The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-07-02
LONG ALDERMANIC SESSION
IMPORTANT MUNICIPAL ACTION AT
 LAST NIGHTS SESSION.

Petition Granted for Freight Railroad in
 Fair Haven-Six Months Municipal Ex- penditures-rhat Hospital for Contagious 1 Diseases-City Court Jui ora Elected.
 At the July meeting of the board of aldermen last evening Mayor Hen drick presided, and all the members were present except Aldermen Bromley, Leary, Well, Moore, Rabanus and Par ish, The session was unusually lengthy and considerable business of importance was transacted, City Auditor Benja- min E. Brown presented his first semi annual report of the expenditures of the city for the six months ending June l. The report shows that the expenditures of the board of public works for six months amounts to s62, 945.06, of the police department to $S1,671.03, of the fire department to $56,227.49, of the health department to $5,S46.94, of the sundry accounts to $127 27,97766, of the harbor department to $15720 and of the sewer account to $12,59551.
 l The report of the committee on re- l trenchment and reform recommending that the board of health be authorized l and instructed to purchase land not to | exceed four or five acres on the out skirts of the city and cause to be erected thereon a suitable building to be used as a hospital for contagious l diseases at total expenditure not to exceed $35,000 was read and on motion of Alderman Lambert referred to the board of finance to cope with the mat | ter of securing the appropriation. l A petition was presented, numerously signed, by the residents of Edgewood avenue and Elm street, near Dwight street, asking that the city take some action to prevent the Empire Steam Laundry company from using soft coal. l The petition which Is headed by Henry Trowbridge claims that the cinders and smoke are disagreeable and danger ous to health. The petition was, on motion of Alderman Macdonald, referred | to the board of health.
 1 The aldermen unanimously voted to refer to the committee on fire depart l ment petition asking for the erection l of new engine house at the corner of Kimberly and Howard avenues. The report of the committee on rail- | roads and bridges in refernce to the l petition of the Manufacturers Street Railroad company, was read and pro- l voked considerable discussion. The re- port, the principal features of which 1 are as follows, favors granting the pe- l tition under certain restrictions: Said company Is authorized to run l freight cars over it's tracks at a speed
 not greater than six miles an hour. Each train shall consist of not more 1 than two cars in addition to the motor 1 car.
 The business of the company shall 1 be confined to the transportation of l freight.
 Any manufacturer desiring to use the road shall be accorded the same rights | and privileges accorded to all others using said road, and shall have the
 use of tracks and propellers in common with others.
 The board of public works shall have
 power to decide the quality of pave l ment to be used
 1 The railroad company shall place I opinion of the fire department, it seems necessary.
 l In case the operation of the system ! shall Impair the usefulness of the fire alarm system of the city, the railway company shall restore the system to Its 1 former usefulness.
 The railway company shall file with the city clerk an agreement to indemni- fy all persons for accidents received or
 damage claimed for property on the road, and shall agree to be responsible l for all such claims and demands and to assume the defense of the city in any 1 suit brought on account of such suit 1 After the report had been read AL derman Smith moved that the entire matter be tabled for printing. In reply Alderman Macdonald stated that i'm ! mediate action was desirable, as it was desired to at once commence the con
 struction of the road, so as to have 1t | in operation by fall He also claimed l that the road would tend to bring cap- l ital and manufacturers to the city 1 and to give employment to more resi- 1 dents of the city and in this way build up the prosperity of the city. | Alderman Belden also favored the re- | port and said that in his opinion the city could well afford to pay bonus to | the company in that 1t opened up new | fields of labor and saved the wear and | tear of the streets. Alderman Lambert l also argued in like manner. Alder 1 man Smith, however, remained firm and l claimed that the report ought to be I tabled for printing in order to consider l the matter and such action should be | only taken after the greatest care and 1 investigation Alderman Sanborn also l took this view of the situation. | After considerable further discus 1 sion the motion to table for printing l was voted down, and the report of the l committee accepted and the recommen- dations adopted.
 The report of the board of finance ap- l propriating $650 with which to pay for 2 series of band concerts in the several parks Of the city during the months of | July and August was read and the recommendations unanimously adopted
 The following were unanimously elect ed special constables of the city; | Charles E. Stoddard, Jeremiah O'Dono- l van, Edward J. Brennan and James w Willis.
 The following were elected jurors of the city court for the year ending July 1 1, 1896:
 John Thorpe, James E. Henderson, 1 Thomas W. Kinney, Loren T. Davis