The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-07

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 mends Action Towards Discontinu
 ancc of Some Street Lights-Othe Business Before the Aldermen
 The board of aldermen held regula meeting last night which lasted twt
 hours and a half and in that tim, transacted a lot of business. One O. | the most important matters considered was motion offered by Alderman Wallace to instruct the water commit tee to report at a meeting to be hel6 two weeks from last night, what prop osition had been made by the water company for new contract. The mo- ton did not specify whether that spec ial meeting should be one of the al- dermen or the court of common council Alderman Moyle seconded the motion.
 Alderman Wallace said that he of- fered the motion because he had heard much discussion of the water commit tees action and of the matter of re- newal of the contract but in all these discussions he had noticed that there appeared to be lack of public knowl- edge of what proposition the company had made to the city He had heard statements uncomplimentary to the committee and to the court of common council. He thought that if the status Of the question was understood such statements would not be made The proposed terms of contract should properly be made public. It would be mi tn rhn tA wait until the last minute just before the present contract expires and then rush through new contract. He thought that people should have an op- portunity to discuss the contract be- fore one was entered into.
 Alderman Minor offered an amend ment to provide that the committee be instructed to report at an adjourned meeting next Monday night. The amendment was accepted as part of the original motion, and then Alderman Miller moved an amendment to provide for report at meeting two weeks hence as provided in the original mo- tion. MT Miller thought that the com mittee should be given ample time in which to prepare its report and asked
 
 Fertman if one week would be suff1- cient time. MT. Fertman replied that the committee expected to receive two or three more propositions from the company and that a representative of the company had stated that it would take this week to formulate the propo- sition.
 An aye and nay vote was then taken on the amendment for a report in two weeks and resulted as follows:
 Ayes-Messrs. Wright McGill, Corco- ran, Hosley, Erff, O'Keefe, Maley, Mill CT, Beeeher, Gerner, Baldwin, Fert- man, filling, J J. Walsh, Dawson, w. F. Walsh AIcorn, Dickerman, Morse 1o.
 Nays-Messrs, Moyle, Wallace. Minor 3
 The motion as amended was passed.
 Alderman Miller then offered a reso- lution instructing the committee to se- cure from the company terms for con- tracts for three years, twenty years and thirty years. Alderman Fertman said that the purpose of this resolution was to secure exactly what the com lnittee was doing now and the resolu- ton was not seconded.
 A report was received from the lamp committee recommending that a 1aphtha lamp be erected on Grand ave- nue between Wallace and Hamilton streets: a naphtha lamp near 16 Hal ock avenue, and that the Welsbach gas ight on York street, between Elm and Chapel streets be discontinued. The
 Ia1 1ot line petitioners for new lights be given cave to withdraw and reported that his action was made necessary because If lack of funds and recommended that lnless more funds are provided no more petitions be referred. The report was adopted. The committee also recom nended that twelve Welsbach naphtha | ights be erected on the Boulevard be- l ween Lamberton street and Whalley | venue, the appropriation for naphtha permitting this. The recommendation | vas adopted.
 A report was received from the spec al committee to which was referred the nayor's veto of the order for the issu- nee of bonds for the erection of an iso- ation hospital at Springside. The com
  greement of the board of health not to ake any steps towards the erection of he hospital before the meeting of the ext legislature the common council ake no action. On motion of Alderman filler this report was tabled and it ,as voted to request the corpora tion ounsel to render an opinion as to neither the agreement made by the oard of health was binding on that ody.
 The ordinance to provide that no fee Q charged for issuance of licenses for ublic dances, recommended by the was adopted.
 There was considerable discussion yer the ordinance for licensing plumb $ recommended by the ordinance 1mmittee and it was amended to pro- idle that the license fee should be fifty ants and the cost of badge, and the 'dinances amended was passed, the embers voting as follows: Ayes-Messrs. Wright, McGill, Cor l 'ran, Hosley, O'Keefe, Maley, Beecher, erner, Fertman, Alling, Dawson, Erff, iller, Baldwin, Wallace, W. F. Walsh, ( ickerman, Morse-1S. Minor, J. J. Walsh, , pyle, Alcorn. 2 A communication was received from f e mayor accompanying his veto of e order for the appointment of com ission to revise the ordinances. In s communication Mayor Studley ated that he had vetoed the order be- \ lISp he thought hat thn cost If tho l l