Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-12-12
MAKING HASTE SLOWLY.

The ACKNOWLEDGEMENT aud GsfYney,s Bnl
For Extras Discusses.
Mayor Kilduf presided at the meeting
of the committee on additional water
supply last night. ~, $780,
A communication was read from the Sc
lectmen of WATERFOWL stating that they
are not satisfied with the manner in which
the fence has been replaced along the
turnpike and that the town of WATERFOWL
will look to the city of Waterbury for dam
ages. The communication was received
and the clerk instructed to notify on
tractor Lipps that the fence must be re-
paired so as to meet the approval of the
selectmen of WATERFOWL.
s. O. L. Woodward asked that the time on
which it was agreed for him TO vacate the
land bought from him by the city at the
reservoir be extended until next spring
Mr. Woodward appeared before the meet
ing and said that an extension of time
would be great benefit to him. He
would move his barns by the first of May,
1895. Mr. Woodward also made a PROPOSE
ton to the city for the use of some land
in the vicinity OF the dam. No action was
taken on the matter of renting the land,
but the matter of allowing him to remain
there until next spring was referred to the
committee consisting of the engineer and
| the mayor.
Contractor Daniel Altman appeared be-
| fore the meeting in reference to per
cen'age due him for work On the valley
| turnpike. The matter was referred to MIR
Cairns, who will submit a statement of
| the case at the next NEE ing
Mr. Belft was heard In relation to the
work on the Thatcher contract. 1t was
| expected that all the pipe would be laid
| on this section last week. The engineer
said that he had made a favorable report
| to the last meeting and the papers printed
| it, and since that time very little had
been done at the job. Mr. Belft said that
the delay was occasioned by the unfavor-
able weather. The derrick broke yester-
day and it could not be raised since. Five
good days, he said, would finish the lay
ing of the pipe. No action was taken on
the matter. although the mayor seemed a
little nettled about it and talked of the
newspapers showing no mercy to Con-
tractor Pierce for his work on the green
and allowing something of much more i'm
| portance to the city. to continue without
a word of reproof.
| 1t was voted that the interior of the
pipes on sections one and two be inspected
on or before December Is by the contract
ors and If the work is not done by that
time. that the city proceed to do 1t and
| charge the work to the contractors.
1t was stated that Contractor MeManus
YVES the only one of the contractors who
had finished up his work according to the
terms of the contract, received his final
estimate and got out of the way.
At this juncture City Engineer Cairns
said he would like to have an executive
session and a motion to that effect was put
and carried. On re-assembling the fol-
lowing communication was read:
His Honor the Mayor and Committee on
an Additional Water Supply:
| Gentlemen: We beg to call your atten-
ton to our bill of extra work on the pipe
line contract of 1858. % less 1884 paid
also bill rendered you September 25th of
1864 for extra work at the dam which
together with enclosed bill is full state.
ment of account for granite facing to date.
You will oblige US very much by giving
this your consideration and immediate at
| tention.
Yours respectfully,
| JOHN Va GAFFSEY Il Co.
The bill enclosed calls for 81 900 for
345 yards of granite masonry at the dam
The matter was referred to the committee
on extras