The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-27
wArERlye rRouGHs WANTED.

The Water Committee Held Meeting Last
Night and Acted ON Several Petitions
Opposition to the Granting of the PEE
titlon From the Fourth Ward-FavOrable
Action on the Petitions.
A meeting of the water committee
was held last evening in the general
committe room in City Hall for the
purpose of hearing remarks on the
several petitions which have recently
been presented to the committee. The
first petition brought up was that of
the Winchester Arms Co. for water
Ing trough at the corner of Ashmun and
Munson streets. j. c. Kelly and l.. B.
Cheney appeared before the committee
to speak in favor of the petition and
said that there is a great deal of traf-
tic in this locality and that the nearest
watering trough is at the corner of
Dixwell and Shelton avenues. Many
people drive in from the suburbs by the
streets in the section around Winchest-
er avenue, and there is a general COM
plaint that there is no place to water
horses, unless they are driven over to
Broadway or Dixwel avenue. Mr..
Cheney said that there were as many
teams passed through the locality in
question as through any other part of
the city, and there is scarcely anyone
in the neighborhood who is not inter-
ested in teams The gentlemen also
said that no property owner in the vi
cinity was opposed to the trough being
| located there.
The next petition brought UP was that
of T. G. Smith ct al, asking for the
| removal of the drinking fountain in
Wooster Square to some other location
| in the same square. G. d. Smith and
Lamp Inspector Hopkins appeared in
favor of the petition and stated that the
| fountain as located at present is in.
| the center of the meeting place of sew
eral walks and is very much in the
way. The drainage is not good and
nearly all the time the pavement sur
rounding the fountain is in such slop-
py state that ladies cannot pass with
out wetting their feet. There is place
| just a little to the side of the present
location of the fountain and at the edge
of the pavement, where it could be
| placed without causing any of the in
convenience it now does.
! The next petition brought up was
not SO easily disposed of as the previ
Gus two 1t was the petition of Rich
ard W. Law ct al, asking for the plac-
ing of a watering trough on Greenwich
avenue, between Kimberly avenue and
Lamberton street. Road Commissioner
Hoyt, Senator l.. H. Johnson, D. F..
lKelly, Richard w. Law Hugh Punk
ett, and Thomas Farley appeared in fa-
vor of the location of the trough They
stated that the Fourth ward was the
largest in the city and Mr.. Hoyt said
that horses can get most anything to
drink, except water Al trough at the
proposed location would be great
convenience to people driving in from
West Haven and a necessity. 1t would
accommodate not only people living in
that vicinity, but also many business
men in other parts of the city who have
horses in that locality on business.
They said that the general opinion
seemed to be that trough should be
located in the Fourth ward, and the
only difference of opinion was as to the
location. Chairman Belden of the COM
| H1ltIee rnen Cdlleu IOr anyone VINO was
opposed to the trough being placed,
and Thomas Brennan, W. III. Elkins,
Jerry Bradley and E. G.. Kidder re-
sponded. These gentlemen all live on
the street nearly opposite to where it Is
proposed to locate the trough and ex-
pressed themselves as emphatically OPP
posed to the trough. They said that
the small park which was proposed as
a location had been purchased by the
neighboring property owners and given
to the city for public park. They
would not like now for nuisance, as
they claimed a trough to be placed
there. Mr. Bradley was especially We
hement in his opposition, and expressed
his wishes in the matter in words more
expressive than elegant. This was all
the business to come before the com
mittee, and after a short executive ses-
sion, it was decided to recommend to
the court of common council the grant
ing of the three petitions