The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-07
ALDERMEN AND FINANCE
REPORTOT BOARD OF FINANCE SUE
MITTED LAST EVENING.
Referred to Committee of Three-Esti-
mates of Receipts and Expenditures for
Thirteen Months-Permanent Pavement
Assessments-Contagio Disease Hos


Assessments-Contagi Disease Hos
pital to the Surface Again.
At the meeting of the board of alder
men last evening there were five absen-
tees. Alderman Lambert presided.
A communication was received from
the mayor recommending that license
fees of $5 each collected from several
auctioneers Of the city be returned, as
the license law under which they were
paid had been repealed prior to the as
sessment Of the license fees. The COM
munication was referred to the commits
tee on claims, where the mayor and
corporation counsel will appear and
the license fees.
The mayors veto Of the order Of the
court of common council for the pay
ment of $3124 to Andrew J. Congdon
for over payment Of taxes, was tempo
rarily tabled. Later in the evening it
was taken up and after it's repassage
over the mayors veto had been advo-
Gated by Alderman Lambert and OPP
posed by Alderman Chillingworth, it
was voted to place the veto on file.
The directors of public works reported
that the sewers on the following streets
We're completed and ready for assess
ment: Newhall and Ivy, $16,2SSS1; Ma
son and Shelton, $6,7S444;. Huntington
and Edgehill s7,07106; Goffe and Foote,
$1.32e.65; Stanley, $2,1o511; Clay, $1,s1s.-
61 The report was tabled fcc printing.
The diraotor of ,,11b1fo WORKS o1co
ported that permanent pavements on
the following streets had been complet-
ed and were ready for assessment: Or
ange. between Crown and Gamer, $1o4,-
70S.39; Wooster, between Union and
East, s2e,9S1.37; Asnmun, between
Grove and Munson, $19aa3.91; Trumbull,
between State and Whitney, $33,Ss4.3s;
West Chapel, between York and Bottle
ward, $93, 3,7S749.
The report Of the committee on build
ing lines was received, recommending
the establishment of building lines on
Ferry, Whiting, Admiral and Henry
streets and referred to the committee
on streets.
Petition Of David Ashmun for dam
ages and Ann Gordy for tax abatement
were referred to appropriate commit
tees.
Recommendation from the committee
on claims relating to the petition of
Larisa Howshield and others for dam
ages to property from the change of
grade on Bassett street was adopted
The recommendation was to the effect
that the city engineer be instructed in
the future to have grade fixed and as
sessments made at the same time in
non1tan0a with 0h O ri
Unanimous consent was given to the in
PRODUCTION Of a resolution that the rec
ommendation of the board Of compensa-
tin be printed and copy left with the
director of public works to control his
actions by in the future. The resolution
was voted.
The bureau Of compensation reported
the following estimate Of damages from
the extension of Button street: Her
bert Boener, $4,000; Amelia Scobie, $725;
Lucy p Brogaw, sS55; total damages.
$3.50. Benefits from the same extern
sion were assessed to several property
holders to the amount Of $3,270.05. Re-
ferred.
Damages for extension Of County
street to Munson were: Elvin w. War
ner, $775 Benefits to individual owners,
$725. Report referred.
Alderman Lambert called Alderman
Pickett to the chair while the report Of
the committee on street lighting was
being considered. The report recon-
mended the acceptance Of the Following
bids for lighting the coming year:
Gas-New Haven Gas Light company,
600 lights, at $22.25 per lamp.
Welsbach lamps-New Haven Gas
Light company, 200 lights at $50 per
lamp.
Naphtha-Sun vapor Light company,
500 lights, at 1887 per lamp.
AS the amounts thus recommended
exceed the estimates of the board Of
finance for the year the report was re-
ferred back to the committee for fur
ther consideration.
The committee on a hospital for con-
tagious diseases recommended the pur-
chase Of the zemas land near Whitney
avenue, Jewell and Blake streets. The
committee recommended the purchase
Of the land before estimates were made
| for the erection Of a hospital The re-
port was temporarily laid on the table
| to allow a motion by Alderman Lam
| bert for the passage of former resolu-5
! tion for the sale of the site purchased
| for contagious disease hospital in the
| Twelfth ward. After considerable SPAR
ring between Aldermen Chillingworth
and Lambert the motion was carried by
| vote Of 10 to 8. On the vote to take
| the report Of the committee from the
| table the vote stood in favor and IL
against. The report was left lying on
| the table.
Unanimous consent was given to the
passage of resolution for printing
more copies Of the new charter.
| The aldermen adhered to their former
action in the matter Of putting laun-
dries under police and board Of health
supervision and demanded conference
committee.
| The resolution of the councilmen for
| the appointment of a committee of two
| aldermen and three councilmen to con-
slider the advisability Of the city run
| ming a newspaper came up for concur
| renee. Alderman Unger moved to con-
cur. Alderman Chillingworth with cold
blooded leWty moved that the word ''re-
| porters" be substituted for five mem
| bers of the court of common council.
| Alderman Guernsey gave the quietus to
| the scheme by motion that the reso-
| luton be indefinitely postponed. This
motion took precedence of the other