The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-03-25
NEW oEDrNANoEs PROPOSED.
Important Meeting of Committee to b,
Held Tonight.

| SAN Ao-hABhAs
The meeting Of the committee on or.
dinances to be held in the city hall this
evening promises to be one of unusua
interest and Importance, owing to the
fact that the members of the committee
will have before them for eonsidera tior
proposed ordinances affecting the in
terests of large number of residents.
One of the most important matters
to be considered is proposed ordinance
requiring street venders of meat, Ash
CLAIMS, oysters, fruits, vegetables or
other farm produce, except milk, to be
licensed by the mayor of the city. This
ordinance has the united support OF
every dealer in the commodities men,
toned in the city, and especially of the
retail grocers, and many of them will
undoubtedly be present to advocate it's
passage.
An attempt was made last year to
secure the passage of such an ordinance,
but after several hearings on the sub
ject the matter was hung up in the COM
mittee and consequently no such ordi-
nance was formulated, and another at
tempt along the same line Will be made
this year. At the time of the hearing
many strong arguments were advanced
in support of the proposed ordinance,
among the more important of which
were the plea that it would prove a
benefit to the public health in removing
some of the sources of disease.
1t was openly claimed by the advo-
Gates of the proposed ordinance that
many of the irresponsible street ven
doris who are not compelled to be IL
censed purchased decayed and diseased
articles of food In New York and else
where and brought them to this city
and sold them among the poorer class
of c1tizons as fresh goods and at less
than the market prices, and in conse-
quence there had been several cases of
illness in the city which was directly at
tributable to the use of diseased or de-
cayed articles Of food,
Another argument advanced by the
advocates of the ordinance is that the
present system causes the retail dealers
Of the city to be placed in unjust com
petition with this class of itinerant
street vendors. 1t support Of this claim
they argued that they are compelled
to pay taxes, rent, ETC., and to sell only
fresh goods while the street vendors are
enabled to come here and sell their
injurious wares at prices lower even
than the regular dealer has to pay
for them at wholesale, and yet are not
compelled to pay a single cent into the.
city treasury. Taken altogether the
hearing on this subject tonight will
probably be one of the most important
of the entire year.
But this is not the only proposed or
dinance which the committee will CON
slider tonight. The others are also inn
portant, and provide FOR the amend
ment of section 224 or the ordinances of
the city concerning the licensing of
persons "to engage in the business of
contents Of privy vaults and
cesspools," so that licenses therefor
shall be issued by the board of health;
for the appointment of a lamp inspector,
the erection of buildings
within the fire district, and concerning
the use of streets for building materials
and requiring that when building ma
terials are piled in the streets while
building are in process of erection
q clear and open passageway shall be
at all times maintained for the use of
the public.