The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-11-08
PICKETT WANTS INTEREST
EX-OITY COURT JUDGE APPEALS TO
THE BOARD OF FINANCE.

Referred to the Corporation Counsel for an
opinion-several Transfers of Funds AL
lowed-B Board of Health Office to be En-
larged-other Business Transacted.
The members of the board of finance
held an unusually lengthy session last
evening discussing the several bills of
the various departments of the city
government for the month of October.
Councilman Rufus S. Pickett, formerly
judge Of the city court, was also pres
ent at the meeting and presented a bill
for S199 interest which he alleged was
due him by the city.
Ex-Judge Pickett told the members
of the board that he was justly entitled
to the interest on the $4,000 of his sal
airy which was held back from him
while he was acting judge of the city
court in consequence of the deadlock in
the legislature of 81, which made no
appointment of judges, or in fact trans
acted any other business. The board
of finance last year approved his bill
for $4,000 and interest, but the late City
Auditor John W. Lake refused to pay
the interest, though he did give the ex-
judge a check for his salary. In execu-
tive session the board voted to refer the
matter to the corporation counsel fer
an opinion.
Commi ssioners Parsons, Walker and
Chief Kennedy, representing the fire
department, appeared and asked for a
transfer of the unexpended balances in
certain accounts in that department to
other accounts, so as to make up exist
ing deficiencies. The desired PERMITS
sion was granted, as was also to the
police department to transfer SITS from
the police alarm account to the sundry
account and $75 from the account of re-
porting stations to the forage account.
Councilman Chillingworth appeared
before the board and advocated appro-
priatIons for the erection of an engine
house in the Tenth ward and of a band
stand in the central green. He also
opposed the proposed appropriation of
$4,000, $4,000 by the city and $4,000
by the town, for the purpose Of building
a new bridge across West river at Edge
wood avenue. The board, however, de-
cided to take no action on any of these
matters until some future meeting when
the estimates for next year will be act
ed on.
The board also voted to allow the
board of health to use $500 which re-
mains unexpended in its garbage ac-
count to fit up its rooms and enlarge
them so as to make the office larger and
more suited to the business to be trans
acted there. The present office of the
board is exceedingly cramped and en-
tirely too small for the actual require
ments Of the department.
The opinion of the corporation coun-
sci to the effect that the amount due
Sewer Contractors German, Wharton &
Bowden. which was held back because
they refused to pay for a lamp post
which had been broken, was read and
as 1t did not appear that the contrac-
| tors were in any way to blame for the
breaking of the post, the corporation
counsel decided that the bill ought to
be paid, and the board so voted.
The members voted to meet again
next Tuesday night to consider the es-
Inmates for the coming year and after
the monthly bills of the several depart
menta had been approved the board adj
| iourned.