Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-31
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
Will Confine Bids for New Road to
 Residents of Waterbury.

Residents of Waterbury.
 The board of public works held it's regular meeting last night there being present Commissioners Whiting, Ma nancy, Blakeslee, Chesson, Superin- tendent Kelley of the street, depart ment, Superintendent OBrien Of the bureau of water, Engineer Cairns and City Clerk Ryan. In the absence of Mayor Kilduff, who was presiding at the meeting of the board of public safety, Commissioner Scully acted as chairman pro tenn.
 Hearings were given to parties in- terested in the grade and layout of Branch and Grant streets, the exten- sion of Beacon street to Elect street, the change of grade at the corner of Orange and Walnut streets, the laying of sidewalks on Brewster street and Easton avenue and | sewer in West Grove street from North Willow street to connect with the sewer already laid in that street. The board acted favor ably upon all the above mentioned mat ters and recommended to the aldermen that the several projects be carried out. The law date for the laying of sidewalks on Brewster street and Eas- ton avenue was fixed for December 1, 1900.
 On motion of MT Whiting it was voted that property owners on How ard street between Wolcott street and South Oak street be cited before the board on November 13 at o'clock in the evening to be heard relative to the establishing of a grade and layout for that street between the points men, toned.
 The petition of James O'Brien to maintain q lunch cart in the West End was taken from the table and I vote passed giving the petitioner leave to withdraw. The board was favoral5ly disposed towards the petition until they learned that almost all the people in that neighborhood were opposed to 1t. and that settled it.
 It looks as if the board is likely to have some trouble with the Connecti- cut Lighting and Power Co regarding the removal of the pole that stands in the square tt the junction of North Main and North Elm street and which the board ordered removed before the work of paving the street was com menced. The company claims that the aDuttlng property owners have refused to allow them to change 1t to q suita- ble location and that they will comply with the order of the board as soon as the city finds q place for them to put it in. The board did not take very kindly to this proposition. and know ing that in it's present position it is q menace to life and limb, all agreed that it should be taken from there as quickly as possible and with this end in view the following resolution was passed:
 ''Voted, That this board regards the electric NToi street, opposite North Elm street. as dangerous and a menace to public safety, and hereby orders the CQnnecti- cut Lighting and Power Go to remove it, and the city clerk is instructed to translate through the city sheriff this order to the company"
 It was the sense of the meeting that the sheriff serve q copy of the vote on the company to-day.
 When the matter of commencing op- erati0ns at the Wigwam reservoir was broached, one of the commissioners asked Mir Cairns if he thought that the city would lose anything by confin- ing this work to local contractors as well as to local laborers MT Cairns said he believed that We could get eX- cellent results and cOntine the bids to residents of Waterbury. It was then
 
 to advertise for bids for the construc- ton of a new road at the Valley turn pike. the bids to be confined to resi- dents of the town of Waterbury. The raising of the dam will throw the water back onto the present roadway. and in order to avoid trouble a new highway will have to be constructed before doing anything else.
 The water rates for the past six months were received and ordered transmitted to the collector for collec- ton.
 It was voted to recommend to the aldermen that public necessity and convenience require that a wall be built on Mill street along the Mad river from Baldwin street to the prop erty of the Waterbury Clock Co. and l that the board be requested to provide | funds to do the work The estimated expense was given at S3,OOO> A sim | liar vote was passed in reference to l the need of cleaning the basin of the | East Mountain reservoir, which the | superintendent reported in very | dirty condition, and as it is now prac- | tically dry it is considered a very op, l perfume time to do such work as is re- 1 quired to put it in sanitary condi- 1 ton.
 The miscellaneous bills and the Day. | rolls were approved. The latter were as follows: Water. $4S1.75; streets | S1,505.15; sewers, $114.75; eng gineerng $4S9. s-
 The board adjourned until o'clock this evening, when the estimates fol the ensuing year will be considered.