Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-20
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
City Cannot Collect Sewer --ssess- ments Under Existing Conditions.

ments Under Existing Conditions.
 The board of public works held q meeting last night. there being present Commissionears Whiting. AIahaneS. Blakeslee, Chesson, Scully. Superin tendent Kelley of tic street depart ment, Superintendent O'Brien of the bureau of water, City Engineer Cairns, City Clerk Ryan and Sheriff McDon- ald.
 Property owners on Mill, West Main. Washington and Dikeman streets atd sylvan avenue were called and heaT. relative to sewer assessments. Greene Kendrick thought lie had q easr against the city for putting q pave ment over his private sewer on West Main street which prevents him from getting at it. He considered tho lay ing of a sewer in that street and ask ing the people to pay for it tho acme of assurance. seeing that no one want ed it. Besides this he stated that ull- der existing conditions the city Of Wa terbury cannot collect upon sewer IS sessments because 1t is not in q posi- ton to guarantee an outlet. Tho courts have condemnad the one the city is now using and 1t will have to abaii don it in year and a half or less. ami having no other at the present time it is not competent to enter into a con tract to furnish citizens something it hasn't got itself Mir Eendrick hintcd something about the board being ar rested and charged as q band of con spiratoTs and concluded by vowiag that he did not want to be pulled and put to plea for aiding and abetting them, something he would leave him. self liable to in case he should pay an assessment on a new sewer. for he coll sidered such additions to the system q plain case of contempt of court until the city provides some method of dis posal other than that condemned by the courts. The matter of laying as- sessments was deferred until some fu- ! ture meeting.
 l IT. II. Peck and W. w. Sperry were heard relative to storm water drainage OH Cottage place. MT Peck said that things are so situated down there that 1 he has q chance to go to law with tla l city if he wanted to. But" lie ada ed, pleasantly. T never cared for tror- ble and I don't want to get into it now" MT Sper1y was fearful lest the 1 surface water should invade the base ment of the building used by the tcle- phone company and demoralize the whole plant. They were informed that the board has the question under .:,l- yiscment, and then the two gentlemen left apparently quite happy.
 City Engineer Cairns reported things in q very satisfactory condition at the Branch. After to-day the masonry dam will be to the level of the coping, leaving the work that has been per- formed on it this year safe for the will ter The earth dam is finished. The engineer remarked humorouslv that Lc was pleased to be able to omit the atf- verb in reporting upon the earth dam. He had no further use for the word almost in that connection. Mr Kelley reported that good headway Is being made with the petitions cf Sturges NJ. Judd ct al. for water main on Judd street. and William Me- ] Gov ct al. for building lines on Laurel street. were received from the boalrl of aldermen and placed on file.
 The pavrolls were nDnroved as fol- lows: Streets. S1 100 15; sewers. $215SG; water. ST1061: additional water supply, S379.75; engineerins, S426 90.
 The board then adjourned.