Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-10-27
STREETS. SIDEWALKS, SEWERS.

Property Owners Given a Hearing Last
 Night-The Sewer Board Recommends
 An Appropriation of s3e e.5OO.
 The adjourned meeting of the road board was called to order by Mayor Webster in the district court room last evening on account of the large num- Der of property owners who had been cited to ppear before that body. There were present Commissioners Boughton. Kelley and Stevens.
 The first matter to come before the board was the hearing on the grading of and laying of sidewalks on Farm street, from North Main street to the city line. The property owners were about evenly divided on the matter. Later in the evening the board referred the question to the city engineer for an the next meeting.
 The sewer board was called to order for the purpose of questioning and hear ing the property owners on Hillside avenue, Liberty, Baldwin and Stone streets, with regard to levying sewer assessments on those streets.
 The petitioners for a new sewer in North street, and for an extension of the sewer in South street, were heard. and the board voted to recommend that the prayer of petitioners in both in \ stances be granted.
 The property owners on Baldwin, Stone and Liberty streets expressed themselves as not being in favor of pay ing the regular sewer assessments. The ! city had constructed these sewers on it's own responsibility and for the purpose of getting rid of the surface water The property owners had no voice in \ the matter. Since the building of the sewer property has changed hands a good deal, and the new purchasers un- derstood that the matter had been \ settled, as it had been heard some years ago and indefinitely postponed. No I action was taken at last nights meet ing.
 The city engineer explained to the sewer board the many wants of the coming year. 'sThe necessity of ex- bridge to the city limits, a distance of twenty-five hundred feet" he said, ''is | becoming more and more evident, The people along South Main and Railroad Hill streets are complaining, and I un- derstand will petition for such exten- sion in the near future. Then the several small sewers would have to be taken into consideration" After hear ing MT Cairns the board voted to recom-
 mend to the council that the appropria- tion for new sewer work for the com ' OO p~oSOOOs
 recommend the same appropriation fol
 repairs in the sewer department, namely
 $7,50O, as last year.
 The only bid for the construction ol
 sewers in Spark street and Mitchell
 avenue was that of Edward McManus
 and the contract was awarded to him
 MT McManus' figures were S727 20.
 Herbert P. Camp of Orange street wal
 granted permission to connect with th'
 sewer on the usual terms.
 : The road board was called to Crde
 again and City Engineer Cairns wal , given permission to so grade Emeralt
 street that the surface water would no
 accumulate near Ayers street, thi
 method being preferable to a catcl
 basin on account of the small sewer pip
 in those streets.
 The board recommended to the coun
 Gil the establishment of a grade ol ] Sperry street in accordance with the en glneer's map.
 } The estimate presented for a boar' walk on Washington avenue from Soul } Leonard to South Riverside street, wa } $450. The board recommended to tn } council the construction of this walk ' The meeting then adjourned until nex \ Wednesday, evening