Morning journal and courier., 1883-04-05
Board of Public Works

zIectfou of m Bridge Tender-The Lay- out of Hartford and Har1em-Other
 Matters of More or Less Importance
 Considered.
 regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held last evening. Prese nt, Messrs. Holcomb, (presiding,) Pond, Sar- gent, Coleman and Gilbert
 The Selectmen were present for the pur
 pose of meeting in joint convention with the Board and eleeting tender for the Quinni- piac bridge
 The Board went into joint session, Mir.
 Waldron being selected as clerk.
 The petitions of Oliver Bailey and Edwin M.
 Futile for the position of bridge tender
 was received.
 Mr. Sargent moved that the salary of the
 bridge tender for himself and horse be fixed at $7Oo His motion was lost. The chair appointed Clerk Waldron and MT. Gilbert as tellers.
 The result of the first ballot:was as fol- lows:
 Whole number of votes. Il Resolution that E. M. Futile be declared | bridge tender of Quinnipiac bridge for one l pCA year was passed.
 l Mr. Sargent suggested that the claim of
 Solomon Mead for $200 for extra services in
 strengthening West river, from Martin l street to Derby avenue, be briefly consid- \ cred at the present joint meeting. as the city l and town were both interested. Mir. Sar- | gent said that while Mir. Mead perhaps had | no legal claim, yet as matter of equity per | haps MT. Mead should be in whole or in part remunerated. He claims that in carry l ing out his contract he was interfered with | by sub-contractors. MT. Sargent thought it | would be about fair if MT. Mead was paid | $15O. ....4-...--- Mir. Pond quoted from the constitution to I show that no city or town had 8 right
 to increase the compensation of any public | officer or contractor after the salary or price of contract had been fixed. | Mr. Reynolds and Mr. Sargent said that MT. Mead was delayed by the driving of piles
 and building the abutments. It was voted that the report of the committee be accepted, l which was passed. subsequent motion to l adopt the report paying MT. Mead $15C ! was passed
 l Dr. J. P. Phillips asked that the sewer ir | off the water that now flowed across his land He said that as the city would not allow him l to build the sewer he wanted the city to build | it.
 Corporation Counsel Driscoll appeared ir regard to the encroachments on Warren l Place. It was stated that the house en- 1 croached on the street, but 1t was ln accord
 ance with a layout as ordered by the town, l and hence was no encroachment Corporation Counsel Driseoll called up the
 matter of layout of the Hartford and Har-
 lem railroad through the city. His Honor 1 the Mayor inquired if MT. Driscou had not | had his instructions. MT. Driscol answered ! S-a kk,an ova1 ho
 summon witnesses to carry out the wishes ot l the Board.
 Mayor Lewis insisted that the chairman o1 | the committee on railroads positively refused | to hear any evidence on the location of the | Hartford and Harlem railroad, as that was g matter for the railroad commissioners and | nobody else.
 | Attorney Hamilton. who was present, was | called upon and stated that he had been be | fore the railroad committee and at the re- 1 quest of Mir. Driscoll he had represented ! him. He said that the question came up, l and after considerable discussion the com mittee stated that they had heard enough,
 and as they had got to have their reports all ! in by Friday the matter of special charter | would have to go over until the next Legis- | lature. He said he did not think it would be necessary for anyone to go to the Legislature in the interest of the city or citizens. 1 MT. Sargent called from the table the vote l Ouer0Q Dy nm uXlnS the SaIary OI CaS act1nE City Engineer the same as the City Engineer. l The matter was laid on the table until the | next regular meeting under the rule. Report of Acting Engineer Hill concerning ! defective drainage in Nash street was read, ! accepted and referred to the Committee on l Sewers.
 The bills for the month of March amount l ing to about $4, 900 were approved. An order for the removal of encroach- ments on and the grading of Limerick street. \ After discussion the order was laid on the ! table and the engineer was instructed to as certain if Limerick and other streets in that l part of the city had been accepted. Mir. Pond moved to proceed to an election of superintendent of the road roller for the | ensuing year.
 | Alexander Rida was reappointed at salary of $2. 50 per day for every working day in | the year. It was moved that he be under the | direction of the superintendent of streets.
 It was voted to instruct the engineer to ad
 vertise for bids for building Telford pave
 ment on Dixwell avenue, between Bristol and 1 Munson streets, and for sewers on Howard Il avenue, between Congress and Davenport | avenues, and in University Place and Elm
 street, between Whalley avenue and Dwight 1 street.
 Adjourned until next Wednesday evening. Second Regiment Band. The American, Second Regiment band gave it's third annual reception at Union
 armory last evening. There were 75 couples
 in the grand march led by Captain Loomis
 and wife. Among the dancers were Sergeant | O. L. Parsons and wife, Lieutenant Waite
 and wife, MT. Keenan, catcher of the Albany
 base ball nine, and wife, William M. Geary,
 of the town agents office. Members of the l band appeared in their new uniform consist | ing of white coat with blue and red trim <. ! mings, blue pants, gilt strips and astrachan 1 cap. Lieutenant Waite and Ed. HurIburt
 acted as floor managers. The band orchestra | furnished the music, and V. M. Beecher prompted.
 Death of w. F. Bishop. In the Silver World, published in Lake