Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-03
NAUGATUcK NEWS
Board of Warden and Burgesses Held
 Lengthy Meeting.

A regular monthly meeting of the I board of warden and burgesses was held in the court room last night. All | the members of the board were pres. ent. Warden Schaffer presided. The minutes of last meeting were read and | approved. The report of Tax Collec- 1 tor J. D. Martin was read and accept l ed. Collector Martin collected $337. .12 | in taxes. The report of Health Officer Smith was read and accepted, as fol- | lows: Sundry complaints received, $; visits made, 123; permits granted, 9;
 notices served, 2; yards inspected 12,
 ordered cleaned 2; cellars inspected 6,
 ordered cleaned 6; sewers inspected 8; surface closets inspected ., ordered
 cleaned D; water closets inspected q,
 ordered cleaned 3; cesspools inspected
 3, ordered cleaned 3; sink drains in-
 spected 5, ordered cleaned 6; catch
 basins inspected 15; dead animals re-
 moved, cats 2; contagious diseases re-
 ported, scarlet fever 8, placarded $,
 fumigated 15; diphtheria 1,placarded l,
 fumigated l; measles l. The report of
 Chief of Police Smith was read and
 accepted, as follows. Whole number of arrests 31. whole number of cases
 31, male 2G, female 5; cause of arrest,
 assault s, breach of peace l, intoxica-
 
 loon on Sunday 6, violation of license law l, selling without license I; dis position of arrested, appealed to dis
 trict court 2. bonds called $, committed
 to county jail B. paid fines and costs 9, sentence suspended 4, discharged 4; nativity of arrested, American 12, Ital-
 ian 4, Irish 3, German l, Pole ?, Swede 4, French l, Swiss l, Lithuanian l He brew 1, Hungarian T. miscellaneous, stores aand offices found open 3. lodg- CTS 2S0, expense to take prisoners to jail $13.50, total expense $13.5O. The report of Borough Clerk Beardsley for year ending March 31, 1901, was read and accepted. The report showed re ceipts to the amount of $3S, ,921. .34. The report of Chief Engineer Fuller of the fire department was read and ac- cepted. Chief Fuller recommended that the borough lay no more hydrants on the four-inch mains which are now in use in some of the streets in the borough. The chief also recommended that the borough should arrange so that gate which Is now in use at the reservoir be. left open, as 1t would give the department twenty pounds more pressure; also that one new fire box be purchased and instead of buying q new hook and ladder truck that they purchase a pair of horses that could be used In case of fire and kept at the hose house on Sundays and nights and used In working on the borough streets during the week. Joseph Curtron asked for permit to place q sign over his place of business on Church street, the sign to hang over the sidewalk and by 6h feet above the walk. Per- init was granted. Nelson Kilrner asked the board to grant him license to lay sewers from April l, 1901, to April l, 1902. 1t was voted that the license be granted. MT Curtiss asked permission to open Prospect street so as he could connect with the water pipes of Thom- as Renehan. Permission was granted. A junk dealers license was granted to Michael Fanwick of Union City. Bids for collecting garbage from April 15, 1901, to April 15, 1902, were opened by Clerk Beardsley as follows: W. J. Neville offered to do the job for $65 per month, or $7S0 per year: Henry Schildgen's bid was for $41.66 per month, or $500 per year; Joseph Paulin's $43.75 persmonth, or $525 per year, and Aaron Browns for $65 per month, or $7S0 per year. B. c. Hall objected to the bids of Henry Schild
 gen or Aaron Brown, as he claimed that where the garbage was emptied polluted the water of brook which furnished water to his barn, and he stated that 1t also polluted the hot and cold water furnished to his house. MT Hall also stated that the water from the place where the garbage was emp tied polluted the pond where MT 'Schild- I gen has been cutting ice, and Henry Schildgen took exception to this state ment by claiming that such was not the case. The contract was awarded to Henry Schildgen, he being the lowest bidder. A petition was received from the property holders on Meadow street requesting the borough to put sewer on that street. The petition was signed by twenty-two residents of Meadow street. Voted that this mat ter be laid on the table until the next meeting. The board also voted to in- struct the borough engineer to bring plans for this same sewer into the next meeting as provided by the sewer or dinance. A communication was re- ceived from Superintendent Eaton of the high school stating thatfthe pres ent signals in regard to the school were unsatisfactory and that after a consultation with Chief Fuller the fol lowing system was adopted if the board of warden and burgesses would accept the same: At o'clock, ten short blasts, no school at all: at S:15 and G, six short blasts, no school below the high school; and at S:15 and 4, four blasts, no school below the sixth grade. The signals were adopted by the board. A communication was received from MT Oleson stating that he had recently purchased the Wilmot estate on Hill- side avenue and that the estate was assessed for $2,950 and that the prop erty was purchased for $2000. The communication asked for an abatement of taxes. Voted not to grant the re- quest of Mir Oleson for the change of assessment. Burgess Mills stated that he wished to bring up the matter of police rules and have action on them indefinitely postponed The board voted to indefinitely postpone the mat ter. The matter of appropriations for the coming year was brought llp by Clerk Beardsley and it was voted that the warden appoint committee of three to handle this matter. The fol- 1 lowing were appointed: D. F. Mills, J. H. Kenney and L. S. Beardsley, borough clerk. Voted, that the super intendent of streets commence work on Rubber avenue and build retaining wall and in thar manner remove the | stones on the street. Burgess Mills suggested that the clerk notify the | owner of the building on North Water | street to cut off the SteDS in front of |