Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-05-08
TRYING TO COMPROMISE.

Ganrney & Co Offered SS.5O Pr Year
 Extras by the Water Committee.
 At a meeting of the committee on ad- ditionsl water supply last night. Gaffney t Co submitted a statement for extras for granite facing on the dam. Mir Gaffney appeared before the meeting with a type written statement. He would take $l0 per cubic yard for all extra granite facing and $l per yard extra for all the stone work in Portland cement for such quotations as tx- ceed 1 200 yards. For all brick work laid in Portland cement the same price per barrel.
 Mir Hauser moved that this proposition be accepted. He thought there was enough time lost talking about it now and believed that something should be done to bring about settlement between the contractors and the city.
 Speaking on the character of the work the city engineer said: "Of course the contractors cut the stone better than should have been satisfied with. We all admit that the work is heater and better done than the specifications call for John Fitzpatrick argued that if the city should give the contractors what they asked for the dam would not cost one cent more than the price othtr bidders ask ed After considerable discIsSion the matter was put to a vote.
 'In the opinion cf the chair, sail the mayor, ''the motion is lost"
 "Doubted,' said Mir Fitzpatrick. "I think every man should vote on a measure of this kind"
 'All in favor of this motion," said the mayor. twill please hold up their right hand"
 Messrs Hauser. Fitzpatrick. DAly and Reilley voted in the affirmative and Messrs Hart. Rice, Barlow. Webster, Cairns and Wade in the negative,
 That settled it MT Rice said he be- lieved in giving Mir Gaffney what was fair. He thought he should have the difference in the cost of doing the work as it is being done and what it would cost to do it ac- cording to the contract This he i ured about the terms ot the contract and finally Clerk Grady WAS asked to read it. While this was being done Mir Gaffney was pre- pairing another offer. This time be dropped to $9 for grauite facing. the same as laid in 1891. He had inc same proposition in this one as in the former. but tde engineer objected and it was cut out. After some discus eipn Messrs Webster. Rice. Wade and Cairns were appoiUtsd as committee tC retire and bring in statement that mi Sh | settle the question. The committee re ported that Gaffney ,E Co should accep $S 50 per cubic yard in addition to the rice contracted to be paid fcl the facing of the main body of tn, dam for all g'anit- facing laid as done 1T 1894. Ibd S1 for each cubic yard of mason " lad In Portland cement mortar in tht proportion of cement and sand ordered by the engineer over and above 2,n01 yards The engineer was to be the judge of th' quality of the material and of the charac ter of the work.
 The mayor would not entertain a vote {, accept this resolution. lecause he though the proposition should come from the con tractor. He thought such course migh give the contractors A hold on the city.
 Mir Gaffney was not prepared to present proposition of this nature and asked for few days to think it over and there thu matter now stands.
 The clerk reported that the Waterbur Brass Co had brought an execution agaius the city for a claim against the Inmar Brothers Construction Co. but as the cit had nothing to do with the company n' action was taken on the matter It wa voted that in making propositions | Daniel Woodward in regard to property a the Branch, the term Daniel Woodward c al be used. The engineer was instructe } to remove these houses which stand nea the new reservoir and to employ four mel to clear up the brush about the place.