The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-07-11

city clerk to go to Hartford ana secure
copies of the recently passed amend
ments to the city charter, The resolu-
ton providing that guard rails and fold
ing footboards be placed on all open
trolley cars in the city was referred to
the committee on railroads and bridges,
Councilman Keane introduced reso-
luton providing fer an ordinance to
provide that no more than two lines OF
car tracks be laid on any street in the
city; that all lines laid hereafter be
laid as near the center of the street as
possible, that where more than one rail-
road company use the same street, the
company having the shorter line of
tracks on the same street shall tear up
those tracks, and be allowed to use the
tracks of the other company on that
street by paying fair compensation Tor
that privilege; and that If any street
railroad company shall not have COM
piled with this requirement by January
/, 1900, then the corporation counsel
shall bring condemnation proceedings
and take proper steps to have the tracks
torn up.
The resolution was referred to the
committee on ordinances.
Councilman Keane introduced another
resolution providing that the corpora
ton counsel be asked to give an opln-
ion as to whether or not street rail-
way company might legally subet its
lines to private companies for use IN
carrying on an express business. Thfs
matter was referred TO the corporation
counsel
A resolution directing that the usu"'
tracks and trolley line appliances on
George street, between College and
State streets, be torn up by September
1, 1899, was referred to the committee
on railroads and bridges, and it was so
voted. The vote was unanimously In
favor of the adoption of the amendment
and the resolution as amended was
adopted.
The following committee appoint
ments were announced: On band con-
certs, Maley, Doohan and Dawson.
On investigation of expenses-Green-
field, e. H. Rowe, Chase, Conlin and
| Rowland.
A resolution for the appointment of
special committee of nine members to
investigate the supervisory system in
the city schools, introduced by Alder
man Staub at the last meeting of the
board Of aldermen and unanimously
adoped by that board came up before
the councilmen, and Councilman Chase
of the Second ward offered an amend
ment providing that a committee of four
| aldermen and five councilmen be APP
pointed instead of a committee of three
aldermen and three councilmen and
| three citizens, as provided for in the
| original resolution. Unanimous consent
| for consideration of the amendment was
given. Councilman Chase said that the
| object of his amendment was to pre-
vent the appointment of any "disgrunt-
led people on the committee. He
| thought that no one else could so ably
! conduct the investigation as could mem
| bers of the common council. Council
man Tyner conceded in this opinion.
| The amendment was passed.
Three communications We're received
| from Anthony Carroll, one alleging that
| Alderman Nicholas p Corcoran of the
Third ward was indirectly violating sec
ton 1856 of the city charter which pro-
vides that no officer or employee of the
citv shall directly or indirectly furnish
| any materials to the city or be directly
| or indirectly employed to do any work
for the city.
| Mr.. Carroll stated in his communica-
| ton that Mr.. Corcoran has a contract
signed under his own name of route
! for the lighting, care and extinguiehing
of the naptha lamps in a certain section
of the city. Mr.. Carroll asked that the
matter be referred 10 the corporation
counsel for an opinion.
| The communication was referred to
| the corporation counsel.
Another communication from Mr. Car
roll referred to the charges made
against him by Alderman c. P. Bren-
nan at a recent meeting of the board of
aldermen. and asked that the matter be
referred to a committee to inquire into
and report on the truth of the charges,
The matter was indefinitely postponed.
In the third communication Mr.. Car
! roll stated that he had been denied the
right to appear before committee OF
the court of common council and that
the board of aldermen had refused to
receive his petitions presented to that
| board for q hearing and that the alder
men take advantage of the privilege
| given them as members of the court OF
| common council to use false and loath-
| some language against him and to
spread. false, fraudulent and dishonest
| statements against his character to the
| public in the chamber of the board, and
then pass votes to put him out of the
chamber by passing orders directing
the city attorney to threaten him with
prosecution for endeavoring to defend
his rights. Mr.. Carroll asked that the
| communication be referred to the cor
poration counsel for an opinion as tc
whether or not the aldermen could pass
any resolution order, or otherwise that
did not have fair hearing given to the
public and as to whether or not the
board of aldermen could pass an order
by going into committee of the whole
and then arising on the same evening
end reporting back to the board.
Consideration of the communication
was indefinitely postponed as it seemed
to be proper business for the aldermen
and not for the councilmen, according
to the wording of the communication.
WALLINGFORD,
The ball game between the New Ha-