Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-11
WANT A SINKING FCND
For the Purpose of Increasing Fund
 to Build New Street.

to Build New Street.
 At the meeting of the board of alder
 men last night Alderman NIahaney
 wanted the S1I.OU0 aDropriation recommended by the board of finance
 for q new street from Bank street to
 Benedict street. converted into Il sinking fund where it could
 not be used for any other Dur-
 pose and keep adding to it from wear to year until things reach a point where the work can be commenced In this
 way. he said. the whole of it would
 not come out of one years appropria- l!Qn and We would not feel the burden
 as we will ill ease we should hc called
 upon to do it all at once. Chairman
 Hall thought that the board of alder men is not competent to create q sink.
 ing fund and the chair Was; un!lpld ir lllS view of the ease by City Attorney
 Kellogg. who informed the meeting
 mat III order to start q sinking fund permission would have to bn oblaincd rom the general assembly, If this be
 true. and of course it is why wouldn't
 It be q good idea for thr board to in
 >trHct the city attorney to take the necessary steps towards receiving per
 mission from the legislature to onen a sinking fund for this purpose? It
 lS III" only road to the street in uues-
 ton and while such q move o1!~hi to
 nave been made hcfurr.. still it is not
 t"o lat" yet and every man who wants
 tt' SC" that street opened should move
 i'll that direction.
 |. That is the Way sop,o ,,na,1. 1o,1- at It. but to others this seems like q Shliiy-Shallyin@ method of doing bI1si- ness amt they propose that the. public. talk" this nlattcr in their hands and l bnI the matter nt once: They think that II Wouid be well to drop the talk al,0ut extending .IrWelry street to Bank street and concentrate all their strength up- on Liberty street tnStend IiparingS have been held and benefits and dunl- ages awarded for the Iihprty street eX- tension long ago and in the minds of many there l> n@thng standing in the Way of the street hut the indiSDOSitiUn on the part Cf the city to go ahenl With the W"rk. The railroad people tGok their award of damages some time ago and the heirs of th~ Benedict cs- tate rln have theirs any time they call for II. in fact. the check has been awaiting a them for several wears. but they never called for it bccallS,. they claim that the method rf assessing hcnCti;S and damages i'll this Darticll- fttl tttS' N .tS llbt lii dttRftl&ntt NlIH law. so there iS expected to be quite Ia Snarl there. They hold that the award of benefits and l:lIna-tS should have been mad" within q reasonable time after the hearings and not four or five wears later. when the prODerty was not as valuable HS it had been. The proposition to shift from T direct line with Liberty street and hug the edge of tic NaugatuCk river with q view to making connections With low clry street has many advocates. but hands since the matter Was before the boards and it is a question if the change of layout together with a prop CT arrangement of the money already paid the railroad colnpany can he made. It WCulI cost considerably less to make thr cross StFppt to connect with .JpWplry street. but we have not acquired a right of way there. so that il might he well tH |u to work at Lib crty street and spend what money we DaVe for that purpose next year and hen take il up the following year and keep at until we "@t ready fo" the bridge. The thing has been on the boards for the past twelve or fifteen years and il is high time it hacame a reality. Many t9inl, the whole trouble is due to the attitude of the present board of public works. which is said tc have given the subject little ar no conSitlrraii ion. and suggest that they be requested to make a move in the premises the first thing next year.