The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-23
HIGHER MOUNTS TAX RATE
IT'S OPPONENTS ATTACK THE TENTH
Ward ENGINE HOUSE.


Committee Accepted.
Unless something unforeseen trans
pires, the last meeting of the board of
aldermen for the year 1896 was held last
evening. The session was lacking in
interesting developments.
1t was $50 o'clock when Alderman
Lambert looked up from his chair and
said; Mr.. Mayor, what are we waiting
for?" At that instant the already
raised gavel fell, and the call resound-
ed through the corridor and ante-roOm
Of the aldermanic chamber, summoning
the members, who had been button
holed by several members of the lower
board, to their places. Nineteen an
swered to the roll call. Mayor Hen
drick announced that the special meet
ing was called to consider the estimates
for the year 1897. The councilmen had
not seen fit to concur in the aldermanic
action on these estimates, and it was
highly important that an agreement be
reached. Should the aldermen fail to
concur with what the councilmen had
done there would of necessity be COM
mittee of conference. This, Mayor Hen
drick said, would require time. AS
parting word he advised the aldermen
to meet the issue in a businesslike man
ner.
The admonition being administered.
the board proceeded to the consdera-
ton of the business at hand. The first
matter of interest taken up was the
contagious disease hospital bill. Mr.
Chillingworth was ready with motion
as soon as the matter was fully put by
the mayor. The Tenth ward alder
mans motion was to recede from the
former action and concur with that of
the councilmen at the last meeting
which. said the member from the Tenth
was the conclusion of the whole matter
There was not a dissenting vote when
the motion was put, and the contagious
disease hospital bill was buried with
the same unanimity of feeling as ths
bonding bill for the purpose OF "alslnG
money to build the same which Sprang
into being last spring.
The report of the special committee
appointed to consider the revision or
the city charter was accepted.
Mayor Hendrick announced that he
had appointed Isaac Wolfe, Howard
C. Webb and Edward A, Street COM
missoners of the revision of the char
ter and ordinances.
The estimates were next taken up
and Alderman Mae ionald asked that
the action of the councilmen be tead.
He thought the m Ambers should know
Just what they were doing.
finished
reading, Mr.. Macdonald moved to con-
eur with the councilmen in Their action
upon the estimate of Sl2,O0o Tor the 'ite
engine house for the Tenth ward
Mr.. Macdonald's colleague. ChililnS-
worth, amended the motion by moving
to recede from their former action ana
concur with the councllmeh. MI
Macdonald accepted the amendment
Alderman Lambert moved to amend
Mr. Chillingworth motion by substi-
tuting land adopt the rate recommend
ed by the board of finance in place Oh
concur with the board of councllmen'
Alderman Rourke seconded Mr.. Lam
berts amendment.
Messrs Chillingworth and Macdonald
championed the additional tax.
The opposition attacked the engine
house in the Tenth ward, which they
thought was the weakest point OF the
champions of the increased rate, but III
this they were mistaken. Alderman
Macdonald. who has been watchful OF
the Tenth wards interests, was alive
to the interest of the ward he has so
ably represented in the municipal legis-
lature The closing hours of his ca
10 han
for the protection of the lives and
property OF his constituents in the
Tenth ward He met the Seventh
ward members attacks on every hand
and routed him. He parried his
friends argument in favor of re-
trenchment. Five hundred houses have
been built in the Tenth ward in the last
four years Most of these We're frame
buildings In some instances it was
1900 feet to hydrant.
The city needed the improvements,
and to have them the tax rate must be
increased, 1t was argued. Messrs Lam
bert and Rourke did not think that the
tax should be increased. Alderman
Kinney OPPOSED the 1872 mills rate He
thought the engine house should be
built in the Twelfth ward, as it had
been ordered several years. After con-
siderable discussion Lambert's amend
ment was lost by a vote of Is to 4.
Ayes, Lambert, Rourke, Parish mem-
bers of the board of finance) land Coola-
han-4.
Nays, I. Bromley, Nicoll, BeIden,
Murray, Brennan, Whitaker, Moore,
Kelly, Hull, Macdonald, ChiIlingworth,
Smith, Stewart, Kinney, Toole-15
The original motion was then passed.
the only dissenting voice heard was
that of Alderman Rourke of the Sew
enth ward.
The motion carried with 1t the adop-
ton of the 1872 mills tax.
The following table shows the addi-
tions made by the estimates as they
were adopted last evening:
Engine house in Tenth ward. $12, 600
HarbOr commission. ............ 200
Street Sprinkling ................. IA 900
Hardening Dixwell avenue ...... 1000
Hardening Cain street............ 250
Hardening Winthrop avenue. 500
Hardening Lloyd street .......... $500
Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. S3l, ,450
Clipped from reported estimates:
improvements in city hall, in
Guiding wainscoting, tiling,
Contingent fund NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1000
Injury to persons Observation-Disclosures. zoo
Interest on bridge bond......... 40