The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-17
THE ALDERMEN CONQUERED
IN KISSING SETERAE IMPORTANT
 MATTERS LAST NIGHT.

mems Salaries Passed-A Petition for
 More Vitrihed Brick Pavement on
 Chanel street--Flagpole Must Go In
 the Bandstand.
 The aldermen at their special meeting
 last night voted to concur With the
 councilmen in adopting the schedule ol
 firemens salaries as amended by the
 councilmen at their last meeting. when
 the matter was first brought up last
 night Alderman Williams of the com
 mittee on fire department, spoke Tn
 favor of adhering to their former ac-
 ton in adopting the schedule reported
 by the committee and passed by the al-
 dermen, with some slight amendment Alderman Cooley also spoke in favor or adherence. Aldermen Hall c. F. Bren- nan and Beecher spoke in favor of con curing with the councilmen. Alder
 man Unger moved to adhere, but the
 motion was lost by vote of F to 6,
 Alderman Hall moved to recede from the former action of the board of alder men and concur with the councilmen. This motion prevailed.
 Alderman Beecher offered a resolu- tion providing that city laborers be paid SHE per day and asked unani- nous consent for its consideration This was refused and the resolution was referred to the committee on streets. The board concurred with the councilmen in passing the resolution re- ouesting the board of finance to include in the appropriations for next year an item of $500 to pay for a stenographer for the city clerk. The mayors com munication requesting that the com mon council recede from it's action Tn ordering the new flag pole placed in the band stand was read. The aldermen voted to adhere to their former action in ordering the pole placed in the old site and the mayors communication was received and placed on file Alder man Cooley favored receding and All derman Baldwin spoke in favor of ad- herence saying that if the pole was moved it would disturb the symmetry of the green and that the site in the Grand Army lot is lower than that at the bandstand, and consequently water stands there which would cause the base of the flag pole to decay. Alder man Chillingworth also spoke for the old site and said that the did not think that it would be necessary to remove portion of the band stand.
 communication was received from the committee of the chamber of com merce on town and city improvement, in the name of the chamber of commerce that the flag pole on the green be placed where the old flag pole stood in the bandstand. The com mittee expressed the opinion that it would be a mistake to abandon this time honored spot where predecessors of the last flag pole have been located down to the present time, and which has been conSecrated to the symbol of liberty for more than a century without some pressing necessity for so doing. The communication contained the fol- lowing: "To oust them (the flag pole and tht flag) from this position in order to accommodate so trivial a structure as band stand would be to subordi- nate the greater to the less and would be alike inappropriate and disrespect- full The committee suggested that if necessary to permit the flag pole to be placed, the band stand he removed or so much of it as may be necessary.
 We believe that it would be agree able to the great majority of our citi- zens if the band stand were entirely and permanently removed, and the lib- erty pole left standing alone unadorn- ed or undignified by any surrounding In case of such removal the question of it's re-esta blishment on the green and of it's proper location there or elsewhere might be properly left for future consideration. The com- from the committee was signed by Henry T, Blake, Eli Whit 1ey, A. B. Hill, Henry F. English, Joseph Porter and A. McC. Matthew son.
 The resolutions for the issue of pay ng bonds to pay for Chapel street, Shelton avenue and Edgewood avenue paving were referred to the committee l ,n appropriation in concurrence with | he cOuncilmen.
 Petitions for a vitrified brick pave- | nent on Chapel street, between York l md Olive streets and on Temple street, | between Elm and Chapel streets, were | eferred to the committee on streets
 The order from the secretary of war the building of the Kimber- y avenue drawbridge was transmitted l y the mayor and was referred to the committee on railroads and bridges.
 The board concurred with the coun- ilmen in passing the orders for crushed tone pavements on Shelton and Edge wood avenues.
 Alderman Atwater offered a resolution o request the board of finance to in- Jude in the appropriations for next ear an item of $6 900 for entertain nents. He spoke of several occasions ecently when it had been proposed to lave public receptions here to distin- ,uished visitors and thought that it would be well to have a fund to draw pon on those occasions The resolution provided for having the proposed ap- ropriation under the control of the mayor and special committee of the ommon council. It was referred to the committee on appropriations.