The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-07-19
The COUNCILMEN ADHERE


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street sprinklng, and until the council
does SO provide it is not mandatory on
the city to do sprinkling. That order
for sprinkling ought to have been APP
proved by the mayor the next day after
it was passed. The contractors are
pridine themselves tonight and laugh
ing because they carried the board of
aldermen last night and boastng that
they will carry our board tonight"
Councilman Alling said that he and
his colleagues of the Ninth ward knew
who Mayor Driscoll was by experience.
He said: "Ihere are no canal railroads
in the Eighth ward. The mayor tries to
make us believe that he doesn't know
what apparatus means. He does know
what it means The gentleman from the
Eighth ward has said something about
Studebaker and the watering carts he
makes. The streets have been watered
here for years. The carts are here. You
haven't heard Mayor Driscoll saying
anything about buying the carts that
the contractors have. You pass an or
der to buy carts and you will find the
contractors and Studebaker standing off
against each other to sell their carts,
and it will surprise you. 1 voted last
time for the insertion of the words or
contract in the resolution, believing, as
/ do now, that Alexander Troup is an
honest man. / don't believe in matched
bids, contractor saying, You bid $40
less on that and / will bid $40 less on
this, and the city will square the bill.
I am not here to put any one or any
party in the hole. This is not party
question. i think that resolution Will
come up here and be referred to the
street sprinkling committee to settle this
whole matter, and shall vote for such
a resolution"
Councilman Walsh of the sprinkling
committee wanted to know if Mayor
Driscoll was director Of public works,
mayor and everything else or not. He
said that the legislature had placed up
on the common council the responsible
ity of providing for sprinkling. Was
the council to shirk its duty?
Il was very nice for the gentleman
from the Eighth to hold out stick of
taffy and think that the democratic
members were going to lick it, but Mr.
Walsh did not think they would. He
thought that no one present had any
doubt as to what was meant by "appa-
ratus" when the order was passed. 1t
meant carts. He was very sorry that
the aldermanic chairman of the sprink- |
ing committee made such pitiful spec
tacle in voting against his own order. |
The picture of Alderman G. F. Brennan |
painted by himself was a fine spectacle |
For tha ritizenS gaze ljDOO.
Councilman Chase said that the only
motive of all the oratory breaking loose
was to slap C. T. Driscol, and he for
one wasn't going to do it. There was
10 dignity in that. He hoped that those
Who wanted to slap Mayor Driscoll pub
icly In the fact would vote to adhere.
The councilmen, on motion of Coun-
'ilman Rice, voted to concur with the
aldermen in referring to the sprinklng
committee the resolution offered by AL
Ierman Cooley providing for giving the
lirector of public works authority to
lire or buy carts, horses and men to do
he spripkling.
Councilman Tyner moved that it be
Indefinitely postponed, but his motion
vas lost.
A resolution offered by Councilman
'yner to empower the director Of public
works. to contract for street sprinRling,
vas referred to the sprinkling commit
go.
A resolution was offered by Council
nan Stein to instruct the director of
ublic works to place electric fans III
he councilmanic chamber Mr.. Tyner
moved that the resolution be tabled but
he motion was lost He then moved
, indefinitely postpone it, and that mo-
ion was also lost. On motion of Coun- /
ilman Keane the resolution was refer
ed to the committee on buildings
a petition from the Y. M. c. A. for
batement of taxes to the amount Of s
300 was referred to the committee on {
laims {
President Miller just before adjourn
re second section Of the order signed l
Y the mayor provided that the help re- /
uired in sprinkling should be hired by ]
le city He said that he hoped some !
those looking for technicaities would i
'ol this matter up as the men now t
red had not passed civil service exam i
atons. The board then adjourned
The mayors veto stands although the
,uncilmen voted to pass the order over {
Is veto, since the aldermen voted to y
lstain him. Concurrent action and a I
o-thirds vote In each branch of the f
,mmon council was necessary to pass T
lie order over the veto. v
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