The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-06-02
ALDERMEN'S BUSY SESSION
MAYOR HENDRICK'S TETO RE-
TURNED-ANIM.fTE REMARKS.

Contagious Hospital Assured-No Appro-
priation of Money for Band stand-Street
Lighting Convention-Corporation Coun-
sells Opinion,
The regular June meeting of the
board of aldermen was held last even
ing. Fourteen members answered to
the roll call, and during the progress of
the business this number was increased
by the arrival of Alderman Rattlesdor-
fer of the Sixth ward. The session was
one of the lengthiest ones of the year,
and considerable important business
was transacted. Discussions were fire.
quently indulged in, and the one upon
the acceptance Of the mayors veto of
the report of the committee ON streets
was participated in with considerable
warmth The committee had recon-
mended that certain streets be top
dressed. This report was the occasion
OF the following message from His
| Honor Mayor Hendrick, and read:
| 10 the Honorable Court of Common
Council of the City of New Haven:
Gentlemen: The accompanying re-
port of the street committee for harden
ing EdgeWood avenue between Park
street and West river; Winthrop ave-
nue., between Chapel and George streets;
| Winthrop avenue, between Edgewood
avenue and Goffe street; Sherman ave-
nue., between Chapel and Percival
streets; orchard street between Chap
| IA CT, hnX- -
| sanction of both bodies of the court Of
common council in concurrence, and
been transmitted to the mayor for his
approval.
While l am satisfied that the above
public work ordered is no doubt neces-
sary in all the localities named | find
upon investigation that no provision
has been made in the approximations
for the year 1896 for the expense attend
| ing the execution of the work; for this
reason | am compelled to respectfully
return the same without my approval
for further consideration, or until such
time as the necessary appropriation
can be provided
Respectfully,
| A. C. HENDRICK, Mayor"
When Clerk Lyon had finished the
reading of the message Alderman Mac
/ donald arose and said: your honor,
this is the first time in the experience
of several years spent in the municipal
i legislature that have ever known this
action to be taken, or even suggested
i by the mayor, and / must say that the
action on the part Of your honor could
not have arisen from anything else than
a misunderstanding
II do not want any more for my
district than is just and equitable. If
| you take this action it will lead up to
embarrassing situations, and it does
seem to me that this recommendation
of his honor should be returned to him
for further consideration
(. Alderman Rourke called for another
/ reading of the communication. He
then said: "Your honor. Il move that
the message of the mayor be adopted.
There are many orders passed that
never get any further
Mr.. Macdonald-Now that the motion
has been made, / wish to say that it
4 was not my intention that the work
should be done this year. / am willing
that it should not be done until 1897
If your honor had so understood the
intent think that you would not nave
vetoed the report. Am / not right.
your honor?"
Il certainly should not" replied mis-
honor
/ Mr. Hamilton of the Fifth ward and
! chairman of the street committee-It
| was the understanding of every mem :
Der of the street committee that this
work would not be done this year.
Mr. Chillingworth of the Tenth ward
Another consideration that has nor
been thought of in this discussion is
that the city has become tired of top
dressing-financiall tired; and in the
face of the fact that we have voted to
suspend top dressing why should we
vote to top dress a whole ward?
Hamilton-If the city is not going to
do any more top dressing the street
committee would like to know it, and it
is about time that the public should be
made aware of it. If we do not iced
any more stone why in the name of
reason are we spending money to crush
it?
Alderman Smith of the Eleventh ward
spoke in favor of the top dressing and
back to him. Macadamized roads,
taken care of properly, were the finest
kind of general purpose roads.
More discussion followed, and then
| the vote was taken, which resulted in
the message being returned to the
mayor, who thanked the members for
the free and full expression of opinion.
The following report from the joint
committee on lamps, with form of con-
tract with the New Haven Electric
company, was presented by Alderman
| Lambert:
The joint committee on lamps, in ac.
| cordance with the resolution authoriz-
ing the committee, subject to the ap-
proval of the mayor and the court of
common council, to contract for the
lighting of the city with electric arc
lights for period of one or more years
as said committee should deem for the
best interests of the city, beg leave to
report that, after conference with the
officials of the New Haven Electric
company, it has agreed upon the terms
and conditions of a contract, hereto at
| tached.
The committee deemed it for the best
interests of the city to make a contract
for the period of three years, thereby
obtaining material reduction in the
price of the lights. The rate per lamp
per night in the existing contract which
! exnireS TllIy / 1896 was on the average