The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-06
OVER MAYORS VETO
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board every night. We couldn't get at 1t in time to put the amount required to pay for next years advertising in the
 estimates"
 Finally 1t was decided to settle the
 matter without sending it back to the
 board of finance, and a vote was taken
 on Alderman Brennan's amendment and it was lost.
 Alderman Dewell offered an amend ment to Alderman Guernseys amend
 ment by inserting a provision that the contracts should be given to two daily
 papers" instead of to lone morning and
 one evening paper"
 Alderman Rourke objected strongly to passing any resolution which said nothing about the circulation the pa-
 pers must have in order to receive con- tracts.
 MT. Dewell's amendment was lost by vote of IS to 2.
 Alderman Rourke offered an amend
 ment to Alderman Guernseys amend
 ment by inserting the number "4'oOO' instead of "3,000' as a required circula- tion for papers to get contracts. The
 amendment was lost.
 The question being put on Alderman
 Guernsey's amendment, 1t was lost by
 vote of Ii to '.
 Alderman Root moved the adoption
 of the order as recommended by the
 board of finance.
 Alderman Dewell-"I hope that won't
 be adopted. I am opposed to 1t because
 1t specifies one morning paper and one
 Nrh1y don't thpU 1ht
 the contracts be given to the lowest
 bidders-not require that it must be one morning and one evening paper? l
 would like why that was done. Is that
 for the best interests of the city? If
 two evening or two morning papers
 send in the lowest bids Is it good policy
 to disregard one of them?" Alderman Chillingworth-"I am led to favor the publishing of the city adver- tising in one evening and one morning paper, for the reason that I have seen
 the workingmen of the city buy morn ing paper, take it to the shop with them and look it over and discuss it's
 contents during the noon hour. If the
 advertising were published in two even- ing papers it would deprive the work
 men of the privilege of seeing what was
 advertised and discussing it at noon There are also others whose interests lie in an evening paper" Alderman Rourke-"That's all right. That's a good speech if you are figur- ing for the worlingmen's votes. think, however, that there Is a scheme
 back of that business" Alderman Root-"I don't believe that there is any scheme back of 1t, and don't think that any other member of
 the board believes so."
 Alderman Dewell-"It seems to my
 mind very spacious to talk of working
 men wanting the advertising done in a
 morning paper so that they can look 1t
 over at noon. I think the workingman
 if he were going to put an advertise
 ment in the paper, would put it in where
 he could get the lowest price, whether
 it was 6 morning or an evening pa per-"
 A vote was then taken on the origin al order and 1t was passed by vote of r to 3.
 The petition of the Fair Haven and WestviIle Railroad company for per- mission to lay a cross-over on Dixwell avenue was referred to the committee
 on railroads and bridges A communication, accompanied by | check for $19.90, was received from the Winchester Repeating Arms company. The company sent the money to pay sewer assessment on property on Shell ton avenue, and asks to be given a hearing in regard to the sending of the bill for their sewer assessment for this property to a third party. The com munication and the check were referred to the committee on claims on motion of Alderman Chillingworth, chairman
 of that committee.
 A communication was received from
 Louisa R. Howshield, Frank w. How shield and Lawrence M. Howshield in
 which $108.35 damages was claimed for injury to property by the changing of the grade on Bassett street. The mat ter was referred to the committee on claims.
 Two recommendations were received from the board of finance, one for the transfer of $132 from one account to another in the fire department, and the other for the issue of $35,00O worth of bridge bonds to pay the indebtedness incurred in building the new Chapel street railroad bridge. Both recom- mendations were adopted. The report of the bureau of compensation of as-
 sessments for seventeen sewers, the to- tai amount being about S43,000, was
 brought up and on motion of Alderman
 Dewell moved to lay on the table. 1t | was so voted.
 The petition for sidewalk on Mid- ! dletoWn avenue was referred back to the committee on streets for another | hearing.
 President Lambert offered a resou- tion providing for the sale of the lot | on Clinton avenue, which the city had | intended to use for contagious disease
 hospital site. The resolution was tabled | for printing.
 4 resolution instructing the director
 of public works to include in the esti-
 mates for next year s10, 900 for the hard
 ening of Orchard street, between