Morning journal and courier., 1894-05-26
mUr1oIPAL MEETINGS.

Important Meeting of the Commit. |
tee on Railroads and Bridges-i
Those Tracks ON College Street-Sfx |
Hundred and Fifty Dollars APP. |
propriated for Band Concerto
want an Itemized Bill From the
Board Of Health-Farren Avenue
to be Double-Tracked Hts Entire
Length-Work of the Committee ON
Claims.
College street residents and property
owners, between Chapel and George
streets, were largely represented at the
meeting of the committee on railroads and
bridges last night. Among these were DIR.
Stephen q. Hubbard, Horace E. Day.
George L. Fox and Alderman A. Msxcy
Hitler. The specially interesting hearing
was on the petition of DR.. Hubbard and
others to compel the Winchester Avenue
Railroad Co. to either use or remove it,
tracks in George street and College street,
between Chapel and George streets. The
railroad company -was represented by At
torney 8. Harrison Wagner and Treasurer
Israel A. Kelsey.
During the discussion which ensued
there were several sharp bits of repartee.
The property owners stated that they were
| much displeased at the action of the rail-
company and sccused the members OF
| that corporation of having acted In bad
| faith and laid the tracks without any In
| tention of using them. This the repre-
| sentatives of the railroad company en-
| phatically denied and intimated that the
cars of the Edgewood Street Railway COM
pany were to be operated over these
trocks. Treasurer Kelsey also agreed that
unless the tracks were In uss by the first
of October, the railroad company would
remove them. This proposition was not
satisfactory to the petitioners, who desired
that the tracks be Used or removed within
thirty days.
In executive session the committee voted
| to instruct the Winchester avenue road to
use or remove the tracks within thirty
days from the time the rec ommendation of
the committee becomes law, which will
be about June 10, If 1t passes the court Of
common council, and also to repair the
street Immediately with crushed stone.
The committee also considered the peti'
| ton of John +. Stanley and others for the
removal of the central truss of the bridge
| on Olive street over the tracks of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
company and tabled the matter for sub
sequent meeting.
The committee on band concerts last
evening voted to recommend an appropri
alton Of $3.50 to pay the expenses of band
concerts on the several green's Of the city
during the summer months, the concerts t.
j, | commence about July l.
The committee on appropriations also
} met and decided to refer the communtca
ton of the board of public works recon-
, mending that an appropriation sufficien
| to pay for the construction of watering
trough on Clinton avenue, thirty fee
l north of Grand avenue, be made, was re
ferred to the board of finance.
The committee also considered q com
| uunication from the mayor recommend
ing ga appropriation of $500 for psymen
, | Of bills contracted for the care of tw
! | SIN allpox patients. It was tabled, await
ing an itemfzed statement of the expense
in question.
The seleotmen last night gave ukani
nous permission to the New Haven an
, Morris Cove Railroad company to doubl
track Farren avenue its entire length, tn
5 work to be completed not later than o.
I tober Is.
Z The committee on claims also met f.
0 | over three hours last evening and hear
| the petition of about fourteen resident
) for damages. The report will be made t
( the board Of aldermen June 8.