The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-04-17
THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
CONCURRENT a CTION ON THE DER-
By AVENUE BRIDG MATTER.
Several Orders for Permanent Paye-
ments Passed Last Night-An Appro-
priatiom of $4,000 for tho G. $. Bu,h-
nell MemoriaI-Brick Substituted in
the Order for Paving Temple street
Through tho Green,

the Order for Paving Temple street
Through tho Green.
| The aldermen at their adjourned
meeting last night after an extended
discussion Of the wisdom and unwis-
dom of imposing conditions on the Fair
Haven and WestviIle Railroad company
for permission to cross the Derby ave-
nue. bridge at West river, voted to con-
cur with the councilmen in adopting
the committees recommendation that.
that part of the order concerning this
matter which required the company to-.
pay an annual rental of $500 for permis-
sion to cross the bridge be rescinded.
The original order went into effect Oc-
tober 10, 1899, and provided that ths
company might cross the bridge on the
payment of $1,000 down and 5000 per
year thereafter. The condition FOR the
payment of $1,000 therefore remains
When the committee recommendation
was read last night Alderman Donovan
moved to amend with the recommen-
dation so as to adhere to the original
order. Alderman Atwater seconded the
amendment. Alderman Chillingworth
offered substitute for the amendment,
the substitute providing that the COM
pany be required to pay $1,000 down
for permission to cross the bridge and
that it must within thirty days execute
a contract to lay tracks to the st. Law
renee cemetery entrance by July /, and
to run cars to that point on twelve
minute schedule. An aye and nay vote
was called for and the substitute was
lost by vote of IL to IL, the members
voting as follows Ayes-Messrs. T..
Brennan, Whitaker, O'Connell, Weiss,
Staub, Atwater Chillingworth, Walsh
Farnam, Dickerman, Davis-11. Nays
-Messrs. Cooley, Baldwin, Williams.
c. F. Brennan, Corcoran, Hyland.
Beecher, Donovan, Shepard, Wallace
TO-
After the roll call President Hogan
announced that he would vote against
the substitute This made the vote q
tie and Mr.. Hogan then dissolved the
llC Wy WILLING dAdlllHL LIE aupStlkuLE&f
Alderman Donovan's admentinant was
then lost by vote OF 70 to 5. and the
committee recommendation was adoptad
by a vote Of II to 5.
Reports having been received from
the committee on appropriations recon-
mending bond issues and appropriations
from the one mill payment tax to pay
for them the orders for paving the fol-
lowing streets were passed, after the
appropriation orders had been adopted:E
Grand avenue with vitrified brick,
Humphrey street with crushed stone,
Church street and Whitney avenue,
between Chapel and Sachem streets,
with vitrified bricks; Commerce street.
with vitriHed brick Edgewood avenue
with crushed stone, and Grove street
with crushed stone. The pavements on
Humphrey street, Edgewood avenue
and Grove street are to be paid for
from the one mill tax while those on
Church street. Whitney avenue and
Commerce street and Grand avenue are
to be paid for from. the sale Of bonds.
Since the appropriations committee had
reported only on that portion of the
Church street and Whitney avenue
paving between Chapel and Sachem
streets, the portion to be done with
brick, only that portion Of the order re-
ferring to that section was adopted and
the order for the paving of Whitney
avenue beyond Sachem street was
tabled pending an appropriation and
the committee was requested to report
it at the next meeting.
Two remonstrances were read against
the brick paving of Church street, one
being signed by Dr. f. e. Beckwith
and others, and the other by Leonard
e. Sanford and others. The total num-
ber Of signatures to the two remon-
strances was thirty-three. The remon4
strances were tabled on motion of AL
derman Atwater
On motion Of Alderman Baldwin ii
was voted that notice be given all COM
panies desiring to lay conduits or pipes
in Grove street that the conduits and
pipes must be laid before the pavement
was put down, and that none could ba
laid within three years after the pave-
ment was placed.
The street committee reported a rec
for brick pavement on
Temple street. between Chapel street
and Congress avenue to be completed
by September 1, 1900. The report was
tabled until the committee on appro-
priations reported at the next regular
meeting. Later at Mr.. Cooleys request
the report was taken from the table
and Mr.. Cooley moved to substitute
pitch block asphalt for brick. Alder
nan Williams seconded. Alderman Att
water thought that the city had expert
nented enough with asphalt and OPP
posed the amendment, as did also AL
1ermen Baldwin, Chillingworth and
Brennan. The amendment was lost by
an overwhelming vote
On motion of Alderman Baldwin the
committee recommendation for Trinidad
asphalt on Temple street through Lne
Green was taken from the table and on
ls motion it was voted to substitute
prick for Trinidad asphalt in the order.
rhe order as amended was tabled pend
ng report from the committee on ap-
oropriations.
Alderman Atwater presented reso-
ution providing for an appropriation of
2, 900 by the city for the c. S. Bushnell
memorial. The resolution provided that
he board of finance be requested to in
dude the amount in the list of estimates
'or next year. Unanimous consent for
he consideration of the resolution was