Govern
ment - Damages Awarded to a
Number Of Claimants-A List OF
Delinquent Taxpayers to be Fur
nished: the Court of Common
Council-No Band Concerts-0ther |
Business.
Twenty-Five of the twenty four mem
bers of the board OF aldermen were in
their seats last evening when the roll was
called by City Clerk James B. Martin.
It was hot night even under the stately
elms on the center green. but in the alder
manic chamber the air was simply sitting.
This condition of affairs was due not only
to the intense heat of the evening, but
also to the warm and at times heated dis
cussions which followed the reading of
the reports of the several committed and
the general business which came before
the meeting.
The report of the special committee on
auditing, which Is signed by Mayor Sar-
gent, Aldermen Killer and Gallagher and
Councilman Hoadley and Parish, was pre-
sented and is substantially as follows:
1t is first recommended that, hereafter
time books shall be kept in each of the fire
engine houses, which are to be turned over
to headquarters each week upon which the
salaries paid the men shall be based, they
only to receive pay except for work actual
ly done.
In the police department it ia recon-
mended that hereafter time books be kept.
It has been found that the prevailing
custom has been to allow each man q day
off each month. In some cases the men
have not availed themselves of it at the
time, but have gone on the cumulative plan
of allowing their days off to be accredited
them until they were entitled to wesk or
so, when they would take them altogether.
1t is also recommended that all licenses
shall be paid for to the tax collector in
stead of to the heads of departments, as at
present, although it Is not intended to take
the Issuing of the licenses from the heads
Of departments, but give them the same
power that they already have, but an ap.
plicant under this recommendation. if
adopted, will be obliged to 20 to the tax
collector to paythe fee, thus making the
tax collector countersign them before they
would become OF force.
The committee further recommends the
passage of the following four orders:
First, that the special auditing committee
be requested to meet with the commission
ers of the various departments of the city
government and to formulate and adopt
such rules and methods of transaoting the
business of the city by the several depart
ments as may seem best under the circum-
stances.
Second, That the special auditing committee
proceed without unnecessary delay to procure a
thorough examination and auditing Of the &C
counts or the city fQY eol1aotor ND tn ho
court of common council the amounts of money
collected each year on each years taxes includ-
treasurer each year with full particulars; also
the amount due to January 1, 1898, for taxes and
assessments ssa Of each year and from whom due
why said taxes are not paid, giving such particu-
lars as may be necessary for the full understand
Third-That the special auditing committee
an examination Of the books Of the city auditor
ments BY the city clerk and auditor are correct
Fourth-That the special auditing committee
make or cause to be made by a competent &C
countant an Investigation into the accounts of
the clerk Of the city court.
The report covers ten pages of closely
type written copy, and in view of the late
ness of the hour when 1t came up, was by
vote of the board tabled for printing.
In accordance with the Recommendation
of the committee on claims damages were
awarded to the following: Henrietta Dur
ant $50, M. E. Healy $3.50, D. G. Cook s.
Sons $S5, S. E. Brainard $100. John Money
$50, Patrick Faughnan $121, John Fitzger.
aid 500, Michael Tonney $500, W. @.
| WEIGH $3.50, John Coyne $35. The assess
ment against Grace church on Blatchley
| avenue was voted to be abated.
The old question of the abatement OF
the sum of $3.50, an assessment laid on the
New Haven City Burial association-the
old Grove street cemetery, came up, and
| after brief discussion the petitioners
| were given leave to withdraw by vote Of
IA to 8.
The petition calling for the extension Of
Park street, from Elm street to Whalley
avenue, which was reported upon adversely
by the committee on streets, was recommit
ted. Should the prayer of the petitioner
be granted, and the street be extended, i
would pass nearly through the center O.
Christ church.
The board voted against appropriatine
the sum of $3.50 for band concerts thil
season, only three aldermen voting in favor
OF having such concerts In consequence
the city will give no baud concerts on the
public greens this summer. =
The report of the committee on fire de
| partment recommending the immediate
erection of the fire tower on COTE street
| was unanimously adopted, and it is prob
II
Both the majority and minority reports
of the committee on ordinances on the
question of raising the licenses..of itinerant
| junk dealers from 50 to 500 were disposed
of by tabling them for printing
| Alderman Chatfield presented the fol
| lowing order, which was unanimously
| adopted: Ordered, That the tax collector
| furnish the court of common council with
a full list of all unpaid city taxes and as,
sessments, giving names, dates, and prop
erty involved, together with the amounts
due, showing whore liens have been placed
and giving the date of the last foreclosure
made under existing laws.
A petition was received from the resi-
dents of the Eighth ward and Whitney
avenue, asking the board to take some
action which would allow the State street
| and Whitney avenue roads to electrically
equip the respective roads was referred to
the board of public works.
The special auditing committee was in
structed to take no further action in audit
ing or examining the books of the city
until after the report of the committee had
been acted upon.
The committee on lamps submitted a re-
port fsvoring the entering into by the city
of a three years. contract with the electric
light company. At present the city is pay
light, but the electric light company guar
antee, if three years contract be entered
into, to furnish light for the first year at
80 cents per light, the second year at 81
cents and the third year at 80 cents. The
report of the committee was tabled for
printing.
COMFORT This Evening,
This evening in Steinert hall piano re-
cital will take place under the direction of
Professor J. W. Sherman, who will be az.
sisted by his pupils and other we'll known
artists. The concert promises to ha a fina