The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-10-02
ALDERMEN'S BUSY MEETING.
MANY MiTTERS OF PUBLIC IN.
 TEREST WERE ACTED UPON.
Rcmonstrance Against Report of Board on Compensation-Fire Engine Disabled-- That Temple Street Pavement-Flae Raising to be Paid For.

monstrance Against Report of Board on
 Compensation-Fire Engine Disabled--
 That Temple Street Pavement-Flae
 Raising to be Paid For.
 At the meeting of the board of alder-
 men last evening Mayor Sargent stated
 that the annual meeting of the Ameri-
 can Institute of Mining Engineers
 would be held in Bridgeport October 2
 to October 6. On the last day of the meeting 1t Is proposed to bring tho visitors to this city. After a short dis cussion 1t was decided to make g. spe- cial appropriation of $500 for the pur- pose of entertaining the visitors and
 the mayor was also authorized to ap.
 point committee of two aldermen and
 three councilmen to receive the visitors. At this point Mayor Sargent called Alderman Gallagher to the chair as he
 had to be away during the balance of of the evening.
 A lengthy remonstrance against the
 report of the board of compensation on the assessment of benefits and damages. etc, on the owners of property abut- ting on the Boulevard sewer was read and subsequently, referred to the com- mittee on retrenchment and reform. A communication was received from the fire department tothe effect that steamer No. 3 had been condemned and asking for special appropriation of $S00 with which to put in new boilers, etc. After a brief discussion the entire matt ter was referred to the board of finance by vote of to 6, and the latter body was also instructed to ascertain from what fund such appropriation could be taken.
 When the report of the committee on streets recommending that a granite dimension block pavement be laid on Temple street between Chapel street and Congress avenue was reached, Al, derman Connor moved that the repcru | be amended so as to allow the use of sheet asphalt pavement instead of
 granite blocks Finally after lengthy discussion a vote was taken on Alder | man Connor's amendment and resulted | in a tie, z to 7, which Alderman Galla- gher dissolved by voting in the affirm ative. On motion of Alderman Blakes- | lee it was voted to reconsider the vote taken and the reconsideration was post
 poned until the next meeting of the board.
 l A report was received from the spe- cial committee on flag-raising recom-
 mending that $l50 1se pai& to Elisha Peck garrison for raising and lowering the flag on the central green during the past year. that the mayor be author- | ized to see that the fiagpole was kept in | proper condition and that an appropria- | tion be made to defray all expenses 1 in connection witE the matter during
 the coming year, but the matter was l tabled for printing.
 A communication from the Manufac- turers Street Railroad company asking | that the plans of the road for a single | track through James street from Chapel street to Grand avenue to be operated | by electricity was referred to the com. mittee on railroads and bridges. The track in question is to be built, leased | to and operated by the Fair Haven
 and Westville Railroad company for | passenger service only. A strenuous effort was made to have the company | given unanimous permission to go l ahead with the work, but Alderman Doughan of the Sixth ward ohjected. and the matter was referred to tha
 committee.