The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-11-27

honorable board as an emergency meas
ure the immediate passageof such regu-
latlons as may seem to you advisable
and suggest the following as being in
my judgment proper and reasonable:
Ordered, That on and after Friday,
November 30, 1906, until February 2S,
1907, unless this order be sooner modi-
fed, no dog shall he permitted to go
upon any of the streets, parks or public
places within the limits Of the city of
New Haven, unless the same be muz-
zled securely, and be securely held in
leash by some person having immediate
charge and care of the same, and fur
Their
Ordered, That no dog during the pc
riod referred to in the foregoing order
shall be allowed or permitted TO be upon
any property or premises other than
the property or premises occupied by
the owner of such dog, or of the per-
custody of the same, unless such dog be
securely held in leash by some person
having immediate care and custody of
the same.
Ordered, That all dogs which shall
be found within the period aforesaid not
muzzled, held in leash or confined
agreeably to the foregoing orders or
shall be found mad or justly suspected
to be mad shall be Immediately killed
BY or by the direction, or under the
supervision of the police.
Ordered, That notice of the foregoing
orders be given by the city clerk by
Immediately posting copy of these
orders on the sign posts within the
city, and by publishing a copy thereof
one Of more times In two or more of
the newspapers published in this city.
If, however, it should seem to your
honorable board that the orders out
lined above are too stringent l would
suggest that any modification thereof
or any other order that you may deem
1t bestto adopt in place thereof, may
receive your action at this meeting, be-
cause I believe that there is especial
danger at present for school children,
as well as the community in general,
Respectfully submitted
(Signed) JOHN r, STUDIEY,
Mayor.
Alderman Loos said that he had no
doubt that the mayor was acting in
good faith In bringing the matter be-
fore the board but that he feared that
he was following the hobby Of a good
many people. He said that in his opin-
ion the people who favored such action
were crazier than the dogs and that the
best way to make the dogs mad was to
muzzle them. Alderman Langley spoke
against the measure also, and on mo-
ton Of Alderman Courtney the COM
municaton was tabled for printing in
the Journal,
The board voted to accept the gift Of
several acres Of land at the foot Of
East Rock which will be added to the
park there The land was purchased
for the city by member Of the park
commission and is presented by him to
the city on the cancelling OF the back
taxes which amount to 1925.
Alderman Johnson read before the
board the resolutions adopted by the
special committee thanking Mrs. Mary
L. Ives for her magnificent offer to the
4 city. The resolutions will be embossed
and sent to Mrs. Ives
The next matter which came before
the board was the reading for the first
time Of the report Of the committee on
4 lightning. The committee reported that
/, In its opinion the contract for lighting
the city streets on the expiration Uf
the present contract should be granted
to the New Haven Gas Light company
for the five year term, All the mem
bers of the lightning committee were
given an opportunity to explain to the
board why the arrived at the con-
clusion, Alderman Homan said that
after a careful consideration and an in
vestlgation Of the light furnished by
the American Gas company in other
cities the committee had decided unan-
imously that the contract should be
awarded to the New Haven company.
Alderman Curtiss said that in their
visits to other cities lighted by the
American company they found that
bridgeport and Wilmington, Del, were
very poorly lighted, but that Baltimore,
the home Of the company, was well
lighted. This latter condition he eX
planned, was due to the rigid inspection
Of lights by the Baltimore authorities,
In Bridgeport he said, the conditions
were very, very paor, and in as much as
the officials of the company had stated
that New Haven would be under the
management Of the same man as
Bridgeport, the board did not think it
wise to give the contract to that COM
pany.
Alderman Devine asked If a public
hearing had been given and was met
with negative reply. Alderman Court
ney moved that the report be referred
back to the committee and hearing
ordered. The motion was passed.
When the report of the committee
which was appointed to investigate the
ACCESSIBILITY Of increasing the pay Of
city laborers was read there was an
effort on the part Of Alderman Healy
to get in a motion for the adoption of