The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-08-14
ORDERS FOR PAYMENTS
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81 10 cents per yard for Syracuse brick,
Syracuse brick had been laid and test
ed for number of years in the streets
enumerated by the director, While the
Catskil brick has not b2en tried before.
The mayor asked the common council
to determine what brick should be used
-Catskill or Syracuse brock-referring
! to none of the brands exploited here.
Director Troups communication
quoted section 1876 of the charter as his
excuse for recommending that Church
| street, between Elm and Chapel be
/ paved with brick manufactured by the
New York Brick & Paving Co., (Syra-
cuse brick at the price of 81 IL cents
per square yard. The section Of the
charter referred to is In relation to the
| letting of contracts to the lowest old-
| der The director states that the reason
for the change Is that there has been
| a great deal of fault found with the
/ Catskill brick by the common council
/ members and that the mayor had re
quested him not to have any more Oh
| the CatslSill brick laid until the com
mon council has an opportunity TO take
action in the premises. Mr. Troup says
| In closing his communications: the
mayor is of the opinion, and concur
with him, that the best interests OF the
city can be subserved by laying the
brick of the New York Brick company
on Church street between Elm and
| Chapel streets. This brick has been
laid on York street and on Ashmun
street, between Gregory and Munson
streets, and at the junction of State
and Chapel streets for number OF
years and has given good satisfaction
in all those places.
After action on these communications
as mentioned above the resolution for
investigation of the peculiar circum-
stances connected with the letting of
the contracts for the paving of East
Grand avenue and Church street, as to
why the brick contracted for were re-
jected and why the Grand avenue con-
tract was let to the highest bidder, was
read. Councilman Minor moved that 1T
be tabled. Councilman Harkins thought
that the best thing to do was to con-
cur with the aldermen and that the
matters should be investigated. He
moved to concur with the aldermen in
adopting the resolution. Mr.. Harkins
motion to concur was adopted and the
investigation will now be held unless
the mayor vetoes the resolution to in
vestigate, which involves an investiga-
ton of his own part In the affair
The committees report recommending
the laying of a crushed stone pave
ment in Blatchley avenue was accepted
and the order passed in concurrence,
like action being taken on the order for
paving of Cassius street with crushed
stone, and for a crushed stone pave
ment in Edgewood avenue between
winthrop avenue and Hobart street.
The street committee recommended
that an iron shale vitrified brick pave
ment be laid on Chapel street between
York and State streets. Councilman
minor moved that the order be tabled
until the appropriation was made and
it was so voted. The order for the APP
preparation was then read and referred
to the committee on appropriations.
The street committee also recon-
mended an order for a granite dimen-
sion block pavement, with iron shale
vitrifed brick cutters, to be laid on
streets. Councilman Holiday asked If
that is the same kind Of pavement that
was laid In Temple street. He was In
formed that 1t was not; that the Tenn
pie street pavement was asphalt block,
while the recommended pavement in
this order was granite stone block.
Councilman Minor moved to amend to
order vttrified brick instead of granite
block. Councilman Harkins asked that
1t be referred back to the committee.
DR.. Minors motion to substitute vitri-
fled brick was carried Mr.. Harkins of |
the street committee stated, at the re-
quest of Councilman Wheeler, that the |
committee recommended granite block |
because Crown street carried the heavi- |
est traffic Of any street in the city, and |
the committee thought that some heavy |
pavement like granite stone block would |
therefore be the best for that street, |
Councilman Hewitt moved to table the |
Crown street pavement order as amend |
ed by DR.. Minor, but the motion was
declared out of order by Acting Presi- |
dent Dawson, who said that the amend |
ed order for vitrified brick had been |
adopted, although no vote on the |
UrueI lldu DeeH TAKEN, CDul-
Gilman Dawson evidently acting under
A misrepresentation. Mr.. Hewitt appeal
I'd from the decision, but the chair was
Councilman Minor moved that the
original order as amended be tabled, but
he chair said that the order had been
disposed of, but finally agreed with dis
senting members that no vote had been
aiken on the amended order. Mr.. Hew-
tt seconded DR.. Minors motion to ta-
de the amended recommends ton. The
notion to table was then carried, and
he order is tabled until the appropri-
ltion is reported by the committee on
appropriations. This last ORDER amend
ID to conform to the amendment in the
paving order was referred to the COM
nittee on appropriations.
The next recommended order for
,avement was for an iron shale vitri-
led brick pavement, with cement filing,
n Temple street. between Elm street
nd Congress avenue Councilman Mi
or moved that the order be tabled and
t was so voted, the tabllng, as in the
ase OF the previous order acted upon,
eng until a report is received on the
which, under the char
err, must be raade before any order can
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