Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-22
NAUGATUCK NEWS
Warden and Burgesses Held Lengthy
 Meeting Last Night.

Meeting Last Night.
 An adjourned meeting of the war den and burgesses was held in the court room last night. All the bur gesses were present. Warden Schaf- ter being absent. Senior Burgess Smith presided. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The report of the sewer committee was read and accepted. The committee re commended that no action be taken on the petition of E. J. Kennedy of Fair view street and that MT Kennedy be given permission to withdraw his peti- tion. They also recommended that no more permits for sewers be granted until complete sanitary sewer system be adopted by the borough. A motion was made by Burgess Kenney that the Kennedy petition be tabled. This mo- ton was made to read that the peti- tioner be given chance to withdraw his petition. The amendment was car ried. The matter of the crushed stone was brought up by the clerk who stat l ed that he had written to three or four companies and received answers from three of them all offering to furnish the stone at S1.40 cents per ton but the clerk said that there was yet some com panies to be heard from and he was in- | structed to wait until he received those answers before ordering the same. The | borough attorney reported that. he had collected the $35 damages that he had paid to D. G. Godfrey from the Water company. The bond of Charles F. Silvernail as bailiff of $500 was ac- cepted by the board. Borough Attorney Sweeney reported that he had collect ed back taxes to the amount of $590.72. Burgess Freeman made motion to the effect that the $2,000 be appropri- ated for the grading of the street be expended on High and May street and that the road department be instructed to start immediately to repair the same, Burgess Kenney made an amendment to the motion to the effect that this sum be spent on Scoa street instead of the east side of he town At this time a petition was read from the residents of May street The petition requested the board to repair the street stating that at certain places the streettwas not in fit condition for public traffic. The petition was signed by 2S residents of the street Burgess Kenney's amendment was lost as no cue seconded it. Mills said that he did not think it should be done. Burgess Freeman made some remarks about the east side of the town to the effect that the surface water from High street washes away property and there is no redress for the property owners.
 He also stated that from personal ob- servance he knows that May street is not in fit condition for public traffic. as from actual measurements it is know to him that it is only about nine feet wide in some places and that two teams cannot pass without the possi- bility of being overturned. Henry ". Hamilton next spoke on the matter and he said that petition was present ed to the board last year for the fixing of High street and he thought that it was about time some action was taken on the same. He also stated that all the money appropriated for improve ments during the past few years had been expended on the west side and he thought it was about time some of it was brought to the east side as there were improvements needed over there just as much as there was on the west side. James Renslow stated that he in company with Burgess Westbrooke had measured May street at different points and had found that the width varied from eight and one-half feet to twelve feet and had found that the stones in the gutterS on both sides had made it impossible for two teams to pass without the possibility of an ac- cident. MT Renslow also stated that it was about time that the east side of the town was improved in some way as the people of the east side had come to regard themselves as not being in the borough. MT Renslow hers made an amendment to MT Freeman's mo- ton to the effect that $1,500 be expend- ed on High street and $500 on May street. M. R. Hart here stated that some of the improvements should 20 to the east side and not have the west side gobbling up all the appropriated money. MT Renslows here compared the sidewalks of the east side to those of the west side stating that man could not have sidewalks in any direc- tion he wanted to walk on the east side while on the west side a man might walk many directions and have good sidewalks. The borough attorney here made few remarks and he and MT Freepan had quite a tilt over some statements made. The amendment was carried and the people of High and May streets have Burgesses Ken slow and Freeman to thank for the improvements which will be made shortly on those streets. Chief Engin ger Fuller sent in communication which was read by the clerk to the effect that the Crofut building on North Main street was a menace and should be done away with. After con- siderable discussion this matter was referred to the borough attorney with instructions to have the owners of the building to board the building up or ill some other way to fix it so as that the children could not continue to iuse 1t as a play house and in that manner run risks as the floors are known to be unsafe. This building has been an eyesore for some time and is liable to be menace to life if itl is allowed to stand in it's present condition. At torney Sweeney informed the board