The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-03
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
ONE OF THE LIVELIEST BOR- OUCH MEETINGS ON RECORD,

Discussion Between NH. Niles anC
 Harry Leigh-Other Fair Haven News
 The liveliest borough meeting held 1T
 Fair Haven East in years took place
 last evening at the engine house or
 East Grand avenue. It was the an
 nual business meeting and adjourned
 over from May.
 Warden Willett Kellogg presided and
 Charles E. Bray was the borough clerk
 Treasurer o. A. Rose submitted his an-
 nual report, showing a balance of $1S2.-
 20 on hand. The total footings of the
 account for the year were $S,2746O.
 A motion was made to lay an an-
 nual borough tax of five mills and this
 started the ball to rolling. An amend
 ment was offered for a five and half
 mill tax, the surplus to be used in moving the engine house to a more ad-
 vantageous location on Quinnipiac ave-
 nue.
 It was suggested by a voter that the 1 call was only for regular business. Ira F. Fonda said that the engine
 house business was regular.
 The clerk again read the call for the meeting.
 Harry Leigh suggested that this was an annual meeting and any business | could be taken up.
 Attorney William r. Niles tried to make a suggestion, but MT. Leigh said | that he had the floor.
 Now Mr. Niles you can speak, said ! Harry Leigh
 l Niles-"Thank you MT. Leigh" MT. | Niles said: "The chair is right in his | ruling that no other business save the laying of a tax can be taken up. The 1 motion to move the engine house is out of order. This meeting is only for the regular business mentioned in the call and not for extraordinary business. Leigh-'I take exceptions" Niles-"I can't help your exceptions. It has been ruled over and over again that this thing cannot be done.'
 Leigh-"At our annual meeting all such matters may come up. I have been to many town meetings and know what I am talking about. All business may come up at the annual meeting"
 The warden-"Only regular business can be entertained"
 Leigh-"This is regular business. l take exceptions to the ruling.
 Ex- Alderman Froelich moved to amend and have tax of five and half mills.
 Leigh-"My idea in having the engine house moved to Quinnipiac avenue is ! r1yho can meet and have q reading room. It is to elevate the young men over here. l would like to see a place where the young men can meet. The men in this fire company are willing to risk their lives in fighting fire and the least that we could do would be. to provide good meeting place for them. The people are too niggardly in this thing. It is all wrong to come up here and squeloh us in this way"
 Niles-'I don't want to question the motives of the gentleman, but we must do business in accordance with certain rules. In the matter of voting money you must commence right"
 Leigh-"It is all wrong in calling an annual meeting when you can't offer a resolution"
 The warden-"The chair has decided that 1t is out of order"
 Leigh-"I know it is decided, but it Is decided wrong"
 John J, Dayton-"This fire company | stands ready to do anything 1t can for the people, and the people should stand by it. If they desire, the burgesses | may appropriate money for removing | the engine house We have no right to | say, You shall not do this thing You have the best element in the town in | this fire company. Now, if you wish to spend a little money for them, the bor- ough would be showing them the re- spect that is due them.
 MT. Froelich-"We will not have the water tax this year, and there would be saving towards this expense we are asking for. I would offer an amend ment that the money saved from water rent for four years be saved for the of moving the engine house, and that a committee be appointed to carry out the same"
 George M. Baldwin-"It has been de- cided that this cannot be done. We ,an only vote to lay tax at this meet ng."
 Attorney Niles suggested that a spe- ,ial meeting could be called to consider his matter
 The motion for 5-mill tax was re- lewed and ex-Alderman Froelich nov d an amendment for a tax of 5& mills. E. S. Wade, of the light committee, vas asked about the street lights. He said that thirty-three new lights had ,een put in and thirty more were to be | ,dded. |, Mir Leigh-"You should thin out the ,lectric lights. No one is allowed to compete on electric lights"
 MT Wade went on to explain that 1t l would be suicide to knock out the cleo ric lights From now on this would ,e the best lighted borough in the tate On the amendment the vote was 27 i n favor and IS against, and the 5% l mills was voted. The vote was taken " dividing the house. It is now probable that the burgesses will be asked to remove the engine ouse using the money to be raised by U he extra tax of three-quarters of a | lill; or another and special borough | ' bo L,o1I ho U