The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-07-18
MAYORS VETO IS SUSTAINED
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call horse an apparatus. He said he
thought the best way would be to adj
here with an explanation of what was
meant by apparatus No one seemed
to know what was meant by >the word
and Chairman c. F. Brennan of the
special committee was called upon to
explain Mr.. Brennan said that 1t was
left open to the city officials to inter
pref what was meant by apparatus. +"
If the mayor thought 1t advisable to
buy both carts and horses he could do
so, or if he thought it best to purchase
carts only he could do that. 1t was left
open to him and the director of public
works. So far as he was concerned it
meant to him everything needed to do
the street sprinkling. The opinion of a
majority Of the committee was, how
ever, that apparatus should mean
carts and harness only.
Alderman Beecher asked Alderman
Chillingworth, member of the special
committee, if he had held any CONVEX
sation with the mayor in regard to the
matter. Mr.. Chillingworth said that he
had not.
Alderman Beecher-"Was the order
drawn so that the mayor would have an
excuse for vetoing it?"
IS Alderman Chillingworth-"It was not
That order was drawn in good faith"
Alderman Beecher-"Well guess that
is about all that has been in good faith
around hare during the last two
months
Mr.. Chillngworth then stated that the
terms of the orders as reported and rec
ommended by the committee were left
broad SO that the city officials would
not be tied down, but would be given
some discretion as to what should be
purchased. He said that this was eX-
plained to the mayor, but that the
mayor sent the communication concern
ing the matter Notwithstanding.
Alderman Shepard again was bothered
about the question as to whether or not
a horse was an apparatus and turning
to Mr.. Chillingworth said: DO you
think horse is an apparatus"
without even pausing to think over
the weighty matter the senior alderman
from the Tenth sagely replied, well,
think that would depend"
Alderman Hall then made a speech, in
which he said that he did not think that
the word apparatus" referred to any
animate thing, but that it referred to in
animate things. It was evident, how
ever, that the word was ambiguous ana
ought to be explained. He moved, there
fore, as an amendment to the pending
motion that the matter be referred back
In the committee "to investigate and eX-
pain' and report Immediately. The
chair ruled the amendment out of or
der.
Alderman Hall stated that the mem
hers Of the committee did not know
what an apparatus was. On this Al
Herman c. F. Brennan took issue He
thought that apparatus referred TO eV-
erything needed in connection with the
work to be done. He asked why some
of the members who now objected to the |
wording of the order did not rise and |
INFECT when the order first came up for |
action. If the committee had erred the |
members of the board had erred also
TIC thought that the only way out OF I,
tbe middle was to sustain the mayors |
veto.
Alderman Beecher said that he was
Uerv sorry to hear the alderman from |
the Third &C. F. Brennam go back on
the order which he had helped to draw
I'm. He said: you know, Mr.. Presi-
dent as we'll as I do that 60 per cent.
of the people in the city want sprinkltng
dome nv the city Why are these little |
noints raised here to defeat their wish
es9 There is a deal on. Why do these
men who drew the order go back on 1t
now? The men here ought to stand by
their former action and not fali III with
the mayors bubbles,
Alderman Donovan-"If we override
Yha MAYORS veto, it means saving OF
a least $4,000 to the city"
Alderman Williams moved that the