Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-13
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
Mrs Mitchell Wants to Sell Her Prop erty for S2O,OOO.

Tho hoard of public works met last night at s o'clock and remained In ses- sion until 11:3O o'clock. Most or the lime was occupied in considering the Estimates Mayor Kilduff presided and all the members were present.
 Pronerty owners on Ashley street ,rara called and heard regarding the yronosed layout of that street. All but one favored the project. 1t was voted 4o recommend to the aldermen that the street be ordered laid out and grade established for same.
 F W. Mooring was heard on his pc fition protesting against the price ol city water used through meter he wanted to know how much wafer ls consumed at 3 cents q hundred gallons how much at . cents per hundred gal Ions and how much at half cent TOT a hundred gallons. He said iiial me prices smacked of a favoritism, m i1nfairness rarely ever heard of III municiDaI affairs. He believed there should be one flat rate for all water used through meters. and contendeu that ii was illegal for the clty to charge one person more for water thah St demands from another. Water ne said. was necessity for domestic use' but not so for manufacturing pur- noses. In many ways 1t can De re placed in shops by mechanical appl- auces. but this is not so in the houses all over town. He held that the pl;ihI belonged to the city and that all cltl- Zens should pay equal rates. Ihere was no justice in charging some peo- ple 2 cents for hundred gallons anu selling a hundred gallons to others TOT half q cent. The mayor promised 10 II, 4bn 1nlnTnf con stunned at different prices to-day ana turn them over to MT MoOring.
 Mrs NJ. A. Dougherty was heard re- rardine her petition for a reassesSment of damages and benefits arising from fhe layout of Washington street. Her statement was substantially the same as appeared in the Democrat yester- day. The board did not believe that it had any jurisdiction i'll the premises and referred the petition back to the aldermen.
 Mayor Kflduff and Superintendent Kelley of the street department re- ported relative to the proposed pur- chase of tlle property used by the town and city on Benedict street. The pres ent owner. Mrs Mitchell. wants to sell it. and it was deemed advisable that the city retain possession of it. Tie price asked is S2O.000. and all the par ties require is the interest on the money. It was voted to recommend to the aldermen that the property be purchased.
 Hans Rasmussen made a strong plea for an appropriation of S3.OO0 to be used on Windemere park. He also extended an invitation to the board to go over the territory with him. The invitation was accepted and MT Ras- mussen will chaperon the members through the new park next Monday af- fernOon.
 The estimates for 1902 were then taken up. The first thing for the board to wrestle with was an apprOpri- ation for the completion of work at the Branch reservoir. It was thought that the bond issue of S125.000. au- thorized by the last session of the gen. eral assembly. would be ample. but the engineer informed the board last night that S30.000 more will be needed. This will have to be raised by direct taxa fion and means over couple of mills on the dollar. Very little difference of opinion was expressed as to how much should be appropriated for this and that item. Of course Alderman Mahaney kicked up little row about Windemere park and the Jewelry street extension matter. Mayor kil- duff said he didn't think the aldermen knew the obligations they were inn posing upon the city when they accept ed the deeds of Windemere park. He had asked different members of the board. but none of them knew. Dis cussing the question further it was learned that the deeds were not read before the board of aldermen. They came in accompanied by a vote pre- pared by the city attorney. The yote was read and passed, but the deeds were not read.
 The estimates as agreed upon and recommended to the board of finance were as follows:
 Extension of water pipes ....$ 15,000 Water, repairs and mainten-
 ance 13.OOO Reservoir, maintenance ...... 1000 Streets. repairing and main
 romance 3O.OOO Streets, new work ....... 10000 Streets, paving ....... 20.0G0 Streets. assessments .. 5000 Sewers, repairs and mainten-
 ance 6.00O Sewers. new work ....... 16.O0u Sewage disposal ......... 5000 Lamps and gas ..... 25.0O0 Public land and buildings ... 5000 Inspection of plumbing ... HOO Improvement of Hamilton park 4,000 Improvement of Windemere
 park ............... 1000 New street, Bank to Benedict. 15.000 Additional water supply ..... 25.0OO Retaining wall on Mill street. 5000 Surface hardening of Baldwin
 street .................... $500
 -.o41 c.11 soo Amount asked for last year. .$186.000
 The item. extension of water pipes. was increased from $10.000 to $15.000; water renairs and maintenance was in creased from $12.0OO to S13.000: streets, repairs and maintenance. was in- creased from $22.O0O to $3O.O00: streets, new work. increased from $15.000 to S16O00: inspection of plumbing. in- creased from S1 .Oe9 to HOO. The item. street assessments, was cut from S5.2O0 to S5.000: sewers were dropped from S20.OO0 to S1e.0OO. The items of S1O,O00 and of S1.5OO for the alteration of the Welton fountain. included in last years estimates. were dropped last night. All the others are the same as those passed in 1900. The board decided to include items for q retain ing wall on Mill street and the com pletiOn of the surface hardening of Baldwin SfroQf AT proeanf RaIdx-ir