The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-17
THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
STANDING COMMITTEES AF
 POINTED LAST NIGHT.
Report of the Rules Committee Adopted With Few Amend eguIntlon Prohibiting AutomobiItng in East Rock, West Rock and Fort Wooster Parks Received.

Prohibiting AutomobiIfng in East Rock, West Rock and Fort Wooster Parks Received.
 A special meeting of the board of al- dermen was held last night to hear the report of the committee on rules, which
 met and drafted new set last week.
 Alderman Wheeler, the chairman of the committee, stated at the opening of the
 meeting that the rules adopted were a combination for the most part of the
 rules of the former boards of council men and aldermen, and that there were but few changes from the old lists, though of course there were number of alterations to govern the one board. The new rules were read by Assistant City Clerk Martin, there being forty sections in all. There were approved with two slight amendments.
 Section 27 called for the appointment of standing committees which were chosen by Chairman Wallace as fol- lows:
 Committee on appropriations
 
 son.
 Committee on bath houses-O' Keefe, Conway, Strong, Hine, and Moran.
 Committee on buildings and building Iines-Tfilton, Foote, Hine, Galligan and Corcoran.
 Committee on claims--W Wheeler, Me- Gill, Logan, Walsh, and Strong.
 Committee on commercial and manu- featuring nterests-Frederick, Dawson, O'Keefe, Lyman, and Sprightly.
 Committee on legislation-Cor Minor, Conway, Trueman. filling.
 Committee on licenses-Sprightly Foote, Baldwin, McGill, and Beecher.
 Committee on ordinances - filling, Wheeler, Dekerman, Logan, and Gal ligan.
 Committee on railroads and bridges Conway, O'Keefe, Jacobs, Corcoran, and Hilton.
 Committee on retrenehment and re- form-Trueman, Dickerman, Minor, Wheeler and O'Keefe.
 Committee on sewers and squares McGill, Hosley Beecher, Moran, and Dawson.
 Committee on streets - Trueman, Morse, Sprightly, Lyman, and Maley.
 Committee on water-Minor, Bronson, Jacobs, McGill, and Frederick.
 Committee on public ighting-Jaeobs, Corcoran, Baldwin, Minor and Freder- ick.
 A communication was received from Henry T. Blake of the park commission | the passage of vote at the l 1,j1 riy ,f in East Rock, West Rock l and Fort Wooster parks, under penalty l of a fine of $20. A regulation to this effect was passed over year ago by the same commission, and was sent to the | court of common council in May, 1901, but no action was taken on 1t. |
 The regulation last night was present. d by Alderman Dickerman, who said hat there had been one bad accident in East Rock park caused by an auto, which caused horse to jump over an Alderman Dickerman ;aid that automobiles were liable to tighten horses and cause great damage md that he was heartily in favor of laving the board take action.
 Alderman Minor moved for the unani- nous consent of the board but this was efused and then on motion by Alder nan Dickerman the matter was refer ed to the committee on ordinances.
 The report of the committee having n charge the sale of land on West Rock ark, decision on which was handed own from the superior court a few avs ago, was received. Alderman 1inor moved that the city be empower d to convey to l.. Wheeler Beecher the ortion of land he wanted for the sum f $700. This was lost on motion of AL erman Logan to refer the matter to a peciaI committee of five aldermen. James B. Coe, the director of public yorks, sent in the sewer assessment re- ort announcing that the work on Nash treet, Hudson street and Edgewood venue was completed and that these lent. This was followed by aspetition 'om the citizens on Eaton street ask lg for the restoration of an electric ght that had been removed by the city. was referred to the committee on lmps A resolution for the appointment of 1hn E. Doughan as military enroll ' lent officer for 1902 1908 wastpassed by vote that was almost unanimous. [ The last piece of business was a vote { n whether or not the city should be 1 flowed to spend the $500 Fourth of ( lly appropriation without advertising ; 1T bids for the different contracts The 7 ote to allow the committee to do so l .