Morning journal and courier., 1883-07-21
Committee on Streets.


 Several Important Improvements Com
 sfdered-some of Them Recommended.
 The Committee on Streets held meeting last evening, Alderman Bradley presiding.
 The first case heard was for sidewalk on west side of Columbus avenue between West Portsea street and West bridge. Several parties appeared in favor of the improve ment They claimed that it was necessity so far as an approach to St. Bernard's ceme- tery is concerned.
 The relaying of the sidewalk on Collis street (south side. between Wallace and East was taken up. Sidewalk Inspector Mattoon favored the proposed improvement.
 The extension of Lloyd street was next considered, Alderman Waterbury appeared in opposition to the proposed extension. Curtis M. Evarts also opposed the e1ten- sion. The matter was laid over until the next meeting
 Mayor Lewis appeared in regard to the ex- tension of Munson street to Whitney ave- 1 nue. He thought it would be very expen- | sive iob He thought it hard matter to adopt the block system on the outskirts of | the city. He said the plan of allowing peo- l pie to buy out streets across their own land
 was all wrong. He said that the extension
 
 l business. A road across there would accom-
 modate large number of people, who pass across Miss Hillhouse's property to Edwards street. He thought all layout of streets should be intended to increase the beauty I and value of the property. He said if Hill house avenue was finally extended 1t would l be one of the finest avenues in the country It wass voted that the Board of Public l Works cause e. layout of the extension of Munson street to Prospect street; f1om Mans fled street over land belonging to Abram | Heaton on the northerly side of land belong ! ing to Gale & Futile: from Prospect street
 easterly over the northerly side of land be- l longing to Miss Hillhouse and such other 1 land as shall be necessary to make the south l erIy line of the extension of Munson street at its intersection with Whitney avenue cor l respond nearly to the southerly line of Ed wards street and that said layout shall not exceed fifty feet in width. If desirable to facilitate the grade and access l to the present terminus of Munson street, | Mansfield street may be moved little to the l seutherly and a curved layout at the extreme | southerly corner of Mir. Farnam's to land of | Miss Hillhouse.
 The order for change of grade of side- walk on the south side of Bradley street, be. | tween Orange and State streets, was laid on | the table.
 1 It was recommended that curb and walk
 be laid on the, south side of Spireworth l Square.
 1 Voted to recommend that watering | trough be located at the junction of Monroe, 1 Clay and James streets and Blatchley avenu e provided the site for the same can be ob- 1 tained for an amount not exceeding $200. l The petitioners for platform scales on Gus | tom House Square were given leeYe.to with l draw.
 The petition for a sidewalk on the north ! side of Elm street, between Sherman and Winthrop avenues. was indefinitely post poned.
 1 It was voted to recommend that Thorne street be extended to Columbus avenue. Voted to recommend that a brick side. I walk be laid on the south side of Columbus avenue from West Portsea street to West street, on or before October 1st, 1884. Voted to recommend lthat a sidewalk be I laid on the east side of Orange street between | Cottage and Willow streets on or before | Oct 1st, 1884.
 Voted to recommend that 8 sidewalk be 1 laid on the south side of Chapel street from | High street to No. 492, and on the west side l of Franklin street from Wooster to Chapel I street be relaid where needed on or before Sept. 1st 1883.