Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-19
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
City Laborers Will Have Nine Hour
 Day For Summer Months.

Day For Summer Months.
 The board of public works held meeting last night, Mayor Kilduff pre- siding and all the members being pres ent except MT Chesson, who is out of town on business.
 Property owners on Riverside street from the cemetery gate to West Main street were called and heard regarding the proposed grade and layout of that street between the points mentioned. Nelson J. Welton represented the Riv- erside Cemetery association; J. s. Ell ton appeared for the Watesbury bank; E. l.. Frisbie and. H. H. Peck spoke for the Waterbury hospital and Judge Cowell represented the Warner prop erty. Judge Cowell was opposed to the layout and would claim damages in case it should be made. He also stated that he should claim damages for building line if one should be established there. All the others were in favor of the layout, but would ask small damages, enough to put down sidewalks and pay for q sewer in the street. They had no special objection to a ten-foot building line. 1t was voted to recommend to the aldermen that the grade and layout as submitted by the engineer be adopted
 James Dawson was heard regarding an alleged nuisance near the Temple property on South Leonard street. The cleanings of the sewer basins have been dumped there for some time past and MT Dawson thought it an intolera- ble nuisance and asked the board to find some other place to dump the filthy stuff. The matter was referred to MT Kelley with power to act
 Paul Loucks of 61 Farm street was granted permission to connect his house with the sewer under the usual conditions.
 The petition of the Southern New England Telephone Go for permission to build a conduit from the corner of Bank and Center streets to pole near by was referred to a committee con- sisting of Mayor Kilduff and Superin- tendent Kelley, with power to act. < It was voted that the city engineer be requested to submit an estimate for the treatment of the triangle at the junction of Hill, Burton and North Main street. The intention is to make little park there, as suggested some time ago by Commissioners Whiting
 It was voted that property owners on summit street be cited before the board on July ?, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, to be heard in regard to laying curbing in front of their prop erty.
 It was voted that the Hastings Paw ing Co, who laid the asphalt block on North Main street, be notified. that ex- tensive repairs on the work will be insisted upon before it is finally ac- fcepted and the bonds released The city holds a guarantee from the com pany that it will leave the paving in good condition after five years.
 Efr.rr [y,4 for the extension of water mains as follows: South Wilson street, $1,5OO; Sylvan avenue, $1 ,450; Watertown road to the Bunker Hill chapel, st, TOO. The communication was received and or dered on file.
 The payrolls of the different depart ments were read and approved, as fol- lows: Water, $515; additional water supply, S336.75; engineering. $421 50; streets, $2, 1SS. 10; sewers, $222.73
 It was voted that nine hours consti- tute days work on the street, sewer and water departments, commencing Monday, June 24, and continuing for three months from that date. While there was no discussion to speak of on the question, still MT Whiting took oc- casion to remind the board that he had not experienced a change of front on the subject since 1t had come up be- fore. He was In favor of a nine-hour day, but owing to existing conditions he would not vote for it at this time. When the chair put the question Com missioners Mahaney and Scully voted for 1t and Commissioners Whiting and B1akeslee answered .'No." The mayor said 1t devolved upon him to dissolve the tie and declared the motion carried, adding that with all due respect to the opinion of MT Whiting, he failed to see that the matter had any connection with what was going on outside. ssWe had the nine-hour day last year." he said, "and so far as I have been able to learn it did not impair the useful ness of the men to any appreciable ex- tent and see no reason why we should be deterred from continuing the policy this summer because there happens to be some difference going on in few of the shops. This is matter that would have come up whether there were outside troubles or not, and in any case there Is no con- nection whatever between this and the other matters that have been men toned. These men are not skilled la borers, they are not backed by a union, and the short hour day asked for is but temporary, so that the two questions are not analogous from any standpoint
 The board then adjourned for one !, week.
 ATTORNEY WOODS BILL.
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