Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-29
Road Commissioners.

A Protest Against.the Smelling of Kim-
 berIy Avenue-The Town Presents .
 Large BiIl to the City-Thanks to Comm isSiOner DOMnelly.
 regular meeting of the Board of Road Commissioners was held last evening. Pres ent Commissioners Chatfeld (presiding), Donnelly, Anderson, Feldman and Pond.
 Inspector Doyle stated that he had pur- chased shells from J. & G. H. Smith for she1ling Kimberly avenue at three cents per bushel. They had 600 bushels on hand and were making about 400 bushels per week. He had put on 600 or 700 bushels on the ave- nue.
 E. H. Futile presented remonstrance signed by thirty property holders against shelllng Kimberly avenue on account of the dust in the summer time. MT. Futile said he would have no objection to 8 pavement, but thought there would be general objec- tion on the part of the property holders if they had to pay for it.
 The City Inspector was instructed to post pone the smelling on the avenue for the pres ent.
 The City Inspector stated that one-half of the east end of Gainesville bridge should be replanked. He was instructed to have neces- sary repairs made.
 The petitions of Thomas Jones and William Graham, to be appointed bridge tenders at the Chapel street bridge, were read and ordered on file.
 A communication from the Board to the Court of Common Council, in regard to the dangerous condition of the wood pavement on Union street, andrecommending that it be re- placed with stone and the sewer extended, was approved, and the clerk was directed to for ward the communication A similar communication regarding the con- dition of the roadway on Howard avenue from Columbus avenue to Kimberly avenue, and recommending thatit be paved similar to Whal-
  reference.
 W. J. Atwater asked permission to connect General Merwin's stables'at the lower end of Lincoln street with the Trumbull street sewer The Board appeared to be of the opinion that sewer should be built on Lincoln street and the matter was laid on the table until the next meeting.
 The grading of Rose Court was referred to the City Inspector with power to act.
 The matter of painting the fence around Clinton Park (Fair Haven), and painting the flag staffs, was referred to Commissioner Chatield and the Superintendent of Parks
 A bill from the town for use of stone- crusher for three years ending with 1873 and amounting to $2,5 for work on the ex- tension of Martin street, $186 80; for rent of court room three years to October 5, 1873, $250; for use of lot at the foot of Olive street one and a half years to October 1, 1873, $500, amounting in the aggregate to $3, 256.- 80, was read. The clerk stated that this bill had been presented to the city auditor for payment.
 The Board thought the best way to do was for the city to take what belonged to them at the stone-crusher works and erect works of their own at East Rock, where they could be entirely independent of the town. It was thought that enough would be saved in carting in few years to pay the entire expense of erecting the works
 The petition of Henry St. John for a li- cense to connect with water and sewer mains was read and the license granted.
 A unanimous vote of thanks was rendered tendance on the meetings of the Board for the past three years.
 Commissioner Chatfield and other members of the Board expressed their appreciation of Commissioner Donnelly's faithful services to the city, he seldom having been absent from the stated meetings of the Board. Adjourned.