The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-15
LOCKWOOD AVENUE HEARING
SPIRITED SESSION BL FORE THE
 STREET COMMITTEE.

West End Improvement Association
 Out in FOrce--Col. Mcdonald, Oscar
 P. Ives and George Neal Oppose the
 Project--Propositaon Presented Was
 That Citizens Should Yield Land and
 Claim No DamaSes-CIashes Between
 Col. Mcdonald and Attorney Jacobs-- Other Petitions Disposed of
 The petition asking for the widening of Edgewood avenue from Yale to Al- den avenues, which came up befre the street committee for a hearing last evening, looked oiie of the most exci- ting sessions the committee has had in q long time. The committee room was filled with an overflow audience which comprised a large delegation from the West End Improvement society, all of whom heartily favored the widening.
 The proposition as submitted and signed by number of Westville citi- zens is that the city shall widen the street, place curbings and in other ways effect the improvement sought under the agreement that the citizens whose property is needed shall give the necessary land to the city and claim no damages. Under this arrangement it was claimed the cost of the work would be small.
 Professor Tracy, as spokesman for the West End association, presented the propositin anod supported it as a great improvement of value to the property holders, and one that was earne stly desired by great number of citizens. ca es4t
 Attorney L. D. Jacobs then supported the measure strongly. He compared New Haven and Baltimore in regard to their parkway systems and told of the splendid improvements of this kind in that city conducted by the municipali- ty Alderman Loos asked him if Bal timore had in it's center a university exempted from taxation to the extent of $11,000,000 on it's grand list. Attorney Jacobs said that Baltimore had many lNSOllSEES, WlLll6 WC dlclN Oll1J OAANJ Odt " 0 were proud of that one. He believed that the colleges there were exempted, he said, but if not, the citizens of New Haven were proud of Yale even if it's property is exempt. Alderman John son then asked MT. Jacobs why they proposed to stop at Alden avenue in- stead of going to Forest street, He re- piled that they asked for half a loaf, but would be glad to get a whole one. There had been some difficulty over the property from Alden avenue to Forest street, but Alderman Johnson said that he believed it had been satisfactorily arranged now.
 Among the others who spoke in fa- vor of the petition were H. A.Whipple, Stephen Champion, E. F. Coe, John H. Marvin, M. F. Campbell, w. w. Mitch- ell, George Crane and w. A. Warren.
 Opposed to the petition were Oscar P. Ives, Colonel Theodore H, Macdonald and George Neal who have purchased land on Alden and Edgewood avenues. They declared that they would ask damages for the loss to their property, and they considered that the city could not afford the expense.
 All three gentlemen when questioned said they believed that the proposition would be an improvement, but that the city could not afford it under existing financial conditions. They called the committees attention to the fact that but two men appeared to speak in fa- vor of the petition who had signed it, Messrs. AnketeH and Mitchell.
 A couple of warm tfffs occurred be- tween Colonel Macdonald and Attorney Jacobs. The Colonel stated that many of the persons who were now willing to give their land for the work had ap- peared before the assessors asking re- lief from assessments. Attorney Ja- cobs sprang up and emphatically de- ciared that he had never appeared to
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