The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-05-12
STREETS TO BE SPRINKLED
B0.lRD or CoUNCILMEN ADOPT THE
ORDINANCE.

A Special Meeting of the Board of Alder
men win be Held This Week-Non-Con-
wallSs-Do Not Want to Remove Posts
Board of Public Works Requested to De-
Orange Street Extended-Many Resolu-
tions Concurred In.
The board of councilmen at the reg
ular May meeting last evening took
from the table the proposed ordinance
relating to the sprinkling of streets as
per act of the last general assembly,
and passed upon it's adoption.
President Dewell stated to the board
before the vote was taken that in order
to pass the ordinance 1t would require
two-t thirds vote of the full board
When the question was put every
member present (twenty-six voted aye
and the president declared the ordi-
nance adopted. 1t will now be acted
upon by the board of aldermen, for
which a special meeting will be called,
probably this week
The proposed ordinance is as fol-
lows:
Be it ordained by the court of COM
mon council Of the city of New Haven:
Section 1. That the street sprinkling
of the city of New Haven be placed in
the hands of the board of public works,
-l,n11 ,x,t,
for a period not exceeding one year,
and shall advertise for sealed bids, and
the contract or contracts shall be
awarded to the most responsible bidder
or bidders.
Section 2. The board of public works
SHALL on or before the fifteenth day of
December in each year, determine the
actual cost of sprinlSling and watering
the paved streets of said city by the
city during the preceding season and
determine the amount to be assessed
against each property owner in accord
ance with the terms and specifications
of said act approved July i, 1895, and
report the same, with the amount as
sessed against each piece of property
bordering on streets sprinkled or wa
H.,
of said property, together with the
amount assessed against each street
railway company, in accordance with
the terms and provisions of said act, to
the court of common council, who shall
accept or amend said report, and hav-
ing fixed the amount to be paid by each
owner of the property and each street
railway company, and the time when
the same shall become due and paya-
BILE, shall give said account and as
sessment to the tax collector of said
city.
Section 3. Said tax collector shall
thereupon proceed to collect the sums
assessed and in due accordance with
the provisions of said act, and shall see
that all proper liens to enforce said
assessments as provided in said act are
duly signed and lodged with the town
clerk.
The board nonconcurred in the action
of the board of aldermen recommitting
the proposed amendment to the ordi-
nance relating to the repairing the
brick sidewalks in order that persons
in favor of the amendment may be
heard before the committee on ordi-
nance. The amendment proposes to
change section 2S3, page 226 of the book
of ordinances, which prohibits the use
of bricks in repairing sidewalks. The
proposed amendment gives the owners
of property discretionary powers under
certain conditions.
The petitioners for such an amend
ment did not appear before the COM
mittee last year and so received leave
to withdraw their petition.
Both branches of the common coun-
Gil accepted the committees report and
that seemed to be the end of the mat
ter. But some time later up it came
again. The petitioners asked for a sec
ond chance to be heard. The aldermen
then voted to recommit the matter to
the committee. But last night the
councilmen decided that there was no
need of a second chance for hearing,
and that the ordinance is good enough
just as it is.
Councilman Beers thought hearing
should be given the petitioners and
moved to concur in the action of the
board of aldermen. The motion to con-
cur was opposed by Councilman Pickett
who thought the proposed amendments
were cumbersome and also that the
subject had been thoroughly investigat-
ed by the ordinance committee. The
present ordinance was sufficient the
councilmen thought for all purposes.
The resolution to concur was lost and
motion to adhere to its former action
received the unanimous voted of the
board.
AT a recent meeting of the board of
public works Superintendent of Streets
Ives was directed to carry out the pro-
visions of section 9S7, page 225, of the
book Of ordinances, which relates to
the planting Of sign and awning posts
and to swinging signs. The action of
the board has created such unfavorable
comment among the merchants of
Chapel and Church streets, where many
of the posts must be removed, if the or
dinance is enforced.
Councilman Burton offered an amend
ment to the ordinance last evening by
inserting after the words three feet in
the thirteenth line, the words or may
be attached to post erected at or
within 11a feet from the curb line of the
street. Mr.. Burton asked that imme-
diate action be taken, saying that it
was a matter of vital Importance to
many business men and that it would
be a great benefit to them to have ac-
ton taken upon the matter which
would give it impetus. The chair ruled
that the nropOsed amendments sho11ld