The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-10-09
The BOARD or COUNCILNEN
b USTNBSS TRANSA CTED AT TKE
SESSION HELD LAST NIGHT,

AS Usual u Discussion Of Pavements DC"
cuptcd Much of the Time--Tore Pc
titions for Asphalt Blocks An Envesti-
CATION Wanted ON the Chapel Street
Contract Matter - NOn-Concurrent
Action ON the Church street Report
At the meeting of the Board Of Coun-
cilmen, held last evening, discussion
of the Church street pavement matter
occupied the greater part of the session.
The report Of the committee appointed
to Investigate concerning the Church
street pavement was up for considera-
tion last night. and was the cause or
the long disucssion on the relative mer-
its of various kinds of brick. This re-
port was the one submitted to the alder
men at their last previous meeting, and
recommended that Rice & Turner's con-
tract for paving Church street with
Catskill brick be ordered carried out,
and that If any other brick than Cat
skill was used it be harrington br1cK.
Councilman Parrott objected to the
report, saying that he was convinced
that Catskill brick was not good Tor
paving purposes, and he would not vote
to have the Church street job completed
with it. Councilman Hill urged that
the Church street contract be carried
out Councilman Minor moved that
the part of the committee report, pro-
viding for the use of Catskill brick be
stricken out, and the part providing Tor
harrington brick adopted. Councilman
Harkins spoke in favor of adopting the
committee report. He said that since
the contract for Catskill brick had been
awarded it should be carried out
A number of aldermen were on the
floor at this time, and it was alleged
that they were lobbying. Chairman,
pro tenn, Dawson, who acted as chair
man In the absence of President Stod-
dard, ordered that the aldermen leave
the floor.
A vote was taken on Councilman
Minors motion to amend the report and
the motion was lost. The motion to
concur with the aldermen was then put
to vote, and lost by a vote Of 10 to TO-
There is therefore now non-concurrent
action on the report.
A communication was received signed
by Aldermen Atwater and Miller, and
Councilman Tulford, asking that an In
vestigation be ordered as to the reasons
why the contract for the Chapel street
pavement was not awarded to the low
est bidder A motion by Councilman
Minor to table the communication was
lost, and 1t was then voted to refer the
matter to special committee of two
aldermen and three councilmen.
Councilman Harkins moved a recon-
sideratlon of the Church street report
The vote on the motion was a tie,
standing IL to H. Chairman pro TEN,
Dawson, dissolved the tie by voting for
a reconsideration. Mr.. Harkins moved
to concur with the aldermen, and Coun-
Gilman Hewitt moved an amendment to
recommit The amendment prevailed.
A petition was received from Alder
man Fuller asking that an asphalt
block pavement be laid on Crown street
between State and Temple street, and
also a petition from Aldermen Atwater
and Miller asking that an asphalt block
pavement be laid on Elm street, be-
tween State and York streets. Both
petitions were referred to the committee
on streets.
Concurrent action was taken in grant
ing The request Of the Board of Edu-
cation, for permission to secure plans
for new high school, without edver-
tisIng for bids or plans.