The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-11-13
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Orders.

The board Of councilmen held regu-
liar meeting last night and in a compar-
atively short time hustled through con-
siderable business. The report of the
committee on bath houses was received
and the recommendation adopted. The
Icommittee recommended that the petit
ton for the building of public bath
houses be granted and that the board
of finance be requested to include in
the estimates for 1901 $4,000 for the
erection of a public bath house on
Franklin street, near Chapel, or in that
vicinity.
In concurrence with the aldermen the
report os the committee on public
wharves was accepted. The committee
recommended that a public dock be
erected at the southerly side of Water
side park where the city owns a water
front of no feet. II is estimated that
a suitable dock can be built for $21, 900.
The committee recommended, also, that
la storage building be erected and that
the roof of the building be arranged to
be used as recreation pier In the
opinion of the members of the commit
tee such a building could be erected for
$4,000, making the total cost of the dock
and storage house $4,000 and providing
I 2, 700 feet of dockage, The committee
recommended that the report lie on the
table as there is at present no money
to pay for the erection of the wharf and
storage house, and that the board of
fi,,a ho cd TO IN Ind In, ha
estimates for next year the $4,000 re-
quired. The recommendation was
adopted
The committee also recommended
that the city take steps to have a dock
built on the extension of East street
over the East street sewer. This was
tabled pending an appropriation. 1t
was voted in concurrence with the al
dermen to give the Winchester Avenue
Railroad company permission to double
track College street, between Chapel
street and Elm street.
A communication was received from
City Clerk Norris calling attention to
the fact that the orders for a Belgian
block pavement ON George street, for a
crushed stone pavement on Kossuth
street, for the repaving of Leonard
street with crushed stone for the re-
pairing of the east end of Tomlinson
bridge, and other minor orders had be-
come operative because of the failure of
the mayor to sign or veto them. Mr.
Norris also called attention to the fact
that there was no money to pay for
these improvements ordered and stated
that in his opinion the orders were in
valid because the charter provision re-
ouiring that before orders can he legal |
ly passed appropriations necessary to |
cover the expense shall have been made, |
The communication was placed on file, |
and then on motion of Councilman |
Hewitt it was voted to- rescind previous |
action on the orders and to recommit |
them to the committee Which previously |
acted upon them.
A resolution was presented by ex-Al- |
derman Donovan providing that the |
counsel be directed to use
his efforts to secure in the next session
of the legislature such a change in the
New Haven street sprinkling act as will |
require the street railway companies to
sprinkle all the streets in which their |
tracks are laid. The resolution was re- /
ferred to the committee on legislation.
On motion Of Councilman Hewitt the /