The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-06-12
WILL WATER THE STREETS
THE BOARD or PUBLIC WORKS .AD-
YERTISE FOR BIDS.

The Meeting Yesterday Attended by
Every Member-Au Streets Included
But Asphalt.
The board of public works held an
adjourned meeting yesterday at noon
and decided to advertise for bids for
the watering of streets as directed by
the oleer of the court of common coun-
Gil. The entire board was present at
the session, President McGann presid-
ing. The report Of the special COM
mittee was adopted. AS Commissioners
McGann and States were not present
at the meeting on Wednesday the speci-
fcations as reported by the special COM
mittee were read for their benefit.
Commissioner States objected to any
discretionary powers being given the
Superintendent of streets. He thought
the board of public works should be
the responsible party to the transaction
and should direct the entire matter
through the superintendent
Concerning the act under which the
board was advertising for bids, Mr..
States said:
1.-THE intent of the general assembly"
continued Mr.. States, land the wish of
the people is that the dust should be
laid, not that we should wash cobble
stone pavements. Now We've an ap-
preparation of So, 500 to sprinkle streets
and we should use it. We should con-
tract to sprinkle Telford, macadam
brick, hardened and top-dressed
Streets
'"That's my idea, too" said Commits
sioner Hoyt.
"I'ye been a member of the general
assembly and so has Commissioner
johnson and we've all sat on the
benches and watched it" continued
Mr.. States, "and I've seen them legallze
their previous acts several times. NOW
next January we can get them to legal
lie this act and the word paved
streets"
Commissioner Johnson stated that he
knew it was the intent of the general
assembly that the hardened streets
should be sprinkled. But continued
MIR. Johnson, "have we the right to
contract to sprinkle streets without
knowing whether the people want II
or not? Ought not we to ask the peo-
pie on Chapel street, for instance, II
they want the street sprinkled. II a
majority of them want it why sprinkle
the streets and the man in the minority
must pay his share"
1--WE should spend our $125,O0O for
sprinkling streets and then stop con-
tinued Mr. States, then we can go tc
the courts or Mr.. Ely can and collect
the assessments for it, l am satishec
that the electric sprinklers will be usec
in every city in the United States II
two years. I've seen them work and
don't care who owns them | say thai
they work satisfactorily. It's the COM
ing way"
Mr.. States then made motion to the
effect that the specifications prepared
by the special committee should be
adopted that the committee advertise
for bids for watering the Telford, top
dressed, macadam, block, bricks ant
concrete streets, that bids be opened or
Monday night.
Commissioner Bishop urged the in
corporation of the word paved" be
tween the portion of the motion desig
mating the kinds of pavements and thu
word streets in order to get the ordel
within the meaning of the act.
Asphalt pavements We're left out o
the resolution purpCsely as some o
the commissioners said water would
ruin it.