The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-04
MORE MONEY FOR ROADS.
APPROPRIATION OF $e,OoO Al
 ORANGE TOWN MEETING.

g. f4Hi tSs 4a aE < < DFost of the Money to be Used on sprins
 street and Vicinity Heavy Travel
 This Year Haa Ruined the Road
 Half to be Used by Borough and Half
 by the Town.
 There was large number present al the special meeting of the town or or- ange held in. the West Haven town hall last evening to discuss the advisabihty of increasing the appropriations for good roads The chief complaint was from residents of Spring street, between the bridge and Front street. The meet ing was called on petition to the se- < lectmen signed by twenty voters of the town. Charles U. Newman was elected chairman of the session and Town Clerk Thomas acted as clerk
 It was explained that $7,000 was ap- propriated at the town meeting last fall for good roads, $5 ,000 to go to the bor- ough and $2.00O to go to the town. This appropriation was exhausted some time ago. it was explained, and, as it is still two months before the town meeting, money is wanted to repair the roads.
 James H. Peck, warden of the bor- ough of West Haven, moved that the town appropriate the sum of $2,5O0 for the care of the highways for the rest Of the season of 1904, $1,500 to be used 5by the town and $1,000 to be used by the borough.
 A question was raised as to where the appropriation was to be used. and a vigorous protest was entered by An thony Cling and other Spring street res idents to leaving the street in it's pres- ent condition. They thought that a large part of the money ought to be used on that street, as all the travel to New Haven had been turned through that thoroughfare since the closing of Kimberly avenue last spring, Warden Peck acknowledged that he had made a mistake in using clipped stone on the road, which material was ground into a fine powder and made a deep mud in the least rain. He said that all of any funds granted would be used for crush ed stone, most of which would be used on Spring street.
 First Selectman Main said that the money appropriated for the town would be used on all the roads, but especially at the junction of the Milford turnpike and Front avenue.
 Mr. Hall opposed this motion on the ground that the town was deep in debt already, and amended the motion to read that 1000 be appropriated for use in the borough, saying that the town officials could by law use any amount they saw fit, but the borough could only get it by appropriation.
 There was some criticism of the way in which the roads have been taken care Of and Warden Peck said he had learned his lesson and would use the next money properly.
 The amendment to appropriate $1,000 for the borough only was carried, but by some misunderstanding the motion as amended was lost.
 MT. Smith then moved that $1,000 be appropriated for the use of the borough and $500 for the use of the town--S1 800 in all. MT. Hall then amended the mo- tion to read that S1,000 be appropriated, all to be used in the borough. This was strenuously opposed by MT. Cling, who vividly pictured the bad condition of Spring street. Other residents of that section also told of the dust and mud on the street.
 Warden Peck amended the amend mant to read that $1,00O be appropriat-