Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-09-20
THE GRAND STREET PARK.

Conflicting Votes in Regard to Its Con- .veyance to the Board of Agents of the
 Bronson Library.
 The refusal of the board of agents of the Bronson library to give up the portion of the Grand street cemetery desired by the board of education for High school building, has raised a doubt in the minds of many as to what portion of the land the city deeded to the library agents, and under what conditions.
 On March both branches of the court of common council passed the following vote:
 "Voted, by the court of common council of the city of Waterbury; that his honor Charles R. Baldwin, mayor of said city, be and he is hereby appointed a committee to convey to the city of Waterbury for the use and benefit of the Silas Bronson library, by good and proper deed, containing the usual cove nents of seizin and warranty, such DOT tion of said Grand street cemetery as may be selected and designated by the fund"
 On October 12 the following vote was passed by the aldermen:
 "Voted, that the mayor of the city, who is authorized to convey in behalf of the city one acre or more of the land formerly of the old cemetery, for the purpose of erecting thereon a brick building, be and he is hereby author ized, in behalf of the city, to enter into an agreement with the agents of the Bronson library, in consideration that the library building shall be erected within a reasonable time on the land so conveyed; that the city shall not there after erect or cause to be erected, on the balance of the land of said old cemetery any building or buildings, except by the consent of the agents of the Bronson library. And also to agree in behalf of the city, that the city shall properly care for the balance of the grounds not so conveyed to the agents of the i- brary."
 The council did not concur in the above, but appointed Councilmen DowneY and Gregory a committee to confer with the agents of the library in reference to the site for the library building. The matter was discussed at length in the council and the vote passed by the aldermen was defeated by large majority.
 Why was the matter brought before the city government, and in such form, at that time? The records show that Mayor Baldwin was authorized to con- vey the land for library purposes in March preceding. It was clearly the wish of the councilmen who objected to the above vote to retain for the city the right to use the land not occupied by the library as park, or for school or other purposes. And yet the vote passed in March authorized the mayor to con- vey for the benefit of the library such portion of the cemetery as the agents might designate.
 The deed was signed on December 24, 1891, by Charles R. Baldwin, mayor, in behalf of the city, the library agents having voted on December 23 to accept the offer of the city. The land conveyed is described as follows: Bounded north on Grand street; east, four hundred feet on the land of Mrs Nancy White and others; south, on a line four hundred feet south from the south line of said Grand street and parallel thereto; and | west four hundred feet on Hall street, and on the land of James S. Elton and others. In brief the library agents con- trol piece of land four hundred feet deep along the whole front of the cem- etery lot.
 Will somebody explain why the Octo- Der vote was introduced Tn the council?