The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-03-02
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 The board of aldermen met last even-. ing and in the absence of Mayor Earns worth and of Dr. Lambert, president of the board, Alderman Nicoll of the First ward was chosen to preside. Many p4- titions were received and referred to appropriate committees.
 The board went into committee of the whole to consider a resolution instruct ing the corporation counsel to secure the right of boating, skating and fish ing on Lake Whitney to citizens of New Haven.
 After much discussion of the resou- tion by Aldermen Pickett and Dew ell the committee reported the resolu- ton favorably, and it was adopted by the board.
 The petition signed by nearly ali the business men on Orange street, between Court and Crown, was received, stating that the paving of the street in the bus jest months of the year, between April l and July 1, would be a damage finaI4-. cially to the petitioners, and asking that a resolution be passed to the effect that the board of public works be iu- structed to order the work done be- tween July 1 and the last day of Au- gust, when it would not be so inju1i- ous. The resolution proposed by the committee was adopted. Those whose names appeared on the petition were: BoWdltch Furniture Co.,, Brown & Dur ham, Charles P. Thompson, Chamber lain Furniture and Mantel Co.,~,J g. kebabian, Thomas R. Thompson, B. A. Marsh, New Haven Window Shade Co.,, Henry W. Foster, M. B. Newton, John H. Platt, J, N, Fields for Tradesmen's bank, IT. B. Armstrong & Co.,, John Bright &, Co.,, Robert Langdale & Co.,. A. Goodman Co.,, H. B. Warren &, Co.,, Adams Express Co.,, Kimberly, Root & Day. Mallorys Old Curiosity Shop, Geary Bros, Veru Bicycle and Rubber Co, and John c. Dinnan
 A resolution appropriating $1,o00 for a Fourth of July celebration was tabled until the opinion of the corporation counsel could be secured as to whether the court of common council had power to appropriate money for such Dur. poses.
 Alderman Dewell the mover of the resolution to refer the matter to the corporation counsel, said he was in doubt as to their right to vote money for such purpose, but thought if they did not have such power it ought to be obtained, as he favored appropriating money for the proper celebration of the Fourt of July.
 A joint resolution ordering that a list of the delinquent taxpayers be place1 in the hands of the corporation counsel and that he be authorized to take the proper means for collecting the same, no suit to be brought for taxes unless they were in arrears for two years, was laid on the table.
 A resolution favorably reported from the committee on railroads and bridges giving the Fair Haven and Westville road permission to place a 1S0 foot switch on State street, below Chapel, was unanimously adopted. The com mittee reported that the only obiec- JOIS LO llG lty iiS DL llle SWlLCil, Lieut.. Gov. DeWell and C. $. Lette, had with drawn their objections on some alter ations of the proposed layout having been made.
 A resolution from the committee on ordinances recommended the printing Of 300 copies of the voluminous building ordinances. The recommendation was adopted.
 A petition asking for permission to erect a canopy over the sidewalk in front of the Hyperion was adversely reported from the committee on ordi- nances and was rejected by the board. The corporation counsel states that the proposed canopy would violate three sections of the city ordinances. The following resolution was offered by Alderman Pickett of the Tenth ward:
 Resolved, That all public improve ments which have been ordered by the court of common council, and for which specific appropriations of $500 or more have been made, shall be executed by contract, and that the board of public works be and it is hereby ordered and directed to cause plans and specified tions to be made as soon as possible, advertise for bids and award the con- tracts for all improvements heretofore ordered, amounting to $500 or more, to the lowest responsible bidder. Resolved, That clause shall be in- serted in every contract prescribing that the contractor shall in all cases, exclusively employ those who have been residents New Haven at least one year prior to the time of undertaking the contract, and that such contracts shall be let on or before the first day of June 1897.
 The resolution was adopted.
 A resolution was passed that the sen- ator and representatives of New Haven in the legislature and the corporation counsel of New Haven be instructed to urge the transfer from the state to the city of the lands and mud flats below higf-water mark in the harbor, and that the income of the old almshouse fund be applied to the improvement and maintenance of the parks of the city.
 4 resolution that the city go ahead and make plans and specifications for the bridge over Mill river was referred to the committee on railroads and bridges to be thoroughly investigated. It was doubted whether the city could proceed in the matter until the neces-