The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-21
THAT BOUNDARY DISPUTE.
Selectmen of East Haven and New Haver
Counties Consider a WeightY Question.

Selectmen of East Haven and New Haven
Counties Consider a Weighty Question.
The board of selectmen last evening
We're confronted with no less a question
than miniature boundary dispute
with the town of East Haven.
Selectmen Tyler and Thompson from
the latter town were present to con-
slider the matter with the board, and
from the numerous maps spread before
this joint commission and the prolonged
discussion over it one might have
thought the Venezuelan boundary dis
pute was being considered. AS a mat
ter Of fact only about five acres of land
of rather doubtful value was all the ter
ritory in dispute
The situation was explained by Civil
Engineer Bogart, who has been making
surveys of tie Fourteenth and Fiji
teenth wards for the use of the tax as
sesors Of New Haven. He finds by
careful survey that about fifteen of the
boundary monuments are from to %
feet off the correct line. The monu-
ments are set over on both towns, but
New Haven on the whole is the loser to
the tune of 77-100 acres.
Mr. Bogart thought the mistake was
probably due to the hilly nature of the
country and the difficulty and cost of
| making a right survey, and suggested
that the bounds be set back on the line
where they belong,
| Selectman Tyler of East Haven
| thought that the monuments were all
right where they are and understood
that their present location had been
agreed to by the selectmen of both
towns when the original survey was
made.
The land isn't worth very much any
how, but as New Haven would get some
| land by the change, he felt it his duty
to oppose any change in the monu-
ments, as he believed it should be de-
cided by town meeting.
| In answer to an inquiry, Engineer
| Bogart stated that he thought the mon
uments could be set back on the line by
! two surveyors and couple of laborers
| in about two weeks time.
1t was thought it might be we'll fol
the East Haven selectmen to have q
surveyor go over the line on their owr
|
dors at last withdrew without anything
definite having been decided.
The petition of fifty taxpayers of New
Haven, asking that special towr
meeting be called for the purpose OF
conveying the trust trust fund from the
sale of the old almshouse to the sup.
port of the parks was brought up.
An opinion from Town Counsel Good
hart was read, suggesting that such 6
meeting be called at an early day.
After some discussion it was voted tc
call special town meeting for the
purpose proposed by the petition anc
also to accept the Willis street road or
to be selected by Town Agent Hugo.
The meeting was set so far ahead ir
order that people might have time t
think the matter over.
| Clerk Brethauer reported that tht
streets in various places were beins
dug up to put in various kinds of pipes
and without license from the town, ant
that oftentimes the streets were left il
a bad and dangerous condition 1t was
voted to refer the matter to Towr
Counsel Goodhart for written opinion
as to what could be done in the mat
| ter
The board adjourned to next Monday
evening at 1880 o'clock, instead of Tues
day evening, their usual meeting night
as some of the board propose to taxi
in the Grant parade next week.