The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-06
CLARK'S BILLS APPROVED
CITY FININCIERS DECIDE THAT
HIS BILLS BE PAID.

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inissioners to Go to Cincinnati-No
Quorum at Committee on Claims-Other
Matters.
The city's financiers held their regu-
lar monthly meeting in the .auditorss
office last evening and acted upon the
various bills against the city presented
during the past month. All the MEM
bers of the board were present, except
Alderman Lambert, and Mayor Hen
drick presided. The members consid-
cred at length the two bills for street
sprinkling presented by Charles Clark
and concerning which there has been
such a prolonged controversy, the
claim being made that the watering
cart was owned by Police Commission
er Doolittle, and finally decided to pay
the bills.
The bills in question were for street
sprinkling done during the months of
July and August. One bill was for
S115.56 and the other announced to
| $10725. The question at issue was
| whether the carts, harness, horses, ETC.,
were the property of Clark or Commits
sioner Doolittle. If they belonged to the
| latter the city was debarred from pay
| ing the bills by a special ordinance
prohibiting the payment to any COM
missioner of the city government for
work done or supplies furnished.
| Ex-Commissioner William Maley ap-
peared and stated to the board that
Clark had been put to work watering
| CT &c Of +ba ai+ OF ho
of ex-City Auditor Lake many months
| before the present bills We're contracted
and that Commissioner Doolittle had
! had nothing to do with the matter.
| Clark also told the board that the team
was his own personal property, that he
had bought it from Commissioner Doo-
little and that the latter had no interest
in the matter
| In view of these statements Alderman
Stanley moved that the two bills be
| paid. Councilman Dewell seconded the
against Clark for damage done to a
lamppost at the corner Of Ferry and
Dover streets by being run into by
I Clark's team was deduc ed and the
amendment prevailed.
| A special appropriation of $500 was
made for the board of public works to
| defray the expense of sending the
members of that board to Cincinnati.
where a convention of members of the
public works departments of the larger
cities Of the United States will be held
Septemt er u, 13 and a. Besides the
| commissioners City Engineer Kelly and
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will attend the convention at the city's
expense.
The monthly bills of the several de-
partments of the city, except those
| which had, not been sworn to, as re-
: quired by law, We're approved, and the
bills which had not been sworn to
were tabled until the next meeting.
AGAIN THERE WAS NO QUORUM.
For the second time in less than a
month Assistant City Clerk Street was
compelled last evening to dismiss the
claimants for damages from the city
without giving them an opportunity to
state their grievances. A meeting of
the committee on claims was listed
for last evening, but it was found i'm
possible to muster quorum and IN
cons eQuenc> no business could be
ira, sacted.
The committee on claims is com
posed of Aldermen Skiff and Bromley
and Councilmen Coolidge, Gompertz
and Chillingworth, OF this number on
ly two, Councilmen Coolidge and Com
pertz, put in an appearance, the other
threee members being out of the city,
Alderman Bromley being in New Lon
don, Skiff in Hartford and Council
man Chillingworth with the Nonantum
Fishing club in Canada.
There were number of petitioners
present and they waited patiently for
one other member Of the committee to
show up so as to make a quorum, but
their patience was of no avail and
finally they We're compelled to go to
their respective homes with the COM
forting assurance from the genial and
affable assistant city clerk that he
would notify them of the next attempt
of the committee to hold meeting.
Among the petitions which were
listed for the hearing were those of
David Ashmun for damages to property
at 266 George street by the setback OF
water; of Sacred Heart 7. A. & b. So
ciety for abatement of Cedar street
sewer assessment; of the East Pear
street M. E. church for abatement OF
sewer assessment; of John B. Contois
for damages because of injuries re.
ceived by a fall ON sidewalk; of John
B. Ward for damages to property
at 20 Factory street by overf1owine
water; of Edward Graffunder for dam.
ages because of change of grade or
Gold street, and Of G. H. Miller, ad-
ministrator of the estate of Joseph c.
Miller, for abatement of sidewalk clean
ing assessment.
DEWITT STREET EXTENSION.
The board of compensation also held
meeting last evening for the purpose
of considering the benefits and dam.
ages to be assessed against the prop.
erty owners for the extension of Dewitt
street through the old baseball grounds
Several of the property owners were
present and were heard in reference tC
the matter, but the members of the
board took no action on the subject
They will meet later and formulate q
report, which will be submitted to the
October meeting of the court of com
mon council.
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Killed on the Tracks.
Russell. Mass, Sept. 5.-Joseph Miller