Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-05
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 BOARD OF AIDEH1rEI
Matter of Covering Great Brook Great
 ed Heated Discnssfan

ed Heated Discussion.
 The board of aldermen held a meet ing last night, Chairman Hall presid- ing, and all the members being present except Mir Tyrrell
 Alderman Cross brought up the mat ter of covering Great brook in the rear of l.. II. Toucey's property. and after explaining the situation he made an attack upon the board of public works which came near creating a TOW. "This natter said Mir Cross. 'sl1as been pro- nounced nuisance by. the board of health; that body recommended to the board of aldermen that it be abatetl the aldermen referred 1t to the board of public works and the board of pub lie works sent it back to the board of health Now the board Of public works must be idiotic or else they wanted to slap the board of health in the face. l think that
 Mr Chesson furiously)-"Mr Chair man, l rise to point Of order. 1 ob- ject to such language:"
 Alderman Blakeslee (with clenched flstsi-"1 second MT Chesson's mo- tion!' ---- =
 {. Chairman Hall passed the matter over by remarklng that he would take 1t for granted that the alderman de sired to drop the word 'idiotic''
 This was followed by q long dis cussion. during which Alderman Goss pitched into his neighbor, MT Cross, Informing him that 1t was the duty of the board of health. not the board of public works, and that they had not exhausted their powers in the prem ises until they had determined who owns such portions of the brook as have been adjudged a nuisance and no- ti1ied them 10 abate it. If the people failed to comply with the order, then 1t would be all right for them to come to the aldermen for further instruc tion.
 Mir Cross: "We (meaning the board of health don't know what to do."
 Alderman White: ''Well, then. if you don't, why not ask the city attor- ney:"
 This angered Alderman Cross. and he replied with all the force he could muster up: Its up to the aldermen to ask the attorney that question if they want to- Levi Toucey was then heard and after some more talk the board of public works for investiga-
 
 brook to be covered lie between North Elm street and the rear Of the old Burritt property on Brook street.
 The recommendation of the board of public safety that it be granted power to elect one more policeman was de feated by party vote, all the re- publicans opposing it and the demo- crats voting in favor Of the recom- mendation.
 All the. recommendations of the board of public works, printed herein before. were adopted.
 City Attorney Kellogg was heard re- garding the recommendation of the board of public works that permission be secured to issue $5O.OUO worth of bonds for water meters. He said that he appeared at the request of the may or. The end In view was to find out what the board intended to do In the matter. so that the attorney could gov ern himself accordingly. The matter was taken from the table and passed. all the members favoring 1t except AL dermen Mahaney, Boylan, Phelan and Morris.
 The bill of J. A. Edmcndson for $11.GG, the amount of q milk license, a city court fine and interest, was re- ferred to the board of finance. The following petitions were refer red to the board of public works: Eugene F. Clarkin ct al for the layout and grade of Rose street: Matt Rich. for boot blacking stand at Ill Bank street; [. A. Warner ct al for two electric lights on Dublin street: D. Shapiro ct al for q sewer" in Branch and Grant streets; John OiConnor. for permission to con duct popcorn stand.
 A communication was received from Charles H. Payne ct al, asking that the windmill on Round Hill street be abolished, alleging that it Is public nuisance. The matter was referred to the board of health.
 On petition of J. ". Garrity ct al, the report of the bureau of assessment relative to the award of benefits and damages arising from the extension of Round Hill street to Camp street was taken from the table. former action on the same reconsidered and the whole matter recommitted to the bureau Of assessment. The people claim that they Were assessed too high. consider ing the cost of doing the work.
 Notices were received from Mary Lynch and Anna L. Griffin of their h. tention to claim damages from the city for injuries received on defective side walks, the former at the corner of South Elm and Union streets and the latter at ITO East Main street. Both were referred to the committee on law. --
 The committee appointed to consid- CT the complaint of residents of the North end regarding the purchase of a new site for the Locust street school reported through Alderman Blakeslee, who gave the dimensions of both prop erty and price and a lot of other in- formation. It was decided to defer action on the report until it has been reduced to writing.
 The board adjourned for q week.
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