Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-19
NAUGATUCK NEWS
Much Business Done at the Adjourned
 Meeting Last Night.

Much Business Done at the Adjourned
 Meeting Last Night.
 An adjourned meeting of the board of warden and burgesses was held in the court room last night In the ab- sence of Warden Schaffer, Senior Bur- gess Smith presided. Burgess Kenney Freeman, Renslow, WeStbrooke and Mills were present.
 The minutes of the last meeting were read and accepted. On motion of Bur gess Mills it was voted to instruct the clerk to advertise for bids for the con- pletion of the Rubber avenue sewer from Aetna street west.
 The secretary of the water company reported that in accordance with vote passed by the board, all the hydrants had been examined and found to be in good condition.
 The report of B. A. Peck concerning taxes collected on the list of 1894 was read by the clerk. MT Peck reported that he had collected taxes to the amount of $51 65.
 A communication was received from Attorney Kennedy acting for George w. Andrews to the effect that MT An drews had withdrawn his appeal from the decision of the commissioners in regard to his Rubber avenue property.
 The matter of storage batteries for the fire alarm instead of the present gravity batteries was brought before the meeting by the clerk who read a communication from A. J. Wheeler rep resenting the Gamewell fire alarm sys- tenn.
 This communication caused consider able discussion from the members of the board as it was not the same as the one presented to the board at the in- formal meeting held to hear MT Wheeler's proposition to the effect, that he would connect the batteries with the whistle for the price agreed upon which was $700. It appeared to be the sense of the board that this should be put in the contract and the clerk was instructed to so notify MT Wheeler. An other matter regarding the f1re alarm system was brought up to the effect that there should be some way of shift ing the whistle from one circuit to an other so as that it would always be ready for use. It appeared to be the sense of the meeting. that this should be done.
 The Matter of Michael Fanwick,s junk dealers license which was grant ed by the board some time ago and which was never called or paid for was brought up by the clerk and on motion of Burgess Kenney 1t was voted to instruct Chief of Police Smith to cause Fanwick to take out this license | or discontinue business.
 The clerk asked the borough attorney at this point if he had anything to re. port as regards the Crofut building and MT Sweeney stated that he did not have anything at present but he hoped to have soon.
 J. Q. Wood appeared before the board and stated that he thought that the borough was encroaching on his property on Pond street with the new street line After some arguments be. tween the burgesses it was voted on | motion of Burgess lNfIIs that the road committee in connection with the en. gineer and Messrs Wood and Dunn look over the property tomorrow at 2 o'clock and report at next meeting. w. J. Weary appeared before the board and asked that someone be giy. en authority by the board to divide the taxes on the different parts of the B, A. Peck property on North Main street l which is to change hands The board instructed the borough clerk to look the matter up and report at the next meeting.
 The bids of J. H. Dunn and Elbert Jones on the laying of cobble gutters was the next business, when clerk opened the bids it was found that MI Jones's bid was 3A cents per square yard for finished cobble gutters and 2e cents per running foot for finished gut. ter stone, and MT Quinn's bid was 31a cents, for gutter stone. On motion of Burgess Mills the contract was award. | ed to Jones.
 A petition was received from 9 res. idents of North Main, Smith and Cur. l tisS streets in remonstrance to the laying of the proposed sewer on those streets. Miles Clark appeared before the board in favor of the petition and l stated that the residents did not near to think that it would be fair to them l to pay this sewer assessment as they l already had good private sewers run
 
 ming into the river from their property those sewers having been put in at nc little cost of time and labor Clark al so stated that he thought that the board should start at the lower end o1 Curtiss street and put in the sewer. fol the people who wanted it. The petf tion was tabled on motion of Burgess Kenney.
 The sewer committee reported that they recommended the allowing of the Highland avenue sewer associa tion the privilege or connect I ing with the Rubber avenu, sewer The report was accept ed and it was voted that the matter of assessments be laid over for future consideration
 The matter of the watering trough l on South Main street at Kennedy's cor ner was brought up by Burgess Ken ney and he was informed by the super intendent of streets that he had beer looking for suitable piece of boiler te l place down there and that as soon as he found one he would put the trough l in place.
 Burgess Kenney also brought up tho matter of an open sewer from the | Cowau oatfnOnS into 0n ono,, oo+a1,