Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-14
NAUaATUcK NEWS
Committees Were Appointed for the
 Coming Year.


 Schaffer. Burgesses Smith, kenney, AIIIIs. RensloW and WeStbrooke being present. All the burgesses were sworn into office by Warden Schaffer h. .. Beardsley was proposed for Dorough clerk by Burgess Mills and vote being taken. resulted in his election $ to I. w. Ahearn's 2 The name of W. +. smith was placed in nomination Tor senior burgess by Burgess Mllls. anu when it came to a vote Mir smith was elected. b. F. Mills was nominated for second senior burgess, but James H. Renslow was elected with four votes to Mills's one. The warden ap- pointed the different eommitteees to act for the coming year as follows: Finance committee, ID. F. Mills, J. H. Kenney and w. F. Smith; street com mittee, George Westbrooke, J. H. RensIow and J. H. Kenney; street lighting committee, D. F. Mills, J. H. Renslow and w. P Smith; sewer com- mittee. w. P. Smith, J. H. Kenney and George Westbrooke. J. NJ. Swee- ney had four votes and William Ken nedy two for the position of borough attorney. The warden declared MT Sweeney elected and Immediately swore him into office. The next once was sealer of weights and measures. August Horn was elected over Rich ard Kennedy by a vote of to ?. F. NJ Pitcher was unanimously elected superintendent of streets. The present heads of the fire department were re- appointed at the request of the fire men. Fire marshall, superintendent of fire alarm and chief of the depart ment, J. B. Fuller, and assistant, J. J. Hall. A communication was received from the fire department recommends ing the appointment of F. H. Baxter, August Horn, Michael McCdbe, M. k. Hart and J. W. Rogers as fire police for the ensuing year. The board act ed upon the suggestion and appointed the men. Two members of the board of charities were appointed for three years. c. +. Sanders and Patrick Bren- nan. The appointing of one member of the board of assessors and one mem Der of the board of relief was laid over until the next meeting. A petition was received from E. J. Kennedy ask ing the board to accept a sewer known as the Meadow street and Fairyiew avenue sewer. A short discussion foI- lowed and Mir Kennedy stated that the sewer owned by the Sewer association had been put in at a total cost of S6l1, and that everybody who went into 1t now was supposed to pay $6O. The matter was referred to the sewer com mittee. The report of Borough Treas urer G. T. Wigmore was read and ac- cepted 1t was voted to instruct the clerk to order one carload of crushed stone to be used in backing up the diff ferent crosswalks about town. The bond of $500 for Martin Dodge as bailiff was accepted. The bond of the borough treasurer was fixed at $35,OO0 by vote of the board and the bond of G. T. WigmOre was then accepted The bond of Hugh Hearns tS3OO) was accepted by the board. The damage claim of ID. G. Godfrey was settled by Borough Attorney Sweeney for $35. The board voted to instruct Mir Swee- ney to collect the same from the Water Go. The matter of the railing on the lower end of Scott street was brought to the attention of the board by Charles J. Baxter After discussing the matter the borough attorney prom ised to see the attorney of the railroad company and that the matter would be fixed Immediately. The board ad- journed for one week.
 Hearing Yesterday.
 The hearing for the purpose of re- moving MT and Mrs Patrick Harrison from the guardianship of their two minor children was held yesterday af- ternoon before Judge of Probate Ben top, and after nina witnesses testified to the effect that the parents were not proper persons to have charge of the children, the judge removed them from the guardianship and deferred the ap- pointment till Wednesday afternoon at 8 o'clock, so as some suitable person might be found who would act as guardian.
 There were four cases before Judge Hungerford in the borough court this morning. Three of the cases were for intoxication and were brought in by Officer Malone at an early hour this morning. They were William Baker, George Malone and Herbert Helen beck. The judge fined each of them $5 without costs. The fines of Malone and Helienbeck were paid. The other case was that of Edward Jones, charged with assault, breach of the peace, abusive language and intoxica- tion. The case was continued till Thursday morning at the request of cure a lawyer. The judge placed the bonds at $200.
 The High school base ball team left this afternoon for Derby, where they will attempt to defeat the strong Shell ton High school nine. 4 number of rooters accompanied the team to cheer them on to victory.
 A permanent branch of the Carpen- ter's union was formed in Foresters hall Saturday night The local branch is composed of twenty-six charter members, and they are duly incorpor- ated according to the laws of the state 4 demand was made on the contrac- tors for nine-hour day and, according to the story told the writer, they ac- ceded and that there will be no trou- ble. The carpenters claim that they have only banded themselves together for protection and that they do not in- tend to use any forcible manner at all.
 Division No ?, A. O. H., will meet tonight in Hibernian hall All mem bers are requested to be present.
 The board of charities met last night and transacted the usual routine business, Many relief cases were act. ed upon.
 A full meeting of the board of edu- action was held last night. The ap- populations for the ensuing year, as follows, were talked over and recom- mended to freemen's committee: Sal aries. $31.7S0; evening school, $1,O0O; fuel, $500; supplies, $2O00; music, S7UO; board of education. $20O; enumer- atiOn. $10O. A leave of absence was granted H. c. SanbOrn for one year. The list of salaries which the board