The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-03-18

stores at on cents per package. HlHlo 10
! the street. He held that the new pave
| ment was simply a substitute or re-
pair, and said that the court had held
that there could be no assessment for
requirement. He said that the new
pavement was virtually laid in lieu of
maintenance of the former pavement,
which was torn up. He said that this
bill, If passed, would provide for anoth-
er assessment on the Wooster street
property owners.
| Anthony Carroll spoke in opposition
to the bill. He said that there had
| been trouble over the pavements since
1868 He said that some of those favor
ing this bill were among those who
| favored the adoption of the new char
ter. He said it was claimed that the
pavement was bad for the eyes, and he
did not know how many diseases were
attached to it. He said: 1.-The only OBJ
lection to the pavement is that certain
people didn't get the kind Of pavement
| laid which they wanted. Those pave
ments were laid against the wishes of
the rest of the city, and this isn't the
las tiiiiC liloI SoliiS PCcPiC navy u iCd
to get other people to pay their bills
The fact is right here. / believe that
whenever a permanent pavement Is laid
in New Haven it should be paid for
by the owners Of property on that
street The only bill to pass which
would be fair to all should embody this
principle.
Pavements are not like sewers; there
is no comparison between the two.
These lawyers have the court to go to,
but they don't do It, They come to you
to help them out of paying their just
dues. The people on these streets
where the pavements are, all had fair
hearing except the residents on Ash
nun street. The mayor Is Interested
in being relieved from assessments be
cause he has property on Ashmun
street.
Alderman Donovan opposed the bill
for one reason, he said, because the act
of 1895 is claimed by nine out of ten
of the lawyers interested to be an IL
legal measure. He said: IF it is, 1t
means that the Legislature and the cor
poration counsel have cost the city
more than 100000. The property own
ers knew the provisions of the bill I'M
der which the pavements were laid
They were all heard, and they said we
want it, we want it, and now they
don't want to pay for 1t, although they
knew the provision of the bill in that
respect when they asked to have the
pavements laid. These pavements
have benefited property on the streets
where they were laid, and these pave
ments caused an increase in the value
OF the properties in front of which they
were laid. I don't see why they
shouldn't pay the assessment which
they agreed to pay when they asked
to have these pavements laid"
Mr.. Ely thought that there was no
ned to go into the history of the pave
ments in New Haven. He also said that
people wanted asphalt and the board
of public works therefore laid asphalt.
and now the people are dissatisfied with
it. He said a majority of the people on
Chapel street had favored the asphalt
pavement. But he said that all the act
was for was to clear up the whole bust |
ness and make the assessment fair. Cur
courts in this state have said that per-
pavements do benefit property |
and are good ground for assessment No |
matter whether the other law is consti-
tutional or not, whether Chapel street |
residents like asphalt or not, let the city /
of New Haven get something for what !
1t has expended, fair portion.
Mr.. Chase said that some Chapel
street residents favored brick and some
advocated asphalt but that'no one there
Sicilian rock asphalt. Final
ly there was so much talk that hall |
was hired and meeting held and that
meeting decided in favor of asphalt.
But the board of pubic works put down
another kind of asphalt, different from
the kind which the residents of the
emit pavement had driven all teams off
The street and had invited bicycles and
caused all kinds of disturbances mag
nable. He said that no other part of
the city deserved so much considera-
ion from the committee in 80 far as the
part of the bill was con-
,erned as did West Chapel street.
Alderman Donovan asked If he did not
value his property at 1000 more now
han he did before the pavement was
aid. MI Chase replied that he did not
20 value it, but would sell it for $500
ess than he would have sold it for be-
ore the pavement was laid
Next Wednesday afternoon the bill
or amendment of the city charter re-
,arding salaries in the fire department
will come up for hearing before the
.onmittee On cities and borouphS