The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-24
THE SPRINKLING CONTRACT
ALD EhMEN FAVOR CITING IT TO
 THE NEW HAVEN COMPANT.

--RcsOIEtiOns Passed FRvoringa a Ter.
 ritoriaI Government for Porto Rico
 Street RepaiI Orders Pass,d.
 There was special meeting of the
 board of aldermen last night at which
 the report of the street sprnkllng com
 mittee was heard and after considera
 ble discussion was passed by vote of
 F to 5. Alderman Donovan was the
 chief mover against the adoption of the
 report. The report of the committee as
 passed last night is aG follows:
 Your committee on street sprinkling
 beg leave to report that they are of the
 opinion, as well as the director of public
 works, that the streets in which street
 railways are laid could be sprinkled to
 better advantage to the city and to the
 residents and places of business along
 said streets by having such streets
 sprinkled by the car sprinkler The law
 provides that in such streets tlre rail-
 road company shall sprinkle their tracks
 and two feet outside of the same leav- ing in many only narrow strip on each side to be watered by the city. In at
 tempting to water these strips by carts pdIl lr5 pl biiG SliSGto til LliC GdHlC
 points would be watered at different
 times and done irregularly and uneven ly and the use of horses and carts
 along such streets would interfere with
 public travel, particularly in the busi-
 ness portions of the city.
 Your committee also find that by the
 combined use of the sprinkling and wa | tering carts on the same street the as- phalt pavement on Chapel street is lia-
 ble to be very much injured by reason
 of the fact that the grooves along the outer track of the railroad are kept con-
 stantly filled with water, which has
 tendency to rot the asphalt pavement. l Your committee, as well as the director of public works, are therefore of the opinion that a contract should be made with the New Haven Street Sprinklng company for the watering of all streets in which street railway tracks are laid, provided that such street sprinkling company is employed by the railroad companies to sprinkle those portions of the streets which the railroad compa- nies are by law required to sprinkle. The sprinklers have sprinkling arms which reach from the car to the curb in most streets. In this way such streets can be quickly and evenly sprinkled with the least annoyance to the public and least interference with travel. Your committee recommends the passage of the following order:
 "Ordered--That the director of public works be instructed and authorized to make contract with the New Haven Street sprinkling company to water the ctr in vub irI, 1yrrnu rl< a laid I provided the railroad companies make l contracts with said New Haven Street l Sprinkling company to sprinkle such l portions of said streets in which their | tracks are laid as they are by law re- l quired to sprinkle: and be 1t further
 "Ordered-That the New Haven Street | Sprinkling company furnish bond of | s3 GOO to the city of New Haven to | sprinkle the streets on which there are car tracks to the satisfaction of the di- rector of public works
 Alderman Charles F. Brennan, as chairman of the committee, presented | the report and during the discussion which followed it's reading he spoke strongly in it's favor and gave many why it should be adopted.
 Alderman Donovan moved that an to the order be made where by the director should be instructed to contract for the street sprinkling. He l said that there were companies in the city who would do the eprlnkling cheap sr by $2000 than the New Haven Street Sprinkling company and that if the city was to do 1t only five additional carts would be necessary to do the sprinkling thoroughly and evenly. The motion was seconded and on vote the amendment was carried.
 Alderman Brennan said that it was saving to the city to have the car sprinklers do the work, not only in orlce, but in improving the condition of he streets. He said that there were wenty-eight and half miles to be prinkled and that by the figures of the 1t would coet but $1.26 mile, which, he said. was cheaper than any ther company could do it for.
 Alderman Donovan again rose to the ccasion and said he didn't think the tatements by the preceding speaker we're true There Is no such thing as oing 1t better than anybody else,' he aid, "and as for the cost, know it can e accomplished for less than S9,0OO."
 Alderman Brennan again rose and r howed the members of the board the cnefts that would he derived by warding the contract to the New Ha- en Street Sprinkling company and said nat if the action of the committee had let the approval of the mayor, and if = le director had spent time and labor in s adoption. he thought that that alone as enough to warrant it's adoption. ] Aldermen Cooley, Shepard and Cor ,ran spoke in favor of accepting the | ( port of the committee and finally a \ otion was made by Alderman Bren- m to the effect that the report as orig | f ally read be accepted. The question s as put to vote and resulted in the loption of the report by vote of 12
 2.
 The annual reports of the various de- were accepted, and it was ted to refer them to the committee on lnual reports.
 Reports from the committee on streets several streets to be re- fred and for the erection of number sign-posts were passed in concurrent = ton with the councilmen. The streets be improved are: Ferry street, be- l A cen Pine and State streets; Wallace -eet, from Chapel street to Grand ave- TD1 ct t,lttt