The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-09-24
WILL THEY FIND MONEY ?
SPECIAL MEETING or BOARD or
FINANCE 10 BE HELD MONDAY.

Will be Heard Then-Opposition to
Holding II Special Meeting-Anthony
Carrolls Petition Referred Back to Com
mon Council Other Business.
At the board of finance meeting last
evening a communication was read
from the committee of five appointed
in accordance with the vote passed at
the district school meeting Tuesday
night, asking that the board of finance
appoint time to give them hearing.
The committee met yesterday after
noon in the city hill and the commune
cation was then drawn up. The object
in appearing before the board of finance
is to request that body to provide for
the expenses of the school district from
July IA to December 81, 1887, otherwise
than by laying of special tax. The
board of finance last night, after hear
ing the communication voted to hold a
special meeting Monday afternoon next
at 5 o'clock in order to give the COM
mittee of five a hearing.
The district meeting held Tuesday
night adjourned to September 80 at 8
p. M, and the committee of five re-
quested that the board of finance give
hearing before that time, and as the
next regular meeting of the board will
occur on September 80, and it will not
therefore, be possible to hold hearing
that evening in time to report the re-
suit to the adjourned district meeting,
it becomes necessary to give hearing
at special meeting of the board of
finance.
Some of the members of the board
thought that the committee of five
should have appeared to be heard last
evening instead of causing the board to
hold special meeting. Commission
er Forsyth especially objected to hold
ing special meeting. He said: IF
we give them a hearing at the regular
meeting what more can they expect?
This is a regular meeting, and they
could have appeared tonight"
Commissioner Mansfield suggested
that the next meeting of the board be
held Wednesday evening instead of
Thursday evening. so that the regular
business of the board might be at
tended to and the hearing held at the
same meeting. He said that he thought
the board should carry out the wishes
of the district meeting and give the
committee chance to appear.
Itwas learned from Controller Brown,
however, that the pay rolls could not
be made ready for signing until Thurs
day afternoon. Mayor Fanrsworth
asked what prospect there was of the
board finding funds for the school dis
trict otherwise than by laying a spec
ial tax. Commissioner Mansfield
thought that the board should not pass
of the matter before it regularly came
before themand the committee had been
heard.
Commissioner Forsyth again put in
an objection to holding a meeting be-
fore the next regular meeting time.
Mayor Farnsworth said: IF these
gentlemen were sincere in referring
this matter to the board of finance,
think that they would have appeared
before this board tonight, unless they
are doing this for political capital
don't propose to put myself out to hear
them at special meeting. I speak for
myself, however, and not for the
board
The mayor then announced when he
would have time to attend a special
meeting.
Alderman Forsyth said that he did
l. s....i
meetings. He said that between the
board of aldermen and the board of
finance he was giving a great part Of
his time to the city. Finally, on mo-
tion of Commissioner Mansfield it was
voted to hold a special meeting Mon
day afternoon at 5 o'clock. Commis-
sioner Forsyth voted against the mo-
ton.
The report of the conference commit
tee OF the common council, in which the
building of sewer on White street
was recommended, and which was re-
ferred by the common council to the
board of finance, was taken up last
night. Mayor Farnsworth explained
that section 157 of the charter pro-
vides that no public improvements of
anY klnu snail De OrueTeQ Dy lne court
of common council or other authority
having power to authorize the same un-
til an appropriation for said improve
ment has been duly made. He said
that he had advised the committee,
however. to report on the need of a
sewer on White street so that the cost
of building one might be included in
the estimates for next year. He said
that before the new charter was adopt
ed the common council had gone on
ordering work to be done, without ap-
preparations, so that now the order
book of the department of public works
is full of unfulfilled orders of all kinds,
some of them involving important mat
tiers.
The question was then discussed as to
whether or not the provision of the
new charter rendered these orders now
invalid.
Commissioner White thought that it
did not. 1t was finally decided to re-
fer the recommenda ton for a sewer on
White street to the department of pub
lie works to refer to in making up esti-
mates for next year.
The resolution introduced by Alder
man Petrie and passed by the common
council authorizing the board of finance
to sell s195000 worth of bridge bonds,