The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-03
THE ESTIMATES ARE READ
THE BOARD OF FINANCE MAKES ITS
 REPORT.

Tabled for Printing by the Board of Alder
 men Last Nisht-The Appropriations # Asked by the Fire, Police and Public s4 Works Boards Cut Way Down-Total Estimates Aggregate S791, 1,14S.25: Total W Income. S791, 1,15O-other Important
 Business.
 The board of aldermen met last night
 and considered the report of the board stof finance respecting the estimates of
 the various city departments for 1896.
 The report showed the estimated total
 income for the coming year to be
 S791 ,15O and the total estimates recom-
 mended $791 ,14S25, leaving an unappro-
 priated balance of $175. The finance x board figured at the rate of a twelve < and one-half mill tax on the grand list
 $53, 900, of which 94 per cent. is col
 lectable. The story of the work of < the financiers Is succinctly as follows N Public works-Bridges, repairs, plank Wing, coal and supplies, s4,000, for which x $5,000 was asked; new work, S7,000, < 300 asked for; removal of dangerous &I trees, $1,000, $3,000 asked for; spraying 4 of trees to exterminaite elm tree beetle, < $3,00O, $5,0O0 asked for; general repairs VI and labor, $3O,0O0, $39, ,936 asked; grad \ ing streets, total $4,000, $24,500 asked; 8 repairs and supplies of stone crushers, ' $2,O0O, sS,0OO asked; walks and curbs, 4 $4, 300, $6, ,3S0 asked; opening and widen \ ing streets, only $500. sS9,5OO asked for, x of which $60000 was for Grand avenue;
 repairing pavements $10,000, $75,00O X asked.
 < In the police department the esti-
 mate, A,026 for four patrol drivers, was reduced ito $3,S40; sixteen sergeants
 at $19,O32 reduced to SIS, ,9s0; s16,431 for < twelve new men was stricken out en- N tirely; for police alarm the estimate was cut from 2,7S5 to s2,277; for new
 ambulance s1,oOo allowed in full; wagon top and other equipments for
 patrol and stable services, $650 asked for
 and allowed; sundries, reduced from a,50O to $1,0O0; special detective ser t vice, $500 asked, $500 allowed; $12, 900 rec { commended to buy land for two report tng stations.
 In the fire department estimates the payroll was cut from $95,172 to $94,000; alarm boxes from $1,S00 to $500; gen. eral repairs from $30O0 to $2,400; for
 age from $4,50O to $4,O0O; horses from $1 300 to $1,000; furniture from $500 to X $2o0; hydrants from $2, ,750 to $1 200; sum- { dries from S3,oO0 to $2,50o The esti- ' mates for the health department fared < better than the others. No action was taken on them except to table them for ] printing. A grist of other business was transacted Charles E. Stokes, George Brown, Martin De Angelic and Eugene P. Rosenthal were elected con- < stables. When the petition of Martin Coleman to be elected a special con- stable was read Alderman Moore asked that the board give its unanimous < consent without referring the matter to the committee on nominations. This was refused, as Alderman Sanborn ob- ] jected. The Free Public library esti- mates were referred to the board of finance The estimates were late, as N they had been embodied in the librarys annual report, but it had never before come before the board in special document.
 A resolution recommending the issue of $500,000 worth of street paving bonds was referred to the finance board. AL derman Blakeslee favored such an is- sue, provided the number sold to each
 person was limited. He thought it
 would offer the working man a good investment. Alderman Reyes objected to the adoption of the resolution on the
 ground that such an important matter should receive a full investigation.
 Alderman Connor thought that the
 morning the bonds were put on sale
 twenty-five persons would be found in
 lime in the interests of banks and teh
 poor man would stand little oppor-
 tunity of buying
 John w. Ward appealed from the de-
 cision of the fire commission in refusing
 to allow him to rebuild a wooden
 structure on Factory street within the
 fire limits. On motion of Alderman
 iConnor the appeal was indefinitely
 postponed. Corporation Counsel Ely
 was instructed to attend the hearing
 December 20 before Judge Hall on the
 application of the Manufacturers Street Railroad company for permis- sion to carry over it's lines other mer-
 chandise other than small packages
 and he was further instructed to SUD-
 port the action of the common council
 and not oppose the granting of the ap
 plication. I'm the matter of widening
 Union street the corporation counsel
 reported that the recommendations of
 the board of public works would, in
 his opinion, be favorable to the city.
 The town of Oronge gave notice that it
 would object to the emptying of any
 sewers in the city of New Haven. The
 matter was referred to the committee
 on sewers.
 The hardening of Trumbull street
 with sheet asphalt was recommended.
 The Winchester Repea ting Arms Co.
 was given permission to build an iron
 bridge over Winchester avenue, and
 holders of property on north side of
 Chapel street from the drawbridge to
 the railroad were ordered to lay
 plank walk within ten days, and in
 event of their failure so to do the board of public works was instructed to do it and place a lien on the prop erty. The board adjourned until one week from tonight when the estimates will be considered