Morning journal and courier., 1880-02-25
Board of selectnen.

Contractor RefIIy,s Claim Against the
 TOwn-A Committee Appointed to
 Confer With the CitV's Committee on
 Reassigning the Rooms i'm the City
 Hall.
 The Board of Selectmen met last evening. full Board was in attendance with Select man Andrew in the chair.
 John w. filling, counsel for Maurice J. Reilly, mason contractor, appeared before the Board and stated that the town ought to take compassion on MT. Reilly, who was at loss in doing the mason work upon culvert at the foot of Long Hill in Westvile, owing to his striking quicksands in digging for foundation, and meeting with other obstacles and contingencies in pursuing the work, and claims that he has kept the time and strict account of the labor rendered and amounts expended by him, and he finds that the job has cost him $2, O42.27, and that he has re- oeived from the town $1, 161.95, which leaves him out $880.32. MT. filling also claims in behalf of MT. Reilly that the coping on the culvert has never been measured up for him, and that he only asks that the town pay him what it has cost him to get out these stones and place them, the sum of $450.45. In closing, Mr. filling said that MT. Reilly would accept the sum of $750 in settlement for the extra compensation, and even then he would be out $15O. as his figures will show.
 Some two weeks since the Board of Se- lectmen offered to pay MT. Reilly the sum of $51O in settlement for his claim and he re- fused to receive that sum.
 0. T. Driscoll, who appeared for the town, stated that he thought MT. Reilly was paid good round price for the extension walls, and that this ought to help him out in the other work he done.
 Mr. filling claimed that MT. Reilly did not pay close attention to the contract with regard to digging the excavation, and that he lost considerable money in that direction, as any one who is acquainted with the work knows that there was more work than could be an- tioipated.
 Ex-Town Agent Mansfield said that MT. Reilly had completed the work before he went out of office, and received his pay and did not mention anything about extra pay. The town owes him for the coping at fair price, but he don't think the Board ought to submit to an extortion.
 The Board referred the matter to Mir. Cooper and MT. Driscoll with power to act.
 Mrs. Jane O. B!akeslee appeared and asked to have the towns portion of tax bill, amounting to $48.O5, abated. The matter was referred to committee.
 Charles A. Baldwin applied to the Board asking for transportation for corpse and at- tendants to Lee, Mass, and return passage for the attendants. The Board voted to grant the application as the parties were poor.
 The applications of Michael Donegsn, 131 Martin street, Mary Conway, 37 Clay street, Jacob Mailhouse, 51 Union avenue, Herman Goural, 78 Webster street, for licenses to sell liquor, were approved.
 MT. Hart moved that the town laborers be paid off in provisions instead of money. The matter was thoroughly discussed by the mem- bers of the Board. Town Agent Reynolds said that no laborer was given more than three days work per month at the rate of $1.2 .25 per day, and he did not advise a change in the arrangement at present. The motion was passed, MT. Reynolds voting against it.
 Selectmen Andrew, Reynolds and Hart were appointed committee to meet like committee representing the city for the pur- pose of reassigning the rooms in the City Hall.
 Application was made for the town to pay a portion of the funeral expenses attending the burial of Patrick Fury. The St. Vincent de Paul Society had buried the poor man, and were the applicants for reimbursement. They were given leave to withdraw. The following bills were submitted and ap- proved: Almshouse account, SIP. 90; out. side poor, $675.25; roads and bridges, $6S6.- co; contract for iron work on Long Hill cul- vert, $264. 80; bill for insane poor, $835. 59 i; miscellaneous bills, $329.59.