The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-03
ANOTHER SPICY SESSION
SELECTHIAN FORBES AOW HAS 4
 GREAT GRIEVANCE.

Claims That One Member of the Board
 Told Superintendent Graham That Rail- road Company oouId Have No More
 Crushed Stone lille Was Allowed to Cart
 T..
 The weekly meeting of the board of
 selectmen last night was again spicy
 and interesting. The first part of the
 meeting was conducted in the usual
 routine manner. but before the meeting adjourned there was quite spicy little tilt between Seiectmen Forbes and kud-
 ington.
 The first business transacted was che signing of some deeds of town lots in the vicinity of Edgewood avenue and in favor of Wallace D. Dickinson, Minnie A. Hendricks and Hannah M. Manning.
 John F. McHugh, clerk in the tax ool- iector's office, was appointed to compile the rate for the fiscal year at Cempen- sation of $S50.
 Town Counsel GoodhaHt was instruct ed to appear before the general assem- | ply and favor the biennial election of the tax collector, and also instructed to keep the board posted on all town mat ters which are listed for legislative con- sideration.
 It was also voted to appropriate $l05 for the placing of headstones over the graves of three Grand Army veterans.
 Town Counsel Goodhart stated that 1 Corporation Counsel Ely and Harbert E. Benton would present to the legisla- ture within few days the republican revision of the new charter He frank ly acknowledged that he did not know what the revision was, but suggested that the revision of the new charter be put to popular vote, the twelve city wards to vote on city matters and the other three wards on the balance.
 Just before adjournment SelecHman Forbes said: Tt is my turn now, and | want to inquire about a special matter. For some time have been cartang stone for the Fair Haven and Wes+ville Rail- road company to North Quinnipiao street. This stone Is crushed and sold by the town and the railroad company uses 1t to fill in between its tracks. Now certain member of this board told Su- perintendent Graham of the railroad company that the town would sell the company no more stone if continued to cart it. Although am a member Of the democratic minority I still have some rights and I now hope that the member who made that remark will have sand enough to spit 1t out now"
 "Has it been the custom of the town to sell stone?" inquired Selectma11 hud- ington.
 Selectman Forbes While that ques- tion is not to the pofnt I'll answer it by saying yes. Last year $1, 100 worth was sold and this year the town agent is selling crushed stone I have the right to cart it, and would lilze to have my question answered by the member who made that remark to Superintendent Graham.
 "I move we adjourn" said selectman Brown.
 "Oh, wait just a moment" said Se- lectman Cunningham, ''that question ought to be answered"
 Selectman Brown, however, repeated his motion to adjourn, which was sec- onded by Selectnan Ludington, and the session came to an end. FIRE COMMISSIONERS IN SESSION.
 The regular April meeting of the board of fire commissioners was held last evening. The application of Frank J. Armstrong for appointment on the force was removed and ordered on file. The resignation of substitute E N. Bean was accepted.
 A petition for the location of a fire alarm box at Elm street and Ellsworth avenue was referred to the committee on fire alarm and telegraph with power to act.
 The petition signed by N. w. Kendall and Henry w. Crawford, asking that the fire alarm bell at engine house No 5, which was recently taken down, be again placed in circuit, was referred to the committee on fire alarm and tele- graph.