The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-27
FOR BETTER PAVEMENTS.
EAP ORTe4NE MEETING OF STREET
 C0MIIITTEh LAST NIGHT

Considerations to be Discussed To-mor. Other Municipal Meetings.
 Ex-N1ayor Sargent was present at tht
 meeting of the committee on streets
 which was held last evening for the pur-
 pose of considering the petition of the
 chamber of commerce in reference to an improved system of. street pavement
 and the bonding of the city to secure
 funds with which to pay for the same.
 Others present beside the members of
 the committee were Mayor Hendrick,
 Alderman James H Macdonald, City
 Engineer Kelly, Attorney Charles H.
 Fowler, A. McC. Mathewson, F. c. Bush"
 nell, Senator Lyman H. Johnson, An
 thony Carroll, M. J, Beegan, Fire Com
 missioner William E. Morgan and oth-
 erk
 Ex-Mayor Sargent disapproved of
 bonding the city for any new streets.
 He said that the city is paying every
 year on it's bonded indebtedness, but
 the amount the city owes is not decreas-
 ing, but on the other hand increasing.
 The amount stated as the indebtedness
 of the city is not tne-half of the debt of New Haven. The debt of New Haven
 includes the indebtedness of the city,
 town and school districts, and the prop erty of the city Is. liable for the debts of
 the town and school district.
 Continuing, he said The date of pay
 ment of the bonds, should 1t be decided
 to issue them, should be fixed as 1t
 would be almost impossible to sell the
 bonds at low rate of interest unless the date of payment is fixed by the leg lslature. The city is now indebted pret- ty well up to the mark that it is safe for the city to owe, and pretty well up for it's grand list We could borrow more. as; other cities have done, but the credit of such cities always goes down. do not believe this generation or the court of common council has any moral right to bond the city for curren ex- .penses, and better pavements are cur rent expense and future generation wilA have to pay for a pavement of which they have had no use, as the pavements will not endure until that time. am opposed to mortgaging the future to pay for the present. l don't believe that any court of common coun- ell with any conscience would do it.
 'Tt is not fair it is not honest, to do any such thing. Neither is it right to attempt to tax the street railroads for the use of the streets That time has past There is no sense, reason or jus tice in asking them to apy for the wear and tear of the streets, for as a matter of fact every passenger carried on the electric ear saves the wear and tear of the streets believe that the railroad should and could afford to carry passengers for a three-cent fare I am opposed to any system of general taxation such as is proposed to compel poor people to pay taxes for pavements on the fine streets in and near the cen ter of the city Let the property own CTS that want fine streets pay for them. Let property pay it's own taxes. don't believe in bonding the city for per manent street pavements, and am most opposed to the plan"
 Attorney Charles H. Fowler also op- posed the plan on the same principles as expressed by Mayor Sargent. He also claimed that until the city had found a permanent street on which to lay permanent pavement the city had no legal or moral right to bond the fu- ture for present expenses.
 Frank s. Bushnell in favoring the plan proposed said that no city of the size of New Haven had so small an in 1ebtedness, and certainly none had such poor pavements Referring to the re- marks of ex-Mayor Sargent in reference to the poor working men he said; 'I have heard considerable here tonight about the poor man. have also read that by their works shall ye know them. I think perhaps this might be applied with great force to he ex-mayor of our city. should like 70 ask what special love the ex-mayor las ever shown for the poor working nan?"
 q object to personalities, MT. Chair nan" said the ex-n1ayor, and amid a suppressed smile on the faces of all present Alderman Hamilton, who is chairman of the committee, said, "the will please conflne himself o the subject"
 AIUeTHlelU NldCuODdIu Sdlu III SuU~ tance as follows The attendance this l Shows how little interest the | public takes in these matters. 1 The amount of the matter is that the ew are paying for the many. I am aid to be opposed, to the new charter, | md yet, gentlemen, such is not the case. |
 believe in many of it's provisions and | me of which is for the re-asssessment | f all taxable property in the city. The | axes are now being paid by the people vho have built their own little homes | ut of their hard earned savings. am n favor of issuing the bonds and every | ent so expended will come back in four old measure The trouble is that New Iaven has been too conservative. Look t city like this which does not own
 single foot of water front for a public ock. I believe in permanent street | avements. There has, to my knowl- | dge, ever been time when any in- ucement has been offered to manu- lcturers to come here and locate. Keep breast of the times, have a good sys- am of street pavements and other inn and I believe that you will nd that in ten years the population ill have increased beyond even the leas of the most sanguine." The al erman also favored having the law overning the taxation of street rail-