The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-29
APPROVED BY The BOARD
ALDERMEN ACCEPT CONTRACT
MADE FOR FIREWORKS.

"Committee Acted ON Common Sense
Principles" Says Alderman Langley
communication from the Mayor
Aldermen Are After Director Coo
Say Excavations of City Streets Are
Not Properly Filled--Many Petitions
for Abatement of Taxes.
The meeting of the board of aldermen
called by the mayor for last evening
was a short one. The principal purpose
of the meeting was to consider the
awarding of the contract for the fire.
works for the Fourth of July celebra~
ton on the green by the committee.
| Alderman Hamilton, who is chairman
of the committee, asked for the unani-
nous consent Of the board to the con-
tract as awarded, which was given.
Alderman Langley in speaking Of the
| uItdJSGIj JUIu lIlG uOcA LAAetb AAS NSlAAStAA y
see how the committee could have done
any better. He said that to get bids
] for such contract there must be speci-
flcations, and specifications We're the
part Of the competing companies. The
| committee, he believed, had acted on
4 common sense principles.
In reply to a question from Alderman
Holman, Alderman Hamilton said that
the committee had communicated with
a number of of fireworks companies,
and the contract had been awarded to
the one giving the best display for
S400. The contract was ordered adopt
ed.
A communication from the mayor
regarding the pavement Of Broadway,
4 which was ordered at previous meet
ing, was read. He said that the APP
preparation would be sufficient to in
clude the pavement of Elm street as
far as Park street, and thence to
Broadway, and he urged the board 10
consider such an extension. AS first
planned the pavement was to include
Broadway from the corner of York
street to the easterly line OF the lower
green in Broadway thence on Broad
way to the intersection Of DixWell ave-
nue. and COTE street. The communica-
ton was referred to the committee on
streets.
In connection with this matter pc
tition from business men Of the neigh
borhood, headed by the names Of Cur
tbs and PieTpont, was read, asking the
removal Of the scales on Broadway be-
fore the street is broken up.
Alderman Langley introduced pc
| titlon for the extension Of woodward
, avenue from Fort Hale park road L
) Fort Hale park, and also urged a con
sideration Of the offer of the Consoh
: dated railroad of $4,000 toward the Wild
ening and grading Of that avenue. Thi
3 was also referred to the committee OF
: streets
l Alderman Healy offered a resolution
r that the pay of laborers In the enplo'
: of the CITY be increased from SITS pc
i day to So per day. 1t was referred t
!, q. special committee consisting of al
: dermen Curtis, Homan, Healy, Nathan
son and Langley
A resolution was OiISE6u W <@iu"A
} man Seth w. Langley that the directo
: Of public works be ordered at once 7
e see that excavations made in streets b
} Numbers. the trolley company or IN
: gas company, be filled in again in tn
D manner in which the city ordinance re
4 ouires, This question aroused a grea
. deal Of interest and many members 0
s the board expressed their opinion
/ strongly. The opinion was general tina
e the director was lax in this respeci
n One alderman said that If this warnin
d was not sufficient he would favor
r refusal to allow private parties to brea
Il I'm the streets. The resolution wa
passed unanimously and the clerk wa
: ordered to send copy to the directo
G of public works,
e The matter of the extension Of Gran
,. street which was reported unfavorapl
,. nv the committee on streets at pre-
yious meeting, was referred back 10 %
Z. committee The board received a larg
i number Of petitions for abatement
g taxes. which were referred to the con
IS mittee on abatement Of taxes.
o - VA N. Ana, 7 us,r, k&