The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-20
sWIGHT STREET EXTENSION
,OFERTf OWNERS Ay'PEAR BE- FORE ROAD COMMISSIONERs.

H""E AVAD CoMMiSsiONEho' That Proposed ENtcnsion of Dwight Street 10 Dixwel Avenuo-Considerab Oppo-
 sition Deveioped-Economlcn Measures Proposed. . The Ninth and Tenth wards were largely represented at the meeting of the board of public works last night. In fact, the meeting room was hardly large enough to accommodate the num- Der of property owners in the two wards who were present and desired to be heard. The principal subject of discus- sion which was responsible for the large attendance was the proposed ex- tension of Dwight street. from whalley avenue to Dixwell avenue.
 City Engineer Kelly presented map showing two layouts of the proposed extension. One is for a direct exten- sion of the street, meeting Dixwell ave- nue at the corner of Bristol street. The second layout provides for a curve in the proposed new street just beyond Whalley avenue and meeting Dixwell avenue about midway between Bristol street and Lake place. The latter is the more economical of the two propos- ed layouts.
 Among those who appeared either fa- voring or opposing the proposed exten- sion were Lyman H. Johnson, F. F. An drews, James w. Andrews, Hattie S. Stevens. Francis E. Rogers, R. o. Net tleton, Jeanette M. Dayton, Peter Hol- land, Ellen Dixon, Henry c. Bush, An nie M. Parker. Sydney M. Bush, Will liam Martin, Frederick Candee, Maria Dickinson. Dudley J. Warner and a number Of others. The majority of those present were strongly opposed to the extension, while even those who fa- vored 1t wanted to be assured that they would be compensated for damages done to their property. ...
 Commissioner Johnson stated that he considered the proposed extension de- cidedly necessary, and that public con- venience required the improvement The proposed extension takes off quite a portion of his property on Whalley avenue. at the head of Dwight et
 He also stated that while in his o1.nion either one of the proposed layouts would be decided advantage to the city, still at the same time he was more in favor of extending Dwight street to Goffe street and Bristol street also to Goffe street. This would not, he con- ceded, be a direct extension of Dwight street, butaat the same time he claimed that it would answer all purposes and at the same time the improvement could be made at very much less out lay -' .,.
 After all present had explained their subject was tabled for further consider ation at the next meeting. As one of the commissioners said: There is no need of any great hurry in the matter, for the improvement could not possibly be made this year, at any rate owing to the limited appropriation made for the department"
 After this action had been taken, Chairman States Of the committee on streets reported that the committee at a. recent meeting had informally dis cussed the necessity of economizing in the several departments for the coming year. In this connection he stated that there were twelve section bosses in the employ of the city receiving $1.75 per day, whether they were at work or. whether prevented from working by rainy weather. Without formally rec ommending the laying off of any of these men, he apparently favored pay ing the men only for the days they worked. However, no motion to this effect was made and the entire matter was referred to the committee on streets and Superintendent Doyle to inquire into and report at subsequent meet ing os the board tt
 The defective water pipes in the city reported to the board by the police de- partment were next briefly discussed, and the superintendent of streets was instructed to detail his assistants to visit the several properties reported and make detailed report to a subsequent meeting of the board. -..,,... 4 1