The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-10-24
THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
VOT'ED TO HAVE ANOTHER HEAR.
ING ON FIREMEN,S SALARIES

Before Taking Action on the Mayors
Veto-Tho FlagpoIc Accepted and
| Ordered Erected in the Old Site xy,th.
In Thirty Dsys-Rcsolution for Re.
moving the Observation-Disclosures e.
Brick Pavement ON ELM Street.
AS soon as the special meeting of
the board of aldermen was called to
order last night Alderman Hall offered
resolution for acceptance by the COM
mon council of the liberty pole donated
by citizens and expressing thanks for
the gift and directing the director of
public works to erect the pole in the
old site in the band stand. Alderman
Chillingworth amended to have the
pole erected within thirty days. The
resolution as amended was unanimously
adopted.
The petition of Rutherford Trow-
bridge for a brick pavement on Elm
street, between York and State streets,
was referred to the committee on
streets.
A resolution was offered by Alderman
Baldwin to instruct the director of pub
lie works to remove the band stand to
position just south Of Center church.
The resolution was referred to the com
mittee on squares.
The following communication was re-
ceived from Mayor Driscoll concerning
the flagpole:
THE fagpole presented to the city by
the citizens has arrived and is awaiting
your acceptance.
The corporation counsel has inform
ed the director of public works that 1t
Is for your honorable body to accept
the pole or authorize someone to do SO
in behalf of the city.
The board Of finance have provided
for the erection of the pole at the ex-
pense not to exceed S4OO when 1t is ac-
cepted on behalf of the city.
Respectfully submitted
Cornelius T. Driscoll.
Mayor"
The communication was received and
placed on file.
A communication was read from At
torney William S. Pardee, attorney for
Alfred Hughes and Sarah e. Hughes.
requesting that the common council at
once take proper proceedings to have
ascerta1ned the special damages sus-
tanned to the property of his clients by
reason of change of grade of Fulton
street, from Chamberlain street to
Forbes avenue, between about July /,
1897. and January 1, 1s99 The matter
rnfprpn6 n tho
claims.
copy of the vote taken by Admiral
Foote post, requesting the common
council to order that the new liberty
pole be placed in the Grand Army ulot
on the Green, south of the band stand.
was received from Adjutant F. G. Hast
ings Of the post. The communication
was received and placed on file.
A petition was received from the
Quinnpiac Shirt company asking for
abatement Of taxes. The petition was
tabled until the next meeting
Alderman Donovan offered the follow
ing resolution:
Certain charges having been made
before this body and at the legislative
hearings in Hartford last spring re-
decting on the lax way that the bust
ss of the tax collectors office was
carried on, and on due inquiry have
found that there Is at present about
81 100000 due the city of New Haven
for uncollected taxes, both real and
3ersonal and from sewer and permanent
oavement assessments. The above con-
1ition of affairs has been growing worse
'cr the last few years and proper steps
,ave not been taken for the collection
# the above amount Of back taxes.
At present the total debt of the city
If New Haven is about $3,000,000,
which debt gets larger each year. The
bove debt can be reduced to about
2, 100000 if proper steps are taken to
ollect the sum of about 81, 900 now
lue the city.
Be it therefore resolved that the tax
ollector be instructed to Immediately
to collect all back taxes, both
cal and personal, and all sewer and
ermanent pavement assessments due
he city of New Haven January 1, 1898.
The resolution was referred to the
ak collector,
AT this point Alderman G. F.. Bren-
an asked if the meeting was special
Meeting, and If so what it was called
u. TTesiueHL F1oSdH INFORMED MIN
hat the meeting was special meeting
ut as far as he knew 1t was not called
Or any special purpose, no information
! that line having been given in the
office of the meeting which he had re-
eived. He had supposed though, that
le meeting was called to take action
n accepting the liberty pole given by
tizens.
Alderman Brennan called attention to
le fact that the rules of the board
)ecify the times for holding regular
lettings and he thought that all meet
lgs between the regular meetings
ere special meetings and called for
)ecial purposes. He insisted on know
g the purpose of calling the present
eeting. He said that he did not want