The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-22


 board of finance, to transfer $4, 200 from several other departments to the board of public works, to be expended in the repair of streets
 Voted, That the report of the com mittee on sewage at the Springside home be referred to special commit tee of two aldermen and three council men. Aldermen Chillingworth and Root were appointed on the committee.
 The matter of a bridge over West riv- CT on Derby avenue came up on a mo- ton that a temporary bridge be con- structed while the new bridge is being built, the object being that there should be no interference with the travel to Yale field. The motion was lost on it's being stated that the committee on rail- roads and bridges had limited the time for the construction of the bridge to April l. 1899.
 The recommendation of the commit tee on railroads and bridges that the petition of the Fair Haven and West vile Street Railroad company for per- mission to lay curved tracks on the cor ners of State street and Grand avenue, Grand avenue and Ferry street and Ferry street and Chapel street be grant, ed was passed. The Fair Haven and Westvile company desires to connect it's old tracks at these points with those of the New Haven Street Railway com pany, recently incorporated into its sys- tenn.
 A recommendation from Controller Brown that the city officials be given authority to borrow money to meet ac- cruing bills for the construction of Mill river bridge on Chapel street was adopted, MT. Brown explaining to the board that in his opinion $6,000 or $S,0oO could be saved to the city if the first expenses of the construction of the bridge were met in this way rather than by the immediate issue of the 1 s290. .ooO bonds authorized for the con- struction of the Mill river bridge and ] other bridges. The Mill river bridge ! will cost about $150,000, but the great ! bulk of this amount will not be needed 1 for several months, and the city woulo | lose by issuing bonds for the amount at this time. At present S2,000 is due the bridge company which has the con 1 tract for the bridge.
 The board non-concurred with the l councilmen in the indefinite postpone | ment of the time for the payment o1 1 assessments for the payements on Ash l nun, Chapel, Wooster and Orange l streets, and referred the whole matter ] to a special committee of two aldermen l and three councilmen, the committee tt i report at the next meeting. Aldermen | Cooley and Hogan were appointed or | the committee and also to constitute z | conference committee.
 1 Unanimous consent was given to con | slider a request that immediate actioI be taken to purchase to certain lots tt add to Beaver Pond park, and Alder 1 men Lambert and Stahl were appoint ed on a special committee to look into the matter.
 The board concurred with the council men in passing a resolution that three | citizens be appointed as custodians O 1 the Beaver Pond park lands until sucl time as the land shall be handed over t, | the park commissioners.
 Unanimous consent was given to tn l consideration of a resolution that tn Willow street bridge be completed be fore July 1, 1898, and the resolution wa passed.
 A resolution was also passed askin,