Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-22
SPRING FRESHETS
The Second One that Has Visited
 Us This Year.
sTREETsAND DcELLARsFLooDED


 the Damage = Trolley Schedule
 Knocked Out-The Storm was Gen.
 eral, and Many Places Throughout
 the State Suffered.
 The raInstorm of Saturday night and Sunday amounted to over five inches. It filled the reservoirs to oyerdowing. JeIuged many of the public streets and gave more than one family lots of work for the next few days balifg water out of their cellars. Mayor l<il- duf and Superintendent Kelley of the street department spent the greater part of the day driving about town seeing what damage was being done and a few men were sent here and tEere and performed valuable service. As usual when heavy rains occur, Bank street, opposite Kelly's bakery was flooded, and for time travel of every description was impeded at this point. The cellar of Walkers drug store was flooded and several hundred dollars worth of goods destroyed. The street from this point to the brewery was converted into a river, but the paving blocks prevented any damage being done to. the roadway. Riverside street. near West Main street was in- undated, but horses who were not too fearful of deep water managed to wade through it. Other places in that sec ton were washed and many property owners suffered considerably on ac- of fr1rr frf their yards and cellars Quite few had done their spring cleaning and thought they were through with that job for the season. but the storm left things about as bad as ever, so that in this particular case the story of the early bird catching the worm didn't pan out just right. They would have Saved themselves good deal of labor sf they had waitc,: | week or so longer befcre commencing operations. The golf grounds and aI1 the low lands in the west end were flooded The brook on Laurel street went on a rampage and ploughed up the gardens in tfas Eeighborhood and naturally those who live in that neighboriood want to krow when the city is roing to put a step to this nuisance Some of the residents of the north end are up i'll arms over the conduct of the sIir.aee1 water and will demand m explanation, ana probably something more suE- saptIal, from somebody, the city, very likely.
 Considering the severity of the storm, the damage to the streets was; t.ihing. all of which speaks we'll for Superintendent Kelley. who had the rr..<fe-- o1d ,-ooasr-sr<- 1,orf,,, t~, lent working order A few places where people had blanks in the gutters to facilitate travel into their barns. caused considerable inconvenience and some damage so tnLt It looks as if there Is nothing left for the superin- t.ndent to do but prosecute those who persist in throwing logs in the gut ters and leaving theIR there in Ill kinds of weather. They shoJIl he pulled in- to the drive at the fr3- signs of rain.
 Much speculation is being indulged in as to what will be the outcome of Thomas Kelly's claim for damage to his property on Bank street. The street front of his place is blocked whenever heavy rains occur and the inconvenience is a serious detriment to him. As a matter of fact 1t is black
 
 be apparent to everybody, the railroad officials included, that something will have to be done in order to relieve the conditions that obtain there. Several prominent citizens, amongst them At forney N R. Bronson, visited the place yesferday. A photographer called at the spot and took pictures of the place.
 Tho e<raafs fr, ff,a oo,,+1, and -z-;+b stood the ragages of the storm splen- didly. though. to be sure, Janitor Pres ton of the Washington school was not in the happiest frame of mind when he saw the volume of water that swept over the beautiful lawn about the school building, throwing debris of every description about the green sward which he had just cleaned up and took pride in looking at it from the opposite side of the street. The water rushed down in torrents from the Donahue lots, entered the school property at the west fence and then ftuaDlcG and tossed, one would think purposely, over the whole property. and when it had done all the mischief it cared to. rolled onto the sidewalk on Baldwin street and disappeared
 
 Preston took for laugh and shout of derision, through the receiving basin at the corner of Washington and Bald win streets. The school officials should take steps to see that some provision is made to divert surface water from the high grounds in the rear of the school property onto Washington street, about three or four hundred feet east of Baldwin street and then let it run in the gutters in Washington street to the catch basin where it now emp ties, instead of reaching there through the school lot. It is bad enough now. but 1t fifty per cent worse in the win ter season when it runs over the sidewalk converting it into a first class skating rink. Were it not for the fact that the residents of that section are sharp sighted and sure footed and that the school is provided with an extreme ly careful custodian, the city would not be until this hour of the day without having to pay heavy damages for aeci- dents to pedestrians who had taken a tumble at this point. Probably the sewer which has been asked for in that part of Washington street may be the means of furnishing a way out of the .1r l. Al. Sr<.