The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-04-22
\ WALLING FORD.
THE BURGESSES' MEETING LAST
 NIGHT.

NIGHT. Warden Morris called to order the meeting of the board of burgesses last evening at S:1O. Burgesses Phelps and Backes were the absentees. The board of selectmen were all present. J. B. Kendrick appeared and stated that he had been requested to audit the books of the collector for the list of 1898 and 1894, so as to be ready for the new collector.
 It was voted that Mr. Kendrick be authorized to audit the books as above stated.
 J. B. Kendrick asked that a grade and curb line be established on Curtis avenue: referred to the road commit tee.
 Borough Attorney Fowler explained the law regarding the eliminating of grade crossings.
 Borough Attorney Fowler offered a plan for a new layout of South Colony street, differing from that proposed by the railroad company. By MT. Fow- ler's plan the road Will not run close to the track, as it now does. His plan met with favor and was adopted by the meeting.
 Attorney Fowler presented new agreement. which was to be presented to the railroad company, which diff fered materially with the one that has been presented by the railroad compa- ny. One change was that the railroad company should lay out and harden ready for use the proposed new high way; also that the bridge over the rail- road shall not only be built by the com pany, but shall hereafter be maintained by them and kept in repair, and that the bridge shall be thirty instead of twenty feet wide as was on the origi- nal plan @r
 Burgess Hassett made motion that it is the sense of the meeting that the same kind of a road be laid on the pro- posed new road inside the borough line as is to be laid by the town below, four- teen foot rnacadam,S and that the ex- pense be borne by the railroad compa- ny; so voted sk Voted, That the warden be author ized to confer with the railroad com panys officials, presenting the modifi- cations as made by the board of bur gesses and embodied in the new prop osition, and that the warden report the result at the next meeting of the board.
 Voted, That the warden confer with the selectmen and* go with them to Hartford to confer with the railroad company.
 Attorney Harrison appeared before the board and spoke in reference to the amount of his bill for the three months work of Investigating the borough &C., counts, which he stated had occupied sixty three days work, not including many odd hours evenings and other times, besides the work of a typewriter during that time, and that his state ment of the bill would be S650, which would be s10 day for himself and ser vices of typewriter; also including $20 paid out in cash, s for services of T. F. Lane and $15 for use of typewriter for the report MT. Harrison stated that these were his figures, and he was willing to make another proposition, which was to submit the bill to two or more capable attorneys and abide by their decision as to his compensation. No action was taken by the board on the bill of Mir. Harrison.
 A drain layers license was granted l.. M. Phelps and a bond of $500 by H. l.. Hall accepted.
 The usual bills were ordered paid.
 Warden Morris presented claim made by Mrs. John Hart Of High street, who claimed that Peter Burns nainr tained a nuisance near her fence and asked the board to look after the mat ter; referred to the health committee.
 A complaint was made of riding bi- cycles on the sidewalks on Elm street. The warden promised to attend to the matter.
 The board was still in session at 10:40