Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-23
STREETS AND SEWERS.
Important Matters Discussed at Last
NIGHTS Meeting.

Nights Meeting.
The road and sewer boards held an adj
| iourned meeting last evening. Superin-
tendent Bradley and Attorney George E.
Terry, representing the Waterbury Trac-
ton Co, were present to discuss some of
the bad places in the road where the new
tracks are to be laid. The Traction COM
pany will have to pave between the rails
of the track and also two feet on ca CHI side
of the rails.
Mayor Kilduff thought that where the
property holders did not make the proper
sewer connections the city should make
them and charge it to the property owners
and then the paving would not have to be
pulled up few weeks after it was laid.
Mr. Bradley mentioned West Main
street, opposite Central avenue, as a bad
spot. City Engineer Cairns said that
West Main street from the monument to
Willow street ought to be raised in the
center leaving the curbs as they now
stand and that West Main street from
Willow street to the New England tracks
ought also to have the grade changed. The
Traction company is going to put in
deeper rails and do away with the four
inch iron chair which the rails now rest
on. The old tracks are not solid enough
for the ele. trio cars.
Mr. Terry spoke of East Main street, this
side of Wal, and Bank street from Grand to
the Naugatuck railroad, and South Main
street at the city corners, also Exchange
place between the four sidewalks, as bad
places.
In answer to the question what work he
thought ought to be done first, the city
engineer said that the Benedict outfall
ought to be extended 400 feet below Wash
ington bridge. The estimated cost of the
II-Orly &c ohOJ1t 81 OO0 h11t ha bids
ceived have been figured at 81, 900. Mr.
Cairns said it cost the city $500 year to
keep the sewage cleaned from Benedict
street on account of the defective outflow
at that place, and said the work should be
taken up at once. Mr. Cairns was in
structed to advertise for new proposals for
this work to be received until February IA.
No action was taken on the proposed
sewer on Hillside avenue from South
Willow to Cliff street.
Mayor Kilduff in a general talk upon
sewer work favored first attending to the
wants of thickly settled localities, on sani-
tary grounds.
The board decided that the most i'm
proposed trunk sewer, covering the whole
southern part of the Brooklyn district
Mr. Cairns estimated the cost at about &c.
500. Vine street was spoken of as in need
of sewer. The following vote was
passed.
Voted that all petitions and other mat
tiers presented to this board in any of the
previous years will not be acted upon and
only new petitions will be considered"
1t was voted that the city attorney be in
structed to draw up the proper papers for
property owners on Riverside, Bank street
and Washington avenue, to sign in rela-
ton to the proposed change of grade on
these streets and upon their signing such
paper that the street inspector be in
structed to grade said streets.
1t was voted that the first block paving
should be done on South Main street, be-
tween Meadow street and the bridge which
crosses the Mad river, and that property
owners along this line be notified to APP
pear before the board on February II, and
that the city engineer report the expense
of paving said street at that meeting.
In regard to the matter of cleaning the
streets, it was voted to refer the matter to
Mr. Wright, with instructions to report
how the work ought to be carried out, at
the next meeting of the board. Mr. Cairns
was instructed to report plans and esti-
mates for strengthening and Regarding
Washington avenue.
City Attorney Burpee having decided
the board, the latter did not take his accus-
toned seat last night. He was present at
the meeting, however, and was heard on
several matters, a privilege which is ac-
corded to any citizen.