Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-26
NAUGATUCK NEWS
Warden and Burgesses Held Lengthy
 Meeting Last Night.

I An adjourned meeting of the board | of warden and burgesses was held Ill l the court room last night Burgess 1 Smith presided in the absence of the warden. The first business was the
 report of the borough clerk on the di- l vision of the tax on the Neary and
 Peck property. The report was ap-
 proved and referred to the tax collec- | tor The road committee reported that l the bondsman of Anthony Mazotis. the l West Mountain contractor, had guar l anteed that the road would be put in
 proper condition and kept so. Report of the street committee regarding 1 Pond street was read and accepted.
 Engineer Ham told the board that it
 was the intention of MT Wood to buy i property on the opposite side of the 1 street and in that way make the road l thirty-three feet wide. On motion of
 Burgess Westbrook the matter was re- l ferred to the borough engineer with power to act in the matter. A conn l munication containing the corrected
 contract with the Gamewell fire alarm | system company was read by the 1 clerk and on motion of Burgess Mills l the corrected contract was accepted, l and the clerk instructed to instruct l and empower the warden to accept the l same for the borough. The matter of 1 adding interest to the assessments of 1 sidewalks and curbing was brought up
 before the board by Clerk Beardsley. and on motion of Burgess Kenney 1t was voted to add the legal interest of 6 per cent to all assessments not paid | thirty days after they are laid. Mrs
 Bernard Fitzpatrick of Hoadley street appeared before the board and asked l that her taxes be abated. On motion | of Burgess Mills it was voted to lay | lien, payable five years from date of | laying of the same on this property, in- stead of abating the taxes. Borough Attorney Sweeney reported that he had seen Mrs Crofut in regard to the build l ing on North Main street and she had told him that it would be repaired. A son of Mrs Crofut informed the board that the matter had been attended to
 and that in the course of a few months the building would be removed alto
 gether. The matter of the Curtiss
 street. sewer crossing private property was brought up and Burgess Mills
 made a motion that the matter of the
 Curtiss street sewer crossing the prop
 erty of Mrs Crofut and the G. l. K.
 Glove Go betleft to the sewer commit tee for adjustment and they to report at the next meeting. It was so voted.
 On motion of Burgess Kenney it was
 
 sewer about fifty feet south of Orchard
 street, so as to acconimo modate the three
 houses on the east side of the street. It was. voted that the engineer be in structed to. bring in a report of the FairyieW avenue sewer. at the next
 meeting of the board. On motion of
 Burgess Freeman it was voted that the
 borough attorney be instructed to col
 lect the sidewalk assessments on the
 Crofut property on North Main street.
 On motion of Burgess kenney 1t was
 voted that the owners or agents of
 the Fairview Avener Sewer association
 appear before the board on July 5 and
 show reason why they should not con-
 meet with the Rubber avenue sewer.
 The grade and street lines of City Hill
 street as far as Wooster street were
 next brought in by Engineer Ham,
 who stated that the street could be
 mades491A feet widelassfar as the upper 9enRS of then sHseetI It fwas1 voted to- hold a hearing on the proposed gradel and Street lines of City Hill street on
 July 16 1901. H. w, Hamilton of High street appeared before the board
 in behalf of a petition for an electric
 light on High street. After MT Free ] man had stated that he was opposed
 to exceeding the appropriation, the
 other members of the board appeared
 to be of the same opinion and no ac-
 ton was taken on the matter of bid
 from Rowland to paint the hook and
 ladder truck and the ladders was voted
 hy the board to be left at the diScre-
 ton of the engineer The constitution
 and bylaws of the Naugatuck Hook
 and Ladder company and Hose com
 pany as adopted by them on June },
 were read by Clerk ,Beardsley. and on 1 motion of Burgess Kenney were adopt X ed. A communication was received
 from T. H. NIacDonald, state highway
 commissioner, in regard to the appro
 priations for state roads. It was
 voted to instruct the warden to call
 a meeting of the freemen to approprl-
 ate S9OoO for this purpose at the earli-
 est date possible. A petition was re
 ceived from the property holders of Lewis and Scott streets asking the
 board to build a sewer for the above
 streets. No action was taken. The
 street committee brought up the mat
 ter of the arch bridge on Rubber ave
 nue and reported it in poor condition,
 and on motion of Burgess Kenney it
 was voted to instruct the clerk to ad-
 yertise for bids for putting the same
 in proper repair Engineer Ham stated
 that it would be better to defer the
 advertising until the next meeting,
 when he would bring in actual meas urements of the bridge. The matter
 of laying curb in front of the hose house was brought up and it was voted
 to instruct the superintendent of
 streets to see that sidewalks and curb were laid there. Chief Smith appeared before the board in regard to the con-
 dition of the Union City lookup, and it was voted to instruct the chief to see that the same is put in proper repair The matter of extra police was also brought up and on recommendation of Burgesses Renslow and Freeman re spectively, Frank McDougal and John Cannon were appointed. The super intendent of streets were instructed to remove the dead limbs which were re- ported, one on South Main street and the other in front of the hotel proper ty. The board adjourned at 10:4S.
 A very pretty wedding ceremony
 was enacted at St Francis's church at 9 o'clock this morning, when Charles J. Baxter, city editor of the Naugatuck News. and Miss Alice s. Cross were united in marriage by the pastor, the Rev Father Sheridan. The ceremony was followed by nuptial high mass.