Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-12
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.

Bids for Sewer w work from Non.Resl. dent Contractors Rejected - Kx. Clerk Waldron's Bin Again Brought
 Up-A Spicy Dialogue Between Sev.
 eral of tho mmtss1o o ners-The Bill Remains UnapprOved-Sewer Con. | tracts sAwarded-Other Business.
 The resolution introduced in the board l of councilmen last Monday evening to the effect that all contracts for city work be restricted to resident contractors was the cause of an important action being taken by the board of public works last evening. When the board convened number of bids for sewerD lay on the table unopened. These bids were to be opened and the con- tracts for their construction awarded. Immediately after the board was called to order Commissioner States moved that all of the bids for sewers, other than the ! bids for Cassius and Cedar streets sewers, be laid on the table unopened until after the court of common council had taken action on the resolution now pending in that body in reference to the awarding of contracts for city work.
 City Engineer InRersoll stated that there was number of sewer inspectors in the | pay of the city who would have to be paid | whether there was any work for them to do or not and that he needed the work for 1 the sewers now under consideration in or l der to put the inspectors to work. This being the state of the case Commissioner States withdrew his motion and substitut- ed one to the effect that the board adver- l tise for no more bids for sewers pending l action by the court of common council. | Commissioner Atwater amended the mo- tion by offering one to the effect that the board reject any and all bids for sewers 1 made by contractors who are enon-residents of the city or town of New Haven. The amendment was carried by a vote of to2.
 In consequence of this action by the
 board the bid of M S. Austin of Bridge
 port on each of the five sewers was reject ed unopened.
 The bill of ex-Clerk Waldron for services
 rendered after his removal was then
 brought up by Commissioner States. It
 will be remembered that this bill was pre- sented at the last meeting, but failed to
 receive the necessary four votes of approv- al. In bringing the matter up Commis- sioner States said: "It Goes seem to me
 that this bill should be paid. It is the
 practice of every firm or corporation that ! ! uoSo oEoI Aoa1u OA GO pay "dA WuOA Au
 has discharged from such an important
 position for the time occupied by him af-
 ter his discharge in settling up his books.
 It is a fact that MT. Waldron did do
 work after he was discharged, and think
 he is justly entitled to his pay therefor. "
 'I wish to make personal explanation, /"
 said MT. Doyle, superintendent of streets.
 "Mr. Waldron did do considerable work
 after his return, writing up his books and ! p;& F.
 tax collector. When I said last week that
 he did no work meant that he did none
 under orders from the superintendent ol
 streets, whose clerk he claimed to be-" 'Mr. Waldron had plenty of time to write up his books between the time of hii
 removal by the board and March 1, wher
 the removal went into effect" said Com
 missioner Atwater. ''The fact of the mat
 ter is Waldron was away large portion l of the month of February, for which he was paid in full by the board, and do no
 sequence will never sign the bill.'
 That is true," replied Mir. States, "bu
 you are aware that he went away with thu - permission of the board, or at least ma
 jority of it's members"
 |. This reused Commissioner Sullivan's ir
 and he at once said something to the effec , that it was we'll known fact that Ere, l Waldron made it his business to go around - and try to coerce the members of tn
 board of aldermen into voting against tn, four accused commissioners. F'I will stat,
 my position emphatically. I will neve sign any bill of F. H. Waldron's, nor vii
 I ever vote to pay him single cent" ,, Clerk Bassstt then stated that Mir. Wal l dron had done work after Marc2 1 in set ting up his books and cash accounts.
 Commissioner Brown then said some
 thing to the effect that the commissioner 8 had not evidently been satisfied with thei
 work in that the board had taken thre = votes in the matter.
 < Commissioners Atwater and Todd too oo exception to this, claiming that they hat S l always been satisfied with the action take 5 by the board at it's first meeting. D This ended the discussion and the bi M o for $64 80 still remains with but one sie g nature attached, that being Commissions g Browns.
 ss99 In order to avoid any and all mistake
 in the records in the future, Commissions f States moved that hereafter the minute
 of the meetings be inscribed on the It 7. cords before they are read and approved
 and the board so voted.
 '' The maps relating to the proposed Ia, 's out of Myrtle and Laurel streets wei l. referred back to the court of commo Is council for instructions.
 Captain Crafts of the Quinnipiac BrickCt Il l was present to protest against what he sai It was the unreasonable character of tn n n inspection of bricks for the sewers no, g building in Fair Haven. He claimed ths n a lot of bricks of his manufacture had bee n condemned by inspector Dillon, becaus 'S they were not all of the same color an
 equal in strength. He said that MT. Di
 lon attempted to judge of the quality h the bricks by the color and that the colo s- was no real test of the strength. M
 George M. Grant, the builder, was pre- le ent, and stated that he considered tt ,e bricks of good, fair quality, sufficient
 stong for sewer work and other work B. that class.
 William H1ne, Dwight w. Futile, Gro1 of J. Futile, John McNamara and Jame ,i- Brennan were present and heard in refe s. ence to the proposed widening of Can b. street, between Webster street and Gre, ,n ory street, after which the matter W, Id laid on the table until next meeting, whe
 it will be further considered. pr The matter of the proposed strengthening y' nues was discussed and finally referred to u O. court of common council
 s' The city engineer was instructed to adverti " for bids for the construction of sidewalks on As ~ st nun UP street @ alongside the eld cemst=ry. 's counsel the temporary injunction restraining u day afternoon by Judge Studley in the comm< \, pleas court.
 sn The city engineer was instructed to confer vii en l the engineer of the Housatonic Railroad comp Id ny in reference to the details of the bridge ov ,o Liberty street, for which the residents of tn U, section have been waiting for over four year
 and report to special meeting of the board
 be held next Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'cloc
 The contract for the construction of a sewer . Spring street from Dewitt street to Howard a' K enue was awarded to l.. OBrien at $838 50, beir =. l the lowest bidder.
 st l.. O'Brien was awarded the contract for u 10 l sewer in Ferry street from Exchange street Q l Grand avenue for $83O.
 l For the construction of a sewer in Cassi, m street from No. 37 Cassius street Cedar stre 7" was awarded to P. Maher for $639.
 The contract for sewer in Kossuth stre ae | from Davenport to Congress avenue was awar d ed to hugent & Graham, the bid amounting $1, ,1702O.
 m The lowest bidder for the construction of u >A sewer in Cedar street, between Minor street ar
 ! Columbus avenue, was Patrick Maher, the b ar being $630, and he was awarded the contract. S The board at 10:55 o'clock went into executi
 session. at which several intellectual. attemp rn were made to elect superintendent of parl A and a sidewalk inspector. A number of ballo
 ! were taken, but the members could not unite
 any candidate and the board finally adjourned. ne YALE NOTES.