Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-17
BROOKLYN IMPROVEMENTS.
Resident of That Section Thinks They
 are Coming Slowly.

are Coming Slowly.
 ssay, would you allow one little space in the columns of your valuable
 paper to rehearse few of the inn
 proyements which the residents of Brooklyn are at present anxiously awaiting" said a well-known resident of this section to Democrat reporter this morning. On being answered in the affirmative, the man continued in
 somewhat the following strain: Il do not intend that what l have to say is any reflection upon the present or pre- yious administrations. Far from such is nag thoughts. All I wish to do is to let the public know what the residents
 of this section are anxiously awaiting to receive and ought to receive. Of course I may not mention all the i'm
 provements, but only the principal
 ones; ones that will be of the most
 benefit to the residents of this section and the people in general.
 First and foremost the residents of this place heartily favor the recommen- dation which the board of public works \ made to the board of aldermen the other night: wis, that City Engineer Cairns should be instructed to define the limits of the channel of the Nau-
 gatuck river. This is good move and
 the aldermen should see that the re
 commendation is adopted. 1t is a l shame and disgrace the manner in which the channel of the Naugatuck I river has been encroached upon; has
 been narrowed by people who own property on either bank, especially
 the Jackson street side which has been
 used as dumping ground. Great l damage can be caused by the hem | ming in of this channel. When a | freshet occurs, the river overf1ows it's banks and the water rushes onto River side street, making it unfit to pass. have often spoken to city officials con-
 cerning this. It is about time some
 move was made to remedy matters, \ and to stop the constant narrowing of l the channel.
 sNext is that improvement, which
 has received so much of public notice that it has become almost a byword
 in every home. refer to Jewelry street extension. There is no Improvement 1 which would be of more vast benefit
 than this. Has Alderman D. J. Ma
 nancy forgotten about it. Let us hope not inasmuch as he has been one of its
 most sturdy and constant champions. If one stands at the Devils pass''
 either at the noon hour or at the sup
 per hour when the laborers are going \ to and from the shops, he would gain a slight idea of what benefit the ex-
 tension of JeWelry street would pro-
 duce.
 If remember rightly, petition
 was sent in to the board of education
 asking that the dial of the clock on
 the tower of the Bank street school
 should be illuminated. That petition 1 was signed by number of prominent
 persons in the section and Alderman Mahaney's name headed the list What I has been done with the petition? It
 came up before meeting of the board 1 of education and on motion of the l members it was laid on the table. That was several months ago. Nothing has l been heard of the petition since If 1 the members of the board of education I do not favor the petition, let them re- l ject it and not keep the people guessing as to what will be done with 1t. The l people want the dial to be illuminated. It will be an Improvement which will
 be appreciated. Their desires ought l to be regarded.
 | Do you remerber an article about I a year ago in the Democrat denounc- l ing the conditions which surrounded the new road which was opened l through the J. Richard Smith proper l ty which runs from James street to ! Poplar street. A steep embankment l is on either side of the road which is protected neither by railing, fence, nor anything else. If a person, who was
 not acquainted with the place, was l walking or driving a team over this street during the night, the chances are that the horse, carriage and driver would be at the foot of the embank- ment before he knew what had happen ed to him. It is wonder to me that l such an accident has not yet occurred. lit is said that it is not public pass
 way, that the city has not accepted it. l This may be true but there is no sign which informs the traveller of this. 1 A fence or rail or some protection
 should be ordered to be erected there at once"
 | Another thing, concerning Wnlcn I would like to say few words is l the rampage on which that brook.
 which flows near the Hellmann
 Brewery, goes whenever there is a
 freshet. It doesn't do a thing to Bank
 street in front of the brewery property in addition to carrying mud, stones ] and sand down along Bank street to the ditch beyond Riverside street. It l is nuisance and has done immense
 damage, over which there are at pres-
 ent several law suits. Why are not
 measures taken to remedy this? Can-
 not it be prevented in any manner. If it can't, I have no kick coming.
 But think it can. and there are other
 persons who hold a similar opinion.
 These are a few of the improvements
 which many persons would like to see
 accomplished"