The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-09

Resolution Tabled-BoaId of Finance
 Accommodation Concerning Advertise
 ing Passed-Bureau of Compensation.
 Councilman H. s. Shepard of the Eleventh ward has evolved a plan which he thinks will solve the problem as to how the city advertising shall be given out. At the meeting of the board of councilmen last night MT. Shepard offered the following motion: "That a committee of five, consisting of three councilmen and two aldermen, be ap- pointed by the mayor to take into con- sideration the practicability and ad- visibility of establishing city newspa- per under the auspices of the city gov- ernment, said committee to report at the next meeting of the court of com- mon council"
 The motion was seconded by Council man Cronan who said: 'I think that is a good idea. It would give some of our patriotic papers a chance to give to the committee some valuable information"
 Councilman Shepard speaking of his motion said: ''If a city paper was started in a months time 1t would be the most popular paper in New Haven and would be a source of revenue to the city"
 Councilman Porter-'T think there is a good deal of truth in what the gen. tIeman has said. I was told some time ago that the newspapers of the city had agreed at a conference held by their managers to charge the city $1.20 per inch for advertising. think that is too much.'
 Councilman Isbell moved that debate on the motion be stopped and it was so voted. The question was then put on MT. Shepard's motion, which was pass ed without opposition.
 The mayors message concerning city advertising and the recommendation from the board of finance that an or der be passed directing she city clerk to secure bids for newspaper advertis- ing and that contracts for city advertis- ing be awarded to one morning and one evening newspaper prirted in English,> was brought up before the councilmanio board.s The message was placed on file. Councilman Isbell moved the adoption of the recommendation ana the passage of the order. Councilman Fuller called for an aye and nay vote. It was then that Councilman Shepard first spoke of his idea of having the city advertising printed in paper conducted by the city government. He said: "The way to do is to establish a paper of our own and do our own printing. In a months time it would be the most pop ular paper in the city and would be a source of revenue. shall move later for the appointment of such commit tee to see to the establishment of such paper.'
 It was later in the meeting, just be- fore the close, that MT. Shepard offered his motion.
 Captain Dove in answer to MT. Shep- ard said: Tt seems to me that some of these gentlemen who favor the estab- lishment of a city paper ought to offer their services to conduct it. I under stand that the papers had agreed to submit lower rates before this resolu-
 
 of finance and furthermore that some papers have submitted rates lower than ever before, but the board of finance was not satisfied even with the rates offered and thought that by the pass, age of this resolution even lower rates might be secured"
 An aye and nay vote was then taken on the recommendation of the board of finance and resulted in It's passage by a unanimous vote.
 The mayors message accompanying his veto of the street hardening resolu- tion was read and Councilman Brown moved that the board of councilmen concur with the aldermen in passing the order over the mayors veto. Councilman White said: "The action of the aldermen did not override the veto. The original order as vetoed by 1 the mayor provided that the contracts for street hardening should be let by November 1, 1897; the order passed by. the aldermen the other night, when they attempted to pass over the nlay- or's veto, provided that the contracts should be awarded by November 20, 1897, thereby extending the time twenty days. Now, that was new business, and as such must receive the signature of the mayor The aldermen in their haste added on to the order another matter, made it new business and threw it back into the hands of the mayor. I move that the matter be laid on the table,
 | Mir. Whites motion was carried by & vote of 16 to 8.
 The recommendation from the board of finance that $500 be transferred from unexpended balances in other accounts | to the advertising account, in order that the gorgeous bills for advertising street sprinkling assessments might be paid, was taken up. This recommenda- tion failed to pass the board of alder men. not receiving the five-sixths vote necessary for its passage. Councilman Isbell moved to adopt. ] Councilman Brown moved to table for printing, but his motion was lost. Al vote was then taken on Mir. Isbell's mo- tion and it resulted in vote of F for | to against, the motion thereby failing | to pass, as the vote was not five-sixths l in favor.
 1 A communication from the board of | finance recommending that the trans- | fer of $729 80 in the department of pub-