Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-18
LOCAL NEWS.
Board of Public Works.

Orders From the Court of Common Council-The Bridge Tenders. A meeting of the Board of Public Works
 was held last evening. Present: Commis-
 sioners Pond (presiding,) Feldman, Gilbert | and Coleman.
 Orders from the Common Council were read and the usual instructions given to the City Clerk and City Engineer as follows:
 For grade cut and cobble gutter on the north side of Market street, from Haven to James streets; for brick sidewalk on the east side of Arch street for concrete sidewalk on the east side of Winthrop avenue, from Whalley avenue to Elm street for brick sidewalk on Minor street, from Cedar to La fayette street for grade and curb on east side of Greenwood street, from Sylvan avenue to Oak street; for grading and curb ing of Dickerman street, east side for grad ing and curbing sidewalk on the east side of ! Monroe street, from Clay to Lombard street. for the repair of sidewalk on the north side of Grown street, from Church to Orange streets where needed for grade and curb both sides of Anderson street. from Cannon to Willow streets; for a concrete walk on the north side of Lombard street, from Ferry to Monroe streets. For Belgian | pavement between railroad track and Church street, from Chapel to George street, l the City Surveyor to advertise for bids. The
 same action was taken in regard to new Tel | ford pavement on Grown street, between 1 Church and Temple streets. Also the same action regarding road pavement on Court
 street, between Orange and State streets. The petition for grading Grant and John
 streets was referred to the City Surveyor. The petition for new layout of Veto street was referred to the City Engineer to make
 maps. The petition for crosswalk from the north side of Lock street to the west side of Canal street was referred to the Superin- tendent of Streets. The petition for g cross- walk across Howard avenue, north and south of Gilbert street, was tabled.
 The petition of John L. King to be reap pointed bridge tender of the Chapel street | bridge was read and ordered on file, and the election was postponed until the next meet | ing.
 The petition for a concrete walk on Woes | ter Square was tabled until next year owing l to a lack of funds.
 |
 of the Telephone and Electric Light company
 in the erection of poles was accepted and ordered on file.
 The report of the Committee on Streets in
 favor of hardening Congress avenue from Howard avenue to Cedar street was laid on the table until the sewer shall be laid. Reports of the Quinnipiac and Chapel street bridge tenders for the month of July were read and ordered on file.
 Petition of John H. Leeds for fine stone covering on Howard avenue was referred to
 the appropriate committee to inquire and re-
 port.
 Mrs. McGann asked for an extension of
 time for the laying of walk on Willow
 street. The time was extended to November r. 1881.
 Alderman Faulhaber appeared and stated
 that there was an order for sewer in Con-
 gress and Howard avenues, and asked why they were not constructed
 He was informed that they could not be constructed until the right of way was pro- cured in the extension of Cedar street. Ne