Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-03
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.

Complaints About the Steam Ema. mating From East Street Sewer Opinions of the Corporation Coun. sell on Various Matters-Bills Alp. proved.
 The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Public Works was held last evening
 Present, His Honor Mayor Holcomb (presid ing), Messrs. Fuller, Feldman, Gilbert, Stackpole, Crawford and Reilly. Abraham Krauss appeared before the Board and stated that he desired to have the sidewalk lowered in front of his premises on Davenport avenue, which was foot above grade. He said he could not get to his house with coal and it was otherwise very inconvenient
 Engineer Hill said there was no doubt but that the walk would have to be lowered at some time, but he did not think it could be done without an order from the Court of Common Council. The Board concurred in this opinion, as did also Corporation Counsel Driscoll, who was present. MT. Durant, representing the G. F. War her Manufacturing company, appeared and asked that the company be permitted to sub stitute twelve-inch connections with the East street sewer instead of the six-inch that they now have. It was voted to leave the matter with the city engineer with power to act.
 Professor Brewer appeared to inquire what the rule was ill regard to turning hot water into sewers. He said that the escape of steam from the manhole at the corner of East and Wooster streets was very great nui- sance to the neighborhood. He said that the trouble came from the rubber works, and complaint had been made to the Board of Health in regard to it.
 The professor was informed that the rules forbade the discharge of water at higher temperature than 1400 Fahrenheit.
 Thar hat into sewer that received water at as high 3 degree of heat as that to examine them and he also thought that water of that tempera- ture would be very detrimental to the sew CTS and would utterly ruin them.
 The matter was referred to the Committee on Sewers to inquire and report.
 An opinion by the corporation counsel in the matter of Pine street sidewalks in front of Union cemetery was read. He gave it as his opinion that the payment for the walk could not be enforced by placing 8 lien on the cemetery grounds, but that it can be en- forced by attaching funds belonging to the cemetery association if any such funds could be found
 In the matter of the petition of George B. Martin for dredging the channel under Chap el street bridge the corporation counsel says: While the United States government has the power to do the dredging if it saw fit to do so, yet it cannot be compelled to do it until it chooses. The city also has the power to do the dredging if it sees fit. If, as alleged in the petition, the channel has become part ly filled up owing to the building of the en- bankments of the bridge, it might be held that the city was in justice bound to dredge the channel sufficiently to restore it to it's former state of usefulness.
 In the matter of grading John street the corporation counsel gave it as his opinion that the Board had the power to carry out the order of grading if it chose so to do.
 In view of the fact that there were not suf- fcient funds to pay for the grading this year it was voted to lay the order on the table
 Bills for the month of August were ap- proved as follows: General account, $15,- 559 58; sewer account, SIC, ,354. .69
 Inspector of Sidewalks Thompson sent petition asking that his pay be raised to that of the former inspector, which was $90 per month.
 After remarks by His Honor the Mayor and others complimentary to MT. Thompson it was voted to increase his pay as requested.
 In regard to MT. Hitchcock, engineer at the stone crusher, the question came up as to whether his salary should continue now that the crusher works had been destroyed by fire The Board expressed themselves as satisfied with MT. Hitchcock's services and it was thought not best to discharge him, but to dis continue his pay until his services were again required. It was so ordered by vote of the Board.
 It was voted that Messrs. Feldman and Reilly, with Engineer Hill, Superintendent Doyle and Clerk Waldron, be appointed to go before the committee on ordinances this evening and advocate the proposed ordinance regulating the sprinkling of Telford pave mentS.
 At 1915 the Board went into executive session to consider the matter of rebuilding the stone crusher works at West Rock The phase of the question to be discussed was understood to be whether the city should rebuild. or in the future. buy the crushed stone from the town authorities.