The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-10-29
Il HEARING TO PLUMBERS,
Given Last Night by Committee on Re-
vision of Ordinances


The committee on revision of ordi-
nances met last evening in rooms 10
and II city hall to hold a hearing on the
amendment to section $40 of the revised
ordinances proposed by the plumbers
of the city. At the last meeting of the
aldermen, through the efforts of Alder
man Rourke it was voted to ask the
committee on ordinance revision to hold
special hearing on the section men
toned above.
The plumbers object chiefly to the
provisions of paragraph of section $40.
This paragraph of the revised ordi-
nances provides that fixed sums shall
be paid by applicants for licenses to
open unpaved streets to make sewer or
other pipe connections. The paragraph
specifies the amounts to be paid for q
license to open streets unpaved and
those paved with various kinds of pave
ment.
Paragraph Of the same section pro-
vides that all excavations made in the
roadway between the curb of any street
is to be filled by the director of public
works.
Last nights hearing was largely at
tended, nearly every plumbing estab-
lshment in the city being represented.
Those who appeared were Alderman
Henry H. Guernsey, Alderman Rourke,
Alderman Corcoran, Mr.. Clerkin, S. E.
Dibble, T. A. Potter, c. Il. Coe, +. A.
Carleton, Mr.. Routh, j. ]. Sullivan, T.
w. Corbett, A. B. Sproul, G. V. Neu-
atS,,.
Cowles, Daniel T. Kelly, Contractor
Frank Brazos, ]. A. Campbell, John B.
Began and Plumbing Inspector FL
bridge.
The plumbers objected especially to
that paragraph which provides that all
excavations in the streets shall be filled
by the director of public works, They
claim that they can do the work better
than it can be done by the city. 1t was
alleged that when the city laborers
make excavations they are not so well
filled as the those excavations made by
| the plumbers.
| Mr. Wolf Of the committee said when
this charge was made: Il have nc
doubt that the corporation does more
harm to the streets than any one else
| The plumbers offered an amendment
to section $40, but it is probable that
the committee Will refuse to recommend
it to the common council In that
event it is said that the plumbers will
prevent the adoption of the ordinances
| The amendment to paragraphs 3, 4,
and of section 340 offered last night,
was as follows;
| Section 3-Before any contractor, COM
| pany or person shall open any street, or
make any excavation in any street or side
| walk, for the purposes named in Section
2, such company, corporation or person
shall procure from the director Of public
works, license and permit therefor, and
shall pay to the collector ec1 5 for Gl snch permit
to the collector at the time the application
is made, and such applicant shall not mere
after be liable for any other sums for
| opening a street or retilling the same, eX-
cept as is hereinafter provided for connec-
tions with the said Park and George streets
sewer, and the York and Oak streets
sewer
In any street shall be under the direction
and superintendence of an inspector by the
director of public works, and NIL permanent
pavements that have concrete or cement
| foundation, after it has been refilled by the
contractor shall be restored to its former
condition under the direction Of the direc.
tor of public works and at the expense of
the contractor by whose order the excava
tion was made.
Section 5-No person or corporation shall
refill any opening or excavation in the road.
way between the curb lines Of any street
made under any such license except under
the supervision Of the director of public
| works.
Section 7-All permanent p0vements that
have a cement or concrete foundation shall
be put down by the department of public
works. but the expense of restoring such
pavement to its original condition shall he
| paid by the contractor under whose direc
l tio,, lo nll