The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-08-13
THE CITY NEEDS MONEY
MUNICIPAL I1LPRoYEMENTS DE-
LAYED BY TREASURY.

and Several Disagree with the Upper
Board.
The meeting of the board of council
men last evening brought out only
small attendance President Charles
A. Nicoll is in Mantle and Councilman
Chillingworth was nominated for chair
man. Mr.. Chillingworth declined to
serve because, he said, there were mat
ters to come up in which he had inter-
est. Councilman Pickett declined to
occupy the chair for the same reason,
and Councilman Gompertz nominated
Councilman Ullman, who took the
chair.
When the matter came UP providing
for the purchase of site for a police
station in the Third precinct, there was
opposition from Messrs. Curtis, Beau
lah and Gompertz, who wanted the
orders tabled for printing, and Council
man Dewell of the board of finance ex-
planned that it was not proposed to ex-
pend $4,000 Immediately. All the board
of finance wanted to do was to buy
site for a new police station. Only
$4,000 was wanted and this was to be
taken from the unexpended balances.
The city was now paying an extrava-
CANT rent for station 8, the lease expir-
ed next spring and 1t was desirous to
get a site and prepare plans for a
building.
The question being put to vote, II
voted for tabling for printing and
II against The chair voted in the
affirmative, and the matter now goes
to the board of aldermen, who passed
the necessary orders at it's last meeting.
Petitions were referred to the COM
mittee on streets for vitrified brick
pavement in Whalley avenue from
Howe street to the West river bridge,
on Elm street from State to Park, and
In Broadway from York to Howe.
Communications from L. j. Matthews
on various subjects were indefinitely
postponed in concurrence.
A communication of Mayor Hendrick
on street paving, calling attention to
the Importance of first having connec-
tions made with all sewers, gas and
water mains which was ordered on file
by the aldermen, was on motion of Mr..
| Chillingworth referred to the commit
| tee on streets, and the communication
was ordered printed in the journal.
Councilman Grinnell introduced an
ordinance providing tnat the city clerk
shall notify the city attorney and SUI
,f4 ~, SNf
| all ordinances. 1t was referred to the
committee on ordinance.
| The chair ruled out of order motion
of Councilman McGinty to reconsider
the action of the board referring the
petition for vitrified brick pavement in
Grand avenue where the tracks of the
| Fair Haven & Westville railroad com
pany run to the company's car sheds
| to the committee on streets and to re-
| fer it to the board of public works in
concurrence with the board of alder
men. This he did after considerable
| debate on the question, and Council
man Scobie appealed from the decision
\ of the chair and the chair was not
sustained. Then a vote was taken on
reconsideration and 1t was lost-ayes s.,
nays 13, SO as the matter stands there
| is disagreeing action, the upper board
| referring it to the board of public works
and the lower board to the committee
| ON streets.
There was considerable debate on the
report of the committee on streets on
| sidewalks that need to be relaid. Coun-
Gilman Pickett opposing the adoption
| of the report in concurrence with the
| board of aldermen, he said, because he
| though the city should first have the
| opinion Of the corporation counsel as to
| whether the city could collect for new
| sidewalk.
| Councilman Chillingworth favored the
report, but Judge Pickett's motion to
| table the report for the opinion of the
corporation counsel was passed 13 to 8.
Then street sprinkling was taken up,
Councilman Pickett calling up the re-
port of the special committee on that
| subject. The board of aldermen adopt
| ed the report, except the first order,
appropriating $4,000 out of the unex-
pended balances, which was amended
so as to provide for the transfer OF
money from the unexpended balance to
the board of public works, no sum,
however, being named. 1t developed,
| though, during the debate, that the
| amount would probably not exceed ST.
00O
Councilman Pickett asked that the
report be taken up by division and NOV
ed the adoption of the order as amend
ed by the board of aldermen in concur
renee, and this action was taken.
Then Judge Pickett criticised the
committees report, which, he said
reflected on the board of public works
and he read paragraphs in the re-
port including that which stated that
"the effect of the delays on the part OF
the board of public works in sprinkling
during the windy weather of March
and the dry portion of April, and to
force abutting property owners to con
tract with and to pay Messrs. Munson
and Blakeslee for sprinkling the street
in front of their property"
He said the other orders of the re-
port would run the city into debt and
bind the city to do what 1t had not got
money to do. He moved that the re-
mainedr of the report be referred tc
the committee on ordinances with in
etructions To draft an ordinance in con-
formity with the act passed by the
general assembly regarding street
sprinkling in New Haven.
Councilman Grinne1 favored the
| 3dOnffOn of the reDOrt and so did