The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-05
.ALDERMEN'S BUSY SESSION
PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATION s ENGAGE THEIR ATTENTION.

Mayor Hendrick Suggests n Special Meet
 ing--It Looks as if New Haven win
 Have a Contagious Disease Hospital
 Board Voted to Give Board of Health
 Authority to Build and Ordered the
 Issuance of Bonds-ordinance for Dis
 eased Meats-wheelmen to be Recog-
 nized-Report of Tax Commission.
 An unusual amount of business was transacted at the meeting of the board of aldermen last evening. And at the adjournment it was suggested by His Honor Mayor Hendrick, who presided, that special meeting be called at an early date to attend to some important questions, one of which is the provision for the sprinkling of streets, the report of the committee on streets to which it was referred being tabled for printing. The meeting will probably be called within few days of the meeting of the board of councilmen. There were no in- cidents attendant upon the session last evening, and business was readily dis patched in the stereotyped manner. The reports from the various committees met with the approval of the board. | Just before adjournment Mayor Hen- drick suggested that the committees arrange their meetings so that so many of them would not fall upon the same evening.
 l Tho TfDp a fo, lo ,,I1 number of absentees, the roll call show ing that very few of the members fail- ed to respond. A few interested spec | tators, including several members of the board of councilmen, dropped into the chamber during the evening to see what the aldermen were doing. Clerk Lyon seemed barricaded with petitions and reports when the presiding off, cer's gavel fell, but at 10 o'clock all the work before the board at o'clock had been disposed of and the session was declared adjourned.
 | The following special constables were approved upon the recommendation of the committee on nominations: George Philes, William Jones, William H. Searles, Ernest F. Hill, Christopher Mitchell, William H. Munson, James H. 1 Rawles, M. Joseph Donlan, o. w. Cook, William H. Thompson, John McDer- mott, Mayer Ruben Newell E. Foissey, | Charles P Brown, August Well, Salva- tore Pascuccili, Adolph s. Springer. l The petitions of Mrs. John Andrews for a sewer in Rosette street, of the | American Optical company in Day l street, of Town Clerk Brethauer in El- 1 liott street and of Jos, ph Sheldon in Sheffield avenue were referred to the committee on sewers.
 | The petition of W. H. Pierpont of 43 | Perkins street claiming damages caus- l ed by the change of grade in the street was referred to the committee on l claims
 A communication was received from | the board of health recommending the | passage of an ordinance regulating the sale of meat, vegetables and drinks. | This ordinance has for it's object the | prohibition of the sale of any tainted or otherwise unwholesome foodstuff of all kinds. The matter was referred to | the committee on ordinances. The proposed building ordinance by Councilman Pickett and a communica- ton, received from George l.. Arm strong, George F. Newcomb and others, asking that action be taken by the court of common council to prevent the building of houses for two or more families in the rear of other buildings, were referred to the building commit tee
 The report of the committee on ordi- nances concerning the use of acetylene gas and other inflammable substance was tabled for printing.
 The same disposition was made of the proposed ordinance placing the sprink- ling of streets in the hands of the board of public works, with power to esti- mate expenses of same and levy assess ments against property holders adjoin- ing.
 Alderman Guernsey offered the fol- lowing, which was referred to the com- mittee on ordinances.
 Resolved, That in view of the great and increasing number of bicyclists who now form so large and important q factor on our public streets. and whose comfort and safety demand the attention of our city, that the board of public works be and are hereby in- structed to use all diligence in putting the present paved streets in good re- pair, and are further instructed to take into consideration the advsability of having the said streets sprinkled at night, and to make such recommeuda- tions as may in their opinion be neces- sary to a proper regulation of said sprinkling
 The proposed amendment prohibiting brick sidewalks was recommitted, and in the measure regulating the placing of electric wires the report of the com- mittee giving the petitioners leave to withdraw was approved.
 The amended resolution of the board of councilmen, referring the question of a waiting room at the green for the ac- commodation oe the patrons of the street railways at the corner of Church and Chapel streets, was referred to the committee on public squares.
 The order for paving York street, from Cove to Elm, streets, was rescind- ed. The report of the committee on sewers recommending sewers for Ed wards, Livingston, View, Willow and Fillmore streets, was approved.
 Sixty-five lamps will be equipped with Wellsbach burners as per recommenda- tion of the lamp committee.
 The board sustained the action of the committee on railroads and bridges in reference to the running of cars upon a different schedule on West <,a-