The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-01-04
MEETING OF THE ALDERMEN
SOME MINOR MATTERS OF LEGISL1-
TION ACTED UPON.
proposed Charter Amendments Acted
Upon-Firemen's Petition Ruled Out
OF Order by the Chair--Taxes Abated.

Upon-FiremeM's Petition Ruled Out
of Order by the Chair-Taxes Abated.
The meeting Of the board of aldermen
last evening was presided over by AL
derman Cooley.
A communication from the mayor rec
ommending that the court of common
council instruct the corporation counsel
as to its wishes in regard to the petit
tons of several corporations for fran
chlses to build new or make extensions
of present street car lines, was referred
to the committee on legislation.
The mayors veto of an order for an
electric light at the corner of Adeline
and Barclay streets was received and
referred.
Petitions from the police commission
ers to purchase new signal boxes and
lights and new switchboards at the
central and Grand avenue stations
without advertising We're referred back
TO the commissioners with power to act
by an unanimous vote.
The report of the board of public
works as to the completion of the work
of hardening Dixwell avenue and Wall
street were received and placed on file.
The following abatement of taxes
were recommended and adopted:
Horatio M. Lane, abated $l4S.
Ellen j. and Mary Callahan, abated
$40.
F. Hotchkiss, abated $114.14
Ellen C. Dennis, abated $305.27
Mary and Michael Moran, pay $50,
abated $4S.17.
Estate of Michael Reynolds, abated
90 per cent.
Mary A. Ward, abated so per cent.
The following petitioners for abate-
ment of taxes were given leave to with
draw William P. Gardner, Rufus Fl.
Pickett, c. Il. and Mary L. Clinton, An
ME Cochrane. Maria Taylor and Oliver
Kelly
The firemen's petition was before the
board, but the chair ruled that 1t was
improperly SO, inasmuch as the council
men have it yet under consideration.
A motion to reconsider the former ac-
ton of the board on the petition was
also ruled out of order by the chair for
the same reason as above.
The legislative committee adversely
reported on petitions that charter be
changed so that polling places should
be selected by the court of common
council instead of the police commits
sioners and that transfers might be
made in the various boards by a five
sixth vote The petitioners were given
leave to withdraw, The legislative COM
mittee also reported adversely on
proposed charter change that the court
of common council be given the same
time to consider appropriations for the
year as the board of finance. An
amendment by Alderman Chillingworth
that the board Of finance submit their
estimates for the years appropriations
on December / Or 2 and the court of
common council be given the entire
was carried and the report accepted
with this amendment. The legislative
committee also reported favoraby
proposed charter enactment for paying
the city's indebtedness and the report
was accepted and the recommendation
adopted. The plan proposes the forma-
ton of a sinking fund by a special tax
of 1-2 and 1 mill each year. the man
agement of the sinking fund being in
the hands of a commission of six bank
ers appointed by the mayor
The recommendation Of the commit
tee on squares that Union street, be-
tween Chapel and Wooster streets, be
set apart for a market, was referred to
the committee on ordinances.