The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-03
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Routine Business Transacted at Las
 Nights Meeting.

Noutlne Business transacted aL Last
 Nights Meeting.
 A meeting of the board of public works was held last evening. No es- pecially important business was trans acted, all the matters coming up being routine affairs.
 Daniel M Sheehan, the plumber, ap- peared in behalf of Mrs. Margaret Smith of Putnam street, asking that permission be given for house on Put nam street belonging to the petitioner be connected with the Liberty street sew CT. The petition was granted on con- dition that the work done be satisfac- tory to the city engineer
 John K. Punderford. civil engineer for the Fair Haven and Westville railroad, asked that permission be given that road to place iron rails on Derby ave nue, between Norton street and West river for relaying the tracks in that section. The matter was referred to the street committee with power to act.
 Oscar Buchter appeared before the board and called attention to the con- dition of the grade crossing of the Northampton road on Hazel street. He stated that the crossing blanks had been removed and that ditches had been dug across the street on each side of the tracks, thereby causing his team to be injured in crossing the tracks. The question as to whether or not this is city street is now before the cor poration counsel, and the matter was referred to him.
 Superintendent of Parks Kelly noti- fled the board that he had been inform ed by Health Officer Wright that 1t was advisable to close the pump in Trowbridge square, as the water has been used by persons in contact with the typhoid fever epidemic in that vi- cinity, and there is a probability that the water my become infected. The board ordered that the pump be closed at o'clock this morning, and so con- tinue until further orders.
 William H. Potter of 96 Front street asked permission to lay a sewer pipe between his residence and Quinnipiac river The mater was referred to the sewer committee with power to act.
 Paul Russo asked that certain trees at the corner of Chapel street and Wooster Place be removed It was re- ferred to the superintendent of streets. The superintendent of streets was or dered to lay crosswalks on North Bank street, at Gamer and Foster streets and on Gamer street at Orange and Anderson streets.
 | The matter of repairing, grading and | building cobble gutter on Rosette street was referred to, the street com mittee with power.
 The superintendent of streets was di- rected to build a crosswalk connecting | Derby avenue and West Chapel street with the triangular park on West 1 Chapel street.
 I The question of grading Grafton street was referred to the street com- mittee with power to act.
 William Hess appeared before the board and protested against the build- l ing of compost heap in the rear of Andrew Ure's livery stable at 27 Whit | ing street. He stated that the odor caused thereby was most offensive and l that the nedp CduSSu SlChHSSS HI tiS 1 vicinity. A communication signed by several residents of the vicinity was read stating that the heap was not of 1 fensive. The board, however, was of the mind that he compost heap should be removed, and the superintendent of streets, who has been dumping street cleanings there was orderd to discon- 1 tinue doing so.
 The committee on streets recommend ed that the small street roller be rent ed to the contractor doing the paving on Orange street at $7 per day, the contractor to pay the engineer and furnish the coal and other material to run the roller. The matter was referred back to the street committee with pow CT The board then went into execu- tive session to consider the advisability l of permitting the Fair Haven and Westville railroad to put rails on Der l hv aupn11p