The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-10
ORDINANCE DE FIREWORKS
THE SALE or EMPLOYEES TO BE
 MATEAItLLF REsTRIcfED.

Unique Petition for the Establishment of a
 Public Doek-issferrci ta C'inmittee on
 Commercial Intsrests-fiat List of De-
 inqaeat Taxpayers.
 The counoilmen last evening took a decided step In inc right direction by referring 10 the committee on ordinances n petition in reference To the sale of fire works in this city. The petition Is faihcrcd by Edwin F. Mcrsick and Is signed by Minott F. Chnlleld. Ezekiel G, st0ddard. the George II. Ford com- pany, Kimberly, Root X Day, Thomns R. Trowbridge, James r. English, Charles s. Leeie, estate of Henry White, John T. Sloan, $. $. Thompson, Frank C. Bushnell and NJ. Zundrr X Sons.
 The petition requests that an ordl- nance be passed with suitable penalties for the violation of same. restricting the sale or storage Of fireworks to buildings unused for my other purpose and requiring all persons engaged in either the manufacture or sale of fire works to take out license for con ducting same. before granting which the applicant shall be required to file a satisfactory bond that no damage to adjioning property shall result there- from.
 The following unique petition was presented by Councilman Nicholson, read by Assistant City Clerk Street and unanimously referred 10 the committee on commercial and manufacturing in- terests. The petition reads as follows:
 Your petitioners sincerely pray that your honorable body take immediate action in providing pier or wharf for the convenience of the general putllc and where access may be had to our water front and for the benefit of ves- sells entering our port with the products of neighboring farms and other neces- sarles required by our suffering com munity and taxpayers.
 As the case now stands. most of our harbor Is shut off from our people by selfish corporations, railroad monopo- lists and others. Not one street is re- served for the citizens of this city. The Consolidated railroad has gone so far as to prevent the landing of boats or
 fishing in front of their possessions and have given strict orders to their watch men to cut loose any craft found fast ened to their domain.
 Our harbor commissioners arc sorely to blame for this state of affairs. The city of New Haven is also to blame, or its officials, in not attending to the wants of its people. Every pound of coal or foot of lumber is carted across our beautiful city from east to west, while our citizens have to travel for miles to reach the water front.
 Again, there Is not single public bath house where our suffering people can cleanse themselves after their la. bors, thing almost unknown in any well-organized citY,lar or small. The board of health Is also to blame in this matter, their onIy' interest at the pres ent time seeming to be in the pig mar ket or the evidence of Contractor Swayne before an Investigating com mittee. Your honorable body can pre- vent this state of affairs providing you have the nerve to do it. No reflection is meant by, this, ,missive on your hon. orable body. We all know that most of your valuable time is required in the street department, electric roads and suburban parks, said parks being great ly in the interest of real estate specula- tors, as, for instance the Beaver pond affair, where eventually the city and town will have to pay the fiddler by buying it in at advanced rates for park purposes. Fort Hale, Water Street park and East Rock park, noted for it's romance in climbing to its top and de- veloping the muscles of our hardy tax payers.
 The people of New Haven have come to the conclusion that a public dock or pier is public necessity and direct revenue to our city through its limited rates of wharfage to excursion steamers and general traffic from all trading ves- seIs with their necessary supplies, and from which right no soulless corpora tion will be able to shut us off. We sin cerely request and pray that our hum ble petition will be granted at the ear Hest possible moment.
 This unique petition calls for the es- tablishment Of a public pier on the easterly side of New Haven between City Point and First avenue and is signed by L. J. Matthews, J. A. Woods, Nelson Taylor, Edwin Nj. Clark, A. II. Moulton, J. F. Brannagan, William Ma ley, Carlton B. Hoadley, D. T. McNa- mara. James Bishop, Edward r. Smith, Edward Matthews. Ewen Mcintyre, Iohn c. Doody, Frederick H. Brethauer md about twenty others.
 A communication from Corporaton Counsel Driscoll was read, in which it was stated that Tax Collector Futile intended to furnish the court of common council with list of delinquent taxpay- ITS at the August meeting of that body. The communication was unanimously accepted and ordered on file.
 On motion of Councilman Bishop it was resolved that it was for the best interest of the city that some prompt action be taken to provide said city with a proper antiseptic hospital, and hat copy of this resolution be for varded to the mayor and board of al- lerman. ...
 Beyond the usual amount of concur 'ent action taken upon matters which ,ame up from the board of aldermen, he referring to appropriate commit ees of petitions for new street lamps, as special constables and ,fhar minor matters tho o1oo+;o, oe