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

which were under consideration AS
| soon as the meeting had been called to
| order a recommendation from the APP
| preparations committee was read sign
| ed by Alderman ]. j. Walsh, Council
| men Bracken and Harris, majority of
the committee and recommending that
the issuance of registered coupon bonds
| to the amount of s35, 900 be ordered to
| pay for an iron shale brick pavement
| on Chapel street, as recommended by
| the street committee. Alderman j. j.
| Walsh at once moved that the majority
| report be accepted as the report OF the
! committee. Alderman Corcoran ask
| ed that the majority report be laid on
| the table until the minority report had
| been read. The chair decided that lit
would be wise to have the minority re-
| port read" and it was accordingly read.
The minority report was signed by
| Alderman Corcoran and Councilman
| Donnelly, and recommended that $4,000
worth of bonds be issued to pay for a
pavement of vitrihed alluvial clay brick
! on Chapel street Alderman Miller
raised the point that the committee
could not act on any matter not refer
red to 1t and said that the only matter
which had been referred to the commit
| tee was an order for an appropriation
| for an iron shala brick pavement as rec
| commended by the street committee and
| accepted by the board. The chair de-
clared the point we'll taken. and that
| the minority report was not in order.
| Alderman Atwater then moved to
amend the majority report by substi-
tuting "vtrlfied brick for 'vitrif1ed
| iron shale rock brick" Alderman I'm
ger seconded. Alderman Beecher said
that he understood that If iron shale
brick was ordered only two companies
could bid on the contract since that
kind of brick was manufactured by on
ly two companies. Alderman Miller
said that at the last meeting he OPP
posed the iron shale brick because he
thought that there could be no competi-
ton for it. He had since learned that
it was manufactured by seven compa-
MES and mentioned the names of the
companies. He thought that this would
allow ample competition. The street
committee had gone on pavement in
specting tour at the expense of the block
asphalt company and then on its re-
turn recommended iron shale brick be-
cause the committee thought that that
kind of pavement was the most durable
and best of all kinds of pavement in
spected An order for "vitritied brick"
simply would permit the director of
public works to let contract for the
same kind of brick which had been laid
on East Chapel street and been SO
much condemned In view of these
facts he favored the order for iron shale
brick. Alderman Hubbard also spoke
in favor of the majority report.
Alderman Hall--"There is some is
terest behind this that does not appear.
1 don't accuse any member of this
board of taking a dollar. but this en-
thusiastic action on the part of the gen.
tlemen who favor this kind of brick is
something that you ought to take no.
tice of"
Alderman j. ]. Walsh and Miller took
exception to Mr.. Halls insinuations and
Alderman Moyle said: 'They say that
it is the hurt pig that squeals. I am
green in politics and in the ways of
this board, but / want to say that there
are some pretty bad stories going
around about this brick, one that a
member of this committee on appropri-
atoms is under the control of the john
sonberg Brick company. Those are ug-
ly stories"
Alderman Walsh Gone of the three
members of that committee who signed
the majority report-"I can say that If
he refers to me it isn't true and | tell
him here that he lies"
Alderman Moyle-"I mean what l say
and I stand by 1t, When member OF
this board tells me that I lie he is safe
here. but outside he wants to look OUT
Alderman Walsh-"In reply to the In
situations and the insults
Alderman Baldwin-"Mr. Chairman,
the gentleman is out of order"
The chair ruled Mr.. Walsh out of or
der. but the latter insisted upon his
right to speak as chairman of the COM
mittee on appropriations He said: las
chairman of the committee | called the
committee together on August Is and
majority of the committee then refused
to act at all on the matter. | told them
that the order for iron shale brick came
to us on concurrent action and that
there was no reason why our commit
tee should hold the order up and delay
the pavement. Another meeting was
held and again they refused to act fiat
ly refusing to make a report and block
ing any pavement. Still another meet
ing was held with the same result and
citizens clamoring for some kind of
pavement to be put under way. I
served notice then that l would at the
next meeting of the board submit a
minority report if they persisted in
blocking action. Then came the meet
ing of August 27 and the reports that
YOU have heard read. If you are in ia
vor of the minority report be decent
about it; don't be contemplate. After
struggling four meetings we got a re-
port here
A vote was then taken on the amend
ment to substitute "vitrified brick for
"vitrif1ed iron shale rock brick" result
ing as follows:
Ayes-Messrs. Baldwin, Brill, Cor
coran, Whitaker, Beecher, Atwater,
Unger Hail. Moyle, W. F. Walsh, Dick
erman, Alcorn, Rose, Morse-13.
Nays-Messrs Adams. McGill, Savers,
O'Connell, Erff Weiss, Hubbard, Mil
Ter, Feitman, j. ]. Walsh. Wallace-11.
Alderman J. J. Walsh raised the
point that the members from the Thir-
tenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth wards
lol ~ ,irb+ +c, -o+o IN tho Question IJa