Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-31
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
Property Owners Will Be Cited On
 Jefferson Street Extension.

days, was the only member absent from the meeting of the board of public works yester- day afternoon. The first business of the meeting was the receiving of bids for the laying of water mains in Wood lawn Terrace, from Cooke street to Pine street: Howard street, from Vol colt street to South Oak street; Sylvan avenue from Washington street to Luke street; South Wilson street, from Washington avenue to Fox street; and in Chapel street. Wateryille, dis tance of about $50 feet.
 There were only two bidders, Chat field & Chatfield, $2,789.50; Edward
 McManus, $2, 2,544.35. The latter was awarded the contract with the recon
 mendation that the water main should l be laid in Howard street first in order not to interfere with the grading of that street.
 Rev Dr Martin and Daniel Rafferty were present at the meeting to speak I in favor of the extension of Jefferson street to South Elm street. Dr Mar tin spoke substantially as follows: 1 The matter of the extension of Jeffer- son street has been advocated for some 1 years back. It has been agitated now and then. Last year a meeting was l held in regard to the extension. Sub l sequently the board of public works recommended that the work be ordered l done, but the residents of the street were dissatisfied with the assessments.
 It would seem as if satisfactory plan of assessment could be arranged. The work would not cost much. Two houses, 1 not very new, obstruct the course of l the proposed route. Grading the street would not cost much. There was much to be said in regard to the moral | side of the question. He had suffered
 continually there for ten years. He
 had been disturbed at night by per- | sons lounging about the alleyway, etc.
 Rev Dr Martin was followed by Daniel Rafferty. The latter said that
 in 1864 when he bought his property near Jefferson street. there was only
 small footpath from Scovill to Jeffer- son street. Now the path is almost | a street. He posted sign on the passway forbidding people to trespass but nobody has paid any attention to the sign. Some ruffianS have torn
 down the sign, have broken fences,
 windows and doors. They have done
 no little injury. It was fine state of affairs when a minister of the gospel
 was disturbed continually during the night He said some property owners
 had been taxed too high while others had not been taxed at all at the last
 assessment of benefits and damages. A more satisfactory plan of assessment Icould be arranged. The extension is public convenience and necessity, not | a party question.
 Owing to the fact that there have
 been several changes in ownership dur ing the past year. the board deemed it advisable to have another hearing. Ac- cordingly it was decided to cite in the
 property owners of Jefferson street and on the west side of South Elm
 street between Scovill and Union streets on August 20.
 City Engineer Cairns estimated that
 the cost of new thirty-inch circular vitrified tile pipe to replace the old one,
 running from the southeast corner of the green through Exchange place,
 down South Main street as far as Sco- will street. where it empties into Great
 Brook. would be $4,4O0. This was | very urgent improvement in the opin-
 ion of City Engineer Cairns and Street Superintendent Kelley. The board vot- ed to recommend to the aldermen that the work be ordered done.
 In regard to the changing of poles on North Square. which is made neces- sary by the installation of the Game l we'll system, the committee appointed
 to confer with the officials of the Con- necticut Lighting and Power Go, stated that in their opinion the company
 would put down an iron pole as de- sired. The board voted to recommend to the aldermen that sidewalks should
 be laid on the north side of Bridge street from Baldwin street to Dublin street, law day, October l. The city engineer and superintendent of streets
 were ordered to submit an estimate of expense for work incidental to the I laying of the sidewalks. Commissioner | Whitney stated that curbing and side 1 walks had been ordered laid on Locust street about year ago. But one or two of the property owners on that street have laid either the curbing or sidewalks. The superintendent of the streets was ordered to notify the prop erty owners on the north side of Locust | street from Round Hill to Vine streets and on Round Hill street from Wood street on both sides to present terminus of their failure to comply with the vote
 of the aldermanic board. City Engi- neer Cairns stated that work on the storm water drainage on Green street
 was progressing very well. The city engineer also stated that the telephone in his office as we'll as the one in the I City hall annex was on party line for the past two months. which was vip- lating the city's contract with the tele- I phone company, which called for single wire for both places. The board voted that the bills of the telephone company should be returned and the proper reduction be made. Superin- tendent of Streets Kelley was ordered to correspond with the maker of the steam roller in regard to what the cost of the repairs to the roller would be. 1 The roller is in bad condition.
 The commissioners will enjoy an oTt-
 ing to the Branch reservoir on next Monday if the weather is agreeable. They will start for the Branch at 11:45.
 FOR ANY PART OF $100.