The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-08-21
NO.. PROGRESS WAS MADE
PIYEJIENTORD EItS NOT ADVANCED
CoUNCTLMEN.


Last Night -Non-cOncurrenec on the
Crown Street Order and the Elm street
Order Not Disposed OF Some Petitions
Received Last Night.
! The board of councilmen held a spec
ial session last night pursuant to a call
by the mayor The meeting was held
for the purpose Of taking further action
on the pavement orders recommended at
the last regular meeting of the street
committee, but after considerable dis
cussion on the Crown street and Elm
street orders both were left just as they
were left at the close Of the last preced-
ing meeting
The first paving order taken up was
that for a granite block pavement on
Crown street. AZ the previous meeting
the councilmen voted to substitute wit
rifed brick" for granite blocks" in
the order The aldermen voted at their
last meeting to substitute asphalt
block" for granite block" in the order,
thereby making concurrent action.
Last night Councilman Harris moved
to recede and concur with the aldermen.
Councilman Minor of the First ward
spoke against this He said chat the
residents and property owners on Crown
street wanted vtritied brick. Council
man Dawson, who had been elected
chairman pro tenn. in the absence of
the president of the board, at this stage
of the proceedings called Councilman
Harrison Hewitt of the Ninth ward to
the chair and took the floor. Mr.. Daw-
son spoke in favor Of adhering to pre-
vious action He had looked over pave
ments in various cities and found that
asphalt block was not serviceable. An
aye and nay vote was taken on the mo-
ton to recede and concur with the al
dermen and the motion was lost by a
vote of 81 to s. the members voting as
follows: Ayes - Messrs. Hofacker,
Harris, Hosley, Donnelly, Brown, Wohl-
maker, GGode, and Yardley-8
Nays-Messrs Minor, Hill, Sullivan,
Parrott, Flynn, Maley, Cotton Baldwin,
Fulford, Barrows Dawson, Davis, Ham
ilton, Harkins, Bracken, Skinner, Keel
err Foote, Mansfield, Bradley, Potter
81. 1t was then voted to adhere to pre-
vious action.
The Elm street order as recommend
ed by the committee was then taken
from the table where it had been placed
at the last meeting. The committee rec
commended that Elm street be repaired
with crushed stone. Councilman Harris
moved an amendment to the report to
provide for the paving of Elm street
with asphalt blocks between State and
York streets. Councilman Minor spoke
against the amendment, saying that he
didn't think that asphalt was wanted
on Elm street any more than it was on
Crown street. Councilman Sullivan also
spoke against asphalt Councilman
Minor moved to amend the amendment
by substituting vitrifed brick in the
Elm street order. Mr.. Harkins os the |
street committee moved to refer the or
der back to the street committed He |
thought that Telford pavement properly |
cared for wo9ld be the best pavement |
for the street and that it would give I
satisfaction to residents and taxpayers
living on the street.
When the vote was taken on Mr. Har- I
kris motion an old question, that has !
frequently caused trouble in the COM |
mon courcil since the passage of the |
consolidation act, came up. An aye and !
nay vote was taken on the motion,
Acting Chairman Dawson voting no.
The vote was tie, Is to Is, and Mr.
Dawson announced that he would dis
solve the tie by voting again. Coun-
Gilman Maley of the Sixth ward raised
the point that the member from the
outlying ward had no right to vote on
the question. Of the seven members
Trn ant ri
and Fifteenth wards, five had voted
against the motion to recomwit and if
Mr. Maley's roint was declared well
taken then the motion would be carried.
The president pro tenn. decided that the
point was well taken and Councilman
Keller Of the Fourteenth ward appealed
from the decision of the chair, The
question ives then raised as to whether
the gentlemen from the three outlying
wards could vote on the appeal, Mr..
Dawson decided that they could so vote
since they were directly interested in
the subject of the vote. Before a vote
on the appeal was taken, however, Mr..
Parrott moved to adjourn and the mo-
ton was carried, thus leaving the Elm
street matter in statu quo.
Early in the meeting petitions were
referred as follows For numbering of
Broadway, to the street numbering
committee; for change of name of L.yn-
wood street to Lynwood place, to the
street committee: for a crushed stone
pavement on Greenwich avenue and
'or top dressing on Wilson street, and
or the paving of the intersection of
High and Grove streets with vitrifed
1rioly 70 tIo |
aldermen will have a special meeting
his evening to consider pavement rec
and previous to the
meeting the committee on applopria-
ions will hold a meeting and endeavor
o arrange some recommendations for
pavement appropriations.
HAS SOLD HIS YACHT.