The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-08
THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN


an order authorizing the special com.
mittee ON Anthony CAROLS charges
against City Engineer Kelly to employ
a stenographer to take notes of the tes-
I timony given at the hearings and d.
recting the board OF finance to approve
bills for the hire of such a stenographer
Last night the mayor sent back the or
der with his veto and a communication
stating the reasons of the veto. Among
the reasons advanced by the mayor
were these: That he finds no provision
in the charter for the employment Of
stenographers by committees, because
| he sees no reason for stenographic re-
port of the testimony given before this
committee, and because the common
council has no power to direct the board
of finance concerning what bills 1t shall
approve or shall not approve. The may
ar's communication was received and
placed on file.
A report was received from the COM
mittee in relation to the request of the
Trades council for the incorporation in
contracts fos work on new school build
ings of clause requiring that none but
union labor shall be employed and that
as far as possible none but New Haven
residents shall be employed. This re-
quest was referred some time ago, and
the committee in it's report last night
recommended that the board of educa-
ton be requested to include the desired
clause in the contracts for new school
buildings. Alderman Wright spoke
against the adoption of the recommend
alton, saying that it would hamper the
board Of education in letting contracts
Alderman Corcoran spoke in favor of
the recommendation. An aye and nay
vote was called for by Alderman Miller
and the vote resulted in the adoption
Of the recommendation by vote of 10
to T. the members voting as follows:
Ayes-Messrs. Corcoran, Savers, Hub
bard, Weiss Miller Atwater, Fertman,
'. j. Walsh, Alcorn, Rose-10.
Nays-Messrs. Baldwin, Wright, I'm
ger Hail. Moyle, Barnes, Morse-Z
The committee on legislation recon-
mended that the corporation counsel be
requested to endeavor to secure at the
coming session Of the legislature legisla-
ton to authorize the payment to the
members of the New Haven board of
relief of additional compensation for ex-
ira work in connection with the appeals
from the board of assessors, and also
that the corporation counsel be request
ed to cause to be introduced bill au-
thorizing the city of New Haven to APP
proprate $1,000 towards the Bushnell
memorial. Both recommended lions were
adopted.
a1,,ttn fnt, hIri1I itlcr nf q
public wharf at Waterside park wss
adopted.
Alderman Miller offered resolution
providing that the board of finance be
directed not to approve bills for the in
creases in the salaries of assistants in
the city engineers office and of two
clerks in the controllers office, provided
for in the appropria lions made by the
board of finance. Mr. Miller said that
he desired to call attention to the fact
that although SO much had been said
about the salary increases provided for
in the amendments to appropriations
which the common council made, moth
ing had been said of the salary increases
which the board of finance provided for.
He said that the common council pro-
vided for the increase of only six sala-
ries, while the board of finance provid-
ed for seven. He said that he would
like to find out whether, as it appeared,
the heads of some departments had
more weight with the board of finance
in securing salary increases than the
heads of other departments. The reso- +.
luton was defeated.
The annual report of Fire Marshal
Gladwin was received and tabled for
printing. The report contains some in
terestng facts and covers the year end
ing December 81. 1t shows that during