The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-07
NEW PLAN OF ASSESSMENT
THE MAYOR PROPOSES AN AMEND
 MENT TO THE NETY CHARTER.

An Act Making the Assessment for Street
 Paving 75 Cents Per Foot-AIdermen
 Referred Matter to Committee on
 LegisIation-Anthon Carroll Wants
 Civil Service and Pensions Abolish ed
 -Benefits Assessed on Street Railroad. transacted a large amount of routine business. A communication was re- ceived from Mayor Farnsworth recom- mending that action be taken looking to the passage by the next legislature of an act to provide for uniform as- sessments for street paving. A draft of an act accompanied the communica- tion. The proposed act provides that abutting property owners on pavement be assessed seventy-five cents per foot and the remainder of the cost of ;he pavement to be paid by the city. It further provides that if street rail- road passes through the street so paw ed, the railroad company shall reim- purse the city for the cost of every foot in length by nine feet in width for each line of track including turn outs, in the length of such pavement.
 The act further provides that all pavement laid since July 1, 1896, except such as was laid as hardening" shall be subject to this provision and that all money paid to the city under prior assessments be refunded by the city to parties who paid it, and money for assessments paid under the pro- visions of this act shall constitute paving fund to be used by the city to pay for all kinds of pavements that has been laid since July 1, 1896, except hardening" and all shall be used for such purposes and for no other pur- pose whatsoever. This act is intended as an amendment to the present city charter. The matter was referred to the committee on legislation.
 Corporation Counsel Ely rendered an opinion on the legality of the assess ment of benefits on the Fair Haven and Westville Railroad company for the building of the bridge over the steam railroad tracks on East Chapel street. The corporation counsel in his opinion holds that the assessment on tracks and franchise is legal and that the road may be assessed, if it was benefited. He says that the only question which arises is as to whether or not there was a benefit to the street railroad and this is to be determined by the court of common council The street committee had recommended the adoption of the report of the bureau of compensation, which included no as sessment on the Fair Haven and Vest vile road Alderman Pickett amended to assess $1,000 on the road. This was at the August meeting of the aldermen, and at that time it was decided to table the matter until an opinion had been received. After the reading of the opinion last night the amendment was taken from the table and adopted and the amended order passed.
 The street committee recommended that Temple street, through the green be paved with Sicilian asphalt. A motion to refer the matter back to the committee aroused considerable de- bate, and Chairman Hogan of the street committee said that when the matter was first considered in commit tee meeting, the committee decided to report in favor of Silician asphalt, no representative of any asphalt com pany having appeared before the com- mittee, however the Siciian being fa- vored because it was thought to be the best kind and that the best should be laid on Temple street, a central and very conspicuous street.
 A petition signed by a number of citizens was received last night pro- testing against the use of any kind of asphalt, and this remonstrance, togeth- CT with the committee report, was laid upon the table for one month.
 A communication was received from the board of police commissioners and the superintendent of police asking that a market place be established in the square formed by the junction of George and Meadow streets and Con- sress avenue, a market place where farmers may assemble to sell their produce. The matter was referred to the committee on squares.
 The following transfers of money in departments were voted, having been recommended by the board of finance: S125 in the department of charities and correction; $2,500 in the department of public works; $900 in the fire depart ment, and $275 in the lamp department.
 The resolution offered by Alderman Corcoran at the previous meeting, and tabled for printing, as to the meaning of the term repairing and hardening" 7" was referred to the committee on streets.
 On request by the lamp committee the name Cherry Ann street, in an or der for the placing of a lamp, was changed to read Pond street, the lamp committee having found that the Cher ry Ann street location was fifteen feet outside the city line.
 An order was passed directing the city engineer to prepare a. layout for the new Derby avenue bridge over West river, and the resolution appro- priating $10,O00 from the proceeds of the sale of bridge bonds for this bridge was adopted as was also like resolu- tion appropris.ting $20,O0O for the Will low street bridge over Mill river.
 A resolution presented by Councilman Shade providing for the raising of mon- ey to buy proper supplies for the sick
 ;,, 4I,a nif woe 1dn fn1