The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-03-17
BOROUGH LINE EXTENSION
FAIR HAVEN EAST W1INTS MORE OF
THE FIFTEENTH WARD.

The Bill Opposed by Several Citizens OF
That Ward Before the Committee on
Cities and Boroughs Yestcrday-F. L.
Averill Favored the Proposed Amend
mcnt of the Borough Chartcr-Othcr
Com mittee Hearings.
The only matter before the commit
tee on cities and boroughs at Hartford
yesterday was the bill for amendment
Of the borough of Fair Haven East.
The borough at present includes the
Fourteenth ward and part of the Fiji
tenth, and the object Of the bill is to
extend the borough lines as to take In
another strip of the Fifteenth ward.
The bill was drawn by Warden Bald
win Of the borough. N. w. Kendall,
president of the Quinnipiac Brewing
company, was the first one to be heard
on the matter by the committee yester-
day. Mr. Kendall lives in the Fifteenth
ward and the plant which the COM
pany conducts is also located in the
the passage of the proposed bill, and
said that there was every reason why
the committee should report upon 1t
unfavorably, while not an argument
could be advanced in favor of the
project He said that instead of eX-
tending the borough lines to include
more of the Fifteenth ward, the clti-
zens of that portion of the ward al
ready within the borough would like
to be relieved of the borough taxation
and would like to have the borough
lines contracted. He asked that the
committee report in favor of setting
back the borough line so as to include
only the Fourteenth ward. Others who
appeared to oppose the bill were Rep
resentative Forbes, James M. Town
send and George D. Watrous.
Frederick l.. Averill of this city ap-
peared in favor Of the bill He said
that he represented Warden Baldwin,
who could not be present. He said that
he did not know exactly the reason
why it was desired to extend the
borough lines He asked that the hear
ing be postponed until Mr.. Baldwin
and others who favor the bill could
be heard Mr.. Kendall said that the
attorney of the originator of the bill
did not appear to know what Mr.. Bald
win wanted The hearing had been
bulletined and those favoring it should
be present Mr.. Averll denied that he
appeared as attorney for Mr. Baldwin.
George D. Watrous hoped the COM
mittee would not further complicate
matters in New Haven. He said two
years ago charter was given to the
city, and it had in many respects prov
ed an admirable one. He though that
any jumping of the borough over into
the ward lines would badly complicate
matters. Mr.. Averill said that the bill
meant that the people of the borough
wanted the borough lines either extern
ded or contracted.
He said that one side of certain
streets were in the borough, while the
other side was outside of the borough.
On these streets there are electric
lights, of which the people on one side
of the street got the benefit without
paying for them, and on that account
he said that the borough lines should
either be extended so that the people
getting benefit of the lights should help
pay for them, or else the borough lines
should be contracted so that the peo-
pie on those streets should not get any
thing which they did not pay for
In answer to question Of Mr. Forbes
Mr.. Averill said that he would be sat
isfied if the borough line was con-
tracted to the line Of the Fourteenth
hot h.
tenth ward people getting something
which they did not pay for.
Ex-senator Dwight Tuttle spoke in
opposition to the amendment. Mr.
Kendall said that If the borough line
was put back to the line of the Four
tenth ward, no light of the borough
would shine in the Fifteenth ward.
The committee decided to hold fur
her hearing on the matter next Thurs
lay afternoon.
Counclmen Anderson and MinniX,
representing the board of counclmen,
and Alderman Chillngworth, represent
ng the board of aldermen, were at the
capitol to look out for New Haven in
erests and were present at the hearing
~ the cities and boroughs committee,
JuL udu IOlulIS " say III ISSdlu W tHo
borough bill At the close of that hear
ng they attended the hearing held by
he judiciary committee. Three bills in
which the city Of New Haven is inter-
sted were scheduled for hearings before
hat committee. They We're: The bill
the construction Of wharves
n tide waters, the bill drawn up by
he New Haven harbor commissioners
or the establishment of harbor lines,
md the bill concerning the harbor com
nissioners There 10 also bill for the
Of ha-bor lines, favored
" the court Of common council. differ
ne materially from that recommended |
" TIVE h rDor commissioners, and the
judiciary committee, at the request of
he representatives Of the common coun-
ii pos tpolied the hearing on the TWO |
ills until another date to be decided |
lpon later George B. Martin of the
.arbcr commission appeared yesterday |!
O advocate the recommendation Of the |
of the harbor commission bill. |
hose who oppose this bill allage that 1t |
viii give the harnor commissioners |
ower to give away valuable wharf
privileges.
The committee on cities and boroughs
yill to-day hold a hearing on the bill
onccrning permanent pevements in
Jew Haven and also on the bill against
mendinS the city charter regarding