Morning journal and courier., 1893-11-02
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.

The Committee ON Streets Report In
Reference to the street Railways
of tho City-There Is No Money In
the Department Which Can be
Used for Keeping the streets
Clean.
At the meeting Of the board of public
works last night Commissioner States, as
chairman of the committee on streets,
submitted the following report: The COM
mittee on streets, to whom was referred,
with power, the question of the kind of
pavement to be used by the Fair Haven
and Westville railroad and all matters in
cident to the laying of their new tracks,
would report that they have been over the
ground, have conferred with the officials
of the railroad and have decided that the
railroad company should replace, except in
the case of York street, all pavements
which they find, in a careful and thorough
manner; and in the case of all streets
paved with stone other than blocks and
unpaved streets, the street Intersections
shall be cobbled between the rails and for
a spacs two feet outside of the rails, that
in unpaved streets the space between the
| rails and two feet outside shall be filed
with crushed stone and screenings, except
street intersections, and thoroughly rolled ;
and the same method shall be pursued in
replacing the pavement in macadamized
or Telford paved streets, and all work to
be done to the approval of the city engi-
neer and superintendent of streets.
In reference to Water street, which is
already paved, the corporation counsel is
| &c no fhot tho Pa1oiaY1 hloaka
the street belong to the city, and in con-
sequence the railroad company ought to
pay for them. To this opinion Attorney
Gallagher, who appeared for the Morris
Cove road, which is also interested in the
matter, objected and claimed that the rail
way company ought not to pay for the
blocks.
Commissioner States was of the opinion
that the company ought not to be forced
Water street was at once public necessity
and convenience.
Finally after a lengthy discussion the
entire matter of the ownership of the paw
ing material on Water street, with thu
facts in the case, together with the actor
of the board of public works through it,
committee on streets, was referred to tn,
court of common council for Its informa
ton and action.
| The committee on streets OF the bOarC
through its chairman reported that the ex
perimental brick pavement in use on Yorl
street and Ashmun street had worn vel
and recommended that this system of pave
ment be adopted by the city. This repor
will be sent to the court of common coun
Gil for action.
The question of cleaning the streets o
the city once more before cold weather set
in was raised by Commissioners Maley ant
States, both of whom stated that the street
were in filthy, disgraceful and unsanitar.
condition. Superintendent of Street
Doyle, however, reported that there wer
no funds available with which to clean tn
streets. and the question dropped.
Commissioner States reported that e.
Whitney, ST., and Judge Sheldon, the LAT
ter representing the Church of the Messiah
asked for an extension of time in which t
comply with the order of the court of com
. mon council requiring them to lay ne'
sidewalks on the west eide of Orange stree
north of Elm street in consequence Of tn
lateness of the season. On motion {
Commissioner Sullivan the time was 81
tended to May 1, 1894.