Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-07-03
ANOTHER DEADLOCK.


The Board of Aldermen Fall to Concur
with the Counciimen In the Election of
Road Commissioner.
Mayor Kilduff presided at the meeting
of the board of aldermen last night. All
the members of the board were pre- tent.
The following petitions were referred to
their respective boards:
Reid & hughes. for crosswalk on Bank
street, in front of their store; +. p.
Waters, crosswalks on Washington avenue
and Poplar street; +. b. Rice. establish
ment of building lines on both sides of
Leavenworth street; William Geddes for
extension of Bank street andother
streets to connect there with. The
petition of Mrs Fitzgerald for an electric
light on Riverside street between Bank
street and Washington avenue was referred
to the committee on lamps and gus.
Petition of J. \. Blakesles for water pipe
in Sparks street, to connect with the main
in North Main and North Elm streets, was
referred to the waite commissioners. On
petition of L. r. Hyde. William Bryant
and George Lyons were appointed as
special constables to serve without pay
about the premises of the coffee house.
The following recommendations were
received. accepted and the work ordered
done:
Sidewalks laid and cutters paved on
upper William street at expense of 500.
law day August l; of road board that side
walks and cutters be laid on both sides of
Round Hill street, from Wood to Farm
street at an expense of $500, on or before
| August Is; of road board that sidewalks be
laid. cutters paved aud roadway graded on
Seymour street on or before August Is. at
an expense of $3.50. That four inch
water main be laid in jefferson street to
Jeffrey alley and that a fire hydrant be
placed there at an estimated expense of
800.
The report of the sewer board in rela-
| ton to the letting of sewer contracts to
| Contractor Edward McManus was ap-
proved.
| Recommends from the road board in
relation to building lines in Canal street,
both sides. and in Walnut street. from
| Ashley avenue to Ward street, were re-
| ferred to a committee consisting of S. A.
Chapman, L. L. Frisbie and Samuel Root.
A recommendation of the road board re-
questing the city engineer to apply to the
Scovill Manufacturing Co for permission
to lay n storm water sewer from Magill to
Bridge street, thence through to the COM
pany's land, was approved.
A report ofthe board of health to tho
effect that Z. L. Frisbie be authorized to
| secure from the town the use of building
| on the town farm to be used as n conta-
gious disease hospital at an annual rental
not to exceed $3.50 year was adopted.
Street Inspector Kelley reported side
walks out of repair at the following places:
Walnut street, at 80 and As and in front
of the es ate of George welton; on Bridge
street, in front of T. II. Shea's property;
on South Main street, at sc. lilo, 242 and
253; on Exchange place. at 20; on West
Main street. ALL. on Bank street. nj
driveways at +. y haop's building. al
store of Charles a thatcher Co and al
Austin's livery stabIc:p wolcott street
at 247, for $50 feet ana ATTIC south side
of same opposite 7. r. FI51lfs; on Spen.
Ger avenue. at &c and These were
ordered repaired on or b{fsfe August Is
notice to be served on or Before July 10.
In answer to a question as to what actor
had been taken in reference to the cosdi
ton of the sidewalk in front-of the prop
erty of DR. Ward on Bank streetsthe mayor
said it was among those placed On tn,
hands of the city attorney. III. boo
little was granted permission TO maintaiu,.
popcorn machine at 2 East Main street
The petition of Bertha Pollak stating tina
she had been taxed on the list of 1898 TO
Property which she did not own and has
paid il with the rest of her taxes and ask
ing that il be refunded was received. Tn
petitioner was given leave to withdraw as j
was shown thrt the board had no jurisdic
ton in the matter. similar petition o
y. II. Bronson was disposed of in the sam
manner. The committee on abatement
recommended Attachments on few prop
, erty owners who it was claimed were 20,
poor to pay their tax bills. The repor
was accepted with the exception of tn
United States Express company VIII
claimed statute exemption. and the heir
of the estate of Thomas Claffey. Tn
mayor said the board had no power 70 nc
in relation to the United States EXPIRES
company and to his own personal know
edge the estate of Thomas Claffee Was fire.
from all membranes. worth about $40, 90
or So. 600 and he could not seaswhy tn
heirs should ask for an abatement of S1l
9 since 1C92. The report ofsthe city attol
i ney as to whether the b0Hrf could abate
portion of tax was r4rtdxed. 1t Shove
that the board has this night. If the boar
had abated the whole of tax it is but rea,
enable to suppose that it had the right I
e abate portion OF it. The matter of abatt
$ ment of taxes of the Novelty Manufactul
I ing Co to the amount of SAP was r.
t ported upon by the committee on abatt
: ments. Alderman Gregory said that tn
: committee had examined into the case an
( found by consulting Bradstreet that tn
company's capital stock is $1,000 an
et that they advertise surplus of SOS, 200
{ He did not think that they were very poor
: Louis Fitzsimons, secretary of the con
g pany stated that the statements in Dun
$ or Bradstreets were liable to be a year G
5 two old. While the company might hav
s been all right a couple of years ago. thing
e are different now and he should be please
: to have the committee call there and see fo
themselves. Alderman Gregory said
' had heard of milIionaires living in garnet
{ and thought that the fact of n man Twin
4 in a poor looking house was no indicatio
l of poverty. The report of the committe
D was adopted.
D An ordinance in relation to undergroun
: wires and conduits. prepared by til
mayor, was read and referred to the cit
: attorney. Following is a summary of Tia
!, ! proposed ordinance:
l Section /, provives that corporation
: conducting telegraph or telephone bus
' ness may construct and maintain undel
r ground and serial conduits, cables and line,
e together with manholes, house connections
{ etc, under such conditions as the commo
{ council may designate upon applicatio
D ! made.
b. Sec 2, requires corporations operatin
!, not less than 100 lines on any street to la
f their lines, wires, conduit and cables III
e derground Whenever the common couuc
n deems such action proper.
e Sec 3. provides that such corporatio
= shall gather IN aerial cable. fifty or nor
E wires on any street. at such time and ur
n der such conditioEs as the council may pre-
- scribe.
: Sec 4, provides that no street of bridg
e shall be torn up or disturbed for electri
: purposes without permit from the cour
z Gil, and that any street or bridge so di,
turbed shall be restored to a condition sal
isfactory to the street inspector.
Sec 3, requires corporations at their ow
expense to change the location of their cor
duits and fixtures at the order of the cour