The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-02

the Street Sprinkling Amendment-Con-
 tagious Disease Hospital-City Will Op-
 pose the Water Company's Plan to se-
 cure Prohibition of Skating, Fishing, Etc
 The board of aldermen last evening concurred in the action of the council at its last meeting petitioning the gen. eral assembly to amend the street sprinkling act for the city of New Ha- ven so as to have it apply to all streets in the city. The act as passed by the last general assembly applies only to paved" streets. When the matter came up on a motion that unanimous consent be given to the passage of the resolution concurring, Alderman Dew ell said that he thought the opinion of the corporation counsel should be se- cured as to the constitutionality of the street sprinkling act before any peti- tion be sent to the legislature. The courts in other states had held that abutting property holders could not be assessed for the expense of watering streets.
 Alderman Chillingworth moved to go into committee of the whole, which was done, the motion of Alderman Dewell to table was defeated by vote of Il to 10.
 Mayor Farnsworth called Alderman Nicoll to the chair and City Clerk Lyon acted as clerk. Both Aldermen Chill T l tl,n committee.
 Alderman Crampton asked g if the proposed resolution would give relief to citizens living in suburban streets. If it did he favored the resolution. The committee voted to report in favor of concurrent action and then rose. The board subsequently, adopted the report of the committee of the whole.
 In addition to the multitudinous questions that came up before the court of common council the present board must grapple with the ''theater hat. In common with many other cities there has been a large class of citizens of this city who have deplored the fact that the female patrons of theaters wear their large hats trimmed With the largest plumes that the market af- lords. At last the objectors to what is considered by them an imposition has secured a standing before the court of common council.
 A petition signed by one hundred cit izens was sent to the mayors desk last evening asking relief from the alleged nuisance.
 When the matter came up Alderman Chillingworth moved that it be sent to the committee on retrenchment and re- form.
 In support of his motion the alder man from the Tenth ward said: Tt aims at retrenching the hat and re- forming the Wearer."
 Alderman Dewell said that he was not disposed to treat the matter as a joke The public had suffered long enough. It was a fact that the peti- tioners had much to complain of. It might not be so if our theaters were under more efficient management, for then there would be accommodations for the lady patrons.
 Alderman Chillingworth withdrew his motion, and the matter was referred to the ordinance committee.
 The petition reads as follows:
 We, the undersigned citizens of New Haven, respectfully petition your honorable body to pass an ordinance pertaining to the wearing of no hats at theaters."
 Among the signers are the following names:
 Henry c. Noll, A. c, Richter, E. l.. p A H. Smith, S. E. Champion, F. w.. Peck, F. A. Raymond, w. NJ. Smith F. A. Beaulah, Dwight w. Baldwin, John W. Lowe, Thomas Kelly, J. J. O'Brien, J. J. ODonnell c. R. Frisbie, Cox & Henze, R. H. Tyner, A. H. Dev- eraux, Charles Havey, T, F. Collins, c. A. Mclaughlin, Charles w. Phillips, Theodore Gruener, w. G. Mersick, F. c. Bradley, c. J. Benedict, George L.. Bettcher, E. B. Sparks, B. J. Dillon, R. A. Belden, Michael F. Shanley, w. w. Wooster, James F. Bowen, G. w. King, w. R. Crane, w. A. Schappa, R. F. Ly- on John A. Hull, John Kelley, Henry Williams, R. A. Pardee, N. D. Clark, R. w. Kirck, w. H. Sears J. P. Dejon, l.. Hoffmeister, c. s. scoville, Christian Miller, F. H. Faulkner, D. F. Beckwith, R. H. Walker, Henry Hopkins, w. H. Bouton, c. G. Unger and Francis P. Ryan.
 A communication was received from the board of public works in reference to the completion of sewers in the fol- lowing streets: Cedar Hill avenue, River street, Sylvan avenue, Goffe street, Union avenue, Water and Port sea streets, Rock Lane and Plymouth street. Willow street, View street, Liv- ingston street, Day street, York square, Oak street, Avon street Carlisle street, Edwards street and Dixwell avenue; also that East street had been paved with Belgian block between Bridge and Water streets.
 The communication was referred to the board of compensation. Alderman Pickett offered the follow ing resolution concerning the estab- lishment of contagious disease hospi- tal:
 Resolved, That the committee on ordinances be and 1t is hereby author ized and directed to ascertain and re- port
 "First-Upon what terms and condi- tions the general hospital will take charge of and care for the poor of the city who may be afflicted with conta- gious or infectious diseases. "Second-If the committee finds that