The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-07-09
PERMISSION WAS GRANTED
FREIGHT RAILROAD WILL BE OP-
 ERATED BY ELBCTRICITY.

Wins It's Eight-Opposition by Council
 man scovlile-other Railway Matters and Other Business Transacted.
 Thirty-one of the thirty-six members of the board of councilmen were present last evening at the regular July meeting of that body, at which considerable bus mess of importance was transacted. It was voted to adopt the recommendation of the board of public works transfer ring $1,900 from the account for the re- pairing of dragon bridge to the widen ing and grading of Washington and other streets.
 The proposed ordinance offered sev- eral weeks ago by Councilman Scoville imposing a fine upon any person. who eXpectorated in a street car and for bidding all persons not engaged in smoking to occupy the rear platform of any car, and no more than five smokers at any time, also prohibiting the car rying of any intoxicated or disorderly persons on the cars, was taken up and provoked considerable discussion.
 When the matter came before the board of aldermen last Monday evening they disposed of 1t by voting to in- definitely postpone action. When 1t came up last evening for concurrent ac- ton Councilman Scoville, the father of the proposed ordinance, asked leave to sideration, and the desired permission was almost unanimously granted
 The report of the committee on rail- roads and bridges recommending that permission be granted to the Manufactt urers' Street Railway company to con- struot and operate by electricity a freight railroad through certain sec- tions of Fair Haven was again the cause of considerable discussion and before the matter was finally disposed of it was found necessary for the board of councilmen to resolve itself into a committee of the whole.
 After the report had been read Coun- cilman Dewell moved that concurrent
  aroused Councilman Scoville, who re- quested that the entire matter be ta- bled for printing. At this point Coun- cilman Chillingworth moved that the board resolve Itself into committee of the whole, and this motion unanimously prevailed.
 Councilman Grinnel1 was called to the chair and the discussion of the evening commenced Councilman Scoville was on his feet in a second with an amend ment providing that in compensation for the valuable franchise given them the Manufacturers Street Railway com pany should pay to the city the sum of s8,200. He claimed in support of his position that he desired to have the court of common council establish a precedent in the matter of dealing with street railroad companies. M
 This amendment was opposed by Councilmen Curtis and Dewcll, whc claimed that any such proposition was unfair and unjust, and that the grant ing of the petition would materially in- crease the manufacturing and financial interests of Fair Haven. Councilman Pickett and others also argued in like vein. Finally after some further dis cussion the committee of the whole decided to recommend the adoption of the report of the committee on rail- roads and bridges.
 The committee of the whole then arose and the board of councilmen de- cided to grant the desired permission to the Manufacturers' Street Railway company, Councilman Scoville alone vot ing in the negative.
 The councilmeni also elected IA jurors of the city court, the names of whom have already been published.
 The report of the board of finance appropriating $500 with which to pay for the series of band concerts on the public parks of the city was tabled un- til the August meeting of the board of councilmen pending the corporation counseps opinion upon the legality oi the cfty's assumed right to make ar appropriation for band concerts.
 The councilmen also voted to accept the report of the committee on claims recommending that the sum of $500 bt paid to Police Commissioner Gilhuly te reimburse him for expenses incurred 1T the recent Investigation.
 Councilman Pickett introduced res olution to determine the powers of the mayor and the corporation counsel ir reference to matters before the legisla. ture. but the matter was tabled unti the next meeting.