The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-04-03
INCREASE OF $4,000 VOTED
ALDERMEN CONSIDER THE RAIL.
ROAD ASSESSMENT TOO Low

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| Chapel street-More Talk on Fire.
| mems Salaries and the Temple Street
Paving-Concurrent Action on the
| er business Before the Aldermen Last
| Night.
| The board Of aldermen last night
voted to increase the assessment against
the Fair Haven & Westville Railroad
| Co. for the paving of West Chapel street
from $5,823 to $36,879. The action must
be concurred in by the board of coun-
cilmen and approved by the mayor be-
fore it becomes binding. This action OF
the aldermen was taken during consid-'
Grafton of the report of the bureau OF
compensation on the assessments for
the asphalt paving on West Chapek
street. Late in the meeting Alderman
Donovan called the attention of tha
board to the list of assessments report
ed, which were printed in the journal
for March. He called attention espe-
cially to the assessment Of $5,S23 levied
against the Fair Haven and Westville
Railroad company for that pavement
and said that this assessment was $751;
900 less than it should be. Accompany-
ing the report Of the bureau of con-3
pensation was an opinion from the cor
poration counsel to the effect that the
railroad company was an abutting props
eIty owner on the street and therefore
assessable exactly as other property
holders on West Chapel street. Re-
ferring to this opinion Mr.. Donovan said
that he thought that the corporation
counsel was as much disqualified for
giving an opinion on this matter as he
was on the question of firemer1s sala-
ries. He said that he had been in-
formed that the corporation counsel
was holder of the railroad company's
stock and he thought that this was a
disqualification. He moved that the re-
port be returned to the bureau of corn-
pensation for correction.
Alderman Chillingworth concurred
with the opinions expressed by Mr..
Donovan. He said that 'men close to
the center of the corporation" had told
him that If the company was permitted
to double track West Chapel street it
would not object to paying a pavement
assessment for nine feet wide for each
track. He said that the first report on
the matter by the bureau of compensa-
tion recommended an assessment Of
about $37 900 against the railroad COM
pany and that this report was adopted
by the board of aldermen, but was held
up by the councilmen He said that the
act OF 1899 providing for an assesemept
on abuttfng property owners was not
intended to repeal the act Of 1895, but
was simply intended for the benefit Of
the private abutting property owners
and not to relieve the railroad company
from paying for paving inside the
tracks and two feet outside At his re-
quest Alderman Donovan withdrew his
motion and Mr.. Chillingworth then
moved that the total amount Of the as
sessment for West Chapel street paving
be changed from $11 1581.13, as reported
by the bureau of COMPENSATION, to $42,-
537.13, and that the assessment of $5,-
S29 recommended to be laid against the
Fair Haven and Westville road be in
creased to $36.879 the amount which the
bureau of compensation originally re-
ported the company liable to pay. AL
derman Donovan seconded this motion.
Alderman Cooley opposed immediate
action on the motion, saying that the
were not prepared to vote i'm
telilgently upon the matter until they
had time to consider it. He moved to
table the motion and Alderman Will
iams seconded. The motion to table
was lost by vote Of 1877.
Alderman Cooley called for an aye
!, nd NO 10 "a +<, j,,o
the assessment. City, Clerk Norris pro-
,eeded with the roll call and Alderman
+. Brennan, Whitaker an Hyland had
voted in favor of the motion and AL
1erman Cooley, Williams, Brill, Dove,
)'Connell and Beecher against 1T when,
he vote not having been finished, AL
lerman Dove rose and said that he
lidn't want to be recorded as opposing
he increase of the assessment He
lsked Mr.. Cooley to recall hia motion
or an aye and nay vote. Mr.. Cooley
Alderman T. Brennan said that it had
,een made clear that by some ''hocus
,ocus' the railroad company had "got
nut Of paying $31, ,0OO." He was ready
o have his vote recorded. The chair
uled that the motion for an aye and
lay vote could not be recalled. Alder
nan Hall then moved to table the mat
er temporarily and it was so voted,
me matter was then taken from the
able on Mr.. Halls motion. Mr.. Cooley
noved to adjourn, but the motion was
1st Aldermen Beecher and Hyland
tarted for the door, but at the request
f Alderman Atwater the city sheriff
them from leaving the cham
er. The motion to increase the assess
1ent was then carried by viva voce
ote, after which the board adjourned
} meet again April 16.
A communication was received from
lerk A. ]. Metzger of the board of
re commissioners In answer to the res
luton adopted by the common council
equesting reasons for the fire boards
allure to execute the order of the COM
ION council relative to the salaries OF
ne fremen. The clerks communicated,
lated that the following vote was
assed at a meeting Of the board Of
re commissioners held March 20 1900.
That the clerk be instructed to notify
le court of common council that this
the first official notification we have
al from the court of common council
agarding the schedule of wages"
Citv C1orlx Norris rracapiaA