The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-30
MANY PETITIONS, HE1RD.
Ihose Presented by Anthony Carroll
Acted Upon Last Night

meeting of the special committee
to hear the various petitions of An
thony Carroll was held last night in
the city hall. Mr.. Carroll presented his
| petitions, which were read by Assistant
| City Clerk Martin and afterwards the
| points of them were made clear by Mr..
| Carroll. Mr.. Carroll's petition for re-
muneration for money spent at various
times in the aid of the city was omitted
| last night, as at $3.50 he informed the
committee that he wanted at least two
hours in which to make plain his wants.
| The chairman asked if he could ''let 'em
have it" in fifteen minutes, and on Mr..
Carrolls negative answer a postpone
| ment to some future date was neces-
sarv.
AT the executive meeting of the COM
mittee the petitions were acted upon,
most of them being referred to other
| committees. The first petition for pay
for weighing of coal for the board Of
education at twenty five cents day for
fifty-nine days. amounting to $14.75, was
referred to the committee on claims
Mr.. Carroll said he was ready to do the
work for the board Of education, but
that the committee on claims decided
that he had no legal claim against the
city. Mr., Carrolls petition with re-
gard to the right to examine police and
other public records during certain
hours of the day was listened to earn
estly by the committee He wanted to
know how anybody was going to know
that the various reports were true, un-
less examination of the records could be-
made.
He said that at certain times the reg
lister of prisoners, blotters, the time
book, beat book, and the book giving
the account of the money taken from and
returned to prisoners should be so they
could be examined at certain times as
they are in every other city not only
irl-Cohnecticut, but in the United States
The petition alleging that the city was
tied UP to the contract of the street
sprinkling company was next read. The
petitioner stated that the contract
shows that the city dug manholes be-
tween the electric car tracks on the
Fair Haven road and that they now
have no right to use these manholes.
Mr.. Carroll wanted to know on what
terms the city was held to this contract,
which is for five years. and for what
object it was drawn UP. This petition
was left for the director of public works
to inquire into and to report to the
court of common council at future
meeting. Mr.. Carroll then presented
petition inquiring into an act of the
board of education in hiring a school
superintendent for the term of five
years. This, he held, is contrary to the
charter of the city, which stipulates
that no such contract can be made for
that term of years unless there is an
appropriation by the city. In this case
there was none hence Mr.. Mr.. Carroll's
petition.
The corporation counsel will be asked
to give his opinion on this subject. Two
petitions, one asking $50 for extra ex-
pense for laying sewer pipes at John H.
Stewards place, 1853 Dixwell avenue,
and another at extra expense for lay
ing sewer pipes at John Newton's place
on the corner of Kimberly avenue and
First street, were presented last night.
Mr. Carroll claims that in both cases
the city was in error in locating the hub
in the sewer and an extra expense was
necessary The committee decided to
former case and that the latter one be
placed before the committee on claims. |
The meeting adjourned about 1O:45.