The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-10-02
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THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
REPORT ON THE CHURCH STREET
PAYING NATTER RECEIVED.

| The Committee Recommends That the
Order he Carried Out with Another
| Kind OF Brick More Pavement Pee
tttions Received and Referred-Pe-
! tttions for Permission to Lay Ad-
ditionaI Car Tracks-The Bushnell
Monument Appropriation,
The board of aldermen at it's session
last night disposed of a large amount
of business. One of the most important
matters taken up was the report OF
the special committee for investigation
into the Church street paving matter.
The committee was appointed to IN
ouire into the reasons for the issuance
of the order for the stopping OF the
work of laying the pavement on Churcn
street before the entire order was ful-
filled, and for the carting away OF the
brick on Church street, between Elm
and Chapel streets.
The committee reported that 1t had
ascertained that the work of paving
was stopped because of the many COM
plants received concerning the poor
quality of brick laid on East Chapel
street. brick of the same make as that
which was being laid on Church street
-Catskill brick. The committee rec
commended that an order be passed TO
have the director of public works pro-
ceed to have Rice &, Turner's contract
to pave Church street carried out with
harrington brick to be laid with ce-
ment joints, provided Darlington brick
could be procured without an addition
al cost over that of Catslsill brick 9TH
erwise with Catskill brick.
Alderman Hall moved that the COM
mittee report be tabled for printing,
but such action was objected to by 9TH
er members on the ground that it
would delay the completion of the
Church street paving until next year.
The motion to table was lost, and the
report was accepted, the recommended
tion adopted and the order passed.
Petitions for vitrified brick pavements
in Elm street, from State TO York, and
in Crown street, from State street to
Temple street for Telford pavement
in York street, between South and Oak
streets; for a vitrified brick pavement
in Congress avenue, from George street
to Hill street. for the continuation of
Fitch street, to Whaley avenue, and
for the repairing of Howard avenue
with crushed stone Were referred to the
committee on streets.
A petition for the construction of a
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munication from the board of health
recommending that a sewer be built in
Hudson street, were referred to the
sewer committee
A communication was received from
the board of finance returning the res
olution passed by the common council
providing for an appropria ton to the
fund for the building of the Bushnell
monument. Accompanying the COM
was an opinion from the
counsel to the effect that
the charter granted to the city govern
ment no power to make appropriation
for that purpose and that therefore the
could not be legally made
under the present charter provision.
There is a sentiment in the common
council strongly IN IHVOT OF making uHe
appropriation, and the aldermen voted
to refer the matter to the committee on
legislation to report plan for securing
such charter amendment as will per-
nit OF the appropriation.
A communication was received from
the Fair Haven and Westville Railroad
calling to the attention of the
common council a map of the layout
Of the proposed extension of the tracks
on Derby avenue. The matter was re-
ferred to the committee on railroads
and bridges as were also a petition
from the same company requesting per-
mission to lay an additional track on
College street, between Chapel street
and Grove. and a petition from the
avenue railroad company
asking permission to lay an additional
rack in Congress avenue, from the
corner of George and Church streets to
he top of the Congress avenue hill.
The board passed an order to the ef-
'ect that George street, between State
street and Church street should be paw
I'd with the Belgian blocks which will |
,e taken from Chapel eet,sWhen the |
,ayx oa,,t to OF /