The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-09-19
LUMP SUM AND $500 YEARLY
RAILROAD STPAYFOB CR0SSIN"
DERBY AVENUE BRIDGE.

R4ILRO1 MUST PAY FOR CROSSlN"
DERBY AVENUE BRIDGE.
CounctImen Last Night Concurred Win
the Aldermen In Adopting the Ameh"-
ed Recommendation to That hhoo'~
concurrent Action as to the Kind
ofRnu 10 he Laid-Hot Shot Speeches.
Inv Members Of the Lower Board.
The councilmen at a special meellils
hold Lasy night reconsidered their ac-
ton at the previous meeting IN Votihs
to adopt the committee recomllehu''i ~,
that the Fair Haven and Wes'Niiie
Railroad company be required 10 pay
81 900 for the privilege of extending l'S
tracks across Derby avenue prloge anu
concurred with the aldermen IN ADOPT
ing the amended recommendation
which provides that the company siiall
nav 81 900 down and $500 annual rental
for the privilege of extending lts lrachS
across the bridge. There is now con-
current action on the matter by the
two boards, except that the council
men voted to require that the rams TO
he lard on the extension shall be L rails
IF seventy pounds weight to the YARD,
while the aldermen voted to require
the LAYING of rail with 3'2 men
fange. Several aldermen speaking OF
fine matter last night said that they
did not think that there would be any
ho nd of aldermen to
concurring with the councllmen as To
the kind Of rail to be laid.
At the last regular meeting OF the
coa1ncilmen the board voted to require
The Fair Haven and Westville Railroad
company to pay $1,000 down for the
privilege of using the bridge A mem
her then discovered that he had voted
under a misrepresentation thinking tha'
he WINS voting for the amended recon-
rendation to require the payment OF
5000 yearly in addition to the Sl,ooC
down. He moved a reconsideration ano
Councilman Walsh moved to table the
motion to reconsider The motion &c
table prevailed, but after it was passed
there was a divergence of opinion as
to the time of postponement, some mold
ing that it was until the next meeting
and others that it was for one month
when the meeting was called TO or
der last night thirty-three of the forty
five councilmen were present, but later
TWO more came in Councilman WALSH
stated that he had looked over the files
Of the last meeting and asked that the
endorsement postponed for one
month" be placed on the papers
+oI hot
ponement was for thirty days and ina
the papers were so endorsed. MI
walsh insisted that he moved that the
nostponement be for one month anf
asked that the members give their rec
affections of the matter Several mem
hers stated that they distinctly under
stood that the motion of Mr.. walsh
was for postponement for one month
and that the motion prevailed. Coun
Gilman Chase held that the motion Il
postpone for definite time was illega
Under the rules. Councilman kean
started to make remarks on the mat
ter under discussion when Councilman
Maroney raised the point that Their
was no motion before the house. In
point was well taken. Councilman
Chase. seconded by Mr.. Maroney, NOV
ed to rescind the action taken at tn
previous meeting in postponing actiol
ON the railroad matters for a month
1t was voted to take an aye and ma
vote on the motion to rescind. Council
man Stein desired to debate the mo
zion TO rescind but the chair ruled tn
question not detachable Mr.. Stein az
pealed from the decision of the cha1l
The chair was sustained by vote
"a to 8.
The motion to rescind was carried b
vote of Is to 8. The chair then state
that the question of reconsidering tn
action in adopting the committee re
mort concerning the railroad petitio
for permission to cross Derby avenu
bridge was before the house He sta
cd that all those who desired that tn
railroad company pay more than $l,o(
for crossing the bridge would vol
-yes" on the motion, and that all thos
who favored charging only $1,000 woul
vote mo" The motion to reconsidf
was carried by vote of 20 to IA, tn
members voting as follows:
Yes-Hillman f. j. Rice, Mead, Kean
Stein, Cartier, Burton, Rowland, Grut
ner. M. Rice, Walsh, Cronan, Greer
field, Bradley, Hopkins, MCGUIRE Kee
err. Barnes. Doonhan, Douglass-20.
Nays-Beecher, Knollmeyer, Chas
BONN, Gallagher, O'Meara, Erff, Ma
goohan, Maroney, Maley, Conlin, Brow
Dawson, RauSch-14.
Councilman Maroney then move
that the committee report and recon
mendatiUns be adopted, the first tN
sections of the report the first sectic
being that which recommended tn;
permission to cross the bridge be give
and the second section recommends
a r rail of 70-pounds weight to Il
yard.
Councilman Keane moved that Il
first section of the report giving pc
mission to extend tracks across Dert
avenue bridge be laid on the table unit
the other two sections of the report We
ected upon. The motion to table W.
CARRIED Mr. Keane moved the same oil
position of the second section until Il
third section was acted upon. The M
zion was carried. Mr. Keane moved
concur with the aldermen in adding
condition that the railroad compar
should pay $500, per year in addition
the 81 900 lump sum recommended
the committee, for the privilege of eros
ing the bridge.
Councilman Chase stated that he no
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