The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-03
THE RoARD OF ALDERMEN.
Resolution Fixing Fircmen's Salaries
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1 Which has taken place since the pres
 ent board was elected. It has for years | been the custom fo- members of the | board of aldermen and councilmen to | refrain from smoking in the chambers | Of their respective boards, but lately | some of the more recently elected mem- | bers have disregarded that custom. President Hogan last night requested that smoking in the chamber be dis continued.
 The invitation to the court of com
 mon council to attend the Yale inaug-
 ural ceremonies, October 1e, was ac-
 cepted, as was also an invitation to the common council to review the parade
 on October on the occasion of the
 celebration by the Catholic Abstinence
 societies of the visit to New Haven of
 Father Matthews
 The recommendation of the commit tee on appropriation that pavement bonds be sold to an amount sufficient to pay for the laying of the pavement ordered on East Chapel street. was adopted. The recommendation named no specific sum. An order was passed directing that bids be advertised for and arrangements made for the con- struction at once of the pavement on East Chapel street. between Ferry street and the Manufacturers Street Railway tracks. The pavement cannot now be laid between Mill River and East street as the construction of the new draw bridge now in progress would interfere.
 The resolution offered by Alderman Atwater some time ago to provide for the establishment of corps of bicycle firemen came up for action. On motion of Alderman Donovan the board re- ceded from it's former action in voting to refer to committee, and to concur with the councilnen in indefinitely postponing the matter. Alderman At water stated that many prominent cit izens had spoken to him in relation to the proposal for bicycle firemen and asked if it was not possible to have committee look into the matter MT. Atwater stated that later on in the meeting he would offer a resolution concerning bicycle firemen Accord ingly soon after he offered resolution providing that the fire commissioners be requested to inquire into the prac- ticability and feasibility of having bi- cycle firemen here. Unanimous con- sent for the consideration of the mat ter was given and the resolution was passed.
 A resolution for restricting the Him. its of the fire district to accommodate persons who desire to build frame houses was indefinitely postponed on motion of Dr. Baldwin, who thought that there should be no jockeying with the fire limits.
 A letter was read from Alderman Gruener, now in the United States army resigning his position as alder man from the Second ward The resig- nation was accepted and a special elec- tion for the Second ward was ordered for November B.
 The communication from the board of finance stating that there was no money available for liberty pole was not accepted, and the communication was returned to the board of finance with request that the money needed to pay for the purchase and erection of flag pole be taken from the con- tingent fund. The recommended ordi- nance providing for the opening of po- lice books to public inspection was in- definitely postponed
 A communication from Anthony Car roll, charging that the charter had been violated by the appointment of was indefinitely postponed. The resolution providing for the fixing by the common council of firemen's sal aries and the following schedule of salaries was adopted: Superintendent, S2,500; fire marshal, $17O0; superinten- dent of fire alarm telegraph, $1, 700; as- sistant superintendent, S13OO; clerk, | 1,25O; captains, first year, $1 ,O50; cap- tains,, second year, $11OO; captains, | third year, $1,150; captains, fourth year, s1,20O; lieutenants, first grade, S1,OO0; l second grade, $500; master mechanic and engineer, $1,30O engin- ,ers, first year, LOO, present schedule; | assistant engineers $950; stokers, $925 | drivers, 1925; hose and ladder men, first year. $500; hose and ladder men, sec. md year, $S50; hose and ladder men, hird year. $900; linemen, first year, principal, S950: others, $9O0.
 This schedule is to go into effect Jan nary 1, 1900. A resolution offered by
 ldermar Staub to request the board If finance to require the board of edu- 'ation to itimize all estimates for 1900 lnd to designate clearly what is meant " the item officers salaries and cler- cal assistance" and why it was need d. was referred to MT. Staub as committee to inquire and report back.
 The board concurred with the ,oun- ilmen in ordering T rail laid on the Derby avenue extension of the Fair Haven and Westvile road and thera s now concurrence in regard to the rcsslng of Derby avenue bridge, both boards having voted to demand pay nent of S1000 down and $500 yearly for remission to the road to cross the ridge. The recommended order of the committee on streets that a crushed tone pavement be laid on Edgewood venue was amended on motion of AL erman Hall to provide for the layiur f vitrified brick pavement and the rder as amended was passed The anne action was taken in regard to helton avenue, on motion of Alderp,a,, Donovan.
 On motion of Alderman Chillingworth
 resolution was adopted providing or an investigation as to whether or ot th9 order of the common council ad been followed in the construction f the Willow street bridge. The board djourned at 11:15 on account of lack f a quorum.
 
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