Morning journal and courier., 1886-06-24
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.

The Double Tracks of the Fair Haven Horse Railroad Again Under Com sideratiOn-Orders for Relay on Side. waIks-SeWers ordered Tabled Until Next Meeting.
 A special meeting of the Board of Public Works was held last evening, His Honor Mayor Holcomb presiding. President Ives, of the New HaveI and Fair Haven horse railroad, and MT. Parmelee, of the board of directors, were before the Board
 as requested by the Mayor. The Mayor in- formed Mir. Ives that he had understood that the company did not propose to pave two feet outside the tracks and that they were not going to lay all T rails. MT. Ives said the company had contracted to have the paving done between the tracks and two feet outside to the acceptance of the city, and they had no idea of doing anything else. So far as the rails were concerned they nronosed to lav the T rail and nothing else on the new track.
 The Mayor inquired if it was intended to ! lay the T rail on the old track. MT. Ives replied that it was not, and that he had never heard such a suggestion made before. He said the center bearing rails had not been laid over two years and being ! nearly new they did not feel like buying new T rails for the old track. He said if the pavement was properly laid alongside the center bearing rails. He said that they did | not propose to lay any more center bearing rails, but as they wore out, to lay the rail until the entire track was laid with this kind of rail.
 Mr. Whitney suggested that the T rail be all laid together on both tracks, or equal to one-half the length of the road, and that the center bearing rail be all laid together. The clerk prepared vote providing that | the rail be laid on both tracks from the ! corner of York and Chapel streets easterly equal to one-half the distance between Uni versity Place and Quinnipiac river, the cen ter bearing rail taken up to be used the re- mainder of the distance. The vote was pass ed.
 The opening of the new street between Grand avenue and Clay street was taken up. s. R. Blatchley appeared before the Board and explained in regard to the proposed lay out. The city engineer was instructed to give lines and grade in accordance with the vote passed by the Court of Common Coun- cil
 Joseph Elley appeared before the Board 1 and asked that he be permitted to lay 8 con- crete walk in front of his premises on High street instead of brick, in accordance with cil On motion of MT. Stackpole the matter was tabled.
 F. M Lovejoy asked that crosswalk be laid on the north side of Dickerman street across Sperry street. The matter was re- ferred to the superintendent of streets with power to act.
 The petition of the Pipe Bending company to erect bridge over River street was re- ferred to the city engineer with power to act.
 At this point the vote regarding the laying l of the tracks of the Fair Haven horse rail h. IL explained farther that if the company was compelled to lay the track as the Board de- sired, it would necsssitate 8 new contract and cause them great deal of additional ex- pense and week or ten days delay. After considering the matter farther the Board voted to give the railroad company permission to lay their tracks as they pro posed from Howe street to the corner of Broadway and York street. Before the com
 pany reach this point the Board will hold another meeting to farther consider the mat ter.
 Crosswalks were ordered the west side of NeWhall street, across Division street;
 north side of Division street, across Newhall street; south side of Second street, across Howard avenue.
 All recent orders of the Court of Common Council for sewers were laid on the table un- til the next meeting. The matter of the building of Wooster street and Prospect street bridges was re- ferred to the Committee on Bridges to confer with the railroad companies. The order for cobble gutters on Beers and Dwight streets was referred to the superin- tendent of streets with power to act. The order for the layout of Lafayette Place
 was tabled.
 Recent orders for relaying pavements in
 various parts of the city were referred to the clerk to notify parties in interest The petition of R. H. Brown & Co.,, ask ing permission to remove trees near their factory at the corner of Henry and Ashmun
 streets, was referred to the Committee on Parks with power to act.
 The order for laying the new patent pave
 ment alongside the Green, from Church to
 Temple, was tabled and the clerk was in
 structed to inform the Court of Common
 Council that there were no funds for laying
 sidewalks.
 The clerk was instructed to recommend to
 the Court of Common Council that the
 Grand avenue sewer be relaid from Bradley
 to Franklin streets, which is continuation
 of the order from Mill river bridge to Frank
 lin street.
 Lucius Rowe sent petition asking for the
 privilege to put in private sewer from his
 premises on Clinton avenue to Grand ave
 nue. The request was refused and he was
 instructed to petition to the Court of Con-
 mon Council