The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-08-10
BARELY A QUORUM PRESENT
ATTHE MEETING or THE BOARD OF
COUNCILMEN.

Sinking Fund-Councllman Whites
Resolution Providing for Such Transfer
Other Business.
1t was $40 last evening before quo
rum was present in the councilmanic
chamber and at that hour the members
present were just getting ready to
leave when Councilman Porter appear
ed. He made up the requisite number
for a quorum, and in the absence of
President Burton, Councilman Burgess
was appointed chairman pro tenn. No
especially important matters came be-
fore the meeting, and simply routine
business was transacted
The petition of f, B. Welch for the
relaying of the concrete walk in front
of 50, 80 and Al Bradley street was re-
ferred to the street committee, as was
also the petitions for sidewalks on the
west side of Shelton avenue and on
Middletown avenue.
The petition of A. Macdonald for dam
asking that a sewer be built on Thorn
and Eddy streets, was referred to the
sewer committee.
The petit on of A Macdonald for dam
ages for injury to his property by flood
was referred to the committee on
claims.
The petitions of William Pain, ct al,
for an electric light on Shelton avenue,
near the town line, were referred to the
lamp committee. The same disposition
was made of petition for the placing
of gas lamp on Orchard street.
A communication from the mayor an
nouncing the gift to the city of two
lots by Judge Baldwin was read and a
vote of thanks was passed to Judge
Baldwin
The ton from the board
of finance for the transfer of $47S from
various accounts in the fire department
to the hydrant account was adopted.
Councilman White offered a resolution
providing that the transfers recon-
mended by the board of finance be
made from the money appropriated for
street hardening, be made from the
$4,000 recently transferred from the
sinking fund to the city treasury. The
resolution was passed unanimously.
The items of the transfer are as fol-
lows: Street sprinkling and inspector
81, 819O5; cleaning and repairing
streets, $1,000; repairing pavements,
$4,000; stone crusher and road roller,
$500; walks and curbs, $1,000; contin-
gent fund and sundry account, $6,-
533. 49, Total, $26, 6,652.50.
Mr.. White next offered a resolution
OroVdipp for tho frnp,
money in the hands of the city treas
urer, not already appropriated, of sums
sufficient to make up any deficiency
that may arise in the amounts appro-
priated for street hardening. The reso-
luton also provides that the contracts
for the hardening of streets for which
money has already been appropriated
be let not later than September and
that the depth Of the hardening be left
to the discretion of the mayor, the di-
rector of public works and the city en-
gineer. This resolution was also unan.
imously adopted
Two petitions were read from An
thony Carroll. The first represented
that Councilman E. l.. Isbell of the
Tenth ward holds two positions in the
city government, councilman from the
Tenth ward and clerk of the city court
Mr. Carroll stated In his communca-
tion that he believed these facts to be
a violation of the new city charter and
therefore protested against Mr. Isbell
holding two offices. He petitioned the
council to refer the protest to the cor
poration counsel for his opinion in re-
gard to the matter and report the same
at the next meeting of the councilmen.
AS the clerk finished reading the petit
tion it was received with burst of
laughter.
Mr.. Isbell jumped up and said that
there was only one thing for him to
say and that he would say cheerfully.
He was willing to refer the matter to
the corporati ton counsel, but thought
that any ten-year-old boy could see
that he was not violating the charter.
He thought that Mr.. Carroll should
have stated in his petition the particu-
lar section Of the charter which was
violated.
Councilman White said that he knew
that Mr.. Isbell was violating no clause
of the new charter. He said that it
seemed like boys play to refer the
question to the corporation counsel and
moved that the petition be referred
back TO Mr.. Carroll to state the spe-
cific clause of the charter violated.
His motion prevailed.
In his second petition Mr.. Carroll re-
ferred to the petition which he some
time ago presented to the court of COM
mon council, asking for the appoint
ment of a committee to investigate the
stone crusher works of the city of New
Haven. The original petition was re-
ferred to the committee on ordinances,
which reported back with a recommen-
dation that the petitioner be given
leave to withdraw. In his communica-
ton last evening Mr.. Carroll said that
the committee in its report had stated
that it had duly examined the petition
and had attended to the business as
signed He then said:
said report is false and fraudulent
| in all respects, is unfair, unjust, dis
| honorable and dishonest not only to the
rights and privileges of your petitioner,
but also to every citizen and taxpayer
of New Haven outside of the political
reign of tricksters.
mo notice of a hearing on the peti-
ton was ever given and how they ar
rived at the said report is unknown and
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