The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-02-11
THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
PEARL ST. EXTENSION AGAIN
 UNDER CONSIDERATION.

 Tise Subject RaIses Much Discussion- City Said to Have Lost s29, 45o ln Taxes DuFing Last Thirsy-one Years-voIes in Favor of Acquiring More Land at SprIngsIde-Other Matters.
 The board sof aldermen. held a special meeting last evening at the request of some of the members of the board. The entire board was present, except AL dermen Frederick, McGill, Dickerman, Galligan, Walsh, Hine and Hilton. The object of calling the meeting was to decide whether the city should acquire the thirteen, acres ofsland adjoining the Springside home lands to be used by that institution as a pasture for city cattle. The report of the special com mittee having this matter in hand was read favoring the purchase, and by vote this report was accepted.
 Alderman Dawson moved that the board then adjourn, which motion was lost. The clerk then read number of minor petitions which were referred to special committees.
 The report of the committee on legis- -lation in reference to the proposed "gerrymander" was then read and ta- bled for printing, as was the report of the committee on the renumbering of streets.
 Alderman Minor then presented a petition calling for the more equitable taxation of public corporations. This was referred to the committee on legis- lation.
 The question of licensing stationary engineers was not acted upon, but will be taken up at the next meeting of the board.
 A question was then raised in refer ence to the cutting through of a new street from Orange street to Whitney avenue. The proposed new street would simply be an extension of Pearl street to Whitney avenue. Alderman Bald win, of the Eighth ward, spoke in fa- vor of the extension. He said that the matter had been under discussion since 1872, and that by the city not extending the street at that time it has lost at . least $29, 450 in the last thirty-one years in taxes. Continuing, he said that the proposed street was to have been $50 feet in length, which would give the city 1 300 front feet of taxable property; including both sides of the street, and at the present tax rate this would give the city a revenue of $1,SSS.12 a year. It could be readily seen, he said, how this would be a very good investment for the city, as the taxes in about two years would pay for the cost of the ex- tension.
 Alderman Trueman, chairman of the street committee, stated that the only reason that his committee had reported unfavorably on the petition was be- cause the committee thought that the city did not have the funds to carry. out the project.
 Alderman Dawson then moved that the report of the committee be amend ed so that the petition be granted.
 Alderman Morse said that the reason athat he voted, as member of the street committees as he did was because he understood that under the present charter the board had no right to vote improvements for which iteehad no money to pay, and as he considered that the costs in this matter would amount to about $4,000 he had voted against it.
 Alderman Minor then amended that the report of the committee be adopted. Alderman Wheeler than made an amendment to this amendment that the matter be submitted to the street com lnittee for it's reconsideration This yWas passed and the matter was so re- ferred.
 Alderman Conway then offered the following amendment:
 '.That a revision of the charter and ordinances of the city of New Haven, including all amendments of said char ter that may be adopted by the present session of the general assembly, be made by some competent person, nom mated by the president of the board of aldermen, at price not to exceed $S00''
 This amendment was submitted in place of the following recommended re- port which was read at the board s meeting on January 19 and was then tabled for another reading:
 Ordered That the corporation coun- sel be and is hereby authorized and in- structed to cause to be prepared re- vision of the charter and the ordinances of the city of New Haven, including all amendments to said charter that may be: adopted at the present session of the general assembly, at price not to eX- ceed $SO0.''
 An aye and nay vote being taken on this matter it was found to stand to g. and President Wallace dissolved the tie by voting in favor of a reconsideration. After considerable discussion it was finally decided, by vote of Il to g, to accept and sustain the original report, and Alderman Conway's amendment was declared lost. On motion the meet ing then adjourned.
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