Morning journal and courier., 1882-06-16
a)em @aren 1ailg g14urning Sonrnal and Gnnrer
Board of Selectmen.

Discussion Regarding Blasting at East
 Roek-Parties Given Permission to Con-
 tinue-Bfns Approved-The Payment of
 Town Clerk shuster's Bill Delayed
 A regular meeting of the Board of Select men was held last evening. Present Select men Andrew (presiding), Reynolds Feldman, Cooper, Beecher and Sperry
 Julius Twiss appeared before the Board in the interest of Milton J. Stewart and Francis Donnelly, who were arrested for blasting at East Rock and whose cases were continued for thirty days. Mr. Twiss read from the statutes of 1875 to show that the law provid- ed that parties blasting within the limits of town without obtaining permission from the Selectmen may be fined $1OO or be impris- 1 oned six months or both. MT. .Twiss thought < the act could not apply to the property of l his clients as the property had never been condemned
 Mir. Donnelly made statement In regard | to his claim of the quarry, and said that he had been in the habit of blasting there for 1 several years and he did not think there was l any danger from so blasting.
 ! Mr. Stewart said he purchased the East Rock for business purposes, and he owned ! 999 parts of it. He said that they called 1t East Rock Park but he thought it should be l called Stewards Park, 1t belonged to him, l and he purchased it for home The city had laid out street over his property, and l if parties drove over there they were tres ! passers. He proposed to erect bell to warn l people when they were going to blast that could be heard for half mile. He said that ! quarrying was the only means he had of ob- taining livelihood. He said he had bought to the river, and if people felt endangered why they need not drive that way. He thought if anyone suffer ed any inconvenience it was himself. The idea that stone was thrown up as big as alf-barrel was prepos- terous.
 Mir. Twiss said that the Park Commission CTS were behind this whole matter. The public were not endangered in the least, and this suit was brought to prevent defacfng of the rock. He thought before the com missioners did this they should condemn the land and take it. If the blasting was stop. ped the price of Belgian blocks and building stone would increase, and they would have to | 20 to West Rock for all such stone, thereby creating monopoly He thought the refus- al should not be exercised except in case of the most urgent necessity.
 Mir. Reynolds thought the Selectmen ought not to prevent these parties from pursuing their vocations and business so long they owned the land and the lives of people were not endangered. He favored a limited H- cense to these parties.
 Mir. Feldnan said he preferred to hear both sides on this matter before deciding. AS he now looked at the matter he agreed with MT Reynolds. yet he thought the Park Commissioners should be heard.
 On motion of MT. Cooper, it was voted to give the following parties licenses to quarry and blast for thirty days at East Rock Francis Donnelly, Milton J Stewart, O. w. Blakeslee & Son, Thomas Colwell and Patrick Bowling
 A petition to the judge of probate, asking that conservator be appointed over David
 Wallace, of the Annex" was signed by the Board
 selectman Reynolds reported that he had ! notified Town Clerk Shuster of the action of the Board in relation to license fees and their payment to the town. He said the Town Clerk proposed that the matter be re ferred to the judge of the Superior Court ! The matter was referred back to Selectman Reynolds to further consider and report The question of pay ing Town Clerk Shus- ter's bill for indexing land records amount ing to $325 was reported by the committee (Andrew and Beecher) that they were un- able to agree On the suggestion of Mir. ] Reynolds the committee retired for consulta tion, and on returning Mir. Andrew reported that the committee had decided to withhold the payment of the bill until it is ascertained whether the indexing is an improvement, Or is needed by the town. The idea was. he said, to let parties who were familiar with the records say whether the work WAS needed or not The report was accepted, the l recommendation adopted and the committee | discharged
 Bills were approved as follows: General ! account, $351 32; outside poor, $438 75 :; roads and bridges, $l15 88; almshouse, $219- l 76 construction account, $49.5O.
 Adjourned