Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-10-13
ENGINEER HERRING RECOMMENDED
To Make an Examination of the Sites
 Proposed For a Water Supply.

Proposed For a Water Supply. The court of common council held its '9gular monthly meeting last evennig md it was one of the busiest sessions of he year.
 The recommendation of the road board that Meadow street be paved from Bank street to the west line of the Swift property on Meadow street, at an estimated cost of $7 800. was adopted.
 It was voted that the channel of Little | brook on Pearl street be widened at an | expense of S40O.
 A recommendation from the sew CT board for the construction of sewers in | Wilson street, $1 ,500; Taylor avenue, S1 100, and South street, $51S, was adopted. The sewer board also recom- mended that $3,115 be appropriated for doing the work, but the board voted to only $1 ,61S for the sewer in South street and Taylor avenue. This will put the Wilson street sewer over until spring.
 The report of the law committee recommending that Mary Barrett, who fell on the ice and broke her ankle, be paid $500, and that Thomas F. Bolger, whose child fell into an open sewer, be paid $100 to settle the cases, was adopted.
 A number of abatements on recom- mendations of the abatement committee were made.
 The canvass of the returns of the local election was made and found to be cor rect.
 Mayor Baldwin, in the board of alder men, spoke at length upon the Grand street cemetery and the Bronson library. Among other things he said: I am chairman of the committee that was given the power to clear away the Grand street cemetery and make it into pub lie park. This committee has but little to do as the work is finished and the land put into as good condition it could be with the amount of money that was used. I would like to have the com mittee discharged and my accounts put into the auditors hands. The ma ter has gotten where the board must take some action. If my memory is right, was authorized by the council, to deed an acre or more of this old Grand street cemetery to the board of agents of the Bronson library for a library site. The board of agents reply back that they will accept the land providing that the city will agree to keep the land not oc- cupied by the Bronson library in con dition, build retaining wall on Meadow street and never erect any other build ing on said park. The wall is finished, we are compelled by law to keep the land in condition, and it now remains for us to say whether you are willing to give the land to them with all these con ditions or not.
 City Attorney Burpee said that these conditions were made simply to block the whole scheme. The rest of the members all seemed to be of the opinion that it allowed the board of agents too much power, inasmuch as the I<,st I,,;1 L,,s T on the land in the future if it should desire to. After much discussion on the matter the following vote was passed Ey | the aldermen:
 Voted, that the mayor of the city | who is authorized to convey on behalf 1 of the city an acre or more of the land
 formerly the old cemetery, for the pur.
 pose of erecting thereon library build
 ing, be, and he is hereby authorized or
 behalf of the city, to enter into an agree
 ment with the agents of the Bronson
 library in consideration that the library l building be erected within a reasonable
 time on the land so conveyed, that tht city will not thereupon erect or cause tC
 be erected on the balance of the land O. l said old cemetery, any building o
 buildings except by the consent of thu agents of the Bronson library, and alst
 to agree in behalf of the city that th
 city shall properly care for the balance of the grounds not so conveyed to thu
 agents of the library.
 In the council the subject caused
 much debate. The councilmen expressed
 about the same opinion, thinking tha
 the library agents asked too much. Al lave and nay vote resulted in the defea of the resolution.
 Councilman Downey offered resolu tiOn that committee of two council } men confer with the library agents il
 reference to site for this new building ) The vote was adopted and Councilmel
 Downey and Gregory were appointed d ) committee.
 The councilmen re-considered thei previous vote about the paving c Meadow street between Bank and Sout Main streets. This assures the pavin of the entire street as far as the Swit property.
 The report of the committee on tn new water supply was brought up i
 the both boards, accepted and placed 0 file. It is as follows:
 : To the Honorable Beard of Commo . Council:
 ) The committee whom you appointe to secure the service of an engineer [ f investigate the proposed addition; 3 water supply most respectfully repol ! UIlcI UIlcy nave USSIl HI Nlt
 lgentlemen who stand very high Ill the g profession, and are ready now to engag = one of them, who will make an entireI n new survey of each source that has bee
 reported by the board of water con t missioners and other available source
 if any, and give us a thorough repo
 that everyone can understand, and wi
 lcommence operations at once; but yor :. committee do not wish to enter int a contract until your honorable bod l. have made an appropriation to GOV, h said expense.
 a The first estimate we received w; $6, 100000. Thinking this amount tc |: high, we have finally been able to mal J arrangements with another enginee u Rudolph Herring, esq, who was the engil U eer in charge of our sewer system, ar e who stands as high as an engineer |. any in the country, and by furnishir IS an assistant engineer and the cheap help ourselves, we think the entire wol e cafl be done for about $3, 300 of which s least $1 ,50O will be needed before Jan