The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-05
THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
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 is, in their opinion, the most important l to the health of the people in the city l and that while vast sums of money | have been appropriated for the repair 1 and building of some of the principal i streets in the city others have been sad ly neglected In this section, it is stat ed that if a little money had been ex- pended in time great deal of expense that the city will have to meet later would have been avoided.
 In section six the difficulty mentioned above is attributed to the lack of funds and the three sources of income are mentioned: They are the bond issue of 1895, the one mill tax and the assess ments now due for pavements laid in the past The bond issue, the committee states, is almost exhausted and the re- cent amendment to the charter provides that the one mill tax is optional, not obligatory, as it once was, with the re- suit that the sum of $1 ,000 was all that
 was appropriated by the board Of | finance for the repairs and this they
 consider inadequate. Section seven sets | forth that a large number of people who
 wanted the streets attended to have
 come before the committee and have
 pointed out to its members that the
 taxes would provide for all of the good
 roads that were necessary and there
 fore the committee would like to be put
 in possession of the truth of the matter
 that it may be able to deal with the pe-
 titioners in a fair manner. They ask
 for an exhausted report of the matter
 and for suggestions that will act as a
 future guidance to the committee.
 When the communication was read
 there were several suggestions on it,
 but it was finally voted to table it for printing.
 Another resolution was offered by AL
 derman Trueman in regard to the room occupied by the board of councilmen. MT. Trueman thought that the room
 should be cleared of the furniture now in it and that proper chairs be placed
 in the room and that it be used for pub
 lie meetings and hearings. In the res-
 olution it was stated that rent should
 be charged to pay for the gas and jam
 itor hire and that if the room was turn
 ed into an assembly room it would be
 a great benefit to the city.
 The matter was referred to the com- |
 Ex-Aldeman Henry Donovan sent in
 petition requesting the street railroad
 commissioners to investigate the pres
 ent conditions of the Fair Haven and
 Westville road. In the resolution the
 commissioners are requested to look
 into the matter of air brakes and block
 signals and make suggestions that would
 be for the good of the travelling public. Unanimous consent was asked for in
 passing the resolution, but this was not l granted. A motion to refer the matter , to the committee on railroads and bridges was passed. In taking up the matter of street railroad petitions Clerk } Martin came across a petition of Joseph J. Riley and Patrick J. Tierney to have
 the Fair Haven and Westville road em- ploy as conductors and motormen none but residents and voters of the city of New Haven, stating that the road de-
 bends a good deal on the New Haven 9 people and that it was no more thar 9 l fair to have New Haven men as con- 9 ductors and motormen. When the read. t | ing of the resolution was finished AL f derman Wheeler took the floor ant
 l moved that the resolution be tabled p Sdyl1lS ludI any OlllcI dCllOH uFOI l f would make the aldermen look ridicu h lous in the eyes of the general public He said that it was no business of th' n aldermen whom the Fair Haven ant II I Westville road employed as motormel a and conductors, and that the only thin,
 to do was to table it. The motion wa n lost, however, by vote of to 10. I ,- was then moved to refer the resolution a to the committee on railroads ant k bridges, and on the first vote a tie wa A recorded. One of the aldermen presen "a didn't vote and when this was mention Ia ed by Alderman Dawson another vot
 was called for. This time the motion t ', refer it to the committee on railroad ,s and bridges was lost by a vote of 1
 to g. Alderman Wheeler then move that action on the resolution be post poned indefinitely, and it was carrie ,s almost unanimously.
 n The report of the committee on rail p roads and bridges was read and a order passed for the stationing of flag
 men on the street crossings over tn Ny Canal road where so many accident y have taken place. The petition was ser t. in by ex-Alderman Donovan. The re
 port O1 lHe Sp6CIdl cOIilIllLlGG Oll u II South school petition was read and tn t. recommendation that August IA be se IL as a date for the people of the Fifteent
 ward to vote either for or against tf eu annexation of that district to the Ne Ill Haven school district, was passed. 'h Another report was read, that of tt c" committee on ordinances to whom we
 referred the communication of tf ID board of park commissioners in regal sh to the running of automobiles in son V- of the city parks. The following ord IS, nance recommended by the committt ns was passed last night: "No automobi 'd. or other motor vehicle shall be take ed into or driven upon East Rock par ay West Rock park or Fort Wooster pal he under a penalty of a $20 fine"
 of The Eaton street lighting report W; Is, extended as the committee said it W; of not ready. Other minor reports we ed, read and the meeting adjourned at g.;