The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-24
THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
SESSION LAST NIGHT AN INTER EST
 ING ONE.

Discussed the Lighting contract ioi Over Two Hours and Thon Voted tt
 Leave It With the Committee to Ascer' tain the Cost of Lighting the City for One Year Instead of FOur-Commu III n l.
 cation from Mayor Studlcy.
 A special meeting of the board of al-
 dermen was held last night for the main
 purpose of taking action on the propos-
 ed new electric lighting contract, but
 after the members of the board had had
 a good time making suggestions and
 motions for an hour or more it was
 finally voted to refer the matter to the
 committee on lamps for the purpose of
 having them find out from the United
 Illuminating company what it would
 cost to light the city for one year in
 stead of for four years, as the proposed
 contract figures on.
 Some of the members of the board
 wanted to vote to order the adopting of
 the new contract, and others were in favor of letting the matter go over un-
 til the next meeting of the board, to be held a week from Monday night.
 Alderman Miller started the ball roll ing by asking the clerk to read the con- tract, which is entitled Exhibit CC'' in the journal. When this was done All derman J. J. Walsh asked the chairman of the committee on lamps, Alderman Savers, to make some sort of a report on what had been done by the commit tee, but he got little satisfaction, as MT. Savers practically said, 'There is noth- ing doing" The latter was asked by Alderman Corcoran as to whether the report read WAS the one approved by the corporation counsel, and he said it was, and that he thought it was good and fair one.
 Alderman OKeefe was not satisfied with that, and he requested that the clerk read the opinion-a long one, too of Corporation Counsel Daggett, which was done to the great interest of all. Moyle saw trouble ahead and moved that the report of the committee be accepted, the recommendation adopt ed and the order passed passed. His motion was lost not by vote, but by the motions, suggestions and amend ments of nearly all in the chamber, and when the smoke cleared away the board was just where it was when the meet ng opened
 Alderman Wallace gave an interesting essay on the progressiveness of the times. and said that it would not do for he city to agree to the four-year con ract, as somebody was apt to make an invention in the light line that would put the light under discussion in the lark, and so he did not think 1t wise to i nave the city bound down under a four year contract in anything. He also said hat he didn't think the city had the | light to make a four-y year contract with | he lighting company as it was voting | or thing for which there was no ap- ,ropriation.
 Then it was that Alderman O'Keefe !! moved an amendment to the original notion to have the report of the com | nittee referred back for the purpose of | inding out the cost of lighting for one ear
 Aldermen Alcorn and Moye were in | avor of getting more bids from outside irms, the latter saying that there was lot enough data upon which to go f head in the matter. Aldermen J. J. | Walsh, Walter Walsh Miller, Wright md two or three others had voice in ' he fun that followed, and the meeting nded by the passing of the vote al- eady mentioned.
 Previous to the discussion on the ighting contract communication from favor Studley was read suggesting hat the board take action on commit lication. sent to him from the local ,ranch of the Brotherhood of Locomo- i've Engineers, to the effect that they Q what they can to have the next na iona1 session of the brotherhood meet n this city in May 1904. Mayor Stud av pointed out the fact that the con- ention would bring about one thou and or fifteen hundred visitors to the ity, and that it would bring people here rom all parts of the United States. He aid he thought it would be great hing for New Haven, and earnestly | recommended that the matter be refer ed to an appropriate committee that would take action immediately. It was ccording1y referred to committee of wo aldermen and three councilmen, to eport at the next meeting of the oard.
 The reports of the committees on treets, claims and sewers were receiv- q and disposed of In the usual man. CT.