Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-13
IMPROVEMENTS DELAYED
Street Extension in North End
 Put Back Six Months.

Non-Property Owners Were Given a
 Hearing-The Property Owners Fail
 ed to Attend Hearing Hearing on
 North Main Street Building Line Goes Back to the Aldermen.
 So the proposed extension of Beacon street has received another set back and at present it is doubtful if any thing can be done towards opening the street during the present season. 1t was held up last fall because it was thought that some of the property owners north of Fleet street should pay something towards the cost of put ting the street through, but inasmuch as they had not been cited in nothing could be done in that direction unless the whole matter was gone over again. This course was decided upon and it turned out all right, the people who had not been summoned before, com- ing and agreeing to pay reasonable assessments in order to have the thing go ahead. Later it was discovered that many who appeared and represented themselves as owning property in that district are only tenants and had no right to vote in the matter. When,
 
 course open to the boards but refer it back to the aldermen. It is sup posed that body will act upon it at the May meeting and then the board of public works will have to hold an other hearing on the question before it goes to the bureau of assessment. 1t takes some time to do all this and then have the reports adopted by the alder men so that unless the job is rushed it will be we'll into the fall before the city will be in a position to take down the board fence at Fleet street and thus save people from having to reach the churches and the school and also their places of employment by Hill street instead of taking the short route, which the proposed extension will open up to them. 1t is an i'm portant public improvement and every one connected with the city govern ment appears to be very much in favor of it and all will regret to learn that it cannot be pushed to completion right away.
 It may be of interest, too, to parties interested in the petition for q build ing line on North Main street to hear that this has also gone back to the aldermen. Three property owners in that street who were not cited in to the HGdE1IS Tel 1lScO lO Wd1AG 1Ol tiiC receipt of notices to that the matter will have to be gone over again. It is thought, however, that the petitioners are indifferent about the matter now, and if this be true the chances are that it will be laid aside for the pres ent. The petition was inspired by report that some one was going to build close up to the street line, but when they found out that there was no truth in this they did not seem to care whether anything was done in the premises. Like most people, the petitioners wanted the building line, but they were not. satisfied to be assessed to met the expense of doing the work It is amusing to hear some folks talk about how generous others ought to be in giving slices of their lots for public uses without receiving com pensation for the same, but when their own turn comes they are just the class of citizens who protest vigorously and contend that when the public wants property belonging to private individ- lals the public should pay for it. Of course this is right, but many, fail to see the justice of it until they are up against it themselves. What selfish mortals most of us are anyway.