The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-15
THE BOARD OF COUNCILMEN

COMMON COUNCIL oCO-OPERAIE
In Devising Plan to Secure II elief fr IN
Unfair Recommendations Avenue
Petition Referred In Concurrence
Trades Council Request Granted A tier
Considerable Discussion-West Rock
Park Layout and Assessment Accepted.
The meeting of the board of council
men held last night was somewhat
briefer than are the meetings of that
board usually. Several important mat
tiers of public business were, however,
attended to during the session.
A communication was received from
the chamber of commerce asking that
committee be appointed from the court
of common council to cooperate with
dhe chamber of commerce committee
in devising plan whereby citizens
deeming their property unfairly assess
ed may obtain relief. After some dis
cussion it was decided to refer the COM
munication to the committee on legisla-
ton with power to act.
The board concurred with the alder
men in adopting the resolution present.
ed by Alderman Wallace of the Eev-
enth ward requesting the collector of
tax to furnish to the court of common
council a report of the assessments
against property owners for permanent
pavements since the passage of the per-
manent pavement act of 1895 and re-
questing the controller to submit a re-
port of the condition Of the permanent
pavement fund at the close of the last
fiscal year. Unanimous consent for the
immediate consideration of the resolu-
ton was given.
The board concurred with the alder
men in referring to the street commit
tee the petition for brick and Trini-
dad asphalt pavement on Howard ave-
nue. and in passing the resolution call
ing upon the corporation counsel to
cause to be introduced at the present
session Of the legislature an act en-
abling the city to appropriate $4,000 to-
mortal.
The report of the committee to which
was referred the request of the Trades
Council that the board Of education be
requested to include in the specifica-
lions for new school buildings to be
erected this year a clause requiring that
none but union labor be employed and
that so far as possible none but New
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siderable discussion. The board of al
dernen, on recommendation of the COM
mittee passed a resolution embodying
the request. The adoption of the reso-
luton was opposed last night by Coun-
cilmen Wheeler, Hewitt, Stoddard and
Mansfield. Councilrnen Harkins Bohn,
Davis, Bradley and Yardley spoke in
favor of the resolution.
Councilman Hewitt thought that it
was wrong to use the city of New Ha-
ven as club to compel men to join the
unions. Mr. Wheeler thought that al
though a labor union was good thing
the city should keep out of this mat
ter.
Prior to the consideration of this
question President Stoddard called
Councilman Bracken to the chair and
took his seat on the floor. An aye and
nay vote was called for on the Trades
Union matter and the vote resulted as
follows:
Ayes-Messrs. Bohn, Parrot, Harris,
Buchmuler, Flynn, Maley, Barrows,
Williams, Gilbert, Davis, Wohlmaker,
Harkins, Skinner, Goode, Yardly, Brad
ley-16.
Nays-Messrs. Wheeler, Browning,
Minor, Hosley, Stoddard, Baldwin, Full
ford Hewitt, Dawson, Holiday, Ham
ilton, Keeler, Foote, Mansfield, Potter
is.
The board by a vote of 1911 con-
CURED with the aldermen in accepting
the layout and assessment of damages
for the addition to West Rock Park.