The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-28
ASPHALT WON THE FIGHT
ORANGE IND VEST CHAPEL STREET
no BE P4VED WITH ASPHALT.
Counoilmen So Ordered Last Night-Many
Motions and Counter Motions-Lengthy
Discussion Over Pavements-HardF Fight
Made by the Opponents of Sheet Asphalt.

The street paving question was pre-
capitated upon last nights meeting
Of the councilmen by the reading
of characteristic petition from L.
j. Matthews asking the board of
councilmen to defer action on the
matter and recommending that some
new pavement material, composed of
railroad iron etc, be considered by the
committee before any final action was
taken on the question of paving streets.
After the communication had been
read Concuilman Chillingworth moved
its reference to the committee on re-
trenchment and reform.
This motion aroused Councilman
Dewell, who argued that such COM
munications ought not to be allowed
to take up the time of any commit
tee and necessitate the extra expense
of advertising the hearings, etc. He
said that he thought the whole ques-
ton of street paving had been thor
oughly ventilated and therefore he
moved that the petitioner be given
leave to withdraw Councilman Grin
nell moved as an amendment that the
considerations of the petition be indefi-
nitely postponed and this motion pre-
vailed
After this matter had been disposed
of Councilman Coolidge moved that dur
ing the evenings consideration of
street paving matters each member
should be limited in speaking to ten
minutes and that no member be allowed
to speak but once upon the subject.
The motion was promptly favored and
seconded by Councilman Dewell
Councilmen Pickett and Forsyth OPP
posed the motion, claiming that no
one should be choked off in the midst
of debate of such an important nature
and the former moved as an amend
ment that the members of the commit
tee on streets be each allowed twenty
minutes to explain their views upon
the subject and that each other mem
desired to spaak upon the subject be
limited to fifteen minutes. The amend
menlt was, however, Overwhelmingly
defeated and the original motion linn
iting debate to ten minutes prevailed.
When the report of the committee
on streets recommending the paving of
West Chapel street with sheet asphalt
was read, Councilman Coolidge moved
it's adoption in concurrence with the
action taken, by the board of aldermen
Tuesday evening. Councilman Curtis
of the Tenth ward at this point intro
duced a petition to the effect that no
pavement, either sheet asphalt or vitri-
fed brick. be ordered for the street
between Howe and York streets, until
the two blocks between Howe and
York streets be widened He there
upon moved as an amendment that
Chapel street, between Howe and Mott
streets, be paved with sheet asphalt.
The amendment was seconded by Coun-
Gilman McGinty.
Councilman Scoville argued that it
was advisable to go slow in reference
to the paving of West Chapel street,
especially since the residents and prop
erty owners of that street did not know
their own minds, nor had they ap-
parently made up their minds as to
what Kind of pavement they really did
want. He then launched forth into a
comparison of asphalt with other kinds
of paving material, but was called to
order and obliged to confine his re-
marks directly to the amendment. He
therefore expressed himself as in favor
of the amendment and was followed
by Councilman Pickett, who argued in
a like vein.
Councilman Ullman stated that III
his opinion the petition was in
| troduced simply for the sake of delay
| ing the entire matter so that no prog
| ress would be made in the matter this
| winter. He argued that the petition
should be sent to the committee or
streets and acted upon by them an6
| that even If the order for sheet asphalt
| passed last night it was not probable
| that anything would be done for six
| months, so that even then there would
| be plenty of time to order the street
| widened if it were so desired
Councilman Curtis in reply stated
| that the petition was not put in with
any idea of delaying the matter, as
| the residents of the two blocks between
York and Howe streets did not care
whether the rest of the street was paved
with either elder down or quilts, but
| they did think it would be unwise to
| lay any kind of pavement and then a
year or so later tear it up for the
| purpose of widening the street between
Howe and York streets.
| Finally after several further amend
ments had been proposed, which only
served for a few minutes to tangle
up the entire question, and We're sub
| sequently ruled out by the chairman
Councilman Curtis amendment was
| put and voted down, only two or three
affirmative votes being heard.
The question then came I'm on the
| original motion to concur with the
| board of aldermen in ordering West
| Chapel street paved with sheet asphalt
| from York street to Mott street. Coun.
Gilman Pickett was the first speaker
and argued against the paving of the
street, claiming that it was not goot
| judgment to rob the center of the city
where good streets were needed and
expend the money on streets as far re-
mote as Mott street was from the cen
ter of the city.
After Councilman Pickett had fin
ished. Councilman Scoville arose ant
argued against paving the suburbs o
the city and leaving the main thor
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