t , walk.
“Chll 110 up not once. Telephon .
number 1230.
'nnmawwm
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31.11111 Norwaik TruIt c6. Dido.
uPItIlrI
PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER
--.- -..C....¢._.,...-.. . , -..“..umm -
Tlic Misses. Marion and Agatha
Hayes, of Holden avenue, are spending
the week with friends in Providence,
R. 1.. and Fall River. Mass
.1' Ml" m ' M
, and Mrs 5. 11511111111] Sul"ll1ui1,o‘.
Orchard street, arse spending the. week
at Hol1ohe, Mass. 1111'. Sullivan ls il12'
,1llflllll‘fl'l‘ ol’ the. Boston Store in \‘m'-'
_ lluymond & .e\111blt‘l',-hiive bad hand-
‘SOIllC stone posts directed on their
property at \Vlltotiybeiirlug .9 the 1112
scripllonf llouuht by Flatt. Rumoud,
J7l3i'i. ‘ '
[.11 Rochelle Chapter, of-Ncw Roch-
,ellc, will visit Opliii'. Chapter, Ol'dtl'
of the Eustcru Stur,"this evening, at
1.1.1111 1.111111211111111 Masonic Hall, in South
' Main street. ‘
. Prior 11‘, llilrns, proprietor of tho
, Boston 819%, is sphhilliig’1tl1c Iii-11' in
' Now York ulty, having taken his clillzl
‘Sircsl l'lepartment~Ccucrnl engineering and advicc: . . . . ..
, Silt!“
' is to save yourself trouble drill cspcns . Gentle. but. quick; hide,
"but thorough, they enable the bowels to carry sway waste whiter»
--nnturslly and tone up the whole digestive sysuia. They will ,
not injure the most delicate; They help you to get your bowels
and your digestive Organs In that condition when they can
take good care of themselves and of you. Boechain’ I Pills
Do Good Naturally
Palm Boschsm' I Pills Ira specially Iuitsbio. Guiana-m 0th Int ho.
' Sold Everywhere In box». 100. and 25s. 1
1..
N OT 1211
Noilf c is hereby given that the following is a statement of the appropria-
tions and tax rate which the lloard of Estim’sto and Taxation of the City of
South .\‘11rwnlk proposes to make and levy at a meeting of said lionrd to be
held at tho Council (‘lmmbcr on the first Tucsdns of January, 1912.111 eight
11110111 p. 111., for the then curient fiscal your, vzlz
APPROPRIATIONS
l ibrary llepni'imeut .............................. . ...... . ..... 3. 12, 960. 00
ler'aiy Building Department ............. . . . . . . . . . ...... .. ..... . .1181 00.
l’uhichb'lntidg Department .................. . . . . . . .1.. ...... .100 00
Health I'lepai'tmcul .......................... V... ............. 950.00
City Hall Department ..... . ........ , .......... . ..... ............ 1.040.011
Fire Department ... ......................... ........... . 0,888.62
Police Department ............... 1 ................... 8,960.25
Aduilnisimitve Department ....... , .......... . ................ 12,571.00
Strcct department. ........ .................. $6,000 00 ..
Sticct Departmentw—(‘lcanlnu sewers and catch l1aslns..... 500.00
Shoot Dcpaitinent- Spr'uylng trees ............. _. . ... 4110.011
Street lleiiaiimenthix new catch basins ............ 4.30. 01),
Street 1l)epartincnt-111111101111 of refuse ....1...... .'l 731: 33
1‘1 I
$1,111.11 Department 1 (‘rush clone, 51 111 111 and dust, layer ..... 9.000.110 1
Department v Completing (tilt! and i.'lall1 ritrootu
improvements .......................................
Qireti lie-11111111111111——Spm-lul, completing (‘onnccthui Arc
11011 sewers, ‘
Strcci licon1'11neut—~Spcciul. 11011 Fairlie-1d A're scwcr.
Strum Dcpar-tincnt— Special, South Main St 1.011111 ...... :. 900.00
Street llcimiartment 1".Speiiul new Snowdeu Si. sewer ...... 5110111)
Sit'1’1‘I Department- --~Sp(~1(, lal (.‘cdar Street sewer .......... 1 11110.01)
Slreot Iiep: ii't'i11eutw—29pociul, l linolu Arcane, sewer ....... ‘2 11101100
81111111 111111111111111111 1tiradluu Oak Sirec't .................. 10111111 '
Street Departuicniwl’urrbusc of is atrect waste cans ..... 50.01,)
Sii'ci'i Tic-11111111111111 1' Purchase of new 111111111 lot on Waiter St. 11110.00
Street llnpnrtineutw lusuinui 11 ........................... 2.3.00
Strive llcpartmenl ll'1mo1'lng dead li'em and setting out
1111.11!
71100.00
01111111111
1,200.00
NEW 9011K. Doc, “.r-ruIblbll' you
pretend that you 01in remmmr hergm
iactly Iu'ch c'IsuII'thinsii II the westb-
, , eij 0frtwonty years ago. You must adv
11, 81111111, who Is historian’ I well as
‘ forecaster, can tell you-«by coking it
up In the books—viii” the mean tom
1 . ,peraturoof the December of 1891‘ was
higher than the mean tempe'rature
established In the twenty-III days of
the present month. More la. ,ths'
differencg in the two dryer is ly
two dances, in favor of fin»
ber of 11m, which was the 911110111
_, all years, and yo; cIn,count upon’ to
‘\ day and It'omorro ‘
III “the mean
temperature for thI author,
2Actuslly the figures for Deoembci‘ l0
far show I mean temperature of 40 de-
Krces. Against this must be put the
normal December mean 0134 degrees.
and. of course; if the old people are no-
lug to be so crotchcty about it. it must
be confessed that the mean tempera-
ture for 191 was «12 degrees. But two
degrees more twenty years ago make
11110011~ story for the. best of weather
historians.
But there. is our glory of one high.
mean temperature, and another glory
“of another Illull mean temperature.
And the. particular thing to be remark-
ed about the December of 1911 is that
the thermometer has been lacy all the
possible distance each day The men
dinnriiy even course.
No Cold Days: ' 9
in 1.901.011 11111111111123. the ther-
11111111111111" stand :11 13,1“ dcarcon, and the
‘ lil'ihcsi that It 11.1.1 111 li‘lit'tl this month
iibiiuiiudlliy 1111.1 not 111111.11 that the
maximum hast 111111 unusually high
'liul that 1111.110 l1 we in (111 no unusual-
11' cold 0111's (1121 the 1111 and full the,’
me cur1 rcglaieini ill and 18 derices
121.1 ioldosi 1111111. 1111' of 1l11.,1.u1onth Alnd
' 1th. William H. McTIIbon propertyon . .
d Fran; '
1111111111 and has muted only the leasti
cury has fixed no record for a single}
day, but has continued 011 In extraooii
is 01111 1‘9 111151111111 which Is goueralb 1
reached once 111 every llct'cmbcr T1111?
(Continued from 11th Page.) H
the corner of Washins‘t‘cn
lla streets II' a Iltc for “the proposed
m1 1111111111.... The structure, will cost
0000001111111 erection and the‘ lot will
the Inter amount to be taken din of
1111111109“. A 101101011011 was also 01111171
you for the maintenance of the II:
brai'ay. that .sum bsipg stipulated in.
1110‘ offer made by MuCIrncgie.
“The"transsction‘ was“ all cut Ind
dried and the proceedings went
through without I hitch "or without
remarks, and within 11 few minutes the
whole iguasaction was settled.
Among other matters considered was
'Mlnerp Ii?“ ”non him develop
Delhi-11"
known as
lfi for which
was granted at last. This matter has
been hanging tire for the past two
years.
The meeting was called to order by
Mayor William F Tammany. Conn
cllmon H. W. Mather. William F. Hoyt.
George M, Way. Frederick H. Field,
George L. Oliver and William Miller
were present.
New Library Project. 11,
The following was read by Clerk .I.
J.,Cunco.
At a special meeting of the1 board
01‘ directors of the. South Norwalk .Pub1
ilc Library and 11.121111113111001... held
this) lSth day of November. 1911,
Messrs. Griffin. Leary, Mitchell, Noun
and Tammany being present. the fol-
lowinr business was transacted 1':iz
The following resolution was offer-
ed. viz:
'Rcsolved, That she report of the.
slip committee In the. matter of the a;
icon public library building be rccelv g
,ch and accepted had that the nctionl
of lllo committee in obtaining this op-
tlon {111m William H .\Ii Malian to so
cure }l1c proporty 111 the comer of
“at-Illusion and Franklin streets be
approved. '
After ionsldei'able. discussion by sll~
1111.1 dIl‘Woifl prcscni the resolution
was adopted b1 a Vote of i to I.
"l“hc following iesuiuiton was then
,offercd, viz:
“Rcsol1ed.'Ilmt the site obtained
1
1
”present In upendlturo of 81.41.0011. 2 I
M3759“ ln_ bonds granted 11,1119 .2 2
zonal-Ii adorably for public 11.11111111111-
10d suIrIoteclhs that the city would '
2' 1' 1111,, slid the record'- or 'llw 1119.111111- ”mm” ‘9’ 11111111 M mono “eh ‘
' " isms... will hear you out. iny James
'r 95c.
embroidery on sale.
models. Very special. 91. 95
59c Colored
of 820, 000 to the city of South Nor»
walk for the erection of a free public:
library building in said city, upon the
condition that the city will provide a
suitable site therefor and annually
appropriate not lses than $2,000 for
the maintenance of such a library;
therefore. ,
Resolved, That such offer be, and the
same is hereby accepted and said city
does hereby pgrce, in consideration
thereof, to provide a suitable site for
said building and to unuaully appro-
priate not less than $2,000 for the
maintenance 01.11 free public library
in said building.
On motion of Councilman Oliver, the
resolution was adopted unanimously
without remarks
The following resolution was then
introduced by Councilman 11011;
Reached, That his boom, the may-
or, he, and he is hei'eby‘remicsted and
empowered 11,1 enter into a contract on
behalf of this city with William H. )lc-
111111011 for the purchase from the said
McMahon by the city. for a free. public
library building.”
All that certain‘ tract of parcel of
land, situated on the corner of -\\‘nsh-
1111:1011 and Franklin streets in this 1111',
$1.25 Lingerie Wants 95C
Smait Lingerie WII'ItI‘ in several new styles trimmed with it II
1. . EIii-:15 Waists $1. 95
025 Lingerie Waists. some of this season's newest;
$5 Silk Waists $2. 49
50 Silk Walsts worth 85; the new tie-on style; never sold for less than
$5 regularly. Very special. 92. 49.
waists 39c
10 dozen Colored Walsts, regular 50 and title 1111111118; many good
terns to pick from. On sale tomorrow, 8913
map and specifications submit
the city engineer and to open up 0;.
highway Into Garner street forty {out
in width the other highways to be
private roads “forty feet in wldbli. ,
Corporation Counsel Taylor asked
that the oral proposition of Mr. Ron?"
dull to contribute one-half towards I
proposed 1031! to be opened up in the
future. be submitted in writing to 0:02 '
council.
William H. McMahon stated that he
was not personally interested in the.
Randall matter, but Spoke Is a public
citizen. He held that the council
should have sometliing'in writing in
regards to the proposed new street.
as Mr. Randall positively stated to the
previous council that he would not
open that highway. . 1
Attorney \'0.sbui-gh stated that Mr. , '
Randall was willing to give the re: '
quired written stipulation in regards
in the proposed new street.
Mr. McMahon and Councilman Math-
0
'er held that the proposed new street’
should be fifty feet in width: "
Attorney Yosburgh stated that. Mr.
Randall was willing to 'give twenty
feet of his property for this road,
which would provide, for a forty-foot
thoroughfare.
from William ll Mt'iiahon be fixed “9““ ‘00 999' “1°19 0" I995 1" front
“.‘1 decrees :111010 the normal for Illlll1ul’0ll as the site I’m lite 111‘“ 11'1““? 0“ said \iashiugtou street and 1’0
dar 1,..llbr11ry building. and that this board' {99' more 0’ “'99 7" depth 0" F‘m‘k
A11 tor (m. reason of 2m, mum“, irccomuicnd said site to the common ““5 "’9‘“- bounded uotiheriy by said
”9117711111: ‘ ‘ . ’ council 0, the cltv as a proper site for, \1’ashli1gion2sireet; easterly by land '
hie. 11'1 'lillll', it violates no (901111111 1101' I
511111 1 i hit . d 1 no“ 01 lorn'icr'ly of heirs of the estate A genera discussion ensued with 1
iii ,0 state that, in the opinion 0‘ 1110'“ new public library 1111 111:. an e; ‘ e b
03193112 hi1l\\' earlier ll'u'cau. "as local weathm 'quest the count“ to designate that 'ol‘ lludlev P. l'ly, deceased; soul ierl1ilomt; urgtiiiin‘oni etwecn Messrs. V03-
1;!“ 3006“ ('O'lltllllUlIS fli‘t‘ llEiFOClilit’id Wlill areas 01‘ 11‘-0110;“ 3g (he 3H0 {01 [he “(1w p111) li‘ Olllél' lfllld 0f the Sulld .‘lCM 'lllOll, )lllfil {ill lc‘ilahon ‘ ,
mm library building. land nestei'l 1' by said Franklin street; The proposal to 91‘0‘ his 1’0? a “It!" ,,
ren Frances and Paul willi 111:1: to al-
tend a'ibeatrc.
Mr; and 1115. William l’crils,_, of
312,,.\'cr1valk Mrs 111111111111 Gay. an, dad
_'~ William (‘aufleld. of Danbuiy- spent
Christmas with Air. and 1111's. Theodore
Cautie‘ld, Maple 11‘1'011110, in Betbel.
m. \_.._..«
111111 tr'ets ........................................... 1 £011.00
Sirrcl l‘c pal-111111111 011111111111": ~11. able and building new
.‘lli'il on Water Street lot ........................ .... 9011.00
Sircct llepaitmonl»—i’ur1hase 0. new road roller . ...,2. 8111100.
1" .
on the lilth, the 11'u1iiicst day. ll 1vas1.\ia1'0r Taiumanr suugested that tho,
matter be deferred until next week ' '
Councilman Hort urged immediate
action on the matter.
S'lieel Department-«Tot al appropriation .........
l lie :11.'11u1 and police teloa‘i'apll
Municipal electric light istrcct lighting) .........................
Municipal Electric Department ' '
Water llop'll‘tliieiil ..............................................
[1‘. Kuch was ari'csted by
, .lohn ll. Smith last evening, charged
,' Willi ill‘llilkf‘lgiflfis and breach of 1111'
peace. The prisoner was released 111
bonds 111‘ Sin which be forfeited tlils
11 morning.
~1l)on't forget the ("utliolit (‘lub
1 dance. T'oun Assembly Hall T'huisduy
'. e1ening.
The Christmas tree of the Grace
Episcopal Sunday school will be held
in the town assembly hall in Wall
street, this evening. At this time the
' Children of the school will receive and
. exchange. their presents and will on-
-‘ joy an entertainment provided.
The boys who were picked “up by
.2Dt‘licor Frank V. Stration Monday for
shooting craps were given a sound
. talking to by Prosecuting Attorney
"‘“George H. Vosburgh this morning and
”dismissed with a warning that the
.ueilt offence will mean arrest.
Mrs. Cora M. Grace, who has been
,so seriously ill for the past twenty-
two weeks, has a severe attack of
'hiueasles. Mrs. Grace Is with her
mother, Mrs. lmwreuce Grant. The
2 little son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
‘ Grant is very ill with measles.
Montana'Mike. go Called by the po
‘ lice ran smock yesterday at the home
1' of Mrs dSpear drill in a fury' attempted
to kick down the house. Ofiicer Wat
,lace R pSammis was informed and
sheeting Montana Mike warned that “-in
' .dlvidual that unleSs he quit he would
1110 placed behind a door that could
be kicked all night without‘ effect
..Mike agreed 16' bury the hatchet '
pervls .11 'of the moving picture
stars thro'ughoufi the state, are
ran from attending such amuse-
ts unless accompanied by older
2, halt-C. Ireland, enrollment 11111-
9”“!
11d voting diiitrlct for those el-
tho- personal and 11911-
, Of the iomsr his books
‘ 966 persons b6- "
‘ .
this morning that he had . ,
clad" taking the enrollment of ‘ , 2.
City Sports-Can l have some shooting as
(”liver .
'lcl.-1l amount of .11"'1piopilutions ..
...... -............,.I..,.,..Ii..,i11.1.1
ESTIMATED lNCOME
Lite-uses (ordliiul'yi
Licenses (pool room) ................ ‘
11113.th court room and lockup
lliicollected Taxes—-~
List of 1909 ...... . .........
List of 1910 ......................
L‘ed 111' SB Valley St 'to Fairflcld Ave. widening and gladlng
assessment
Elm Gr'mc Street widening
Pasteur institute blll
Building inspector ., .............
Less amount needed to pay balance of 1910-1911 bills. .
V
Total ...... '.
Total Estimated income .....
Total amount of Appropriations .......
Total amount of Estimated Income
0
Amount to be raised by Taxation
From Taxation eight and one-half (81m) mills
To be raised by Taxation ..... . ......
.................
V. -----
Town of Norwalk highways ...........
Corporation tax ......................
Street Committee ....................
Library (lines, etcl ..................
Interest on tax list ...................
...........
Putnmn Avenue assessment ..........
(‘lil’f and Bailey Streets assessment ..
Pro in Water Commissioners .
From Eletrlcal Commissioners .....
Special Appropriation for Contingent Fund ......... ... .0 1 00189
..... 3W$,'
24000
“I100
627100
100.00
125.01)
200.00
1. .
...........................
. ..................... 1....
..................... ......
............. .'.(ll........'.»
........ .....1..;.'..........
I’W .........................
......... ......3 179.04
6,558.40
”9.05
2913.04
...................
141.39
............... 371.]9'
.......... ......r. 198.82
.................... 869.76
430.00
150.00
$9313.09
. .. 9,330.00
*‘ .—
. .............. ....
6.983.89
310041.69
1I1..ili)000
60:508.“)
............ . ..... .....8111.550.49
" ..........-...SI72.13191
...»... ........ . -----
....nu-c ....... I ....... .«no
.0 .............. 1-I1III..-I
...............
..... ............,.........Iiii550.19
M
.. . ...... .3 60.58132
. . .8 62 .183. 31
60,581 42
. ........... 1....
u .... In... ........... ...--
Said Board proposes at said meeting to levy a tax rate of eight and one
half (8 ). mills on one dollar on the
tions so proposed to be made by it
South Norwalk, Conn, December 96th 1911.
polls and ratable estate withi lie limits
ogsatd clown open the asscssment unsold city for 1911,10 mast tin? t
tip proprio-
I
By Order of the Board of Estimate and Taxation
' I
CARDINAL O'O‘ONNELL lN INAPBES
111.111.113.111”, Dec- «fie-Cardinal
O‘Connell, who arrived here from
Rome yesterday. paid I visit to Card1~
nal Joseph Prisca, archbishop of Na-
pies, today. Cardinal O'Connell
brought to Cardinal Priscoth‘s‘pope‘s
greetings and informed him/0f the
pontiff‘s desire to see him shortly,”
be had n01; been to Rome since the
c0nclave.- .
Cardinal O’Connell intends to pro-
coed by motor car to Borradto this If
tornado. .
BIG MM 1.
,mv
day eroding, muons 811d],l 10112,!
cocci: p 1b.. “1:“ "90.31!“ cob: 171 about the second week in Donenn
' ' Tier.
, 00 thereby. mum Incas: card WWII! 111,911.
JOHN J CUNEO, City Clerk.
NOTICE
Notice Is hereby hired to all persons
interested in the proposdd ado,
change and layout. of Benton I rest.
from Lowe street southerly to the city
line, so that said street shall be sub-
Itantlaliy forty (411)-1ch in width.
asthat a meeting of the Council of this
city. 11111 be held It the Council (Shims
her, on Washington street, on. .Wsdii‘csé
a
in relationt thereto.
mm at Booth No I 111111221111
M 1 _
high and Ian barometric procaine. so,
there 11m areas of high and: low pros
aura uppnientiy crlnii'ollt1d,;hhtb as1'c'
2210,001gfll'd5 lulunsin 11nd mmepflhi by thcl
Willi" uncalled [immanent continental and; 90‘1““ ‘0 “”1
oceanic 1111 ens at high angiio'w baronic-i
,‘ter"
This simple rule as 011111101! by Mr
Scan to December. 1911. means that
tliereIlias bed for the past three weeks
on ages of low pressure along the Ca-
nadian border and one of high pres.
abrasion; the Gulf. ln couIeQUencc
of this dlsarrangcmeui of barometric
' conditions, the winds have been con
strictly" from the south. bringing warm
weather. Last December the. conti-
nental distribution of pressure was
precisely the, reverse, and the month
was one of he coldest recorded in the
I'Bureau‘ s books.
Today there is considerable disturb-
ance centering over Iowa and North-
western polnts. Scdrr exphhts this
area of low pressure to more rapidly
to the northwest. with frosting weath-
er toilcwing at its heels. all it does.
then New Yorkers may 1061': for one
more day of warm temperature. and
than. on Thursday morning, I violent
drop.
Local observers report signs of
spring in the country in this region.
New Jersey farmers sttht the b01151
have been encourazod to in by the
warm weather. Governor , exports.
by the way. so? their seat app‘rovdl
upon this sequence of 0111199? had ef-,
fect. Rose bushes and “various plants
are putting forth leaves. 11.11 garden-
ers are covering up strawberries and
truck which are venturing to show
shoots above the earth, Atoll Of this
heads and repeat the adi'igo that “I
arson Christmas snakes a; fat grave-
yard is
Doceinber’ I warm weather has had
considerable éfféct upon navigation on
the' Hudson River. Not for thirty years,
river been-open Io late. The boats
coatln'uc their trips to Albany and
Troy until the ice in the river becomes
anagram. Ordinarily «11.115.11.11. coas»
111110”.th coming cold wave
is bringing across the
could eat dictum-tho Hudson within 11
the weather wise prophets shake their ‘
so the steamboat captains say. has the _
The following amendment was then,
honored viz:
“That this board also request the
11 oil) meeting for the:
purpose of getting the apprm 111 of 1hr 1
i citizens thereon."
The various phases of this amend-
iucut. together ‘wilh the corporation,
counsel's opinion that a city meeting
1111 unnecessary for that purpose, were?
discussed by the board. 011 vote the:
amendment was 1051.4 to l. ‘ " - g
The 01 iglu'il resolution was then rot
ed on and adopted by a mic of «i to 1.:
The meeting then adjourned. W i
\\ ILLIAM A. GRIFFIN JR"
Secretary.
I do hereby certify that the shovel
and foregoing is a true copy of the
minutes of the meeting of the board
of directors of the. South Norw alk
Public Library and Reading Room held
November 1801 1911.
Attest——Willlsm A. Gridln, Jr; Sec-
rotary.
Councilman "0li1er moved and it Was
voted to recsive and accept the com-
munication
The foliowmg communication was
read by Clerk Cuneo on request of G.
S North, made through Mayor Tain-
many: ' , .
December 20, 1911.
My Dear Sir: Yours 'of the 13th in-
stunt addressed to Mr. Carnegie, is be-
fore me for reply.
Mr Carnogies offer to provide 920,-
000 for erection of public library build-
ing at South Norwalk is still in force.
on conditions as stated in Mr. Ber
train's letter of April 2351908
Your: very truly, ,
' R. A. FRANKS.
Mr. G 5: North; Public,lerary,
. South 111011111111. Conn. .
The following communication was
also. read by1Clcrk Guneo:
_ New York. April 28,1908.
Miss Abigail 11.11‘111'1'011. Librarian,
South Norwalk. Conn.
Madam:
nitrification on behalf of south Nor-
walk, it the city taxi-III by resolution
of council to maintain a not public
library at a cost of- not: less than $2, 000
a year. and provide a suitable site for
0‘
not I211. 111111 (111111191
library biilldinx, :011 South 11111111111111
RstIct‘falld yours. ,.
'lses to be $10 0011, to be paid by the1
'conditious that the city remove two
, tag in this city
ivoted to adopt the resolution
Responding to your coin- 2
was adopted.
the building, Mr. Carnegie 11111111. slid. _, ~. I'
900' .1 to 0pc ‘up the property on
The purchase price for said pr-eni
(1111 from the proceeds of the sale of;
bonds to be isoued by the city under
and by virtue of that certain act on
iltlcd‘ Authorizing the City of South
Norwaik to issue Bonds" approved Au-
gust ‘16, 1911.
Councilman Oliver moved its adop-I
tion and it was unnuimous11 ioted to:.
take this course.
Mm or Tammany stated that he had
a talk with ‘llr. McMahon, yesterday
afternoon. and added that he would be
able to make the“ contract with the
dead trees in front of 1110 fire house:
also that the city at its expense mom
and replace the electric poles and
wires which will interfere with the
moving of the building now situatcdpn
the McMahon loin 1. '
Councilman Field. offered a motion
covering the removal of the trees and
replacing the poles by the city. So
voted.
The following resolution was offered
by Councilman Hoyt:
' Resolved, That the premisesowaed
byWilliam H. McMahon at the corner
of Washington 'and Franklin streets.
in this city, being 100 feet, more or
less, 111 front on said Washington
street and 160 feet in depth. and
bounded northerly, by said Washington
street, westerly by land now or late of
the oblate of Dudley P.Ely. deceased.
southerly 'by other land of the said
McMahon, and westerly by said Frank-
lin street, said premises being formerly
occupied by one Prestlove, be and the
some, are hereby fixed upon as the
site for I. new free public library bulld-
Approvéd. , f
2 ' WM. F. TAMMANY, '
Mayor.
Councilman Oliver moved and it was
Benton Street Layout.
Councilman Mather offered a resolu-
tion. fixing Wednesday evening, Jan- ,
usury 8.1111 the date for the hearing on
the Bottom street layout. On motion
of Councilman Mather, the resolution
DpIMnRI Randall Property. ,
Attorney 11130 «H. 119111111311
rouyht‘ up the Minor D. Randall pro-
fool. proposed road instead of one ft
forty foot width was then discussed
at some length betWeen' the council
and Messrs \‘osburgh and McMahon
Aiuriaugcnient was finally made ba~
tween the affected parties, which mi ‘
satisfactory to the council and which
surmounted the last difficulty.
A role was then taken on the reachi-
tion providing for the layout, which.
resulted unanimously in fan or of grant-
ing the required permission.
Plans for Library Building.
It was 1oted that a committee‘ of
three be appointed to look up suitsbl '
plans for the new city library.
Mayor Tammany appointed Council-
men Hoyt Oliver and Mather to 'oon-
stltute this committee.
WIter for City Dock .
Councilman Way moved that the
council recommend that the water
commissioners extend the water pipel
southerly through Water street so II
to supply the city dock property. So.
voted. . "
Money for Current Exporting
Councilman Miller asked authority?
to borrow $2,600 to meet the carton
expenses. A vote to this client“
taken. .. 1 ‘
Adlourned.
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UNCLE NEHEMIAH'S ESTATE.
Hon. N. D Sperry left. an estate a,-
ventoried at $138, 715. 14. This niciua
ed the following considerable items '
Life insurance —- ., 2
Penn Mutual ......,.
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Mutual Life
Issno-I.‘.-n
ares. .
7 N. H. Water 00..
190 New Haven Gas Co. . .
30 sombern 19.911910111111110
13 Scovlll M18. CD. . . . .
110 American Brass Co. .. 1
500 Conn npiiwayaug. co. ..
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Consolidated R. fi..:§;.....312
Southern N. 111 Telephone... '28
Conn. Railway Edits; Co... ‘
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