The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-27
FEAST or OUNUTLMEN.
Their Annual Banquet at Human
House Last Night.


| House Last Night.
The councilmen of the board of 1S9S-99
| which retires from office next Wednes
| day held their last meeting of the year
| last night and unlike the previous meet
| ings of the board that OF, last night was
not disturbed by motions, amendments,
points, of order or any of those things
which usually occupy the time of coun-
cilmanic meetings. The only points dis
cussed last night were blue points and
the discussion was about the banquet
board at Swift's Hinman house, Savn
Rock the occasion being the annual
banquet of the lower house of the COM
mon council. The affair was in every
way big success and was pronounced
by all present fitting wind-up of the
year foi the '9S-99 board.
The party numbered about forty, of
whom thirty-five We're councilmen, the
rest of the party being guests, these
latter including Mayor Farnsworth, As
sistant City Clerk Martin and City
Sheriff Bunce. The party took spe-
cial car at the Green at o'clock the
car having been hired for the occasion
from the Winchester Avenue Railroad
company A quick trip was made to
the Rock. Arrived at the Hinman
House, an hour was spent in social
way, some of the alleged musical mem
bers of the party doing stunts on the
piano.
Shortly after o'clock the company
sat down to one of the finest dinners
ever served at Savin Rock, dinner
which showed that the board had done
well in choosing for its committee Of
arrangements Messrs. Frank b. Harris,
George f. Hall and Charles II. Hahn.
These gentlemen had exerted them
selves to arrange for their colleagues
the best dinner possible and they We're
very successful in their endeavor.
After the menu had been gone
through with Toastmaster Charles |.
Anderson, ~ president of the retiring
board, rose and called upon Mayor
Farnsworth for a speech. The mayor
responded in few well chosen re-
marks and was roundly applauded. As
of regret from Mayor -elect Driscoll and
was then called upon for speech, dur
ing the course of which he said that he
had noticed that during the past year
party lines had disappeared in the
board of councilmen and that the best
interests of the city had been the mo-
tive that actuated the members of the
board,
The feature of the evening was the
history of the board by Councilman J.
J. Wash of the Tenth ward, the ,iistor-
an.
Before adjourning votes of thanks
We're rendered to the president of the
board, Mr.. Anderson, for his impartial
presiding over the deliberations of the
board, the assistant city clerk, Mr..
Martin, for his efficient services; to
City Sheriff Bunce and to Janitor w. A.
Schappa of the city hall.who has been
very accommodating to both boards of
the common council during the past
year Mr.. Schappa was not present al
though he was expected and the presi-
dent of the board was directed to COM
to him the regrets of the men,
bers that he was not present. Mayor
Farnsworth and President Anderson
were appointed a committee to confer
with President Norris of the retiring
board of aldermen relative to the for
nation of a municipal association of
New Haven. The evening was much
enlivened by the singing of Councilman
Curtin of the Seventh ward.