The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-13
COUNCIL VOTE THE S1,500.
CONCUR WITH AIDE FEN ON YAL z BI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.

Drawbridge, Down Fairmont Avenue
 to the Steel Plant, Is Also Favorably
 Reported.
 The councilmen had no difficulty in
 securing a quorum last night, but be-
 fore the meeting of the board there was
 a committee meeting of more than or
 dinary importance. This was the meet
 ing of the committee on railroads and
 bridges, who were called together to act
 upon the resolution permitting the
 Manufact Street Railway com
 pany to extend their tracks over the
 Quinnipiac drawbridge, and over Fair mount avenue to the plant of the Ma
 tional Wire company, When the re- port on the resolution was read in the
 chamber there was a slight opposition
 to passing it. which was headed by Councilman Kelly, of the Fifteenth
 ward.
 It was moved by MT. Kelly that the
 resolution be recommitted that a pub
 lie hearing be held upon it. He claimed
 that there were a number of remon- | Sll etlilS llIot ueSlitu to DC iiSoiu diit
 that last Friday night when the pub
 lie meeting was scheduled there were
 forty or more remonstrants present to be heard upon the matter, but there
 was no quorum of the committee. He furthermore charged that the layout did
 not correspond with the one originally
 asked for and that under the present
 layout the railroad on Fairmount ave- 1ue would be dangerous thing to have there and would be source of many accidents.
 The motion to recommit the resolu- | tion was lost and the motion to adopt l the commttee's report was carried. | Councilman Logan, of the committee, ' stated that the committee had worked faithfully and conscientiously on the matter, and in July held two hearings. The absence of quorum on Friday night was an unfortunate affair, but he said there were but five people on the street that signed the petition of re- monstrance. The report of the con- mittee was unanimous and gives the company permission to extend their tracks to the mill crossing the draw bridge. For this latter purpose the board of finance is ordered to appro- priate the sum of s2,50O for the purpose of strengthening the bridge, and no more than one car of fifty tons with one motor. shall be run over the bridge at one time, nor shall the cars with the motor be on the bridge with any other car.
 The question of the $500 appropria- ton for celebration commemorative of the Yale bicentennial was another interesting topic of the meeting and was the matter that called forth the most opposition and much talk" This resolution had come from the board of aldermen favorably passed upon by the committee, and they accepted the com mittee's report. The ball was started rolling by Councilman Carlin, of the Seventh, moving to concur with the board of aldermen in adopting the com- mittee report The opposition immedi- ately made Itself apparent in the per son of Councilman Bracken, of the Twelfth. He argued that Yale did not ask for the celebration, in fact asked for nothing and that there were too many appropriations being signed by the mayor, controller and the director of public works and were never exc cuted, but upon investigation or ip- quiry it was learned there was no money to pay for them. He laid great stress on the merchants in the center of the city agitating the matter and they would be the only beneficiaries of such a celebration.
 Another councilman supported the councilman from the Twelfth and pre- scented a resolution that was ruled out of order. Asked If he intended it for an amendment to the original report of the committee, Councilman Cunning ham sarcastically announced that as Yale had asked for nothing he present. ed the resolution, giving them posses sion of the Green and the privilege to do as they pleased with 1t, so they could carry out the celebration and look out for it themselves. The councilman then moved to lay the whole matter on the table but it was lost and the original motion to concur in the adoption of the committee report was carried after some vigorous remarks from Council men Browning of the First and Elliot of the Tenth An aye and nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: For the committee report Browning, Mason, Hausman, Feustel, Kehoe, Lo- gan, Carlin, Gussman, Lubenow, Wells, l Manning, Harper, Elliot, Booth, Jacobs, | Coyle, Harkin, Wohlmaker Bristol, | Thompson and Brown.
 Against the report of the committee | were Frederick, Werweiss, Farrell, Me Grail Cunningham Habersang, Dwyer, | Huber, Bracken, Kelly and Hughes. | Carried by a vote of 21 to H.
 A committee report recommending l that the director of public works pro- l cure from the state highway commits | sioner the money provided by the state | for the purpose of completing the high l ways received unanimous consent and | was adopted, On the resolution that | the mayor appoint two members of the | committee on the revision of ordinances | the councilmen receded from their for mcr action, and concurred with the al- l dermen in the adoption of the commit ] tee report
 Mayor Studley sent a communication suggesting the appointment of a mem Der of the council to the new tax abate- ment committee authorized by the last | general assembly. so that the commit tee could organize at once. This com mittee is to be comhosed of one alder man, one councilman, and two citizens appointed by the mayor. The latter has