The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-04-24
THE BOARD OF COUNCILMEN
CONCURRED JN MAKING E4IL-'
 ROAD AssEssMENT $s1,000.

The $500 Condition for Extending
 Tracks Across Derby Avenue Bridge
 Rsscindsd-Pavements Again Dis- 1 cussed at Lemgth-BOard Adheres to Asphalt for . Portion of Temple Street. | The board of councilmen at the ad- l journed meeting of that board held 1 last night took concurrent action witt1t l the aldermen in increasing the assess-
 ment against the Fair Haven and Westville Railroad company for the
 paving of Chapel street to s47,0O0. an increase of $31,0O0 over the assessment | reported by the bureau of compensa-
 tion. When the matter came up last
 night there was no debate, and the res-
 olution for increase of assessment, which was introduced in the board of aldermen by Alderman Donovan of the Ninth ward, was passed without dis senting vote.
 The session held last night was ad- journed from the special meeting of last week when some of the members left the chamber and the board without a quorum. A large amount of busi- ness was transacted last night, and the table on which had accumulated large batch of papers was nearly cleared. After the board was called to order the first business taken up was the consid- eration of the recommendation from t6a 00r mil np y-oi1 dc rA hrj that the order for the payment of $500 yearly by the Fair Haven and Vest vile Railroad company as a condition for permission to extend tracks across the Derby avenue bridge be rescinded. After some debate the board concurred with the aldermen in adopting the committee recommendation.
 On recommendation of the lamp com- mittee orders were passed for the erec- tion of an arc light on Prospect place and of naptha lamp on Mansfield street. Other recommendations decid- ed on by the lamp committee at the last meeting were reported and adopt ed. The report from the department of public works on the assessment for permanent pavement on Wall street was tabled for printing.
 The orders for the paving of Church street and Whitney avenue, between Chapel street and Saohem street with vitrif1ed bricks and for the paving of whitney avenue from Sachem street to- the city line with crushed stone were passed in concurrence with the alder men, as were also the orders for Che ap-1 propriations to pay for the orders. ThA4s order requires the director of public works to have prepared plans and spec- ifications for the pavements.
 When the street committee recom- mendation for an order for the paving of Crown street between State and Temple streets with vitrif1ed brick was read, Councilman Chase moved to table the recommendation. F.. J. Rice amends ed to concur in accepting the recon- and the amendment pre- vailed. When the order for appropria- ton to pay for the pavement came up, MT. Chase moved to table it. He said that he had sent in petition to have the street paved with Trinidad asphalt its entire length. The appropriation order was referred to the committee on in concurrence.
 The lamp committee reported unfav- orably on the petition for the erection of more electric lights on Chapel street between Olive and York streets, The committee report was accepted and the petitioners were given leave to withdraw.
 action the committee recommendation for a crushed stone pavement on < Edgewood avenue The order for the rin+, +1,p ar.x% passed, and immediately following 1t the order for the pavement was pass ed. Concurrent action was taken in passing the order for the appropriation of $250 for an oil portrait of ex-Mayor Farnsworth.
 The recommendation for the appro- priation of $S, 400 from the one mill pavement tax for a crushed stone pavement on Humphrey street was adopted as was also the order for the this making concurrent ac- ton. Concurrent action was then taken on passing the order for the pavement ,f Grove street with crushed stone. MT. Chase endeavored unsuccessfullY to have both these orders tabled. Cons current action was also taken in ac- ,epting the recommendation for vit- -ified brick pavement on Temple street, between Chapel street and Con- yress avenue. The order for appropria- ion was referred to the committee on appropriations and the order for pav-s ng was tabled pending a report from hat committee.
 Councilman Dawson moved to cons ,ur with the aldermen in substituting prick for asphalt in the order for the paving of Temple street through the green. MT. Chase objected to this. He ,aid: "1n the name of fairness let this ,ne street go down with asphalt" He bought that Trinidad asphalt should )e tried there as an experiment. The notion to concur was finally lost and he board voted to adhere to it's pre- yious action in ordering asphalt
 The veto of the mayor of the order or the paving of Chapel street, be- ween York and Olive streets with brick vas received The reason given for the ,eto is that the order for the pave nent was passed before the order for Lppropriation had been made The ,eto was tabled until the next meeting, when it is expected that the committee will sreport an appropriation. An att