The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-02
ALDERMEN'S MEETING
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 would be inpracticable to lay their tracks in the cut and give the city land enough for the engine house.
 Thereupon negotiations were resumed, the board of fire commissioners acting on behalf of the city.
 transmit herewith to your honorable board contract and orders prepared by the corporation counsel which have the approval of the board of fire com missioners for your consideration. The proposed location has the approval of the board of fire commissioners, and is regarded by them as the best one avail able, everything considered, for the lo- cation of a fire engine house. It Is very important that the new engine house be completed before cold weather sets in.
 You will notice that the contract calls for the delivery of the deeds by Sep tember 1 next. would therefore urge your board that as an emergency meas ure you give this matter unanimous consent and put it upon it's immediate passage; or if you deem it wise to refer it to committee that the said committee be required to report back to your board at a special meeting not later than Au- gust 15, 1904.
 Respectfully submitted,
 Signed; John P. Studley,
 Mayor. To the HonOra ble Board of Aldermen,
 City of New Haven.
 The proposed contract and orders have the approval of the board of fire commissioners.
 Respectfully,
 Signed: Joseph B. Cunningham, President of Fire Commission.
 The orders and contract mentioned in the communication read as follows:
 Ordered, That the mayor be, and is. hereby authorized to execute, on behalf of the. city of New Haven. an agreement with the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company, substan- Itialiy in the form submitted, for the conveyance to the railroad company of the lat and buildings now occupied by Nof 2's engine house on Artizan street. and the conveyance to the city of the lot on the corner of St. John and Olive streets andathe payment to the city of LAlC t04AsA OL VoUiVVu8s AeLllNAJ
 Ordered, That the mayor be and is hereby authorized and directed to make, execute and deliver on behalf of the lefty, the conveyances called for by said lagreement and to accept, on behalf of the city, the conveyance to be made by the railroad company, and the mayor land, board of fire commissioners are thereby authorized and directed to do |any and all acts necessary for the full and complete performance Of said agrea- ment.
 MT. Hotchkiss asked for unanimous consent to this agreement. which was refused. MT. Spreyer then moved that a committed Of five be appointed to con- |sider the communication and report at the next regular meeting. MT. Mc- Guinness moved as an amendment to |this motion that the committee report lat a meeting two weeks from last night MT. spreyer was opposed to this amend ment, on the grounds that it gave no time for those residing near the new site for the engine house to be heard. MT. Hotchkiss and MT. McGuinness thought that the matter could be thor oughly considered in that time. The amendment and motion were carried. President BraclSen appointed to serve on this committee Messrs. Langley, Hotchkiss, Elliott. Sprightly and Spreyer.
 Several petitions were being read, in- Ecluding one from MT. Carroll, when MT. Spreyer remarked that they asked for nothing, but were simply statements of grievances which the board had no time to listen to. MT. Langley then moved that action upon these petitions be indefinitely postponed. This was carried and the president ruled them all out of order.
 The next business was the first read ing of the report of the committee on free textbooks for the public schools. MT. McGuinness moved that immediate consideration be given the report. Mr.. Elliott suggested that the next meeting Of the board would be in two weeks anyway, and the motion was lost.
 The meeting then adjourned until August 15.