Morning journal and courier., 1886-06-29
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. A Special Meeting to Farther Consider the Double Track QuestSon-An Un- derstandfng Reached at Last.

BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. Special Meeting to Farther Consider the Double Track QuestSon-An Un- derstandfng Reached at Last. A special meeting of the Board of Public
 Works was held last evening, His Honor
 Mayor Holcomb presiding. The principal
 business before the Board was to consider
 the matter of laying the double track of the
 Fair Haven and Westville horse railroad
 company, which was tabled at last meeting
 and permission simply given the company to
 lay the T rail on one track and the center
 bearing rail on the other as far as York
 street.
 President Ives of the railroad company
 stated that they would soon be down to the
 corner of Broadway and York street, and
 they would like to continue in the same man
 ner that they were now laying the track as
 far as the corner of York and Chapel streets
 and from that point lay the rail on both
 tracks through Chapel and State streets and
 as far on Grand street as it will go.
 City Engineer Hill said that he was of the
 opinion that the square stone blocks would
 not work well next to the rail track. He thought they should be of granite dimension blocks.
 Hon. George H. Watrous appeared as attorney for the horse railroad company. He was informed by Mayor Holcomb that the Board supposed that the company was to lay the T rail on both tracks. Mir. Watrous said he was surprised that anyone should think that the company was so stupid to think of discarding the exist ing track and laying an entirely new T rail track He said the old tracl, had only been laid a comparatively short time-less than two years-and the company could not afford to discard it.
 After further discussion the vote passed at last meeting which provides that the rail shall be laid on both tracks from the corner of Chapel and York streets, equal to half the distance between University Place and the bridge over the Quinnipisc river in Fair Haven, was renewed and passed
 The matter of stone blocks outside of the
 track again taken up, and Engineer
 Hill explained farther the benefit to be de-
 rived from having granite dimension blocks
 instead of trap rock square blocks. He
 thought the square blocks would not keep in
 position alongside T rail. MT. Watrous said as he understood the
 matter the contract was made for
 the square blocks, the price fixed,
 commenced MT. Ives had gone on in per
 feet good faith and no one, he understood it, had even intimated to him that any oth- CT than the trap rock or square blocks were required to be used.
 Mr. Ives said that he had never heard a word said about using granite blocks next to the tracks before now.
 The question wassdiscussed at considerable length and finally vote was passed giving the company permission to lay the trap rock blocks next to their tracks with the under standing that should the same not prove sat isfactory to the Board that the company will take it up and replace the same with granite dimension blocks.
 The radius of the curves of the track at the corner of York and Elm streets was next considered. The difference in opinion in re- gard thereto was soon settled, which ended the differences between the railroad company and the Board 80 far as last evening was con cerned.
 Crosswalks were ordered laid on the north side of Dickernan street across Orchard street, and the west side of Orange street
 across Linden, Willow and Avon streets. City Engineer Hill reported that the Con solidated railroad had agreed to build the abutments of the Wooster street bridge pro-
 vided the city would pay for half of the su- perstructure, which is to be of iron. The report was accepted.
 The Board will hold their regular monthly
 meeting on Wednesday evening. had the rheumatism in my left shoulder for two years, and in three days after using
 Athlophoros the pain was gone. ] had the sciatica in my right leg sll winter, and the medicine has driven that pain away also.--