The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-04
ORDINANCES REC8NSIDERED
ALDERMEN H4VA PISSED PRAC-
 TICALLY ALI NoIV

Theater Lighting Creates Discussion-- Minors Suggestion to Stop Trolley
 Cars on Near Side of Street to Avoid
 Accidents-yoted to Ask Legislature
 for Permission to Issue s25o,0oO Sewer
 Bonds--Just Quorum Present.
 There was just d quorum present last evening when after considerable wait ing President BrackenH called to order
 the regular meeting of the board of al dermen for January. The ordinances formed the main subject of considera- ton.
 It was voted to reconsider the action taken on the ordinances last week, This was done to allow certain minor alterations, mainly in phraseology, to
 be made in the chapters which had been adooted.
 An amendment proposed by Alder.
 man Minor to the section on theater lighting and providing that theaters be
 required to be equipped for gas lighting as we'll as for electricity, aroused con- siderable discussion The ordinance as
 as prepnred required that electric light ing only be used. Alderman Minors motion was lost. Alderman Spreyer
 moved to strike out the word only SO
 as to permit gas lights in green rooms
 where electric lights would not answer
 the purpose of the company. This mo- | ton was also lost. \
 Alderman Spreyer thereupon moved that the red lights required by section
 147 to be maintained in the exits of the
 theater be lighted by gas. This was
 passed. several minor amendments by Alder
 man Spreyer were adopted,
 | Alderman Minor moved tn amend secs ton 569 so as to provide that within a radius of a mile of city ban the motor men on all trolley cars should shut off the power at every crossing and bring
 the car to a full stop ori the near side lof the street. The original ordinance lrequired that the motorman bring the car under full control at each crossing. The object was to prevent accidents
 Some of the aldermen objected that it
 would be irnpracticable to require the cars to stop al every crossing wheth- CT there was aalything to stop for or not and 1t would delay travel too much. Alderman Minor suggested that they need not only be required to stop at
 every crossing, but only at those in the | business section of the city.
 Alderman spreyer thought that the
 blame for accidents did not He in the
 ordinances but in the failure to enforce
 existing ordinances relating to speed limits
 l Alderman Minor agreed to withdraw his amendment.
 | The remaining chapters of the ordi- ! nances which were not adopted last
 week, together with the supplementary 1 pages relating to board of health and park legislation, were adopted. A motion by Alderman Spreyer to amend the section creating a building inspector so as to have the appoint ment made by the board of aldermen instead of by the mayor was lost. l It was voted to amend section 552, which provides for a fine of S5 for keeping any unharnessed truck or ve- hicle on any public wharf. pier or bulk head so that it should read flor per- iod beyond twenty-four hours | A committee of five was voted which
 should act with the director of public
 works to determine upon wharfage
 rates at the public wharf The com l n1ittee appointed consists of Alderman I Weiss, chairman: Maxwell, Spreyer, Townsend and Minor, | A number of bill were read for the
 second time and passed. Among them was the bill to petition the legislature
 to empower the city of New Haven to I issue sewer bonds. Upon Alderman
 Minors amendment the amount Of the
 issue was changed from $2oO0OO to l s25O,00O. s " .sltta'' I Upon motion of Alderman Spreyer the
 entire ordinances with the exception of
 the sections relating to wharfage rates
 and fire escapes were passed. Owing
 to the fact that there were only eleven | THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DJE