The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-24
BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEET.
THE EEECTRIC ROAD ORDINANCE
 FULLY DISCUSSED.

aldermen was held last evening to take
 action on certain important matters. | The first matter that came up was the bill to be introduced into the legis-
 the amount of $500,0oO for street pave- 1 ments. The mayor had called in Cor
 poration Counsel Ely to advise with
 the board and the board resolved It.
 self into a committee of the whole for
 the consideration of the matter Cor poratlon Counsel Ely in the draft of
 the bill which he presented provided
 that the bonds of $5O0,000 be issued
 and that the whole period for their
 payment be twenty years and that they
 be paid quarterly, that is every five
 years, instead of every year. as was
 provided in the bill as it came from
 the councilmen. He changed section 2
 so that the court of common council
 should have the right to assess the
 abuttlng property owners and street
 railway companies according to it's own
 discretion, so that future common coun-
 cils shall have the means to apportion
 the payments to the abutting property
 owners and street railway companies.
 These suggestions of Corporation Coun-
 sel Ely do away with great deal of,
 the bill that is already provided for by the city ordinances. The bill in
 this form was tabled for printing. The
 aim is to bring much more simpllf1ed document than the former bill before
 the legislature.
 iT6a pla0frin r by the board of councimen was then taken up and considered by sections. Section That no street railway car shall move or be moved through any street or part of any street within radius of one mile from the city hall at speed greater than at the rate of ten miles an hour; beyond that radius at speed greater than at the rate of twelve miles and hour was passed.
 In section 2 the councilmen had dis agreed with the aldermen, the action they had taken providing that no street railway car shall move or be moved in crossing any street or the inter- section of any street within a radius of one mile from the city haI at a speed greater than at the rate of six miles an hour.
 In this matter the aldermen voted to adhere to their former action, which provides that upon approaching a cross ing or intersection of streets the motor man shall shut off the power and have the car under control until such cross ing or intersection be passed.
 Alderman Belden in speaking on this subject said that he believed six miles an hour was too slow A man driving his horse through the streets of the city makes a speed of about eight miles an hour. He did not think the travel ing public would be content to ride at that rate. It was enough, in his opinion, that the motorman shut off the power in going over crossings.
 Alderman Reyes wanted to know what way there was of determining how fast the cars went. "We can legislate." he said, "as much as we want to here. What do we or any one else know how the railroad company runs it's cars?'
 Alderman Belden thought that in all these matters 1t was necessary to leg islate to please the people. The city had given charters to the electric roads free. He thought that now the travel ing public were entitled to a little con- 
 Alderman Reyes then introduced a motion providing that No electric car shall be moved within 300 feet of a | church on Sunday faster than four miles an hour" In defense of his mo- tion he said that the noise of the cars 1 passing to and fro before the churches | and the ringing of the bells disturbed l the worshippers in the churches. He | thought the board ought to pass some | ordinance in recognition of the desires | and wishes of the church people.
 Alderman Belden said that he thought ! an electric car made much less noise passing by church than the old horse l car did, especially on paved streets.
 When the motion came to be voted | on it was lost, only three voting in it's 'avor
 It was voted not to pass an ordinance motorman from striking lis bell or gong within 300 feet of a church on Sundays.
 In sec ction the vote of the council nen that any motorman or person vio- atlng any of the provisions of sections i, 2, 3, and 6, and any member of any corporation who causes any motorman ] 0 violate the provisions of any of said sections, shall be fined not less than wo nor more than one hundred dol ars, was altered SO that the last clause eads lone nor more than one hundred lollars;" and in section 9 the vote of he councilmen that any street railway orporation or person operating street within the city of New Haven vho shall violate any of the provisions f sections and shall be fined not ess than ten nor more than one hun red dollars, was altered so that 1t cad in the last clause five nor more han one hundred dollars" There was considerable discussion | yer section 4, which provides that no erson (eXcept an employe when neces- ary) shall be allowed to stand on the latform of any street railway car pro- { elled by motive power other than 1 orses, with the motorman or person $ aving control of the speed of such ar. It was finally allowed to stand in his way.
 Alderman Blakeslee called for a com { littee on conference. The motion was assed and the mayor appointed Alder len Blakeslee and Connor i A communication from Mayor Hen t rick was read giving the history Of '