The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-10-12

"a communication from Anthony Car
roll Concerning Payment for thu
Work on Grove street-BiII OF Pierc,
N. weIch for Dockago Approved
Some Small Transfers of Nroney
Granted.
The board Of finance at it's meeting
last night discussed the resolution pre-
sented at previous meeting providing
that all the departments except the
public library board, and Including the
department of Education and the de-
partment Of parks, be required to pre-
sent itemizsd bills, and that no bills be
approved unless SO itsYnized. After a
lengthy discussion an aye and nay vote
was taken ON the resolution and 1t was
defeated, Messrs. Rowe and DeweI vot-
ing for it and Messrs. Curtiss. Atwood,
Wright and Wheeler againt it. After
this vote was taken one of the members
voting against the resolution moved
that the park department be required
10 submit itemizsd bills. All the mem
bers voted in favor OF this motion eK-
oept Mr.. Curtis. Mayor Driscoll was
present, but did not vote.
Anthony Carroll appeared before the
board In regard to tae bill Of the War
Miller company for furnishing
curbstone for the Grove street pave
ment. Mr. Carroll showed that sixty
feet Of the curb would not be accepted,
thirty feet had already been returned
and thirty feet more would be rejected
and returned. The curb is all charged
TO the city, and MIR. Carroll asked that
The amount of the sixty feet OF curb be
deducted before the bill is paid. He
also asked the board to accept the re-
port which he presented to Director
Troup before he went out Of office and
the report which was presented to Di-
rector Hugo. Mr. Carroll's cornmuni-
cation, which was read and placed ON
file, was as follows:
New Haven, Conn, Oct. s, 1900.
To the Honorable Board of Finance Of
the City Of New Haven:
Gentlemen--First in relation to Cap
tain Lawrence O'Brien's contract for
repairs on the Pond Lily bridge. l un-
that the remark had been passed in tho
board of finance in relation to nay draw
ing s72 as inspector and then not ap-
proving the work. Now, I wish to say
that l understood from Director Troup
that my objections to approving the
work were in writing and attached to
the bill before the board of finance, and
[ propose, if the matter ever comes to
trial, to back up the facts therein con-
tanned / want to gay also that I did
draw ST2 as an inspector of the city OF
New Haven on said work; that from
the first to last on said work Co9trao-
tor O'Brien ignored me entirely as an
Inspector, and ignored not only me, but
the director, and went ahead and did
The work as ne saw mt, regardless OF the
specifications, relying, as he said, upon
his pull with certain politicians, Mr..
Kelly and the engineering department
and the mayor of the city OF New Ha-
ven. I reported these proceedings to
Director Troup and acted In what did
according to the directions given to nas
oy Director TYoup.
In relation to the Grove street con-
raot, also send copy of my report
o Director Troup before leaving Office, |
o the board of finance so that thay may
zee my objections, and the objections
Ire the Same now, although I have |
lrawn my pay as inspector on the |
Grove street pavement, and my obJsc- |
ions to the pavement were overruled |
" Mr.. Kelly. the city engineer, and ac-
eptsd on Mr.. Keuya approval. The !