The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-08-28

Before the vote was announced j. j.
Walsh changed his vote for the pur-
pose, evidently, Of moving a reconsid-
GRAFTON later, thus making the vote
1919.
A few moments later ]. j. Walsh
moved a reconsideration. Alderman
Baldwin moved to table the motion to
reconsider.
Alderman Miller read from the rules
to show that a reconsideration could be
called for by a vote of one-ffth of the
members, and held that motion to ta-
BILE the motion to reconsider was out of
order, since such tabling would defeat
the purpose of the rule. The chair de-
cided Mr.. Miller's point we'll taken, and
that the motion to table was out OF Or
der. An appeal from the chair was
taken and the appeal was sustained by
a vote of 13 to H.
Mr.. Miller then amended the motion
to table so as to provide for tabling I'M
til the next meeting The point was
raised by Alderman Hall that this mo-
ton was not in order. The chair decld-
ed that 1t was, and an appeal was taken
| from the decision of the chair AT this
Alderman Miller rose with the remark
that he wasn't going to be ruled by
thirteen members Of the board, irrespec-
tive of the established rules, and start
ed for the door, Aldermen Hubbard, j.,
j. Walsh, Erff, Sayers, Fertman, Nc
Gill, Weiss, Adams and O'Connell fol-
I lowing him.
The chamber was then in an uproar,
three-quarters of the members standing
up yelling uncomplimentary names at
| those leaving the chamber and demand
ing that the sheriff force the members
! to remain. President Conway directed
the city sheriff to restrain the members
from leaving and the sheriff went into
the corridor to bring them back. lie
returned in a few moments and an
nounced that he could not force them
without warrants.
| Alderman Baldwin yelled: Yes, you
can. II you can't will help YOU
Order was finally restored and the ap-
peal from the chair was put to vote, all
the members remaining in the chamber
voting to sustain the appeal. The mo-
| tion to table the motion to reconsider
was then put and carried with rush,
there being no dissenting votes.
| The order for the Chapel street pave
ment, for which the appropriation or
der had been already passed, was then
taken up and amended for vitrifled
brick, and, thus amended, was passed,
with the fifteen members present voting
for It,
BY this time the members who had
left the chamber began struggling back.
Alderman Baldwin moved that the clerk
be instructed to spread upon the rec
ords ''the names of the boiling mem
bers." Those who heard him understood
him to say 1.-The voting members" and
Alderman Hall asked him to withdraw
the motion DIR. Baldwin said that he
meant "bolting members
CITY Clerk Norris-"I as clerk do not
care to say who are boilers, but if the
members will designate who are boilers
and so order / will spread the names on
the records"
Alderman Atwater insisted that the
city clerk should record as boilers the
names of the members who voted to
adopt the majority report of the appro-
priation committee
Mr.. Norris said that without man
damus from the court he would refuse
to designate any members as boilers
Alderman Baldwin changed the mo-
ton slightly, moving that the clerk be
instructed to spread on the records as
boilers the names of the members who
left the meeting.
City Clerk Norris reiterated his re-
fusal He said that he did not know
who left the chamber and he would not
lay his bondsman liable to an action for
something which he knew not of.
Alderman Alcorn said that the at
tempt to record members as boilers was
an unduly hastily action and he depre-
Gated 1t. The city clerk couldn't be In
structed to do something that would lay
him liable to civil action.
The appropriation committees reports
for the Temple street pavement were
then taken up. The majority report
recommended the issue of S21,0O0 worth
of bonds for a vitrified iron shale brick
pavement The order was amended to
provide for vitrified brick, and this
amended was passed by a vote of IL to
/, Alderman Erff voting no. The order
for the pavement with vitrif1ed brick
was then passed.
The Elm street order for a repairing
with crushed stone was next taken up
and on motion of Mr.. Miller seconded
by Mr.. Atwater, it was voted to substl-
tute asphalt block pavement for crushed
stone repairing. The amended order
was tabled pending an appropriation.
The board adhered to its previous &C
ton in substituting asphalt block for
granite block in the Crown street order
and tabled the amended order for an
appropriation. The councilmen nave
voted to substitute vitrified brick, and
a committee of conference was called
for.
A motion drawn up in writing by Al
derman Hall and containing the names
of the members who had left the cham
Der was then submitted instructing the
clerk to record those names as boilers.
The motion was passed
At the request of President Conway
a rule was then adopted providing that
members should not smoke during SEES
sions of the board.
A motion for a crushed stone pave
ment on Lamberton street was referred
to the street committee, and the board
then adjourned to meet the day after
Labor day.
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