Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-07-02
SEATS FOR THE GREEN.

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 The court of common council at their | last evening passed upon sever al important matters and recommended | that a number of new sidewalks be laid. | The petition asking that fire bell be placed in the tower of the Brass City | Hose company's house, to be connected l with the1fire alarm telegraph, was refer l red to the board of fire commissioners. It | was also voted that the council appoint a | member, who shall act in conjunction | with committee from the town and | the Waterbury board of trade in se- curing suitable appropriation for public building for this city. |
 The matter of sidewalk on the west side of North Main street from Farm, southerly to the intersection of Hill street, was referred to the road board:
 The council also recommended the lay out of South Leonard street from Fourth to the city line and South street, from Fourth street to city line provided no money was expended on them this year.
 The petitioners for the removal of sur face water on Charles street were given leave to withdraw.
 The petition of the property owners on Hall street, that they be granted per mission to make sewer connections with the Grand street sewer at their own ex pense, was referred to the sewer board.
 The residents of Central avenue pc titioned for an electric light, which they claim is needed since the removal of gas light It was referred to the committee on lamps and gas.
 The petition for the extension of the city water main from it's present terml- nus on Wolcott street to the city line was referred to the water board
 It was voted that when the council ad- .journ that it be to Monday July 15.
 It was voted to notify Messrs Bassett and Frisbie that the council would be ready to hear their reports upon the Varl- ous brooks and streams at their next meeting.
 The city attorney was given permls- sion to apply to the railroad commits sioners for permission to be given the Meriden road to build q switch track across Burnham street and through the yard of the Benedict & Burnham Manu- featuring company. The city attorney was instructed to adopt lega! measures road to complete the approaches to the bridges of Baldwin and Liberty streets.
 Sidewalks were ordered on the east side of South Main street from Isaac Boughton's, also on the east side from Washington street to Mir Boughton sand also that sidewalk be laid on the west side of the same street from its present termination to the city line. The coun- Gil recommended the layout and estab- and gave the petitioners for the grading and building of sidewalks on Lawrence street leave to withdraw. The layout of the new street starting from opposite the cemetery gate on Dublin street to Bald win street was ordered.
 Sidewalks were ordered for Pember- ton, South Bronson, Hawkins, Pearl and other streets. The council in a number of cases stipulated that when the side walks are built it will be in the regular | order of work in the road department. The time limit for the building of the sidewalks on South Main and Pemberton streets was placed at May 1, 1890. The recommendation that 300 feet of q l water main be laid on Souoh street at an estimated expense of $500 was accepted and the work ordered done, also that water main be laid in West Liberty and | Burnham streets.
 A sewer was ordered built on the Wa tertown road from West Main street to Wolcott place, the est mated expense being placed at $500. The council also ordered 400 feet of sewer to be laid in West Farm street. l The sewer commissioners reported that the cost of building sewer on ] Washington streeC from River to Bald win would be $500, and the work was ordered done when an appropriation was made. A sewer was ordered from Fairview and Johnson streets at an ex- pense of S1 ,6OO.
 George E. Terry was reelected city at torney for term of two years. The vote in the aldermanic chamber stood: Terry 6. Burpee 1. In the council :: Terry 14, Burpee 3.
 In the aldermanic board an appropria- l tion of S35O was made for the purchase of 40 seats to be placed on the green.
 Councilman Driggs spoke about the seats for the green. He said that a seat that would hold five persons, and one that would not be very pretentious would cost about Ss, and if 40 were ordered it would exhaust the appropria- tion A number of the councilmen favored making an additional appropria- tion. Councilman Kellogg wanted to know where we were going to place forty seats, He said that New Haven and Hartford had a larger green than Waterbury, yet there was not over a dozen seats on their parks The council agreed with MT Kellogg, and it was vo- ted to appropriate $15O for not more than twelve seats, thus killing the original appropriation of $35O.
 A ballot was taken for fire commits sioners, resulting in the cholce of D. J. Mahany and George Roberts in the alder. manic chamber and D. J. Mahany and R. c. Manvllle with the councilmen.
 THE FIRE COMMISSIONERS.
 At the regular monthly meeting of the board of fire commissioners held last evening the customary monthly bills werr approved and ordered paid.
 Commissioners Vail and Kelly, the committee appointed to look after the cost of remodeling Phoenix company's house so that a horse could be placed there, reported that the estimated cost would be $500. The board referred the matter to their next meeting.
 Commissioners Roberts and Connolly were appointed a committee to have the hunks in the Phoenix house reno vated.