The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-05-28

this plaza for q waiting room, There
was an injunction prayed out and fur
ther proceedings resulted in the tenn
poraIy injunction being made perma-
nent.
EX-Judge Pickett do not believe
that the city has any rights in the
green. The title Is vested In the pro-
prietors committee, The successors to
the original proprletors, who held that
green when it was the habitation OF
wild beasts and was in part a huckle-
berry swamp, are the ones who can
give title to any part of the green. 1t
does seem to me, Mr.. Chairman, that
you are having hearing on something
that interests parties who have not
been cited in.
Alderman Macdonald-Who are the
proprietors, judge?
"That l cannot say" was the an
swer.
Professor A. M. Wheeler--I do not
care who are the proprietors of the
green. 1t is my opinion that these pri-
vate corporations should provide
waiting room. When they confess their
inability to do so then it is the province
of the court of common council to with
draw the charters.
They have been public nuisance. 1t
is their business to abate it. Ii they
cannot then take away their franchise.
The moment that they confess their in
ability to provide a room for the ac-
commodations of the public withdraw
their privileges and sell them to corpor-'
ations that will do so.
William H. White--It would be better
for the court of common council to take
steps to get rid of the blockade rather
than to perpetuate it by building
waiting room.
Charles e. Graves-It would be just
as much Justice in the court of common
councils building a waiting room for
the Consolidated railroad as to favor
this scheme.
S. FL. Hurlburt-I cannot see how the
building of a canopy would relieve the
situation.
Professor William e. Chandler will
not yield one inch to the alderman from
the Tenth ward in his feeling for the
workingmen or the women and chill
dren. But transfer system would re-
lieve the congestion of travel. And the
court of common council should recon-
mend some scheme by which it could be
done.
Rev. George Brinley Morgan-If any
structure is to be erected on the green
let it be a substantial one. A colon
made will not answer the purposes of
the promoters of this scheme. am op-
posed to any structure
r Mathematical
want to go on record as opposed to this
waiting room scheme.
Eli Whitney, jr.-My family and my
self use the electric railroads a great
deal. We suffer much inconvenience
while waiting for the cars butwe would
suffer even more before we would favor
waiting room. 5
A. J. Harmount-Just as soon as you
grant one inch of the green for wait
ing room you open UP way for other
encroachments in the future. Are you
going to vote away for nothing land
that any business concern would pay
YOU q handsome sum for?
Professor Farnam-I am positively
opposed to any structure at the corner
of Chapel and Church streets to be
erected for waiting room.
Chairman Rattlesdorfer' then an
nounced that those in favor could have
another inning. and Councilman White,
Alderman Macdonald and Anthony
Carroll spoke in favor of the movement.
The board then went into executive ses-
sion.
The matter was tabled for an opinion
from the corporation as to the rights of
the court of common council to take
part of the green for any purpose.