The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-09-22
Laid Away to Rest on Table for
an Indefinite Period, by
Vote of 10 to 7, by
City Fathers.
MEETING OF ALDERMEN
Letter Read from Mayor on Chapel
Street neutrality-suspicious. Re-
garding Fairgrounds and
Other Business.

The site for the contagious disease
hospital met timely death In city
hall last night at the meeting Of the
board Of aldermen. and, the mourners
were not very fearful The selection
of the site Of Jewell street. which was
referrd back to the committee on the
subject at the last meeting OF the
board. was brought up again by Al
derman Miller who made a motion
that the board reconsider the matter
OF referring It back to the committee.
This was Immediately followed by a
motion that the petition be laid on the
table indefinitely, and the latter mo-
tion was passed
a communication from the mayor
relating to the Chapel street widening
was read 10 the board and referred to
the committee on streets.
A petition for sSo 900 for the equip
ment Of parks for childrens play
grounds was read and special COM
mittee of Ave appointed 10 attend to
the matter. Taxes TO the amount Of
nearly $1,000 were ordered abated
In connection with the site FOR the
contagious disease hospital Alderman
Miller made the motion and IT was
seconded by Alderman Russell that
the question be discussed and the
matter taken out of the hands of the
committee. There were several who
did not vote on the other motion
made by Alderman Miller that the re-
port Of the committee be laid on the
table indefinitely. There we're twen-
ty present including Chairman Allen.
Seven voted against tabling the mat.
ter and ten that II be laid aside in
definitely. Several Of the aldermen
remarked that the site under discus
sion was now dead issue and that
there would probably not be any at
tempts at resurrection.
When Alderman Miller made his
motion he followed It up with one that
the report Of the majority Of the COM
mitee be adopted.
This would have meant that the
matter would have been taken out OF
the hands OF the committee and the
order for the selection of the Jewell
street site become law, " signed by
| the mayor. Alderman Marlowe then
arose and made his motion that the
petition be laid on the table. The
vocal vote seemed about evenly divid-
ed, so rising vote was ordered and
the petition was laid to rest.
The mayors letter called attention to
the fact that the injunction Issued by
Judge eager stopped work on Chapel
street as 1t showed that the board OF
public works had had no power to or
der the work done as that was up ia
the board of aldermen. The letter said
that tho mayor. the director of public
works, the city engineer. and the per.
manent pavement commission were Of
the opinion that the work was an i'm.
provement and that they had gone
ahead accordingly as they believed that
they had a right to do as the board OF
aldermen had done nothing In the mat
ter.
AT the end Of the letter the mayor
ordered that the curbs on East Chape
street between East street and the rail-
road bridge be set back not less thar
"a feet. The letter and the order were
referred to the committee on street.
In the same connection there were
ltters from over a score of business