Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-04-05
SEWERS AND STREETS.
Contract For Paving South Main Street
Awarded.

| paVnS SOuth street
| Awarded.
! At the regular meeting of the boards of
road and sewer commissioners last night
there were present Mayor Kildutf. Com
missioners Kelley, Cross, jackson, Fruin,
/ Henderson and City Engineer Cairns.
The monthly bills amounting to 81, 30
6S was approved.
Bids were received as follows, for the
paving of South Main street with Belgian
block, from Meadow to Jewelry streets:
John W. Gaffney & Co, with tar joints,
S21 ,SS015, without tar joints. S11 1853. ST;
Fiege Il Langfeld, with tar joints, SILL,
022.03, without tar joints, SO, 1920;
Edward McManus, with tar joints, $12,s
204 Al. without, $11 14S.72; Charles w.
Bakeslee & Sons, New Haven, with tar
joints, SO, 979.SO, without So, 246.7O.
The bid of Charles W. Blakeslee Il Sons is
S43 lower than that of the other contrac-
tors, but after little deliberation on the
part of the board it was decided to award
the contract to Fiege & LNngfield on &C
count of the firm belonging to this city.
There is an difference of over $500 in the
expense of doing the job with and without
tar joints and the members talked on the
matter for some time, but it was finally
agreed that all things considered the tar
joints We're the best and the board thought
that the best was not too good for Water
bury.
Street Inspector Kelley was instructed to
proceed with the work of laying crosswalks
on Stone and James streets and to see that
the city carried out its contract in rela-
ton to the matter of crOSSwalkS let out by
contract last year. also of using the road
roller before laying the paving blocks on
South Main street The street inspector
hIh tod, 1.,,y1 Nf 81.
| cleaning the streets and suggested that one
be purchased stating that the cost would
| be but S25 and this amount would be
saved in Il short time. 1t was voted that
the city purchase one.
The matter Of macadam was brought up
| by Mayor klldutf. He said that the sum
of 81, 500 had been appropriated for that
purpose, and asked if the board had any
place to recommend to be macadamized.
| Then the board commenced to talk of the
merits and dement's of macadam as COM
pared with paving blocks.
MI Cross SAID he thought if the crushed
stone used to fill in the breaks in the
roads and then hardened down with the
roller We would soon get good, hard sur
| face on the different roads. The commits
sioner thought he had struck good idea
and asked City Engineer Cairns what he
(uOuSul vi H.
Mr. Cairns said In the science of mod
ern road making that would come under
the heading of rank heresy."
No action was taken on the macadam
! business.
George W. Minor and l.. H. Toucey
were granted permission to make eNcava-
tons in the streets.
1t WAS voted that the city engineer be
| instructed to connect the catch basin AT
the corner of Cole and South Elm streets
with the brook on North Elm street and
advertise tor bids for doing the work
The sewer board approved Of monthly
bills amounting to S6O227
Jeremiah Devine appeared before the
| board in reference to services in Third
| street. 1t was explained that nothing
could be done in the matter until the
trunk sewer in South Leonard street was
land.
Mr. Devine asked the board to be mind.
full of the condition of affairs around that
part of the town. they needed the sewers
and Were willing to contribute their por-
ton of the expense of putting them il.
James II. McGuinness appeared in refer
ence to the Lawrence street Sewer and ulSc
the manner in which the city's property
on James street is being handled by con-
tractors digging for sand. The DEMOCRAT
has written up this matter before and it Is
evident from the opinions expressed ut the
sewer board last night that the matter will
end in some contractor being arrested
there before long.
City Engineer Cairns reported the esti
mated expense of the trunk sewer in this
part of the town as follows: From Wash
ington avenue through Simons street tc
the center of Porter street, So 900: from
the center of SimOns street through Porter
street to the center of South Leonard
street, So. 300; from the center of Porter
street through South Leonard street, tC
the center of Fourth street, 50 900. Total
cost of sewer from Washington avenue
through SimOns Porter and South Leon
ard streets to the center of Fourth street
-, 300. The above estimate to include all
| manholes and catch basins.
1t was the unanimous opinion of the
board that something should be done
towards commencing this matter, and the
city engineer was instructed to prepare an
estimate of expense for sewers in Porter,
Charles. Third, Fourth and Fifth streets.
The engineer was instructed to adver-
tise for bids for the construction of sewers
in Hillside avenue and Lawrence street.