Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-07-06
STREETS AND SEWERS.
The Boards Held the Regular MONTH
Meeting Yesterday Afternoon.

The Boards Held the Regular Monthly
Meeting Yesterday Afternoon.
The regular meeting of the road and
sewer boards took place at o'clock yt ster
day afternoon.
The lay out of Kellogg street brought
out considerable discussion. A few of the
property owners wish that the street be-
laid out with curve here and there whiles
the road commissioners believe that it
should be laid out straight. s. w. KEEL
logg was opposed to the plans mapped out
by the road board. He did not deem 1t
important to have straight streets in city
of hillsides He has a grove on his prop
erty which he purchased because he is
fond of trees. The proposed layout would
necessitate the removal of six beautiful
trees, one of them an oak, two feet
through. He was opposed to the new
scheme and wanted the old layout.
T. j. Kingsbury objected to the new lay
out. 1t would not benefit him or anybody
| else.
F. B. Rice said that he would lose four
teen feet frontage by the new layout. He
was opposed to a ten foot building line.
The old layout, he thought, would meet all
requirements.
Z. A. Smith was not opposed to the
layout. but would refuse 10 pay an assess
ment. as he did not think his property
would be benefited one-quarter of a cent
by the change. He would pay his portion
of the expense of grading the street He
always held that stree. laid out rs KEEL
/ logg street, should be brought to a grade at
4 the expense of abutting property owners
and was not going to oppose it now be-
cause it Happened to touch himself.
A. @. Campbell was satisfied with the
new layout 1t was just what he wanted.
@. p. Goss and G. FL. Cloves were not
represented.
The matter of n change of grade on
South Main street at Clay street, opposi te
the property of st AIMS church was the
next subject to come before the meeting.
In order to make good connections with the
block pavement at this point the engineer
finds it necessary to lower the sidewalk.
Rev Father Bourret represented the
chur.h property. He said he had plans
drawn for the erection of n new church
facing Clay street and the change would
make il necessary that he build n higher
retaining wall than he had anticipated
He would not object to the change unless
it would put him TO some expense. The
engineer said the grade would not be quite
as satisfactory for the property as the old
, one but the change was imperative on &C
count of the paving of the street.
In relation to the grading. laying of side
, walks and establishing of a ten foot build
ing line on South wilson street, Henry
Brown, Patrick Dunphy and David CARR
gus were heard. They were in favor o
! everything except sidewalks which the,
a wished deferred to some other time. TIL,
board approved of the monthly bills anG
: pay roll. 1t was shown that the amount o
crushed stone turned out by the ston
crusher for tn e month of June excels al
, previous records. The mayor said tina
, this showing was very satisfactory. Tn
a price per ton for crushing stone this yea
is fifty-six cents. Last year it cost ninety
three cents. The railroad company charge
4 fifty cents ton for freightage. Tn
a freight bill for June amounted to S763.9 %
: The sewer board approved of the pa
roll and monthly bills with the exception
q of feed bill of $3.50 which was referee
: to ex-Street Inspector Wright for explana
Y ton. The board voted that a bill be sen
Z to Contractor Edward McManns for tn
expense of advertising for bids the frs
1 time for the construction of Brookly
!. trunk sewer. The mayor thought, seein
+ that the board let him off so easily on tn
4 contract he should be willing to pay tn
4 ADVERTISING bill. The matter of sewers i
4 Elizabeth street was laid on the table.
City Engineer Cairns said that when tn
r city gets crowded with work few team
n are hired of Il. n. Blakeslee. MIR Blake:
r lee sent in his bill last month but the bill
g were not sworn to. The bills were ser
!. back with instructions to have them swor
A TO and returned, but he had heard nothin
r from them since.