The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-04-11
THE BOARD OF COUNCILMEN
THE COMMITTEE ON R4ILROAD
 AND BRIDGES IGNORED.

Avenue-Potition for Paving of East Chapel Street With BricIs-Resolution for Repairing Several Streets With Crushed Stone.
 At the meeting of the board of coun- cilmen held last night very little new business was taken up and the greater part of the session was devoted to &C., tion upon matters which have already been before the aldermen. The petition of the Fair Haven and Westville Rail- road company for permission to lay double tracks through Whitney avenue, where there is now a single track, aroused considerable discussion. The aldermen at their last meeting voted to refer the petition to the committee on railroads and bridges. When it was read last night Councilman Hall asked who the petitioners were, and was in formed by the assistant city clerk that the petition was signed by President Parmelee of the Fair Haven and West vile road.
 Councilman J. J. Walsh moved that the matter be referred to special com mittee of two aldermen and three coun- cilmen.
 Councilman Conlin of the committee on railroads and bridges objected to this, saying that he thought that the petition should properly go to his com- mittee, which, he thought, could han dle the matter as well as a special com mittee He said that he should consid- ipc, fo nnp1ro1ittPp if the petition was referred to a special com mittee.
 Councilmen Maley and Spreyer also favored sending the matter to the rail- roads and bridges committee. Coun- cilman Hall thought that it should go to a special committee which has had no dealings with the railroad company" He also thought that no further privi- leges should be granted to the company until schedule of more cars on the Fdgewood avenue line, already petition ed for, was granted by the company.
 Councilman Rice of the Ninth ward moved that the petition be laid on the table, but his motion was lost by vote of 13 to 10.
 Councilman Chadwick of the Ninth ward moved to indefinitely postpone, put ms n1OtlOH WdS lOl SeCuluCu' IL was then voted to concur with the al dermen in referring the petition to the committee on railroads and bridges. Later in the meeting, however, Council man Maroney moved to reconsider and Councilman J. J. Walsh amended to postponed reconsideration for one month, and the motion so amended was passed.
 The councilmen concurred with the aldermen in referring to the building committee the petition of s. z. Poli for permission to erect theater, and in re- ferring to the committee on ordinances the petition of the Massachusetts Tele- phone company for permission to erect poles and wires and lay conduits in New Haven
 The report of the special committee on the disposal of sewage at Sprinsside farm, already published in the Journal and Courier, was adopted and the order passed
 A petition was received, signed by about twenty-five residents and prop erty owners on East Chapel street, ask ing that the street mentioned he paved with brick. The petition was referred to the street committee.
 A petition of the Fair Haven and westville RaiIrcnd company for permis- sion to extend the tracks on Derby ave- nue to the town line was referred to the committee on railroads and bridges.
 Councilman Hogan offered resolu- ton providing that the director Of pup lie works cause Humphrey, Bishop, Ed wards and Lawrence streets to be paw ed with crushed stone on or before June i next. The resolution was referred to the street committee.
 Councilman Schmidt of the Fifth ward presented a resolution ordering the street committee to report upon the petition of August Resinger for the re- moval of the street railroad tracks on George street, between Church and State streets. Mir. Schmidt explained that the tracks were not removed and said that they were nuisance, lie called attention to the fact that the pe- tition for their removal was referred to the street committee about two months ago and thought that 1t was time that the matter had been reported upon.
 Councilman Wallace of the street committee said that the committee had held a nearing on the petition, and that at that hearing representative or the street railroad company had appeared and promised that the street between the tracks would be repaired by the company at once. Mir Wallace stated that in consideration Of this promise the committee had deferred making report upon the petition.
 Councilman Baldwin of the First ward said that it was time that some- thing was done to prevent the railroad company from monopolizinG all the streets Of the city by unused tracks
 Councilman Hall moved to amend the resolution by directing that the com- mittee report at the next meeting or the councimen. Councilman Baldwin moved to amend so as to include in- struction to the committee to take ac- ton towards having the unused tracks on George street, between College and Church street, removed. Both amend ments were adopted and the resolution as amended was passed
 Disagreeing action by the aldermen in regard to the claim of Anthony car roll was reported and Councilmen Hall, Bohn and Romain were appointed mem hers of a committee of conference on the matter
 .Councilmen Baldwin Maley anu Min