The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-19
MAY BE INCREASED TO s1,6OO
THE AMOUNT FOR LAMENTATIONS
 DURING THE BI-CENTENNIAL.
The Board of Finance May Reconsider Its Former Action in Appropriating $750-One Member Became Angry and alton Was Suggested Special Meeting Next Monday.
Next Monday.

At the meeting of the board of finance held last evening the matter of
 appropliating money for an illumina- ton of the green and decoration during
 the Yale bicentennial celebration was
 again taken up for discussion. The sug-
 gestion was made that the amount of
 the appropriation be increased to S1.50O
 and the mere suggestion so aroused
 one of the members of the board Mir
 Atwood that he took his hat and left
 the meeting unceremoniously.
 MT. Wright of the board, who has
 been absent in Europe for some time,
 and who was not present at the meet
 Ing when the appropriation for the H.
 lumination was cut from $1,500 to $750,
 was present last night having return
 ed from Europe Monday. MT. Dewell
 last night suggested that MT. Wright
 be given an opportunity to express his opinion on the appropriation matter It was decided to give him that oppor- tunity and MT. Wright said that he was heartily in favor of an appropriation of $1 800 for illumination and decoration of the green during the bicentennial He said that he considered the appropria- tion of $750 insufficient and thought that it would be better not to make any appropriation at all than to appropri- n fn so II t,l. l1 likely to make the city appear small At this MT. Atwood jumped up and said that if the matter was taken up again he would not vote for any appropria- ton at all. He said that since the meet ing when it was voted to appropriate S750 he had learned that the Yale bi- centennial committee was buying all the decorations to be used by the uni versity in New York and none in New Haven. He said that he had learned that the Yale authorities did not give the New Haven dealers chance to bid on any supplies and that all the pro- visions for the big dining hall were purchased in New York. He said furth- 1T that Yale owned s2o, 900 900 worth of in the center of the city and | III WHICH no taxes were pdlu.
 To this MT. Wright replied that Yale | ought to pay taxes but that was not a natter for discussion at present. It | vas for the interest of New Haven to make our appropriation sufficient to make the city appear in an advan- ageous light in the eyes of the large | lumber of business men and profess ional men who will be here during the He desired that matters e arranged so that the question might e considered by the full board. Mir, 'urtis was absent last night and Mir. Wright hoped that no action would be aken in that gentleman's absence. He Jould like the matter put in such a orm that the board would not lose the ight if it SO voted, to increase the ap- reputation to s1,500.
 Acting on this suggestion Mir Dewell loved that the motion to appropriate 750 be reconsidered and that the mo- on to reconsider be tabled for the resent. This course would keep the natter before the board so that power increase the appropriation would not Q lost Mir. Atwood objected strongly to any ] and saying that he l ould refuse to vote on the motion and lat it was "dlshonorable to MT Cur s." he left the room although other ,embers endeavored to call him back 4
 reason with him.
 The motion to table the motion to re- ,nsider was passed and the board len adjourned to next Monday even < 2 at o'clock when the reconsidera- on will be taken up. The request of the board of health for :, appropriation to pay for inspection a
 the city's water supply was discuss
 and it was voted that the health :. ard be advised that the finance o ard had no fund from which to make f e desired appropriation and suggest :. g that the state board of health be r. quested to make the inspection. r The request of the director of public orks for the transfer of $500 to the ac- Y, unt of bridges and $1,O0O to a c account of repair of crushed stone o vements from the account for build- 2 bulkhead at the foot of Chestnut | ' 'eet.