The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-21
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
MATTERS DISCUSSED AND DISPOSED OF AT LAST NIGH IT'S MEETING.

OF AT LAST NIGHTS MEETING.
 street sprinklinS and Asphalt Pavement Questions Were Not Brought Up-seven Building Contracts Awarded-severaI Communications Received-Against Gel lar Entrances on the Sidewalk-Othe l Matters.
 meeting of the board of public works was held in the board room in
 the city hall last evening, full board being present. Alderman Chilling worth appeared before the board in re- | gard to the extension of Wallace street, The matter was referred to the city en- gineer to make layout and report to | the board.
 The question of building permanent pavement on Ashmun street, an act l for which was originally passed by
 the common council in October, 1891, l was brought up by Commissioner States, on whose motion the matter
 was referred to the committee on streets to report on the funds for such | work received from the sale of new l bonds.
 The matter of a new sidewalk and grading on both sides of Winthrop ave- | nue, between Edgewood avenue and Chapel street. was taken up, and the | city engineer was ordered to mark out l lines and grades and report. 1 It was voted that concrete walk be | laid on Gamer street before August 1, | 1S96
 | A communication was read from | Charles F. Betts, president of the Ma | tional Varnish company, calling atten- | tion to the fact that there are various | Instructions on Saltonstall avenue west | of River street, and asking that steps
 be taken toward having them removed.
 It was voted that the parties responsi- | ble for the Instructions be ordered to
 remove them at once.
 l A communication was also read from Linton & Pratt, who are about to build forge shop on Clinton avenue, near Middletown avenue, asking that Clinton l avenue north of Middletown avenue, be properly graded. The city engineer was | ordered to lay lines and report on the grading.
 | A communication was read from Bes- l sic M. Belden stating that tree in | front of Nos. 22 and "A Whalley. avenue was in an unstable condition and lia- | ble to fall at any time. She asked that | the tree be removed, and the matter
 was referred to the committee on parks with power to act.
 | Cnpo mn y,ia tinnc r.oo fr,rt,
 Whitney, jr., and Dernning Dewell call l ing attention to the condition of the pavement on Whitney avenue and ask 1 ing that repairs be made. The paye- | ment was laid about nine years ago. 1 The board left the matter with the l committee on streets to act. 1 From the New Haven Street Railway company a communication was read
 complaining of excavations made un- | der the tracks of the company recently, which have not been properly filled up. 1 It many cases, it was stated, the track has settled, owing to the fact that the l excavations have not been filled up. In one place ties have ben taken out and | not replaced. The board decided to
 hold the plumbers who make the ex- | cavations responsible for all such af- IeUCeS WlInlH SIX IIlOlIuS. | A petition was read from Henry T. Blake asking that the pavement on | Temple street, between Elm street and the railroad bridge be repaired, but as l the repairs had already been made previous to the receipt of the petition | it was ordered placed on file. Alderman Chillingworth asked the | board that the stone posts recently re- | moved from the entrances to Wooster | park be given to the park commission | for use in Edgewood park It was voted that the posts be sold to the park com-
 mission at a nominal price, and after | the vote was taken it was discovered that the foreman who had removed the
 posts had given them over for use in building sewers.
 The matter of grading and curbing both sides of Lilac street, between Newhail street and Winchester avenue.
 was brought up and the engineer was ordered to lay lines and grades and re- port.
 1 Bids for the building of sewers on | Union avenue, Carlisle and Putnam streets, on Plymouth street and on Rock Lane, were received. The bids | were as follows:
 For Union avenue, Cari1Sle ana Put-
 nam streets, Bowling & Maher, s19.-
 9555O; A. Brazos & Sons, $17 .10550; Law- | renee O'Brien, $1S.752.5O; c. W. Blakes- lee & Sons, s17, ,95350; F. Maher & Son, | $16040.
 | For Plymouth street--A. Brazos 6
 Son, $1,425; Lawrence O'Brien, $1,2S7. 50; J. A. Doolittle, s9S5.50; Bowling &
 Maher, $1.196.50; J. B. Whitney, s966;
 Anthony Carroll, $1,227.
 For Rock Lane-A. Brazos & Son, ,s15,- 506; L. O'Brien. s15,SSO; c. w. Blakeslee & Sons, s14,5S0; Anthony Carroll. $14,- | 3e25O; John A. Doolittle & Co.,, s11, 750. 50;
 Bowling & Maher, s13, 3,203.50. In each instance the contract was awarded to the lowest bidder. Gaffey's Big Contract.