The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-12
NEW CHARTER OPPOSED.
CORPORATION CoUNSEH so IN
 STRUCTED BY COUNCILMEN.

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 lnIttees Named-Other Business,
 Thirty-three of the thirty-siX mem bers of the board of councilmen were present at the meeting of that body last evening and considerable business of more than usual importance was transacted. Among the more impor- tant business was the instruction given to the corporation counsel in reference to the proposed new city charter, the introduction of a proposed new ordi- nance relating to buildings, etc., and the appointment of the councilmanic portions of the joint standing commit tees of the court of common council.
 President Charles D. Nicoll read his list of committees as follows:
 The committees appointed are as fol- lows:
 Annual reports-Gifford, Camp and Mitchell.
 Appropriations-scoville, Burns and
 
 Auditing Whitaker, Rourke and Forsythe.
 Bath houses-scobie, Burns and sco- vile.
 Buildings-Pierce, Leary and Dewell.
 Building lines-Morehead, McGinty and Beaulah.
 Claims-Coolfdge Gompertz and Chill lingworth,
 Commercial and manufacturing in terests-Stuart, Ullman and Fuller ton.
 Fire department-Fulle Gibbons and Unger.
 Lamps and street lighting-W Wilmott, Hurd and Holcomb
 Licenses-Carrington Brown and Clifford
 ominations-Beaulah Leary and Peck.
 Numbering streets-Peck. Hurd and Stuart
 ordinances-Dewell, Camp and Grin nell
 Printing-Bailey, Gompertz and Will mott.
 Railroads and bridges-Pickett, Fris- bic and Curtis
 
 Rourke and Morehead
 Sewers-Pierce, McGinty and Whit taker.
 squares-Mitchell, Gibbons and Car rington.
 Streets-Forsythe, Ullman and Chill lingworth.
 Water-Adt. Brown and Seobie.
 Special auditing committse-Grinnell and Holcomb.
 A petition, signed by a number of. taxpayers of the city requesting that a fiagman be stationed at the Junction of State, Olive and Veto streets was referred to the committee on railroads and bridges. The petition sets forth that the place in question is a dan gerous one by reason. of the rapid rum ming of the electric cars of the New Haven Street Railway company and, asks that the court of common council order the company to station a flag man at its own expense at the junctionI or to take some proper measures to- avert Q catastrophe.
 Councilman Coolidge introduced a \ proposed new ordinance relating to the ordinances of the city. The ordinance is substantially as follows: Resolved, That section 952 of the ordinances of the city be repealed and the following substituted for the same: Any person duly licensed or permitted to occupy any part of any street or or both, while erecting or re- pairing any building or making excava- ton in any sidewalk or street for any purpose, shall provide safe and con venient passage around or over the | same for public travel as hereinafter provided
 If the using the sidewalk during the l lay shall compel the public to enter | the street, plank walk of not less than | three feet in width shall be placed in | the street from the point where the ob- | struction begins to the point where it | ends; but at night an unobstructed | passage of not less than three feet shall De allowed over the sidewalk. In all | 'ases the portion allotted to any per son while erecting or repairing any shall be lighted at night as prescribed in section 346 of the ordi- lances.
 No license shall be given at any time Or longer period than three months, 'ut a license may be extended without 'xtra charge, if the superintendent of treets is of the opinion that such ex- ension is necessary, until said license hall have been in force one year. when t shall then become null and void. | Jo person thus permitted to use the treet or sidewalk or both shall ob- truct the gutter The opening left in he gutters for waterway shall not be ess than twelve inches in width, and if l overed, the interior space shall not be ess than eight inches in height The penalty for any violation is spec lied as $50 for each offense three hours fter notice to the property owner, and lien for the sum shall be put on the remises by the street superintendent nd duly recorded like all other liens yithin sixty days thereafter. The natter was referred to the committee n ordinances.
 Councilman Rufus s. Pickett intro uced resolution to the effect that the orporation counsel be requested to op- ose before the general assembly the