The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-05-04
THE STREET COMMITTEE.
Many Petitions Considered at Las
 Nights Session.

| Many PetltlOnS Considered at Last l Nights Session.
 l The committee on streets last night | held hearings on a number of petitions
 which had been referred by the court
 of common council, among them a petl- l tion from Dr. s. H. Chapman for a
 wooden block pavement on Church steret, between Elm and Chapel streets,
 and a petition of the Southern New England Telephone company for per-
 mission to erect an experimental street telephone box.
 Dr. Chapman appeared in support of
 ris petition. He said that in London, where modern blocks chemically treated and compressed had been used for pay ing purposes they had been found to be
 the most durable, sanitary and econom- ical pavement in use and that they
 were supplanting asphalt and other
 paving materials there. He thought
 yard This cost is somewhat above
 that of brick. but Dr. Chapman
 thought that tAe increased cost was
 made up by the superior lasting oual-
 ities of the wood blocks and by the
 slight expense in keeping 1t in repair.
 Dr. Beckwi.h and George T. White,
 proprietor of the Tontine hotel, also ap-
 peared in favor of the petition. The
 committee considered the matter in ex-
 ecutive session, but made no recom- mendation, although 1t was learned that
 the committee favored brick pavement for Church street.
 Frederick P. Lewis, assistant general manager of the Southern New England Telephone company appeared in behalf of the petition concerning street tele- phone boxes. He said that 1t was the intention, If permission was granted, to erect the experimental box at the corner of Orange and Humphrey streets, which is now somewhat removed from any public telephone station. He called attention to the public utility of having a telephone handy in case of necessity of calling physician in the night time and to other advantages of having a public telephone within convenient reach.
 Edward c. Beecher and James P. Earle aslo spoke in behalf of the peti- tion. Henry Donovan and Alderman Miller of the Seventh ward favored granting the petition with certain con- ditions. MT Donovan thought that one- half os the revenue derived from a public box, if one was established, should be paid to the city government. MT. Miller thought that there should be no such condition imposed for the erection of an experimental box, but that if after that box had been tried, if it was found to be public benefit and other boxes were established then a certain amount of the revenue derived from the boxes should be paid to the city. In executive session the com mittee tabled the matter for considera- ton at subsequent executive meeting.
 Favorable recommendations were de- cided upon in regard to the following petitions: For permission for the Postal company to erect six poles on Hill street, between Congress avenue and Whiting street: for brick pave ment on Commerce street, between Temple and Broad streets; for crushed stone pavements on Asylum street, be- tween Sylvan and Davenport avenues; on Goffe street, between Howe and Or chard street; on Lombard street, be- tween Ferry and North Front streets; on Clay street, between Ferry and James streets; on Cedar street. and on Putnam street: for sidewalk on the l north side of Washington avenue be- l tween Morris street and the city line: for curb on the south side of West l Hazel street. for a crosswalk on Ferry 1 street, in line with the north side of | Saltonstall avenue
 It was recommended that the petition | 0f Henry l.. Bradley and others for the l posting of sign pests in the Thirteenth |, ward, be granted.
 Petitions for the hardening of White street; for crushed stone pavement on | White street were tabled for future con-