The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-15


| postponed in view of action to be taken
| later on the report of the railroad and
bridges committee.
The petition of the special legislation
committee for payment of the expenses
| of it's members was sent up from the
aldermen, who adhered to their previous
action in ordering the bills paid. Coun-
| Gilman Alling moved that a conference
committee be appointed to confer at
once. Permission for the committee to
retire and confer and report at once
was given and Messrs. Maley, Hillman
and Alling were appointed members OF
the committee of conference. Inc al
| dermanic members were Messrs. Bald
win and T. Brennan.
Petitions were received for brick
pavement on East Chapel street pc
tween Ferry street and East Pearl
street and for the paving of Grand ave-
nue. from GAINESVILLE bridge and gum
nipiac river with Belgian blocks ana
were referred to the street committee.
The favorable report of the commit
tee on railroads and bridges on the Pc
titions of the Fair Haven and west
vile Railroad company for permission
to double track Whitney avenue, and to
extend the tracks across the Derby ave-
nue. bridge was received and tabled for
printing in concurrence, The commit
tee recommends that the road be reqllr-
ed to pay ST 900 for the privilege to eX-
tend tracks across the Derby avenue
bridge The conditions attached TO the
granting of the petition for permission
to double track Whitney avenue, as rec
commended by the committee,ar are as fol-
lows: That the company shall pave
between the tracks and two feet OUTSIDE
the rails in Church street, from chapel
to Elm street with Belgian blocks,
the intersection of Church and Elm
streets with vitrified brick between the
tracks in Church street and Whitney
avenue from Elm to Trumbull street
with vitrified brick and two feet out
side the outer rail with vitriffed brick
or Belgian blocks as the director OF
public works may direct between rails
and two feet outside on Whitney avenue
between Trumbull and Humphrey
streets, and at all street intersections
not otherwise provided for; with Bel
gian blocks from Humphrey street to
Linden street with cobbles, from Lin
den street to the city line to be harden
ed with crushed stone.
The report of the committee on
streets favorable on the petition for the
paving of East Chapel street with Wit
rified brick was read and tabled in con-
currenoe, this action being taken, as
under the charter it Is required that no
work shall be ordered until money to
pay for it is appropriated. After the
order for the issuance of bonds are pass
ed, the paving order will be passed. The
committee recommended the passage of
resolution to provide for the issuance of
bonds to pay for the pavement. no
amount being named in the resolution.
The amount will be inserted later when
the city engineer estimates the cost.
Mr.. Chase called attention to the fact
that the last Legislature passed a paving
act to provide that one mill tax be
laid to pay for permanent pavements.
Mr.. Chase said that he was not in ia
vor of bonding the city to pay for
paving suburban streets until the GEN.
trail streets had been first paved. The
board voted to concur with the alder
men in passing the resolution.
The conference committee on the pc"
tition of the special legislative commit
tee reportd in favor of ordering the ex-
pense bills of the members of that
committee be paid The report was ac-
cepted and the order passed to be trans
mitted to the board of finance.
The bills are as follows: Councilman
Anderson, $44; Councilman Hall, $31,;
Councilman Minnix, $2175 Councilman
Hillman, 500; Alderman Donovan, $50;
Alderman Corcoran, SIG; Alderman
Chillingworth, $35. The board adjourn
ed to meet two weeks from last night.
THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
The aldermen held an adjourned
meeting last night to dispose of some
business left on the table at the ad-
journment of the regular session a week
ago. ..
Alderman Wallace offered petition
for the paving of East Chapel street
between Ferry and East Pearl streets,
with vitrified brick. The petition was
referred to the street committee. Like
reference was made with petition for
the paving of Grand avenue, between
GAINESVILLE bridge and Quinnipiac river,
with vitrified brick
The board passed the resolution for
the issuance of bonds to pay for the
paving of East Chapel street and tabled
the order for the pavement until after
money is appropriated by the issuance
of bonds.
A resolution offered by Alderman
Cooley to provide for the erection of |
four new pumps at the Church and |
Chapel street corner of the green was
passed, unanimous consent having been
given There are now two pumps at |
the corner referred to and both are gen |
orally out of order.
An invitation was read from the |
League of American Municipalities in |
viting the city to send delegates to the |
next convention of the league to be held |
in Syracuse in September. The matter |
was referred to the committee on re- |
and reform.
A protest against the laying of brick /!
pavement on Edgewood avenue and IA |
voring a crushed stone hardening for |
the avenue was received. The commu- I
nication was signed by a large number |
of property owners on the avenue. 1t |
was referred to the street committee.
Alderman Baldwin introduced a reso-
luton to instruct the director of public |
works to have the grass moved on |