The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-03-25
TWELFTH wARDERs MEET.
Discussion on the Pest House Site Yes
terday Afternoon.

Discussion on the Pest House Site Yes
terday Afternoon.
A meeting was held at o'clock yes
terday afternoon at 142 Rowe street, in
| the Twelfth ward, for the purpose of
| taking further action in opposition to
locating the pest house on the plot of
land on Clinton avenue, purchased by
the board of health some four years
ago. The principal purpose of the meet
! ing was to receive the report of the
committee appointed at meeting held
| Sunday afternoon March II, to wait on
Mayor Driscoll for the purpose of get
| ting him to sign the order passed by
the court of common council, which
recommended that the pest house be To-
Gated at Springside. The committee re-
ported that Mayor Driscoll decided to
neither veto nor sign the order, but to
permit 1t to become law under the ten
day rule. The report of the committee
was debated upon by a number of
speakers, among them being Eugene
Cartier, Alderman Walsh, Councilman
Bracken, Frederick Gay, Walter Con-
nor. and Gerald Fitzgerald. The last
named speaker introduced a resolution
censuring the mayor for his refusal to
sign the order as requested by the COM
mittee. This resolution created much
discussion, which took on a somewhat
political complexion. Fred Gay spoke
strongly in opposition to the resolution
and Mr.. Fitzgerald was equally firm.
After considerable debate by a few
speakers, Charles Gay, as chairman of
the meeting, stated that whatever credit
or blame was due to the Inauguration of
this movement belonged to him, and as
he had not started it for political pur-
poses he would neither vote for nor
against the resolution, but would have
to rule that resolution censuring any
official for public acts was in order in
such a meeting, whether that official
was a candidate for denomination or
not Mr.. Gay said that he wished 1t
understood that his attitude toward the
mayor was perfectly friendly one He
said that he recognized the fact that
the mayor, out of respect to him, had
declined to veto the bill whereupon
Walter Conner moved that the resolu-
ton be tabled. and this resolution was
carried. The committee appointed last
week is expected to appear before the
committee on human einstitu-
tions in early April when the bill CIV
ing the board of health power to name |
the site instead of the court of common
council will come up. A large delega-
ton Is expected to accompany the COM
mittee to Hartford
1t was suggested at the meeting yes
terday that a number of property hold
ers in the vicinity of the plot referred
to might as last resort club together
and buy the plot of land picked out for
the pest house. This plot of land is as
large as a city block The speakers
charged the board of health with pre-
tending to locate the hospital in Jewell
street in the Thirteenth ward, which is
thinly populated and republican In pol
tics, in order to put the voters Of the
Twelfth ward to sleep during the spring
elections, it being their purpose to de-
,eive the mayor into vetoing the order
and at the same time prevent the petit
ions and protest from his many demo-
cratic constituents In the Twelfth
ward being put In.
Meeting, which was adjourned about
':45. A number of letters were read
rom citizens Of the Twelfth ward who
we're unable to attend the meeting, in
'luding one from Mr.. Sault. from whom
he board of health obtained the plot
# land. The meeting adjourned to
meet again at the call of the chair.