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MR. JERE DONOVAN APPEARS BEFORE‘THE BOARD
AND MAKES SOME-PERTINENT SUGGESTIONS.
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An adjourned meeting of the new
city council was held last'evening at
the Council rooms and it (proved to be
fully as animated as if it were a regu-
, lar meeting. V ‘
This was evidently expected as the
lobby was crowded long before his
honor, Mayor Glover, called the meet—
ing to order. _
Among those present were ex-coun-
~ cilmen W. W. Comstock of South Nor-
walk, Mr. Jere Donovan, O. E. Wilson,
John O’Sullivan and others.
When Mayor Glover called the'meet-
ing’ to order every member of the
board was present and patiently lis-
tened to the minutes of the previous
-meeting, as distinctly read by city
elerk H. W. Gregory. \. .
The Mayor then gave an invitation
to any present who,.wished to be heard,
an opportunity to address the board,
which invitation was promptly accepted
by Mr. Jere Donovan, who probably at.
anylike meeting never. appeared .at _.a';
better: advantage.
'He“ad'dressed the ”Mayor and board;
in a modulated but persuasive tone of
voice on the question of the proposed
removal of the public library -' from its
present quarters in his building to the
Norwalk club building.
He opened his remarks by saying
that he had been given to understand
that the board of directOrs of the Nor-
walk Library association had-decided
to move from its present quarters, the
library plant. ' i ‘
He strongly questioned the advisabil?
ity of such a move. And also question-
_ ed the right of the board of directors
I to make such change. He claimed that
the present quarters had been leased by _
'the city, not by the library directors,
and that the city was liable to be held
1" responsible for the rent of the present
quarters eveh though: a change else-
where were made. .
He said further that he owned the
present quarters of the library, and
that he had not yet been officially noti-
ified that a change was to be made,but
he had so heard, and had written to the
president and secretary of the board to
meet him at the council meeting that
he might have an opportunity of asking
them a few questions,or in turn answer--
_, iu'g such as they might ask. .
j 7 He made the assertion that the ,pro-
j’ectOrs of the change had no other idea
in mind in making the change aside
from that of revenue to the ow'ners o;
the club building, to which n n pro-
posed to remove the‘libraryi
He also objectedvas a citizen to the
removal of the library from a weentral
to a remote point within the city as
compared with its present location.
He said that when his store was rent:
ed for a library he was given: to under-
stand that it was for a term of years,
. and that an amount in excess ofayear’s‘
rental had been expended in fitting up
" the store for the reception of the, 'li-
brary.
Mr. Donovan then propouznded a.
' 5‘ acmewhat'puzzling question by asking,
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' “We? when be leased the storeto the-
“ Do you believethat if the ownership'
_ ‘ of the twoproposed buildings were re-
”7 * rersed that a change would ' have even
been suggestéd ? ”y , .
' He somewhat Causticaliy remarked,
andrati-fied.
7change of an electric light at the foot
' reported that he had been unable to
,port.
. at a previous meeting of the board and
city he thought that he was dealing
with gentlemen, and a written lease
was not requisite, as he did not believe
them to be of the ilk: that would pull a
man up a dark'alley and relieve. him of
what belonged to him. Neither did he
so now believe. ,
He asked that the Council give the
matter due consideration before per-
mitting aremoval. He further asked
that a committee be appointed in the
premises, that they confer with him,
and broadly hinted that the present
quarters might be retained without in-.
come and this in the interest of the
public.
The Mayor promisbed that Mr. Donor-I
van’s remarks would receive the prop-
er attention of the board. ‘ '
The usual grist of bills, amountidg to
something over $700 were then read
and with few exceptions ordered paid.
The nominations of the officers of the
several fire companies were received
I
Alcnmmunication in reference to the
of Prespect hill was received and re-
ferred to the proper committee. L
Councilman_Cotter suggested the ad-
visability of getting the city lighting
at a cheaper ratethan now paid, and.
as compared with the service. He
thought that when a new contract was
made this fact should be borne in mind- ,1
John P. Treadwell was granted per-
mission to_ erect a one-story building
14-20 to be’used as a hennery, on his
property on North avenue. l
The bond of City sheriff in the Fi-
delity Security company was received
and accepted.
A letter was received from a peripa-
tetic photographer in which he claimed
that he had applied to the previous
'council for permission to set up a pho-
tographers studio on a
Main street. .
Councilman .Burr objected to the”
privilege being granted on the ground
vacant lot on.
that it was detrimental to other pho-
tographers in town. ‘
As the letter was more of the nature
of a grievance than that of asking a
privilege no action was taken. 7
The bill of John O’Sullivan for $350
against the city for damages by reason
'of the widening of Wall street, and
which was referred at a previous meet-
ing for investigation, to the highway
committee, was then brought to the at-
tention of the board. The? chairman
adjuSt the matter; and. by a‘ unammdus
vote the Mayor appointed P. \VV. Bates,
Charles A. 'Burr 'and,City Attorney
Walsh to further. investigate‘and re-
A communication was received from
Chief of police Bradley, giving the
number of arrests since Feb. 10th, 1894,
and as made by the officers as follows:
Chief Bradley, 274 {Officer Morehouse,
103; Captain Dann’, 55; Officer Bartram,"
67 ; Officer Kenney, 515.]. This , was sup-
plemented :with a schedule of the hours
of service. , , ' _ ,.
Councilman Burr then asked for a
vote on the resolution presented by him
defeitred, prayingfor. the abolishmen't.‘
of the oflicétof'chief
of police. I' ,
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said that the present cost was enormous ,
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,Mayor Gloverysaid that he had con-
ferred with the city counsel in the mat-
ter, and that he had ,doubts. as to
whether the office could be legally
abolished. ‘
Councilman Gregory said in, no un-
certain tone of voice, “It has been done
in Danbury and other cities why can’t
lit be done here?” ’
’7" Councilman Cutter suggested that
possibly in this respect the chafiters of
Other cities differed from that of Nor-
walk.
Councilman Burr retorted‘by saying,
“ You can vote on the question, yes or
no. - I want avote.”
Councilman Cotter replied. “ I simply
give my» impression as to the legality
of the matter. The Mayor asked for
an expression in’ the matter and I gave
mine, as I hope the» rest will also. I
have nothing against Mr. Bradley, but
if charges were preferred that would
be a different matter, and I would vote .. _
against him if he were wrong. It is to
my mind a serious matter.”
Councilman Gregory said, “Itstrikes
me Bradleyiis getting too old; a young-
er man could do better.”
Councilman Cotter: “He will treat
all alike no matter who they are. ”
Councilman Burr: “ You have a right
to suit yourself. Yoi} can vote on the
question.”
Councilman Meeker thought the
abolishment of‘ the office ' might result
in alawsuit.
V After some further discussion a vote
was taken, which resulted in the mo-
tion of CounCilmau Burr being lost by
a vote of 3 to 2. As near as the re-
porter could distinguish voices,the vote
was Gregory and Burr for, and Meeker,
Cotter and P. W. Bates against, ‘W.
R. Bates not voting, thus perhaps sav-
ing the Mayor being called upon to
break a tie vote, . , .. '
A communication was received from
the selectmen, asking that it be the
sense ofthat body to work, for the es-
tablishment of the proposed new town
house, to the .end that the ocuncil hold
their meetings in- said proposed new
building at an expense not in exCeSsnof.
the rent at present paid by the board-.-
Councilman Burr then threw another '
bomb into the police syspem by offering
; a resolution in‘efiect that no member
of the police force receive in excess of
$2 per day. L ‘ ' . _
A question was raised as to 'wlien the
present year’s service of the ferce ends.
Councilman Gregory} remarked, “If
we ‘don’t begin to make a saving some-
where, we shau’t make it at all.” I ..
After some discussion the resolution
was adopted, to take effect, on and, afr
ter the present year’s service of, said
police force ended. .. _
Councilman Gregory, made an’addi-
tional motion that the salary of the
Street and SeWer inspector he placed
at $10 per week, from this day until
April 1st. ’ . .
Councilman Meeker amended by
making it $12 a week for the entire
\year. and it wasso voted. I *
CouncilmaniP. W,.-Bates asked as to
the power of the‘ chairman of the high-
way committee to discharge help, and
and thought that .he .ought to have
power to regulate the hiring and dis-
charging of help and» this was the sense
of the council. '
P. W. Bates of the highwaycommit-
tee reported that he had a balance of
only $81.98 and asked for a further ap'
propriation of $500. ,
W. R. Bates of the police committee
also asked for $500.
Charles‘A. Burr of the fire committee
asked for $500 but it was shown that he
was within $150 of his limit,.and he was
content in asking for the latter amount.
The clerk was instructed to pursue
the usual process in securing the above
amount by advertising the same. \
On motion of Councilman Burr the
annual appropriatiohs of $25 eagh to the
fire companies and fire police 9 were
voted. I I ‘ . .
Councilman Meeker reported that
Superintendent Mansfield of the Train-1
“way company: hédivomisedc: mix-o.
Tuesday a check for $90_in_ 3' art zpay-
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. Thdicouncil then adjourned. .
80”? H NORWALK ‘OOUNCIL.
An; djourned meeting of the South
Norjifalk city council was held last
m, g, the Mayor and full board with
eve “
one; ception being present. '
com Lis‘sioners as was also one from the
wat , commissioners. Both ireports
werdéaccepted and ordered on file.
The nominations of officers made by
the the companies were ratified.
ltgwas voted to lease the present city
‘hall’ffor a term of, three years, the price
of thdSame being satisfactory to the
. boagd.
attorney Light and the bondsmen of
.Hermanr Snyder,the former. city tax col-
lector,werewilling to arbitrate theclaim
.and'thematter was'left to a committee
composed of W."T. Raymond and D. E.
. Disbrow,they~toreport on Febru‘aryl'ith,
Ethey being unable to agree to appoint an
umpire, he to ‘report‘onMarch 7th..
-'l‘he' resignatidn” of F. A. Smith as
street commissioner Was accepted.
‘An old petition in which residents
on South Main street offered to donate
six feet of land‘for the widening of that
street, provided that a guarantee be
made by the city that permisSion would
not be granted to the Tramway Eom-‘
pany to lay anothertrack on the street
after the improvements had been made
was considered, but'no action taken.
I After some business of minor impor-
tance the Council adjourned.
visitors from Ripley.
‘Mr. and Mrs. Perry Mason, of Rip-
ley, N. Y., are the guests of Mr. and
fills. D. M. Corbett of South Norwalk.
The visitors Were but recently mar-
rie'd. Mr. Mason says that of the
twelve business stores in Ripley but
one is conducted by a -man over 30
years of age, and that the cashier of
the bank in that place'is but.28 years
of age. There are three natUral gas
plants in the place, and the “stuff”
-"is utilized for both cooking, heating
and lighting purposes. ‘ '
our Oysters in England.
Ex-Postmaster-General Thomas I...
James of New York, is at the head of.
the Anglo-American Oyster company,
eport was received frOm the street .
incorporated in New Jersey, to rear
VIOLATED THE LAW.
The Health [miner’s Notice
Mutilated and His Guaran-
. tine Disregarded. .
Arrests Will Probably Follow, and “Cap-
tain Ike” Will Have to Answer
Among the Rest.
On Wednesday last, Dexter G., the
3 year-old son of Franklin Selleck, died
at his home N o. 2 Selleck street in
East N orwalk of scarlet fever. N
.that scarlet fever was in the house and
had placed his usual yellow card pn
the building 'notifying‘the public that
a contagious disease existed therein,
enter the premises under penalty of
.the law. V ' ' ‘ ‘
Mr. Selleck‘was anxious _
[funeral take place on Saturday, but to
this Health Officer Tracey objected and
it. was- finally agreed that-it Should be
on Friday afternoon,.‘-but Dr. Tracey
insisted that owing to the Contagious
disease withiwhich the little boy died,
the funeral should be private.
On Friday morning the‘ Health Offi-
cer visited the house and was surprised
to find that his card had been multilat-
ed by the tacking of a piece of brown
paper over its faCe. He also learned
that the funeral was to be public and
not privite as he had ordered. He ob-
jected strenuously and notified Mr.
v Selleck that the law must be carried
out, but received no assurance that his
wishes would be followed. ._
Dr. Tracey then returned to his office
and secured another notice which ‘he
signed and going to Mr. Selleck’s resi-
dence he placed it upon theside of the
house {hear the door. The notice was
upon yellow card board and read as
follows:
SCARLET FEVER
IN THIS HOUSE.
QUARANTIIfiE.
All persons are forbidden entering
or leavingthese premises without the
permission of the HealthOfficer under
penalty of the Law. '.
W. J. TRACEY.
Health Officer.
what is known as export oysters. Eng-
lish members of the new company buy
annually from fifty thousand to seventy
thousand barrels of oysters in the
American markets. The capitalization
' is $50,000 now, but will be increased to
$500,000,. The company owns beds, off
Norwalk.
. Foot» Ball.
The following correspondence passed
between the managers of the Winfield
and Wellington, Kan., football clubs—,
Winfield: “We challengesyou to a
game at any place you will name.”
Wellington: f‘Won’t meet you unless
it, be in hell.?’ -Winfi,’eld: “Your selec-
tion of your home ground is. satisfac-
jtory tons.” “ ‘ ‘ a
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to‘night “an :_intr0ducefiimo the; Wigwam
Stephen Meisch. ‘ ' ' ’ '
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As an additionalprecaution he sent
Officer Thomas" Hunt to the house with
instructions, to notify every one who
came to the funeral that a. contagious
disease existed on the premises and
not to enter. The officer was. also ‘in-
structed‘ to take the! names of those
.4 Who entered after receiving 'due notice -
of the prevalence of a contagious dis-
ease. ‘ ' ’
The ofiicer performed his duty and
notified every one that came not to
enter the house, but his notice was
unheeded and the following names
were taken: Captain Isaac Selleck,
GeorgeW. Selleck, Henry Selleck, Mrs.
RuscOe and Mrs. E. Apell.
,The health officer had been notified l
and also notifying all persons not to .
to have :the ‘
tol'ney Ferris was in receipt of a com-
plaint from Mr. Hill requesting that
they-be arrested, and notifying the at-
torney that he would appear and prose-
cute them to the full extent of the law.
The penalty 'of violating the law af-
ter a notice has been posted, or after
actual notice shall have been given,
is a fine of not more than $100.0" ,
Warrants will probably be issued to-
day and all of the parties whose names
are taken will be arrested.
THE 5mm wuuu] llKE m on
If Captain Riley expepts Frank Sel-
leck will work when they reach the
Klondike.
Who selected the names for that
second district office appointment.
If» “ Mit.” Northrop ‘recognized any-
thing personal in. the Tarrytown VVid'
ow play. .
"What minstrel troupe can give a
better performance than Washburn’s
will at Hoyt’s, Theatre {so-night.
If prosecuting attorney Ferris’
.Brooklyn trip was looking. toward mat-
rimony.
If the Street Railway’s big snow
plow will be seen this winter.- '
, Why Norw'alk ice men are sad-
When Captain “Oats” Brotherton
will get his dory in commiSsion and
sail for the Klondike.
If the candle power of the South
Norwalk electric lights" is changed
after 10 p. m. -_ f.
. How many Norwalklspdrts will at-
tend the Bridgeport Athletic club’s en-
tertainment to-night. ' “ ‘ '
If figures‘ won’t lie. why is it that
some figures are ds—n liars as Bob In-
gersoll charges.
What caused the general house
cleaning and painting at . Col. Hod
Saunders’ store. .
Why Fred Coleman enjoys getting
up early in the morning.
If John H. Starin has only leased the
dock privilege at Columbus grove how
to Roton Point.
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_ Death of Mrs. Arthur. Keener.
Mrs. Arthur H. 'Keeler died Saturday
morning at N yack, N. Y. , passing away
very easily about 9 o’clock. Mrs. ' Keen
ler was formerly Miss Martha Nicker-
son, a sister of Mrs. Arthur Waldron.
She, was a member of the South Nor-
walk Congregational church, and for
1 several years sang in the choir. She
was 25 years of age.
held this afternoon.
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Hon. John Ferris left .forlBantam
Lake to-day, hoping to hook the few
pickerel that he, Rowan and "Trow‘v
bridge left in the lake after their las t
week’s fishing expedition. 7
The Weather.
Threatening weather toénight; light
snow by Wednesday noon; warmer.-
DEATHS.
BISHOP.—In Bridgeport, ' Jan. 17,-
GeorgianaMoody. wife of .the late Rev.
E E‘erris Bishop,in the 74th year of her .
age. , ..
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' JENKS—fvln Bridgeport, ‘Jan. ‘16, El-
len A., Wife of Curtis. V. Jeuks, aged 49
ream,- _ . . “ '
- STONE—In MillPlain Danbur Jan.
15,,Sarah J. Stene, aged 65 yeai-sfi, '_
.CouhtyHealth .oneen Hill, of Bridge—
port, and this morning Prosecuting At-
The names were at once delivered to _v
KEELER—In Nyack, N1. Y.,-Marth_a
Nickerson, .wife of Arthur "H. Keeler,
agtig 20 years, formerlyo'f South Nor?
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«advertising colu_mn‘e,wii?*f .
the‘Street Railway expects to run cars '
The funeral was v
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