The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-21

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 Wood for Nothing Report Unant- | mousiy Adopted-Not n Piece of Dry Wood to be Had-other Matters Acted Upon.
 An important special meeting of the board of aldermen was held last night, at which the report of the special com mittee appointed for the purpose of con- sidering the matter of obtaining fuel supplies for the city of New Haven | during the emergency caused by the strike in the coal regions in Pennsylva- l mia was read and adopted, In the re- 1 port it is stated that. immediately on l the. appointment of the committee, meetings were held, both executive and 1 public, and at the latter the committee made full inquiry into the necessities of the people and the inadequacy of the present fuel supply, and the irnpossibil-
 ity of obtaining it except at extortion- ate prices. Nineteen-twentieths of the ] people of New Haven were entirely without coal and the other twentieth
 very inadequately supplied. The price demanded for the common soft coal was 1 $9 a ton and for hard coal s15 to $20 a l ton. | In the report it is stated that large
 quantity of foreign coal could be
 brought for $725 to $s ton of 2,240 l pounds, which would knock off about Il oF oF foSt nf pounds. s { 1 Tn referring to the matter of wood the committee found that practically all of the dry wood in the state had been
 bought by speculators, but that large quantities of standing wood could be purchased which would be delivered to customers in New Haven at prices ranging from s5.5O to $s.5O cord. The railroads, under the circumstances, made offers of very low freight, and in one instance the Fair Haven and Vest vile Railroad company was willing to
 bring the wood into the city without | any charge whatever.
 The seriousness of the situation was dwelt upon by the committee in the re- port, and the committee recommended that, should a like misfortune ever hap- pen again, committee be appointed in time to take prompt and immediate &C., ton, as it found that similar action in like emergencies Is taken in all cities and municipalities whenever emergen- cies of the present character arise. The committee believes that 1t is un- necessary to take any action on account of the practical termination of the strike, but it recommends that the conl- mittee be not yet discharged, but re- main with it's present powers until all danger of the present distress among the citizens is passed. It recommended the passage of the following, which was passed unanimously:
 "Ordered-That the report of the spe- cial committee for obtaining fuel SUD- ply for the city of New Haven be and the same is hereby accepted and order ed on file; that it's recommendations and suggestions be approved, and that said committee be continued in power until a sufficient supply of fuel Is assured to the citizens of this city"
 Charles S. Hamilton was chairman of the committee.
 At meeting of the committee on or dinances held at 5:30 yesterday after noon 1t was voted to give the petitioners for an ordinance licensing ali out-of- town hackmen who come to this city leave to withdraw, and the report was accepted by the aldermen last night. Alderman Corcoran followed this up with a resolution to the effect that no license be granted for a hack privilege in this city unless the applicant shall have been here at least six months. An opinion of the corporation counsel on the former resolution of the hackmen was read stating that it would be ille- gal to enact an ordinance as proposed by the hackmen. saying that the city had no power to exact from non-res- ident licensee greater fee than from resident licensee.
 Unanimous consent on the passage of the report of the committee on public lighting recommending the change of about 125 naphtha lamps to gas lamps was not granted, and the report was tabled for printing.
 A resolution from the Fair Haven and Westville road for the double acking of Congress avenue, from Howard ave- nue to the city line, was referred to the committee on railroads and bridges.
 The meeting adjourned about nine 6'o1ork