Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-19
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
Visited Different Streets in Response
 to Petitions.

Visited Different Streets in Response
 to Petitions.
 The board of public works held an 1 outing yesterday afternoon, there l being present Mayor KildufT, Commis- | sioners Whiting, Mahaney, Blakeslee, l Scully, Superintendent Kelley of the and City Clerk NJ. J. Ryan. The party started from the City hall build | ing at o'clock and kept passing from | one place to another until few min | utes of 6.
 |. The first stop was made at Kenyon | street, off, Welton street. An effort is being made by the petitioner, F. B. Rice. to have this street extended 10 | William street, and in the event of failure to accomplish this he would ] like to have it accepted anyway. It
 would be quite an accommodating to | have the street connected with Will | liam street, but the expense would De considerable and it is a question Wheth- | CT the people would be willing to meet l their portion of it. In order to hear what they think of the proposition It | was voted to cite them in to be heard i in the premises on April g.
 | The corner of Wolcott street and | Marley alley was next visited. where D. F. Noonan and others had peti- | toned for relief from surface water | The petitioners thought a catch basin l at that point would be the proper thing, but the board was of the opin- l ion that a wider gutter would meet the case and the superintendent of i streets was instructed to make such | change as soon as convenient.
 It was voted to recommend to the
 aldermen that public necessity and
 convenience require the layout of l Beach and Oak streets.
 The brook that rattles down the 1 hillside and crosses Laurel and Will l liam streets was examined and found l In Il very unsatisfactory condition. | One of the neighbors, Contractor
 James Sutton. informed the board that | if the water should continue to follow | the course of that brook the residents
 would wake up some morning after q ! freShet and find themselves ill Nauga- l tuck When Mayor Kilduff heard this ! he had q vote passed instructing the | engineer to prepare plans and submit
 estimates for the proper treatment of | the brook in question at Laurel street
 and William street.
 It was voted to recommend to the
 aldermen that public necessity require
 the layout and acceptance of Rose | street from Walnut street to Oak
 street. There is a vast tract of unde | veloped property in this neighborhoou. 1 and as there are but few houses in | the place, Mayor Kilduff thought it an 1 opportune time to get the layout, grade | and street lines of some of the streets. 1 At present there is but one house on l Rose street. q very fine building, but 1 unfortunately it is several feet too | low.
 It was voted to recommend that q ! crosswalk Ge ordered laid at Wood | and Walnut streets. It was stated | that sidewalks were ordered laid q 1 couple of years ago at the corner of 1 Wood and Ward streets, and as the
 work has not yet been done. the clerk
 was instructed to look up the records l and see how the matter stands. IL l was voted to recommend that cross
 walk be ordered laid at Ward and 1 Walnut streets. A vote was passed to
 the effect that public necessity and 1 convenience require the grade and lay 1 out of Farm street from the present 1 terminus of the grade in that street to 1 Walnut street and for tlIe proper i treatment of Walnut street at it's inter 1 section with Farm street. Property 1 owners between the aforesaid points
 on Farm street allege that they are ! in great need of a sewer. It was voted
 to give them q hearing on April 8. It
 was also voted to hear property own
 CTS on Branch and Grant streets rela- 1 tive to the construction of sewers in | these streets on the evening of April | 9. East Vine street was explored and
 q vote passed instructing the clerk to
 cite the property owners to be heard 1 regarding the laying out of sidewalks | both sides. on April 3. It was stated
 that there is some litigation going on | in reference to property on Easton | avenue and it was decided on this ac- 1 count to defer action on the petition
 asking for improvements in that street.
 The board held long session at the 1 intersection of Hill, Burton and North
 Main streets, where the people want
 q crosswalk across Hill street clear
 over to the opposite street. It is a
 long stretch and in the opinion of some
 of the members it would not pay to
 put down the walk until the place is permanently improved. Commissioner I Whiting suggested that q little green
 be established there and the place
 fenced in and a fountain placed in it.
 The whole matter was referred to the
 engineer to prepare plan for the per.
 manent treatment of the square. II
 was voted to cite George Hanley be
 fore the board on April to be heard
 relative to the condition of the side
 walk in front of his premises at the
 corner of Vine and Cherry streets. Ii
 was also voted that Vine street be cob
 bled and paved for distance of if
 teen feet east of the crossing at the
 intersection of Vine and Cherry l streets. | It was voted to recommend to the
 aldermen that public necessity and con
 venience require the grade and layout
 of West Main street from Highland
 avenue westerly to the Bunker Hil road and that the property owners il that neighborhood be heard relative tt
 sewers on the evening of April 16. ; was voted to recommend to the alder ; men that public necessity require thu , layout and acceptance of WoOdlaw1
 terrace from North Willow street [, Pine street, and that property owners ! l ill Woodlawn terrace between Nortl
 Willow street and Frederick street b.
 cited in April 9 to be heard relativ