Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-13
MUNICIPAL MATTERS.
Aldermen Think Aav-rtising Certai' City Matters in Weekly Papers Need

If S.3U O'CLOCK lhaI nikut Nutu Mayor Kilduff called the meeting of the board of aldermen to order and from that time until II o'clock petitions end recon mendations were discussed in a manner such as they seldom. if ever. have been before.
 Clerk Grady read City Attorney Burpee's communication. stating that the ordinance in relation to the speed of bicy- cIes. as prepared by the mayor. was legal. and if properly passed by the court of comuon council could be enforced. Alderman Barlow said that while he be- lieved in the ordinance he did not wish to see it passed at this ti,ae. for the reason 1 that IL would cost the city too much to ad- vertise it. 1t must be published in every paper in the city" he said. " and perhaps the committee on the new charter will see some way to relieve the | city of this unnecessary expense. The bicycles will be called in for the winter in few days and there will be no need of this ordinance until next spring" Alderman Halpin wapted the ordinance ,.assed but the board seemed to have had private talk over these matters and were bent on putting n stop to spending so much money for advertising.
 1 Someone asked the mayor what was the sense of having these things inserted in all l the papers. The mayor explained that l when the old charter was Ifalneu tueEe 1 we're but two papers publi Shed in inc city and its framers perhaps thought there never would be any more and decided to publish the ordinances in each paper. and | IL has remained so ever since The mat ter of pas ing ordinances" he said. ''is a very expensive thing for the city. For in- -tance there Is the daily American. They must be published four times in that and then the weekly American is another pa per and they must be published in that too It k the same with the daily and >t4trd that the rates charged by news papers are very high. "A good deal more" he said. than they used to be twenty years ago"
 ''The rates of the daIlies are reasonable enough" said Mir Cross. but the price asked by the Sunday papers is outrageous -S3O for n little notice. It was the opin- ion of the board that the business of pub fishing ordinances Tn the weekly papers should be discontinued and confined en- tirely to the dailies. if the city could offer a little patronage to the weeklies in some other way, the board would not object,
 but it was plain to all that the city was hampered to some extent for ordinances regulating certain matters and that all thIs
 was due tO the expense of printing them. | The ordinance was tabled.
 The mayor vetoed two votes passed al
 the last meeting of the aldermen. one re.
 latng to the giving of permission to the
 committee on public lands and buildings
 to spend SjOO in repairing the City hall
 and the other for the awarding of S20O
 damages to Grace Gaunt arising from the
 layout of Elizabeth street. Alderman
 Gross presided at.the meeting when these
 votes were passed.
 The following petitions for electric
 lights were properly referred: Israel
 Holmts near city line on Watertown road:
 W. ]. Reed. River street; \. F. Belanger. nt j notion of Drayer and Sunuyside ave
 uurS.
 A D tition from F. J. Kingsbury in re.
 iatIon to changes on Walnut street was re ttrred to tl.c road board.
 The following vote was received from
 the board of health defeating the hopes o would be inspectors of plumbing:
 Voted. that in view of the financia
 condition of the city and the many heavy
 burdens which must be borne. and also in
 view ot the prevailing financial difficulties
 in which many of our taxpayers find them
 selves II is not best at this time to create all additional office to be known as tn, office Ot plumbing inspector"
 The matter was referred to the board O
 finance 50 that the board may know wha to do with the petition for an appropria ton for this purpose which Is now in th'
 clerks desk.
 The estimate for the various municipa boards We're received and referred to the
 finance committee. The estimates are tn, same ns published in the papers and hmountrd to S2lS lG4 Last years appro- priAtIOnS we're Sl7l $50. The committee : on lamps and gas reported as follows or petitions fer electric lights: Rlversid F ! h.t Rank sfF md WnshiUp [ ton avenue. that the light now at the soutl east corner ot Bank and Riverside streets be moved across the street to what Wa
 formerly the ShaLahAn property: or r petition for light in Jewelry street, tha 2 the lgut now at the corner of Liberty an' [ Reuedlct streets be removed to the corne "a ui Jewelry and Benedict streets. and thu | the Incandescent light now on Jewelr ' street be discontinued. The recommend r utIons we're adopted.
 The curb line for North Main street a n dc>Ignat d by the road board was adopted r The following committee was announce e 10 consider the question of sewage dis | pOsll: Mayor F. G. KIlduff. D. F. Web e stcr r. l. FrisbIe. ST. c. II. COwell. G. : Parsons. II l.. Wade. Patrick Holohan. | = B RIcr. Moritz Greile. l.. r. Burpee. + Il 4. Cairns I. D. Barlow. r W. Halpir < Grorge Tracy. T l.. Horrigan. F. E. Cros, J. IT Hart. OItOEEt IAunttOn, Sauut e Root and John F. Healey. The nominl n lions were approved and the follswin l. vote passed:
 '.Noted, that the committee appointed b
 the mayor and the president of the counc
 tG- consider the matter of disposing of th city : sewage. be instructed to ascertaI It and report to the court of common couI ' cll suitable plan or plans for that pun 'e pose, to employ engineers. surveyors an
 such others as may be necessary to proI
 erly ascertain and describe the same. an
 to do all such acts and thing shall b '' required or convenient for the object '' herein specified"
 The mayor submitted the followir T. communication:
 , WATFRBURY, CONN.,. Nov. ,. 1891. a To the HUnorablr Board nt' ALIernsn: n, -nIlrm-n: l heTewUh return withoI - my approval the vote passt by your hou'H II abi" board. at "A meeting h-ld October l5 .Is9 :, 'uLHrming and nfoptirg the assessment
 Orurf's aGd damages, arising from U
 ,'>IEnatiOn Of building lines on Elizabe
 -iT"sI. l Otj-c' for this reason: q hat Il
 IN Is "-s">-t'd th- -um of two hundred dc
 sIs (S2OJ0 or damages to bs paid to Gra
 GtuL. EiIztbe h stTe q Is pew street T Id ,-utly laid out and graded. This street VI - I"I laid out so much for the benefit of Il re :.n-Tai public as il was for the benefit of ce ie rIu individuals who owned large tracts e. -,tti abuttIng no said street. The design tn on ot building lines will certainly nene CT | r,i enhance Inc valus of property on sa ,d -tIret. nnd any iHmage accruInR 10 any i
 uVItual bv reason of such designatio N NI '"u'd. tn my opinion, be paid Tor in ne VI lIt q; benefits u-s.--s,.i against persons who ey '-oI"-'rv r. D-n-d ei theSeby In or p- Su.ds,I am of the opinion that the ei CT ,"ul'i ,.'' be put IU Que dollar al expense = l tIl- matter.
 Respectfully,
 S E. c. kILDUFF. F Mayor '' The action of the mayor was sustain Ill and the matter referred back to the boa gs s ,,,.,s.,;or ,oo,,,,.,r;a5 hv i,