The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-10-30
STREET C0MMlTTEEME
PETITION FOR WIDENTNG DERBY
IVE. WILL BE RECOMMENDED.

ihe Board or PuDllc WORKS Hayors IT,
The George Street Railway Track7-Many
Merchants Want the Street Put in Better
Condition-Top Dressing of Streets Re-
ferred to Board of Finance.
The committee on streets last eve
ming heard petitioners in favor of wild
enng Derby avenue from Norton street
to West riv er Linus Mead and Fred
erick Mead, who own property on the
! avenue, were the first speakers. Both
gentlemen thought that the city should
widen the avenue, inasmuch as the
court of common council had granted
the Fair Haven and Westville Street
Railway company the privilege of dou-
BILE tracking the street from Norton
street to the river
Commissioners States, Johnson and
Hoyt of the board of public works ia
vored the plan, but thought that the
street should be made twenty feet
wider if widened at ALL 1t would be
much less expensive to do this now
than after the double tracks had been
laid. Mr.. States said that new bridge
should be built over West river He
did not think that the present one
would last sixty days. He did not
think the town and city knew what
condition the bridge was in.
Another phase of the subject which
+be - l,o
mittee consider was the constantly in
creasng number of people who attend
the games at Yale field. Often there
are three or four thousand men and
women coming from the games. At
these times it is impossible for a team
to pass along the avenue from the
boulevard to the river.
A mounted policeman, as matter
of public safety. will not allow team
to go beyond the boulevard. This prac-
| tically stops travel toward the river for
several minutes.
The street was impossible for loaded
teams during a greater part of the
year except on the car tracks. Teams
| had blocked the cars for several min
utes because of their inability to drive
off the track without becoming stalled,
having once driven on 1t. The thor
oughfare was being used more fire.
quently every year and if the matter
of abolishing the toll gathering for
Derby turnpike terminates in favor of
the public travel will be increase four
| fold.
Attorney Charles S. Hamilton fa-
| nd thnI1ohf fha
street should be eighty feet wide. The
committee in executive session voted
to recommend the petition, which calls
| for a. seventyfoot street.
| The merchants of State street in the
vicinity of George street have been an
noyed by the condition of the latter
street, caused by the unused track Of
the New Haven Street Railway COM
| pany. The track was laid by the old
| Edgewood Avenue company before the
present owners got control of the fran
chise. 1t was the purpose of the Edge
wood company to get. If possible, con-
nection with the Morris Cove road.
| r. j. Miner of the firm of Bryan,
Miner & Read, wholesale grocers, was
at the head of a large delegation be-
| fore the committee on streets last eve-
ming asking that George street be put
in better condition. The delegation
| would like to see the track used, but
| If 1t was not used it should be removed.
President Corey said that he was
ready to execute the order but if some
thing else could be done to make the
road better 1t would be preferable to
taking up the track.
| Commissioner States thought that in
asmuch as the people of this city would
probably go to Hartford and ask that
the street cars be kept moving to the
depot it would be better to have the
railway company put the street In order
without removing the track.
| Mr. Miner said that he would not OBJ
| ject to that proposition. Mr.. Bryan
thought all the city of New Haven
should go to Hartford and demand leg
islation compelling the various street
railway companies to run the cars to
| the depot.
| President Corey, speaking of this
proposition, did not think that this
was practicable.
| The delegation in favoring the har-
dening of Lamberton street was given
a hearing.
| A six-foot bridge will be ordered
over the meadows to extend Willow
| street.
| The following petitions were referred
| to the board of finance, with the rec
| ommendation that an appropriation be
made for carrying out their purpose:
| Committee on streets-For hardening
| of Grove street, between Church and
York streets; for widening and straight
ening of Derby avenue; for hardening
of Cain street, between Wallace and
East streets; for topdressing of Portsea
| street, from Water street to Howard
avenue; for the hardening of Clay
street, between James street and
| Blatchley avenue; for topdressing or
| hardening of Orchard street, between
| George street and Davenport avenue;
| for hardening of Lamberton street, be-
| tween Cedar street and Boulevard; for
| hardening of Vernon street, from Con-
| gress to Sylvan avenues; for hardening
! of Shelton avenue, from Dixwell ave-
| nue. to city line; for topdressing of
Lloyd street, between Chapel and Clay
| streets; for sidewalk on Water street,
from 270 Water street, to Meadow
street; for hardening of Commerce
| street. between Temple and Broad
streets; for hardening of Shelton ave-
nue., between Munson and Bassett