Morning journal and courier., 1892-09-01
BOARD OF PUBLIC woRKs.

rhe NTunson Street Sewer VIII Not
be Constructed at Present-The
CONTRACTS Awarded for Four Other |
Seyvers-The Street Department In
structed to Use Extra Vigilance in
the Line Of Cleanliness as q Pre- |
tentative of ChoIera-The Pay Of
the Drivers In the Department
Increased-Other, Business Trans
acted
The meeting of the board Of public
works yesterday was attended by Mayor
Sargent and Commissioners States, Sulli-
van, Atwater and Maley. Nothing but the
usual dry and routine business of the de-
psrtment was transacted, and the meeting,
contrary to the usual custom, was almost
absolutely embarrassing and free from
spiciness of any sort.
The nearest approach to anything of an
interesting nature was when the matter of
the Munson street sewer came up. City
Attorney E. O. Dow appeared in behalf of
Officer Laughln, who owns property on
the street, and opposed the construction of
the sewer. He claimed that the sewer,
which it is proposed to run from Shelton
avenue to Beaver pond creek, would have
the very effect that the property owners in
that section had been for the past twenty
years endeavoring to counterfeit, namely,
the OVERLOOKING of Beaver ponds and the
consequent making of veritable 'sstink
hole" out of 1t. He claimed that the dis
trict now was in fairly respectable condi-
ton, but that if the sewer was built as
proposed it would stir up all the old trou-
BILE again and make the locality positively
| uninhabiteble. Judge Sheldon also ap-
pesred and opposed the sewer, but as the
couftOf commons council had ordered the
sewer laid, the board of public works had
advertised for bids and these bids were to
be opened with others for other sewers
yesterday afternoon, the only action which
the board could take was to table the re
monstrance.
On motion of Commissioner States tn,
| vote taken at the last meeting extending
the time for the curbing and laying O
concrete walks on the east side of Di1wel
| avenue from Munson street to the city lin,
for one year was reconsidered and re
scinded by q vote of to l, Commissions
Sullivan voting in the negative. The orig
inal order requiring the work to be dom
by October l was thereupon ordered car
ried out.
The superintendent of streets and tn
city engineer we're instructed by vote o
the board to use extraordinary precaution
to keep the streets and sewer system of tn
city in the most sanitary condition posi-
BILE in consequence of the probability Q
cholera visiting this county.
On motion of Commissioner States Fran
A. Maloney was unanimously elected
member of the engineering department
fill the vacancy caused by the promote
: of II. =. Gladding to the post of second al
sistant city engineer, at the same salar
! that Mr.. Gladding received, his appoint
ment to date from September 1.
The bids were then opened for the col
struction of sewers in Reynolds stree
from Winthrop to Sherman avenues, i
Edgar street from Spring to Putnal
Chapel street, and in Reynolds and No
Q ton street from Winthrop avenue to Eli
street. The contract for the Reynol6
= street sewer went to Nugent & Graham
$1.187. 80, for the Edgar street sewer
Anthony Carroll at 1894, for the Orcha,
street sewer to Anthony Carroll at 1898
and for tho Reynolds and Norton sire
sewers to Lawrence O'Brien at So, DIG. 5
In executive session the board voted
# do nothing in reference to the constructic
; of sewer in Munson street for the pre-
10 euG III consequence VI Luo OppOsAt1Ou
~ the construction of the sewer, and retur
ed the bids unopened to the various hi
y ders on the work.
1t was also voted, notwithstanding t
protest of Commissioner Atwater, by
" aye and nay vote, three democrats, Sui
q. van, States and Maley, and one republisa
to Atwater, being present, to raise the pay
o+ all drivers in the employ of the departing
'' from $40. so per week to 50 per day, tn
making all the drivers receive the sar
r. wages. Commissioner Atwater claim
b. that In accordance with the custom of t
board the drivers of double teams have
:, ceived 50 per day, while the drivers
al single teams have received $40 30 F
1T week, and that the drivers of single teal
should not receive as much as the othe
II By the new order of things all the drive
= will receive So per day. Commission
IN Atwater also took the ground that a
snsks aetion should not be taken while t
a Of the republican commissioners were
= sent, but Notwithstanding his protest q
~ negative vote the order was passed.