The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-02-06
THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
ASSESSMENTS FOR PERMA NENT
PATEMENTS ORDERED LAID.

ASS ESSM ENTS FOR PERMA NENT
| PATEMENTS ORDERED LAID.
Under tho Provisions of the Act Passed
alton to be Looked Up-A Tilt Over tho
Licensing of Street Cars-A New Rarns-
Vile Bridge Recommendations
Business Transacted Last Night.
The board Of aldermen last night at
their regular meeting disposed of
large amount Of business and nearly
cleared the table of pending matters.
The meeting, as are nearly all those Of
the city's legislative boards, was pune
tuated with a few breezy intervals, the
| breeziest one being when Alderman
Donovan attacked the chairman Of the
ordinance committee for not calling q
meeting of the committee to which was
referred the proposed ordinance for III
censing of street cars. The committee
not long ago decided upon a recommen-
dation that the license fee be placed at
$50 for passenger cars and SIS for freight
cars. Then after this was reported to
the board, the committee, fearing that
| the courts would decide that the tees
recommended were SO high as to be
tax and therefore Illegal, requested that
| the matter be Tecomnitted. Instead Of
| this the matter was referred to a spe-
| cial committee Of conference and the
members of the ordinance committee
were appointed members Of the special
| committee.
| Alderman Donovan last night rose to
a question Of privilege and asked why
| the special committee had not reported.
He said that he had brought the matter
| to the attention of the chairman OF the
committee and that the gentleman had
promised him that the >committee
would meet last month. He made some
severe charges as to why the commit
tee had not been called together to pre-
pare report, and then moved that the
committee be instructed to<report back
at tho next meeting. The motion was
SECONDED by Alderman G. F. Brennan,
who thought that if the committee had
any legal objections as to why a license
fee should not be imposed the board Of
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Cooley Of the special committee said
that he had no recollection OF prom-
Using Mr.. Donovan that he would call
a meeting Of the committee last month.
He said that he was perfectly willing to
call a meeting and would do SO at once
SO that the committee might try to ar
range something that would be legal,
Alderman Atwater, member of the
committee objected to the strong Ian
guage which Mr.. Donovan had used. He
said that he was not a railroad alder
man. He was at all times looking out
for the best interests of the city When
the committee report came in the gen
tleman would know whether the mein-
bers of the committee were railroad
men or not. 1t was then voted to in
stluct the committee to report at the
next regular meeting.
A recommendation of the COMMITTEES
on claims that $500 be paid to John
Doody in settlement of claim for dam
ages for personal injuries received by
reason of his horse falling in portion
of street out of repair was held, up.
Alderman Staub, chairman OF the COM
mittee, said that he had refused to sign
the report because he thought the dam
ages awarded excessive. He said that
the claimant had himself stated that
his actual outlay to repair damages and
pay doctor bills was only $122 and that
it had been ascertained that he lost
four weeks time from position for
which he was receiving So per day. The
matter was finally recommitted. The
clein of joseph r. Manning for $3.50
for services rendered as clerk of she
spec,ai committee on tax abatement
was ordered paid.
A communication was received from
Director Troup calling attention to the
fact that the abutments of Barnesville
bridge were in an unsafe condition and
stating that in his opinion a new steel
bridge should be built there at the ear
liest practicable time, as it was de-
manded for public safety. The matter
was referred to the committee on rail-
roads and bridges. A petition from the
Fair Haven and Westville Railroad
company for permission to build
crossover track at the corner Of Ferry
and Chapel streets was referredNto the
same committee.
Communications were received from
the mayor accompanying his veto Of
the ordinance for the filing OF names Of
officers Of the various departments
with the city clerk and of the one for
the filing of certificates of qualification I
by all persons appointed or elected to
office within fifteen days after such
appointment or election. The ground
given for the vetoes was, in the first
instance, that the common council had
no authority over some of the boards,
and in the second instance, that fifteen
days were too short time within which
TO require diling of certificates and that
the common council had no authority
to pass such an order. The mayor rec
that If action of that nature
was desired it should be obtained from
The legislature by charter amendment.
At his recommendation both matters
we're referred to the committee on leg
Station.
Petitions for the abatement of tax
lens on the property of B. c. Dudley
IN Woolsey street and for the post
of sewer assessment on
property on Coffc street belonging to-
he estate of John c. Studwell until
benefits accured to the property were
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