The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-11-10
SUPREME COURTS ORDER
MAYOR HENDRICKS' REC0lTMENDA- TIoNS TO C0UNCILMANIC BOARD.

The City and Consolidated Road Must
 Build Chapel Street Bridge at Once-
 Dangerous Crossings to be Abolished
 Fire Commissioners Request Referred to
 the Board oi Finance--Oth Matters.
 The supreme court of the state re-
 gently granted a writ of peremptory
 mandamus compelling the city of New
 Haven and the New York, New Haven
 and Hartford railroad to build bridge
 over the latter's tracks on Chapel
 street, near East street. The writ was served on Mayor Hendrick last Satur-
 day, and last evening communica-
 tion was received from his honor rec
 ommending the adoption of an order
 instructing the board of public works
 to proceed at once to carry out the
 provisions of the writ. Accompanying
 the mayors communication was a copy
 of the court records detailing the suc-
 cessive steps that have been taken
 since the order for the erection of the
 bridge was first made by the railroad
 commissioners in 1SS6 The matter has been fought by the Consolidated Poad
 though all the courts until it reached
 the supreme court in the shape of a
 motion brought by Colonel Timothy F..
 Callahan for writ of peremptory mandamus. There is now to be no more delay, though it looked last eve ming as if the board of councilmen would further obstruct the completion
 of the bridge, for q time at least, and for no other reason, it would seem,
 than to give the board of public works
 another lesson, promulgating the idea
 that it was only an executive body. The recommendation of the mayor was that the board of public works advertise at once for bids for the build- ing O. the bridge.
 Councilman Darlington of the First ward moved to amend the motion of Councilman Norris of the Sixth ward, which was to give unanimous consent to the passage of the order as recom- mended by the mayor, by instructing the board of public works to advertise for bids and report back to the court of common council.
 | Councilman Norris spoke In favor of his motion, urging that there was no necessity of any such action being talk en as was suggested by the councilman from the First ward After considera- ble discussion the councilman from the First ward withdrew his motion and the order was passed as recommended by the mayor The second order, refer ring to the matter of appropriation for the building of the bridge to the board of finance, was also passed.
 The bridge will be fifteen feet in the clear, which will necessititate the low ering of the tracks of the railroads twenty inches. The damages will be borne equally by the city and the rail- road, the former paying for the ex- pense of the construction of the bridge The councilmen failed to concur in | the action Of the board of aldermen l empowering the fire commissioners to 1 transfer the unexpended balances of | the Sundry account so as to be used for | the good of the department. When the 1 order was read Councilman Norris moved to give unanimous consent to its passage Several members opposed the
 motion, which prevented it's passage. | Something was said about sending the
 
 Councilman Ryan, who is member of the board This would delay the mat | ter too long, MT. Norris thought, and, | acting upon the view that the subject | was one of importance, he moved to 1 reconsider the vote, which killed the
 motion. to give unanimous consent. | The board supported the Sixth ward
 member and he immediately moved to go into a committee of the whole, which was carried. Councilman Car | rington was called to the chair and | Councilman Pickett was made secre- | tary. Councilman Norris again moved | to the passage of the order. He was opposed by Councilman Rryan and also | by Councilman Pickett, who made the | claim that the passage of the order would jeopardize the interest of the | Tenth ward which needed an engine
 house. He appealed to the members
 of the board to stand by the "old | Tenth" MT. Pickett's eloquence had | the desired effect At the close of his remarks he moved to amend the mo- | ton by referring the matter to the | board of finance. This was carried and | the committee arose to report to the | board.
 Later in the evening Captain Fanch- | CT, acting clerk of the fire department, was called in to explain what the board wished to do. He assured the board that it was not the intention of the fire
 commissioners to take any of the 1000 appropriated to buy lot for the pro- posed engine house in the Tenth ward. 1 No action was taken and the matter goes to the board of finance.
 Councilman Beers asked the board to amend the resolution passed by the al-
 dermen at the last meeting enlarging | the powers of the directors of the free public library, allowing them to spend | $15, 900 yearly for the maintenance of | the library and also to allow non-resi- dents. under certain regulations, to use | the library. The rule will apply to those attending school here children In Fair Haven East. West Haven and Westville. upon the condition of these towns paying sum of money satisfac- tory to the directors, and also to non-
 residents of the city doing business here and paying taxes. The resolution was amended.
 President Dewell named Councilmen Fullerton, Unger and Hubbard as the councilmanic portion of the conference committee to revise the city charter. | The bill of the board of public works for S212. expense account of the special committee appointed by the board to ova,,oipa the asnha1t Dayement- in otb