The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-20
ALDERMEN PASS ESTIMATES
AN EIGHTH YARD BELL FOYER
 IS VOTED.

Minor Changes Made in Estimates to
 Provide for It--Lensthy Session
 Manifests Some Opposition to Plan to
 Borrow sSo,OO0 for Next Years Ex- penses--fraiI to Consider Ordinances
 at -AdJournment to December 2s. In accordance with Q motion made at the last regular meeting of the board of aldermen the board assembled in special session last evening, In the ab- sence of President Bracken, Alderman Elliott of the Tenth presided.
 Alderman Spreyer presented a peti- tion for D. M. Welch & Co. to erect an awning in front of theirsstore on Cons gress avenue, for which unanimous con- sent was granted. The petition was granted.
 Upon a grant of unanimous consent it was voted that the electric arc light on
 Kimberly avenue near the West Haven line be maintained by New Haven.
 The special committee on the request Iof the police commissioners that the
 charter of the city be so changed as to include the defending of police off, cers in actions brought against them while in the fuIfillp1ent of their duties in, the duties of the corporation counsel reported favorably and the matter was tabled for printing.
 The petition for the amendment of the charter to provide for a commission of three members as commission on pub- lie memorials was also reported favor ably and tabled for printing.
 It was voted to table for printing the
 matters of making q bond issue of $200,- 900, of bonding the floating indebtedness and the borrowing of $50,000 until next
 year to meet the extra demands upon the finances this year caused by the numerous special estimates allowed.
 The plan of borrowing money to meet current expenses met with consid- erable opposition from members of the board.
 The report of the committee on estI- mates was next taken up. The report contained an amendment offered by the lcomrnittee that there be inserted after the item for commissioners badges in the police account clause delarlng lthese badges to be the property of the lefty. At attempt was made to pass the lestimates by, but President pro tenn. Elliott read from the charter to the ef- feet that the board must consider them before December 20.
 It was moved by Alderman Smith that the report of the estimate commit tee be accepted. Alderman Maxwell
 moved an amendment striking out the
 clause regarding the police commis- lsioners' badges. The amendment to strike out was carried.
 ] Alderman Minor then expressed his ldisapproval of the proposition to borrow $50000 and asked if 1t could not be avoided in some way. At the request of
 the board Mayor Studley explained the
 necessity of borrowing this amount in a lvery exhaustive manner. As for the I plan of striking out some the board of l finances appropriations the mayor de- lclared that the estimates had been
 pared down too loosely already. Few l special items, he said, had been allowed during his term in office and those now proposed were needed. If the pres ent plans for the improvement of the fire service are carried out, he asserted New Haven will be better protected l than probably any city of it's size in the country. The total cost of the special items allowed this year, the mayor esti- \ (csonfi,1Iadsan Sanand paon 77Z