The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-06

lieve that they would individually ac- | cept $10,000 worth of coal, as has been | done in this case, and under the cir cumstances, and therefore recommend the passage of the order reported by | the committee"
 | The motion for printing was then pass cd. Soon after, however, Alderman Hogan called the attention of the board to the fact that if it was deS.t l to tahe the matter to the legislature, immedl- ate action must be taken by the com mon council. He therefore moved to re- consider the previous action and accept 1 the report and adopt the rccomrnenda- ton. The motion was passed unari- mously.
 The board of finance last night sub mitted to the aldermen it's estimates of the moneys to be appropriated for the expense of the city and of the rate of taxation to meet the same for the year 1S99 The board further reported that 1t had levied for school purposes tax of 5 mills upon all property within the city school district and exclusive of this tax tax of IS mills upon the polls and ratable estate within the limits of wards one to twelve inclusi 'a, making the total rate of the full city tax IS mills. A tax of four mills has been laid upon the polls and ratabla estate in the Thirteenth to the Fifteenth wards inclu- sive.It is estimated that the tax will not only meet the expenses of the year 1899 but also provide for the payment of $15,C00 sewerage bonds maturing in 1899, for the payment of $5,0O0 to the ' y,nr on,,+ r;%,J I and also allow $2O,0O0 to be applied on other city indebtedness, making total of $40,000 to be used for the reduction of the outstanding debt.
 The amounts asked for by the differ ent departments and the amounts al- lowed by the board of finance are as follows:
 Public works-Asked for, $236, ,8S6.15; | allowed, $160510.
 Public works, sewers-Asked for $50,- 900; allowed $50,O00.
 Fire--Asked for $165, ,052.4O; allowed s13O15O.
 Police-Asked for, $1s9, ,1S631; allowed, s7O1491.
 Lamps-Asked for, $s6,s4s; allowed, $79,227.2O.
 Health-Asked for, $1e,64s; allowed, s14,OO0.
 Board of ssessors--Asked for, $14,- 375; allowed, s13,12O.
 Education-Asked for, $5S37S5; allow ed, $sS3, S65.
 Parks-Asked for, s1s,ooo; allowed, l $16,0OO.
 Library-Asked for, s17,5oo; allowed $14,OOe.
 Collector--Asked for, s14.1os.s5; allow ed, $965S.35.
 Board of Relief-Asked for, $905; allow ed, s9OO.
 l Corporation Counsel-Asked for, $5,- 600 allowed, $5,100.
 l Charities and Correction-Asked for, $S5, coo; allowed, $S3,S4o.
 Town Clerk-Asked for, $10,994; al- lowed, $9,576.
 Registrar Vital Statistics-Asked for, SPAS; allowed, $4,4O0. I Sundry--Asked for, $3ss.744.36; allow I ed, s339, ,422.19.
 Total-Asked for, slsse,sso.57; allow ed, $1,500,2 ,283.05.
 The report of the board of finance was referred to joint committee to consist of three aldermen and three councilmen, and Aldermen Chilling worth, Corcoran and Shepard were ap- pointed members of that committed I The special committe, to which was l referred the matter of providing for the care of contagious diseases, reported that the general hospital society had offer ed to enter into a three years contract with the city to care for cases of such diseases, and to erect proper buildings on the New Haven hospital grounds to accommodate thirty-two patients at a cost to the city of $2,250 per year, and S250 per day for each patient. The committee made no recommendation, and its report was placed on file. On motion of Alderman Brennan of the Third ward the city clerk was directed to notify the general hospital society that its offer had not been accepted.
 The petition from the members of the fire department asking for an amend ment of the charter whereby salaries in the department would be fixed, was next taken up. Alderman Brennan of the Fourth ward moved to postpone in definitely, the motion being seconded by Alderman Shepard This motion, which was an amendment to a motion by Alderman Pickett, to refer to the : committee on legislation, was lost, and the motion to refer to the committee was then passed Aldermen Brennan of the Fourth ward and Shepard spoke in opposition to the petition and Alder men Pickett and Corcoran spoke In favor of it. The report of the commit tee recommending the indefinite post ponement of action fixing the salary of building inspector was adopted. On motion of Alderman Donovan of the Ninth ward the position of Alder man Dewell, as member of the spec ial tax committee was declared vacant, and Alderman Thomas Brennan of the Fourth ward was appointed to fill the vacancy Alderman Dewell is now in Europe and there Is considerable amount of business before the commit- , tee which cannot be transacted unless the entire committee, which consists of three members, is present Hence the vote as to Alderman Dewell. The board adjourned to meet again Friday evening, December 16. : TO ENLARGE ITS BUILDING.