The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-03-23
SUPT. DOYLE'S SUCCESSOR.
MEETING or Road COMlrISSIONERS
CALLED FOR TONIGHT.

May Attempt TO Elect n Successor to the
Late Superintendent of Streets-MeetinR
Said to Have Been Called TO Instruct the
Assistant superintendents.
A special meeting OF the board of pub
lie works has been called for this even
ing, but for what purpose no one at
tempts to say Coming as it does SC
soon after the death Of Superintendent
Of Streets Patrick Doyle to-nights meet
ing may prove of special significance.
When asked what the pressing business
was that necessitated a special meeting
of the board this evening, especially in
view of the fact that another meeting
had been previously called for Monday
evening, one of the officials OF the board
said:
TT is probable that the meeting has
been called in order to may out a line
of work for the care of the streets, etc.
Since the death of Superintendent Doyle
the street department has been without
any executive head, and it is likely that
in view OF the fact that there may be
considerable time elapse before his
successor is appointed, the members of
the board have decided that it would
be advisable to call the assistant super
intendents of streets together and in
struct them as to the nature of the
work 20 be done In the interim. The
assistant superintendent Of streets is
George L, Ives and the assistants to
him are Terrance b. Kelly in charge Of
the parks and John ]. Brennan in
charge Of sidewalks. OF course upon
Assistant Superintendent Ives will de-
volve the responsibility of carrying on
the work in this department for the
present at least, and naturally the
members of the board may feel that
he should receive certain instructions
from them as to the manner in which
the work should be carried on"
On the other hand, however, there are
many persons who are of the opinion
that the meeting tonight has been call
ed for an entirely different purpose,
and that the plan Is to attempt to elect
a superintendent of streets to fiji the
vacancy in the roster of the depart
ment caused by the death of Superlnten-
dent Doyle. In support Of this theory
they point to the fact that Il r over two
hours on Wednesday night the mem
bers Of the board held a session behind
closed doors and at the close of the ses-
sion refused 10 disclose any business
that had been transacted or attempted,
other than to say that they remained in
session all the time discussing improve
ments to be made in the service Of the
j. Just what these improvements coHs' ST.
ed sof no member of the board would
vouchsafe to say, but the impression
prevails that even at that time there
was considerable discussion over, and
probably futile attempts made to elect
a successor to superintendent Doyle
Already there are numerous candi-
dates for the office, but from what can
be learned on the outside no one seems
to have winning lead in the race.
Among the candidates who have al
ready been mentioned in connection
with the superintendent of streets are
Lyman H. Johnson and
James e. McGann, Assistant Superin-
tendent of Streets George L. Ives, ex-
Police Commissioner John Clancy Hen
ry Sanford, x-superintendent Of Spring
side home, and several lesser lights iii
the political arena.