The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-07-17
HEARING ON FERRY PATH
CONSOLIDATED ROAD WANTS REIM-
 BURSEAIENT.

That Corporation and the City Paid for the
 Land-opposition to the Extension of
 Orange street-Board of Public Works
 Action on Several Petitions.
 w. H. H. Hewitt, Jeremiah Cullen. Joseph and William Wurlee and Oscar Talmadge were before the committees on streets last evening advocating the reopening of Ferry path, which was closed ten years ago by order of the railroad commissioners.
 George D. Watrous. attorney for the Consolidated railroad, appeared in be- half of his corporation in opposition to the reopening of the street. If Ferry Path was opened MT. Watrous thought that the damages paid to owners of property at the time of closing the street should be paid back to the city and the railroad company each of which paid one-half. He thought that the interest for seven or eight years on ,OO0 would fully compensate the prop erty owners for all damages Alderman Rattlesdorfer asked Mr. Watrous if the railroad company had any thought of using their tracks along the street again
 He could not tell. He did not know that the track had been abandoned. | [ % l,A ing of the street and was willing to pay back to the city and the railroad com pany what was proper in the judgment of an impartial court. He wished the street opened. He built the fence across this street not to pen anyone in but to find out whether the street was closed l or not.
 James Maher, who owns 117 feet on I Ferry Path did not wish to see the street opened. He received no dam- ages when the street was closed. He did not ask for any. He put in IF feet Fof curb by order of the city and took it up by order of the railroad commis- sioners. He was not willing to do any more curbing.
 I No one appeared before the commit tee in favor of extending Orange street and the remonstrants were called. Charles c. Smith of the New Haven T Baking company said that the proposed extension could not be made in any way that would not seriously injure the property of the company he rep- resented. If the layout was adopted the syndicate he represented would move from New Haven.
 E. Sixty hands were employed here. He did not think it advisable for the city to order something that would make X such a step necessary.
 The time to have extended Orange street was when the Mersick fire oc- I.curred Mr. Smith asked the members of the committee if they had knewldegel of street railway track in George street. Whether 1t had occurred to them that this move to get the Orange street extension might be a scheme to- get right of way to the Union depot. w. H. Hull of the Hull Brewing conn pany told the committee that he op- posed the Orange street extension, and that he also represented MT. Abner I Hendee who could not be present, and who wished the committee to postpone action. Continuing, MT. Hull said that perhaps the committee had heard of that large and commodious body, the i New Haven chamber of commerce. He understood it favored this extension. i He was not surprised to see none of the I members present, for of the seven or eight hundred members he rarely ever saw more than a score at the meetings.E unless there was a dinner to be had, and many times a good dinner could not get them out.
 "But. gentlemen, we will be with you 1 till the end Let us have a chance to- be heard and we will have greater I number of remonstrants at the meet ling"
 The next matter before the commit- tee was communication from thO board of public works in reference to- 1.-the paving of Church street from Chap. el to Elm.
 1 President McGann, who was the first member of the board called in support of the communication, said that the idea was suggested to the board by His Honor Mayor Hendrick just after the Fourth of July review, when those who participated in the parade were com pelled to walk in mud.
 Alderman Rattlesdorfer asked MT. McGann if he had any particular kind of pavement to suggest. and received for reply that the present one was good enough if kept in repair.
 Commissioner Hcyt favored pave- ment and wanted the best He thought Sicilian Rock asphalt would be all right I or, if brick, it should be equal in quality to Syracuse brick.
 Dr. Leonard A. Sanford, Professor G. D. Watrous and Selectman Bretzfelder were heard in opposition to the propos- ed improvement. They based their re- marks principally on the great cost to the city and to the property holders.
 The different petitions were consider ed in executive session and were dis posed of as follows:
 For extension of Orange street, tabled one month.
 I For the reopening of Ferry Path, re- ferred to the corporation counsel. Petition of Eli Whitney's executors for a new street extending westerly from Whitney avenue to Prospect street, etc.. tabled.
 Petition of James Goodfellow ct al. for cobble gutters, etc., will be recoIn- mended.
 Communication of board of public works in reference to the paving or Church street from Chapel to Elm, ta- bled.
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