Morning journal and courier., 1880-05-13
Board of Road Commissioners.

! Orders for Sewers, Sidewalks, CrOss- ! walks and Curbs-The Cartmen Ask for an Increase of Pay-Other Matt ters.
 A meeting of the Board of Selectmen was
 held last evening. Present, Commissioners Chatfeld (presiding), Feldman, Pond and | Coleman.
 | Professor George E. Day appeared before the Board and asked that the work of repairs
 on the Telford pavement at Elm street, corner
 of College street, be suspended to-day between
 the hours of 9:45 6. m. and p. m. and be-
 tween the hours of 2:3O and p. m. He said
 that anniversary exercises were to take place
 at Battell chapel between the hours named,
 and the noise of the road roller would inter fere with the proceedings. The Board voted to grant the request. The
 roller will be used at these times farther up the street.
 \ The order for brick sidewalk on tho east
 side of Kimberly avenue, from land of D. L. Daggett to Howard avenue, was r7ferred to
 the City Surveyor.
 The order for g grade and curb on both sides of Wilson street, from Lamberton to Rosette streets was received and the clerk
 was instructed to notify parties to lay the ! same.
 The clerk was directed to notify parties to
 relay sidewalks in High, Elm and West Water
 streets.
 The order for 8 cobbIe gutter in Washing
 ton street, on the east side, from Morris street
 to West river, was referred to the City Inspec- | tor with power to act.
 | The order requiring the Board of Road | Commissioners to take charge of the erection
 of all telegraph poles and see that the same
 are properly placed was received and ordered \ on file, and the clerk was directed to send copies of the order to the several companies.
 The City Surveyor was authorized to adver- | tise for bids for paving Water street, from
 Bridge street to Franklin street. Orders for sewers were referred to the City Surveyor to advertise for bids, as follows i: | For scwer on southerly side of Whalley ave nue, from Garden street to westerly line of l John Gilbert's land in Union street, from | Chapel street to Court street for sewer in l Lyon street, from Jefferson street to Bradley | street. for sewer in Lafayette street. from
 Silver to Prince streets; for sewer on the
 northerly side of Whalley avenue, from Ooun- l ty street to Orchard street for a sewer in Elm street, from Park street easterly to land | of Cynthia M. Merrills.
 The order for rebuilding the Grand street
 sewer as far westerly as Franklin street was l tabled for the present.
 ! | licenses to connect with sewer and water | mains were received and the licenses granted. An order was passed requiring the city
 surveyor to notify owners of property on Water street, between East and Franklin streets, to make gas. sewer and water connec- ton, i1 anticipation of the new pavement. crosswalk on the north side of Prince
 street, across Hill street, was ordered The city surveyor was notified, in adyer- Using for bids for pipe sewers, to include vlt- rifed pipe in his proposals.
 Albert Hollister appeared before the Board Third street, Fair Haven. The Board decid-
 ed to refer the matter to the City Surveyor to
 make such changes as be may think best
 Sylvester McMahon, representing lhe Cart
 mems Society, appeared before the Board and
 asked that the pay Of cartmen employed by II the city be increased from $2.50 to $3 per II day. He said there was an increase in the | price of horse shoeing, feed, &c., which was II the reason for asking an increase. The mat ter was laid on the table until the next meet l ing.
 | past week he had considered and examined the locality near Quinnipiac bridge, where a watering tank was asked for. The location
 was fixed at the corner of Ferry and River \ streets, and the chairman was authorized to have the tank erected.
 The chairman was authorized tc complete | the paving in Broadway already co mmenced, | where the same is needed. The City Surveyor was authorized to adver-
 tise for bids for post and rail fence around Hamilton Square.
 | On motion of Commissioner Pond it was voted to ask the Common Council to pass an ! order that the Union street sewer be rebuilt | from Chapel to Wooster streets. This appears to be necessary, as the old sewer which is partly laid on this block is in bad condition. If this plan is adopted the sewer the entire length of Union street can be laid lower than | if connected with the Chapel street sewer, which would make it much more serviceabIe | to property owners.
 The Board adjourned for two weeks.