The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-07-10
THE BOARD OF COUNClLMEN
BRIDGE MATTERS CAUSED MUCH
 DISCUsSION NIGHT.
A Resolution for Opening of Chapel Street Bridge for Ira file Failed to Pass Concurrent Action on The Kimberly Avenue Fridge Contract Matier--Ps- tttioms for Street Paving.
utions for Street Paving.

The regular meeting of the board of
 councilmen adjourned early last night
 as the best way, in the opinion of a majority of the members to dispose of
 proposed plan to have the Chapel
 street drawbridge at once opened for traffic. Councilman Rausch presented
 resolution providing that the director
 of public works be instructed to place
 the bridge immediately in a condition
 for public travel. Unanimous consent
 for the passage of the resolution was
 asked for, and several members desired
 to speak upon the resolution, but Pres
 ident Stoddard said that it ought not
 to be debated. Unanimous consent was refused, and a motion to refer to the committee on railroads and bridges was lost. Later in the meeting the resolu
 tion was reconsidered on motion of
 Councilman Harkins. Councilman Har- ris moved again to refer 1t to the com mittee on railroads and bridges. MT. Harkins amended to go into committee of the whole to consider the matter. The motion to refer to the railroads and bridges committee was lost and then MT Harkins, who wanted committee of the whole so badly, renewed his mo- tion, which the chair declared out of or der. MT. Harkins appealed from the decision of the chair and on an aye and nay vote President Stoddard was sus- tained by vote of 16 to IA, Council man Wheeler proposed that the resolu- tion be referred to special committee, but other members thought that such action would be an insult to the stand ing committee on railroads and bridges. About this time a motion to adjourn was offered by some one and was car red before the bridge matter had been settled.
 Soon after the meeting was called to order remonstrance signed by George Phelps and thirty-one others was read protesting against the laying of an as phalt pavement on Crown street, be- tween Temple and Howe. The remon- strance was referred to the street conl- mittee, as were also a petition present. ed by Councilman Hewitt asking for a crushed stone pavement on Prospect street and a petition signed by T. A. Bassett and others for a crushed stone on Lawrence street.
 Councilman Skinner presented a peti- ton asking that Westville approaches to the Whalley avenue bridge on the Westville side be repaired by the city and that a new bridge be built there in the preamble of the petition it was stated that in 1897 the city agreed to keep the approaches to the bridge in repair. It was charged that the city had not done so, and it was asked that the Westville approach to the bridge be repaired. The matter was referred to the committee.
 Petitions from $. H, Hurburt for a brick pavement on Chapel street.. be- tween York and State, and from the Chamberlain Furniture and Mantel for brick pavement on Crown street, between State and Tenn pie, were referred to the committee on streets.
 The resolution of Alderman Walsh that no contract for the Kim oerly avenue drawbridge should be let until it had received the approval of he common council next came up The aldermen referred the resolution to the