The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-07
THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
BUSINESS OF IMPORTANCE TRANS.
ACTED LAST EVENING.

Bonds Ordered to be DISQUALIFICATION From
observation-disclosures Macdonald Alert
for the Interest of the Tenth Ward
Paving Wanted on Many Streets in the
Western Part of the City.
The board of aldermen passed a vote
last evening authorizing the issuance
OF per cent. bonds as follows, $4,000
for permanent pavements, s5OOoO for
new drawbridge and 100000
The board concurred with the resolu-
tion of the councilmanic board in ref
erence to the collection of assessments
for the pavement of Ashmun street,
which provides that no collection can
be made until the whole of the work is
done.
A communication from the board of
public works in reference to the COM
pletion of work already begun on Wal
lace street was the occasion of some
debate between Aldermen Chilling
worth and Smith. The former support
| ed a resolution to the effect that the
board adhere to it's former action and
instruct the department of public works
to go on with the improvement.
The Sargent company was the only
| opponents and this did not seem to
count for much besides the benefits
which might accrue from the extension
of the street to the water front.
Alderman Smith did not see the ne
cessity of extending Wallace street at
the present time.
| The board adhered to it's former ac-
| tion in accordance with the resolution
of Alderman Chillingworth.
The petition of residents of Edge
| wood, Sherman and Winthrop avenues
and Norton street was offered by
President Macdonald, who also inquired
of the board of finance what had be-
| come of the appropriation ordered for
the grading of Edgewood avenue be-
yond Mott street.
The discontinuance of the lamp
standing in yard in Old Ferry Path of
| one of the residents was referred to the
committee on lamps.
| The councilmanic resolution appro-
| priating 5000 for band concerts was con-
Cured in.
The committee on street lighting was
instructed to confer with the electric
| light company in regard to making a
| contract with it for the lighting of
| streets.
| The action of the committee to be
approved by the mayor.
| An appropriation of $3.50 for the use
of the Grand army on Memorial day
| was made.
| Those who have had occasion to wait
| for an electric car at the corner of
! Church and Chapel streets will watch
with interest the fate of the movement
| looking to the building of waiting
room at the corner of Church and
| Chapel streets, started in the board of
| of aldermen last evening by President
Macdonald
| The resolution instructed the COM
mittee on squares to confer with the
| street railways with view of building
such waiting room.
| A communication was received from
the state railroad commission extending
| the time for compelling the different
| street railways to put in operation the
| Darrach car fender or one equally as
| efficient, from December Is, 1895, to
| August IS, 1896.
| Alderman Guernsey offered the fol-
| lowing resolution which was passed
| unanimously:
| Voted, That the board of public
works is hereby instructed to provide
for the protection and preservation of
| the trees of the city, from the ravages
of the pest commonly called the elm
| tree beetle, by the best system of spray
| ing, and that the sum of $4,000 be ap-
propriated for such purpose, and fur
ther, that the sum of $1,000 of such ap-
preparation be deducted from the un>
expended balance appropriated for the
salary of the superintendent of streets
and $4,000 from the contingent fund
sundry account.
The following applications for the ap-
pointment as special constables were
received:
Joseph A. Rawler. Charles P. Brown,
John McDermott o. w. Cook, M. Jo-
seph Dolan, Frank Ross, William H.
Manson, William II. Thompson, Thorn
as L. Benjamin, Newell E. Faisey,
! Charles Kiessele Salvatore Pascucillo.
The following special ccnstables were
elected: Patrick O'Connell, Frederick
Siebert, jr., Henry S. Warren, Unite L..
Frank, Charles j. Tobin, Charles H.
1 Bishop, Frank r. Fisher, Frank e.
Turner Charles G. Albig, Donate Vece,
Joseph H. Brown, George SchreIS, Nor
decai Belasco, Albert S. Tea, William
J. Cook, Frank J. Armstrong, Paul Sa-
| bino, Charles A. Vollmer, William Nc
CURE, Nathan A. Myers, Edward Hos
mer, James Sypher, Edward ]. Bren-
nan, Charles NJ. Willard, Adam C. Mar
tin. c. Conner Charles Behler Dwight
B. Snow, Henry w. Williams.
Hartford ELECTION,