The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-10-03
CITY BUSINESS IS ACTIVE
SEVERAL MORE MUNIcIPAL MEET
 INGS HELD LAST EVENING.

Board of Public Works Transacted cop-
 siderable Business-Bapd stand on the Green-New Sewers to be Constructed Two New Engine Houses Recommended. In the absence of Mayor Hendricls
 Commissioner Johnson presided at the
 meeting of the board of public works. All the commissioners were present. and
 considerable routine business was dis
 posed of A complaint was read to the | effect that the railroad bridge on Colum- | bus avenue and Arch street was in such 1 condition that it held water in wet weather, and prevented pedestrians
 from walking over it. The matter was referred to the city engineer with power, N. W. Kendall, president of the Quin- | nipiac Brewing company was present l and asked that small piece of land at the intersection of East Pearl and
 East Chapel street. adjoining property | recently purchased by the brewing com pany, be cut off as ordered by the
 court of common council last year, as
 the company intended erecting build ings on their property next year. The
 matter was referred to the city engin- ger with instructions to make a layout.
 Mr. Kendall also asked that some crush | ad ctn ha n1o street, and this was referred to the superintendent of streets with power to act.
 | Solomon and F. S. Meade, the side- walks in front of whose property on Derby avenue has been lowered to con- form to the grade of the street, were l represented by Attorney Charles s. Hamilton, who claimed that about fif- l teen years ago City Engineer Fowler | had established a street and sidewalk grade on Derby avenue and in front Of
 the Meade property the sidewalk re-
 mained about two feet above the curb. Recently the court of common council
 ordered MT. Meade to lay. his sidewalk
 on level with theYgrade of the street. l Attorney Hamilton also argued that | by recent decisions the court of common council cannot compel anyone to lower l the grade of his sidewalk at his own expense, and that if he does so he can collect damages from the city He also claimed that if the sidewalk was lower
 led several valuable trees would be de- stroyed and more damages incurred thereby. He also asked that the mem
 bers of the board visit the place and in-
 spect it for themselves On motion of
 Commissioner McGann the matter was tabled for executive session, but when the members later met in executive ses-
 sion no action was taken on the matter. l number of complaints concerning
 dead trees were read and referred to l the committee on parks, trees and tele- graph poles Clerk Bassett also re- ported that there was something the
 matter with the trees as heshad received
 numerous complaints of limbs dying
 and dropping off into the streetssbut no action was taken on the matter. After
 a petition for a crosswalk onl Derby ave- l nue across Norton street had been referred to the committee on streets, the | department and then adjourned.
 l BAND STAND ON THE GREEN. l A permanent band stand in the cen l tral green is one of the probabilities l of the near future. The committee on band concerts of the court of common
 council held a brief executive session in l the mayors office last evening and de-
 0i6a a1 10 an1 k,f < permanent band stand around the flag staff in the green. The band stand is
 to be an iron covered structure twenty l feet in diameter, with sounding board | and all modern accoutrements,a and is to | be erected at cost not to exceed $1,700. It is also recommended that the work shall be done under the supervision | of the city auditor.
 NEW ENGINE HOUSES RHCCM- l MENDED.
 The residents and taxpayers of the
 Fourth and Twelfth wards were largely represented at the meeting of the com- mittee on fire department and repre- | sentatives of both wards were bent on the same mission. Both want fire en- | zine houses located i'll their respective wards. The Fourth ward representa- tives want theirs located in the vicinity i of Howard avenue and Kimberly ave-
 nue, and the residents of the Twelfth
 ward want one located on the corner of Lombard and Poplar streets.
 The residents of both wards claim that | the erection of engine houses is a pub | lie necessity, and that the surrounding property is very inadequately protected in the event of fire. The nearest engine house to the Twelfth ward is No 5's house at East Pearl and Pierpont
 streets, and the nearest engine house to | the Fourth ward property owners is No. l1s, located on Howard avenue near Congress avenue. In both wards con- siderable valuable property is practical ly unprotected in case of fire.
 In executive session the committee de-
 cided to recommend the location of en- | zine houses in both sections of the city. also the locating of a fire hydrant on Washington street, between Howard and Columbus avenues, and of fire
 alarm call box at the corner of Grant street and Kimberly avenue.
 NEW SEWERS RECOMMENDED.
 The committee on sewers met last ev- ening in the city hall and voted to recommend +ha construction ot sewers