The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-14
COUNCILMEN DID NOT,MEET
NOI A QUORUM PRESENT AT LAST
 NIGHTS SPECIAL MEETING.

NIGHTS SPECIAL MEETING.
 Mayor Will Call Another Special Meeting of the Common Council for Monday Night-vetoes Must Come Before the Council,nen FIrst-The Mayors Com munications.
 The special meetings of the boards Of aldermen and councilmen called by Mayor Farnsworth to be held last eve ming were not held. Owing to the fact that the councilmanic chamber is be- ing prepared for the meetings of the fire chiefs convention, it was arranged for the councilmen to meet at eight o'clock in the aldermanic chamber and for the aldermen to meet immediately at the close of the councilmen's meet ing
 After waiting about half an hour, however, without a quorum being pres ent, President Burton of the council men announced that the meeting stood adjourned. The meeting of the coun- cilmen was to have been held before the aldermen met, as the resolutions which the mayor intended to return unsigned originated in the board of councilmen and consequently notice of his veto must first be given to that body
 As soon as the councilmen adjourned the aldermen were called to order and it was found that a quorum was pres ent, but as the mayors veto had not been brought up in the meeting of the councilmen, it was not in order that it should come before the aldermen.
 Two resolutions were, however, pass ed by the aldermen, providing for the discharge of the committee of the mu- nicipal bond sinking fund and the com mittee of the sinking fund, the latter committee being the one which had charge of the money derived from the sale of the Derby railroad bonds. As the money has been transferred from these funds it is in the natural order of business to discharge the commit tees from all liabilities in the matters.
 President Lambert of the board of aldermen, who presided last night, an nounced the appointment of the follow ing aldermanic members of a confer ence committee to consider the Starr street sidewalk matter: Aldermen Whitaker and Petrie. As the matter now stands the aldermen have voted to extend the time for the building of sidewalk on Starr street from Sep tember 1, 1897, to September 1, 1898, while the councilmen voted to extend the time from September 1, 1897, to October 1, 1897, only. When this com mittee had been named a motion to ad- iourn was put, there being no further business to come before the meeting.
 Mayor Farnsworth stated last eve ming that he would probably call spe- ctal meetings of the aldermen and councilmen to be held Monday night. Following are the mayors messages which will be read at those meetings in explanation of his veto of the reso- Iution for the transfer from the $29000 fund recently transferred to the city treasurer of the amounts recommended by the board of finance to be taken from the appropriations for street har- dening and also of the order for street hardening which passed the common council at the last meeting.
 To the Honorable Court of Common Council of the City of New Haven:
 Gentlemen: I respectfully return without my approval to the honorable board of councilmen, In which 1t orig mated, the order herewith. It was passed by the board of councilmen Au- gust 9, and by the board of aldermen August Il, 1897. The order Is Ordered, That from the amount transferred from the sinking fund to the city treasury, there be appropriated the sum of $26,- 50 for the following purposes as rec commended by the board of finance:
 To street sprinkling and in
 SpectOr ...... ................S 2,ol9 0o To cleaning and repairing
 streets .......... 11,oOO co To repairing pavements. ..... 5000 co To stone crusher and roadroll
 er.... .. ........ 300 % To walks and curbs ... 1000 co To contingent fund and sun
 dry account. ......... 6,533 45 Total.... ...... .............$ $26, ,652 50 The needs provided for and the amounts specified are the same that the board of finance recommended be diverted from the insufficient appro- priations made for hardening streets. All these needs are important, and the several amounts should, for the welfare and good name of the city, be imme- diately placed at the disposal of the de- partment of public works. The fact that our city Is to have as the guests during the coming week 8 body of ex- ceptionally bright and observing men, representing cities all over the coun- try, adds to the importance of having our streets in good condition. You are all, however informed on the financial affairs of the consolidated city. The report of the controller, the recommen- dation of the board of finance, my communication setting forth in detail the views of the board of finance and the discussions of your honorable body, have so fully covered the subject that further argument would be but a repe- tition of what has already been brought out
 You will remember that in addition to the bonds mentioned in the list of the controller it will be necessary very soon to issue in the neighborhood of s2OO,0O0 of bonds to provide for the ab- solutely necessary bridge work, and about $300.000 to provide for the float ing debt of the school district as shown Inv the report of the board of educa tion