The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-09-11
ADJUSTMENT OF DAMAGES
IN EXTENSION OF HUMPHREY
AND WIDENING OF ST JOHN ST.

Came Before Board Of Aldermen Last
Night--Lively Discussion on Increase
Of LabOrer's Pay--A majority Report
Entered--AuthOrIty to Renew City
Lighting Contract Given to light
Committee--AIdermen Invited to Chi
cagO.
The postponed meeting Of the board
Iof aldermen was held in city hall last
night The only discussion Of the even
ing was over the report of the special
committee which was appointed to in
vestigate the advisability Of increasing
the pay of the city laborers from s1.7
to 81 per day. The report was unfav-
orable, Alderman Healy Of the special
committee was dissatisfied with the re-
port OF his colleagues and offered q
minority report favoring the increase.
( He gave FIVE reasons for his action.
The first was that other cities, like
| Hartford, Worcester, Mass, and New
York pay their laborers at least 50 a
| day; second 1t Is sixteen years since
there has been any Increase; third.
there has been great increase in the
cost Of living; fourth, they are employ
ed only a part OF the week, and fifth,
pay to labor is not charity.
Alderman Langley said that in his
opinion the increase would not be war
ranted by the existing conditions. He
was in favor of paying men we'll and
| all that they earned, but he thought
that the labor in the employ of the
city for street cleaning purposes was
not up to the standard of that en-
ployed by private companies. He gave
several Illustrations, which he said
supported his views.
Several other aldermen rose to give
their views, but they were declared out
of order by the president, who ordered
both reports printed in the Journal.
Two reports were received from the
bureau of compensation, in which they
gave the damages granted to various
property owners in connection with the
extension of Humphrey street and the
widening Of ST, John street and Grand
avenue. Humphrey street when ex-
tended will pass under the railroad
tracks, and come out near the inter-
section Of James and Lombard streets.
The damages as made out by the bu-
reau of compensation are: to William
j. Atwater, 1925 and to the N. Y, N.
II. & H. r. r.. Co. S5257. Should St.
John street be widened the bureau has
awarded $19, 4405o to Simeon p. Bald
win, $2,95O to Emma Rogers and SO, ,75O
to George w. Cooper. These reports
and the accompanying petitions were
ordered printed In the Journal.
The committee on railroads and
bridges gave favorable reports on the
petitions of the Consolidated Railway
company, which asked permission to lay
tracks on a number of the cty's streets.
The petitions were given In detail in
previous issueof the Journal and
Courier.
A petition handed In by Alderman
Homan, chairman of the committee on
AiSH'iiA6i dShliS IOT pelHllSSlOH TO nolQ
public hearings and accept bids for fur
nishing the city streets with light for
the next two years was passed without
opposition. The present contract with
the New Haven Gas Light company
expires on December 81, 1906 Several
petitions asking for lights on various
streets In the city were reported favor
ably by the committee on public light
Ing. Permission was given this COM
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