The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-12-16
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
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who is suffering for the want Of fuel
even though he has money to purchase
it yet c9nnot obtain it. We have also
in the possession of the committee
sample of the coal proposed to be pur-
chased, which we are perfectly willing
to exhibit to the members of your hon
orable body If they desire to see it.
We therefore recommend the passage
of the following order:
Ordered, that the committee on fuel
supply heretofore appointed by the
board of aldermen of this city be and
they hereby are authorized and empoW-
cred to order a cargo of Scotch anthra-
i cite coal, to be delivered by steamer in
the city of New Haven, and that the
board of finance be requested to at
once appropriate the sum of ten thou
sand dollars to be used for such pur-
pose, and that said coal when received
in the city of New Haven be distribut-
ed by said fuel committee in conjunc-
ton with the controller of the city of
New Haven to the citizens of New
Haven at the cost of procuring and
distributing the same, and that the
teams of the city of New Haven be
used for the purpose of assisting in
said distribution, and that the proceeds
obtained from said coal be used to pur-
chase another or other cargoes of coal
as the necessities of the case may re-
quire until the present distress of the
citizens of New Haven be relieved, and
that whateverS moneys remain after
said disposition of said coal be return
ed to the controller Of the city of New
Haven to be used as part of the
funds of said city of New Haven, and
that if any moneys remain over and
above the amount which shall have
been appropriated and paid by the city
of New Haven for the above purpose,
the same be used for the purpose Of
distributing coal free to such INDECENT
persons as are in need thereof.
In reference to the following commu-
nication from the mayor the board took
the following action by vote: In the
first the veto was sustained, and the
second was referred to a special COM
mittee consisting of Alderman Morse,
Hoseley, Dawson, Maley, and McGill'
s The communications were as follows:
Mayors Office, City Hall.
New Haven, Conn, Dec. 10, 1902
To the Honorable Board of Aldermen,
City OF New Haven:
Gentlemen return herewith an orr
der passed by your honorable board
December /, 1902 granting petition of
the Winchester Avenue Street Railroad
company to lay double tracks with ne
cessary curves and crossovers, in Con-
gress avenue between Howard avenue
and the city line, with my disapproval.
Street railway companies are by law
required to submit their plans for loca-
ton of their tracks to the mayor and
common council, who may accept such
plans or make such notifications as
seem proper. From action of the city
the street railway company has the
right to appeal to the roalroad COM
missioners. Section 1887 of the revision
d Of 1902 requires every street railway
company to keep in repair, to the sat
isfaction of the city authorities, that
part of the highway between it's tracks
and a space of two feet on the outer
I side Of the outer rails thereof, and it
/ is then provided that the city
'tShall not order such company to use
any better or more expensive kind of
pavement or material for that part of
the highway which it is the duty OF
such company to keep in repair, than
is used by the town, city or borough
upon the remaining width of the high
way, except for a space of one foot on
each side of each rail, unless such bet
4 ter or more expensive kind of pave
lnent material was required in the or
der permitting the original location OF
such railway on such highway"
In my opinion the city occasionally
grants to it's street railway companies
without restriction the privileges
which they seek, and loses opportuni-
ties to enforce restrictions or condl-
tions which are in themselves reasona-
BILE, and are seen to be reasonable and
valuable when too late.
@ In this particular instance l make use
of the veto power invested in the may
or by the charter, not in order to defeat
i the purpose of your order but merely
to send the order back to you with thu
suggestion that you refer it again to E
committee whose members, after con
SulEtlS Will lIlc COl pOL SpulSC
and the city engineering department
will be able to decide whether it is fol
the best interests of the city and the
railway company interested to have the
kind of pavement or the material to b.
used in paving that portion of Congress
avenue affected by the order which thu
street railway company must pave, de
termined and stated in the order grant
ing the permission to lay double tracks
If this is not done the city will lose TIL
right to have it's say in regard to thu
pavement to be used.
Another reason why I think thi
course should be taken is that it will
be almost certain, If the matter is deter
mined in this manner, to avoid Law
suits in the future.
Respectfully submitted,
(signed) JOHN P. sTUDLEY,
Mayor.
Mayors Office, City Hall,
New Haven, Conn, Dec. TO- 1902
10 the Honorable Board of Aldermen
City of New Haven:
Gentlemen am informed that on
of the inducements offered to the Ma