The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-23


 A special meeting of the board of aldermen was held last evening with all the members present except Alder men Sprightly, Frederick. Conway, Ly- man, McGilL Galligan and Baldwin.
 The first business to come before the meeting was the reading of the report of. the special committee on wood land. The committee had under consideration
 the selling of the so-called Thompson
 Woods in Westville. They reported
 unfavorably on the sale, and also sub-
 mitted an opinion on the subject from the corporation counsel. He thought that the city could make more money
 for the use of Springside by renting the
 land than by selling it. He also ques-
 toned the legality of it's sale.
 Alderman Wheeler moved for the im-
 mediate consideration of the question.
 This request being granted by vote,
 the report of the committee was adopt
 ed. i,
 The following orders were then pass ed, by vote, as recommended:
 That a concrete sidewalk be laid on
 the east side of Lloyd street, between
 River street and the walk already laid from Chapel street southerly. by the owners of property fronting thereon, to
 the satisfaction of the director of pub
 lie works, on or before July 1, 1903. That a concrete sidewalk be laid on the east side of Cedar street, between Minor street and the old Derby rail- road bridge, by the owners of property fronting thereon, to the satisfaction of the director of public works, on or be- fore July l, 1903.
 Two communications were then read and accepted. One was from Mayor Studley and it requested that the Kim
 berly avenue bridge question receive the earliest possible attention of the board. The other was from Secretary of War Root, which stated that a f1f- teen foot stationary bridge must be constructed, in place of the present Kimberly avenue bridge, inside of 6 years time.
 After the reading of this communica | tion Alderman Dawson moved that tn minority report, submitted some week ago, and which favored fifteen foo stationary bridge, be accepted. Alder man O'Keefe then stated that as tn matter was a most important one h. amended that 1t be tabled until the ell tire board was present. By vote tn amendment was lost. President Wal | lace then called for remarks on the mo tion. Alderman O'Keefe took the foo and stated that he had investigated tn i subject thoroughly. He said he ha, consulted with the city engineer an, had gotten figures from him. In tn | opinion of the city engineer the loves | figure fifteen foot stationary bridge such as the war department desired | could be built for was $1S5,O00. Tn | speaker then stated that when it wa | built it would be too low for even tu ! boats, such as the Rambler, to go un der it. He said: Tn 1856 Captain Mag nus Manson came into this harbor wit | g. vessel carrying POI tons of coal. A l the harbor, beyond the watch house I was too shallow, the cargo had to b ! placed on lighters and brought to tn l 6ocks. What has been accomplishe since that time? By dredging, the har bor has been so deepened that at tn
 present time a vessel can come right u | to the docks and unload. Dredging i cheap enough; why cannot the Yves river be dredged so that a vessel with
 cargo can go up it?
 'The. city engineer states that tn | highest figure it would cost to erect .
 lift. bridge would be SS5,O00. You gentle ! men do not wish to spend an unneces ! sary S10O,000 of the peoples money an | close navigation, do you?"
 Alderman Dawson then said: If l lift bridge could be built in the tim 1 specified by the war department
 would favor it, but the people of Yves 1 Haven want stationary bridge, and
 would take some time to effect com
 promise"
 1 Alderman Allen then said he favore 1 the minority report. He said that h I thought the figures given by Alderma |