Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-27
GETTING TOGETHER.
CITY AND TROLLEY OFFICIALS
 DISCUSS THE SITUATION.

Locating of Pole on North Main Street Also Given an Airing.
 The board of public works met last night and listened to George E. Terry's statement as to what the Connecticut Lighting and Power Co is willing to do ln order to straighten out matters with the city with reference to the laying of tracks on West Main street and the Watertown road contrary to law The meeting was composed of the follow ing persons: Mayer kilduff, Commis sioners Whiting. Mahaney, Rlakeslee. Chesson, Scul.y, City Attorney Kellogg. Engineer Cairns, Superintendent Ref ley Of the street department, City Clerk Ryan, Attorney George l.. Terry. Gen eral Manager J. E. Sewell and Elec- triciah Wesley T. Oyiatt. the three last named representing the Connecticut Lighting and Power, Co.
 l. It was plain that the representative Of the trolley magnates felt that they had tile wr3ng s,da,of tha case. for they edged around from one place to an other with an air of men who had done wrong and kew they were about to be compelled 10 make amends for their mlsdaeds. When the party got seated Mayor hildutf said he understood that the Connecticut Lighting and Power Co wanted an executive session, and fearing that he might be making, q mistake about it he asked MrT erry if this were true. The attorney replied in the affirmative. Commissioner Scully said he was opposed to an ex- ecutiye session, but as no one seemed to look at it from his standpoint he nhinctinn offersd by Mir Blakesiee to go into eX- ecutive session was passed without q dissenting voice. This was followed by nasty exit of the reporters, who disappeared at top speed, leaving the board and the trolley men a'one in | their glory. But because reporters arg | put on the outside it does not follow l that they have given up all hope of | getting the news. On the contrary 1 such treatment spurs them on to great CT efforts, and as a rule they get hold of about everything that takes place on the inside. and from all accounts the meeting of last night was no ex- ception. It is said that the discussion at times was quite interesting. but that at no stage of the proceedings was | there any indication that the session l would end in an all around fight.
 | City Attorney Kellogg expla ned the 1 present status of the case and stated 1 it was ready for trial any day. but that owing to the number of jury cases on l hand he was. of the opinion that it would not be heard until next Eebru- l ary. Attorney Terry stated the case for the Connecticut Lighting and Pow CT Co. which is said to have been q | candid admission that it had exceeded | it's rights in the premises. but that it was ready and willing to come to an understanding with the city and settle | the question out of court, if such q | thing were possible.
 Commissioner Whiting is reported as having made sharp reply to Mr Ter l rvs statement to the effect that in his 1 judgment the proper place to settle the difference was before q judge of the superior court: that the company had acted in open defiance of law. and as d deterrant to similar conduct in the | future it would be well to have the | courts deal with them. He also sta ted that if the city officials had manifested the same disregard for law and order as the company did in this particular case. it would have precipitated elasi that would have resulted seriously fol some one. public opinion having been | stirred up over the affair to such q pitch that the feeling in favor of tear ing up the rails was almost general and that while the city did not care to resort to that kind of tactics i knew it could have done so and bt within the law.
 | It is understood that MT Terry mads no effort to defend the company's course in the matter and denied tht imputation that the work was dont under his order. He took the ground that inasmuch as the city had no taken action upon their application within sixty days. no conditions hat been entered into between the city ant the company. Still he clung to tn, opinion that the company had compiled with the conditions to lay groovet rail on West Main street. and added that it was willing to comply with sucl conditions as the city had asked fo on the Watertown road, that is. t work the street to d width of sixt. feet and build q retaining wall alon: the Naugatuck river.
 At this juncture q couple of bout are said to have taken place betweel Mayor kilduff and Mir Terry Whicl came near ending in blows, the mayo contending that if settlement shoult be reached without recourse to law one of the conditions should be tha the company not only work the Water town road to a width of sixty feet an, build d retaining wall along the Naug atuck river as far as the old city line but continue this improvement to tn
 end of the new city line. and nov
 their tracks close to the edge of tn
 river so that there would be stree about fifty feet wide there with n
 tracks in it. The rails have also beel tsSet foot above the established grad
 of the street and, of course. this blun ] der will have to be remedied,
 These conditions scared the trolle, men and they shouted for new ap plication and let the whole thing b
 gone over anew. The board took thi
 as an admission that, they Were will ing to tear up their tracks pending ac tion on a new petition. but they wer quickly disabEsad of this notion b.
 the trolley men. all of whom squeale
 at the idea of roofing up the tracks.
 After discussing the pros and con
 of the subject the meeting adjourne
 without coming to any agreement, tn
 understanding being that the boar
 will consult with the city attorney an
 give the company an answer some da in the near future as to what cond