Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-28
NAUGATUCK NUGGETS .
ENGINEER HAMS ACCURACY
 QUESTIONED AT MEETING.


 Interesting Discussion Over the Cherry
 Street Sewer Matter-The Board
 Voted to Have Parties Connect With
 the Sewer in the Near Future.
 An adjourned meeting of the board of warden and burgeSses was held ln the court room last night Burgess Smith presided and Burgesses Ken ney. WestbrOOke and Renslow were present The minutes of the last meeting were read and accepted The first business of the meeting was the Cherry street sewer matter, which was laid over from the last meeting, and William Ward appeared before the board and stated that he objected to any more sewerage being run onto his land, as has been done heretofore. He said that for few past years he would not prosecute, but now he in sisted that the sewering on his prop erty be stopped. Michael Butler ap- peared before the board and stated that he wished to have the throwing of dead chickens. etc, stopped. as It washed onto his property. James Criggy appeared before the board and stated that there were only two houses sewering into the stream at present and they are willing to sewer Into sanitary sewer as soon as or dered to do so. He thought it out rageous that persons should be made to sewer into this when they had nOth- ing to sewer into; also that a level was laid to the Butler property last night and it was found to be five feet six inches below the level of the sewer. Burgess Renslow said that they should be made to connect with the sewer, and Michael Butler got up and said that he would connect if Ihe house was raised four feet and the property graded. otherwise he would not. Engineer Ham said that there was fall enough both in the Butler and Criggy places to connect. Michael Butler questioned the accuracy of Mir Hams statement. and inquired from Mir Ham how deep the sewer was and Mir Ham gave him an evasive an- ewer. On motion of Burgess Rens- low it was voted that all persons not connected with sewer on Cherry street be connected on or before October 1, with the exception of Edward Bran- nan. and James Criggy on or before July 1, 1902. Permission was granted the 4. O. Fl. to parade the streets on
 
 scented a report on the condition of the wall on the north side of the hose house on Water street. It recommend ed that the sidewalk be built on gird- CTS and that if MT Neary built an arch they will allow him $100 as the part of the borough's expense of the same. Patrick Clancy appeared be- fore the board and asked the borough attorney why he expressed his opinion as regards the Glove Co when he would not do so for the borough. He declared that everything done was of the high-handed order. He then went answering questions in behalf of the Glove Co when he would not answer his questions few meetings previous. On motion of Burgess Westbrooke, it was voted to lay the matter over until the next meeting. and MT Neary re- quested to bring in the price he would take from the borough and build the arch as far south as hose house. On motion of Burgess Kenney it was voted that the administratrix of the Cronan estate be notified to remove so much of the building on Water street as is on the highway on or before Sep tember 15. 1901. Michael Butler in- quired who was warden. Burgess Smith stated it was a foolish question. On motion of Burgess Westbrooke it was voted that Eugene A. Truesdale be appointed a special policeman. Burgess WeStbrOoke reported that he had investigated the Peck matter and found the whole trouble was on pri-i vate property and that the borough had nothing to do about it. Engineer Ham sent in a report as regards the proposed change in the layout of the EnrffCC md hn ad that the proposed change would cost about $325 more than the old. way The clerk read vote he had prepared and after discussion by the board it was voted that the layout of the Cur fiss street sanitary sewer be changed so as to go from Curtiss street through Curtiss court to North Main street to the Naugatuck river On mo- tion of Burgess Kenney it was voted that all sewer service connections on Rubber avenue be run to the cobble gutters. On motion of Burgess Ken ney the matter of changing the arc light on High street, near Amos Gull ver's. and the light on South Main street. near D. Jacconelty's, be re- ferred to the electric light committee with power to act. At 1925 the board adjourned.
 Miss May Slavin of 8fiddletown, who has been spending the past few days as the guest of Miss Kittie Cross of Barnum court, has returned home.
 A. W. Kane left this morning for his future home in California. It is said that Mir Kane has sold his drug store on Main street to Waterbury par ties.
 When Charles Connors of Straits vile went to the shed at the United States Reclaiming plant factory, where he keeps his horse, yesterday morn ing. he was surprised and angered at finding it occupied by two negroes who were strangers to him, and he ordered both of them to vacate 1he premises immediately; but this they refused to do and a suffie ensued in which Mir COnnors used a pitchfork and one of the negroes used some kind of a weapon that inflicted quite a cut fin the back of Mir Connors's hand. Mfr Connors finally put the fellows to ront and chased them down the track with the pitchfork.
 There was one lone prisoner in the borough court this morning, before Deputy Judge Hamilton The prison CT was Frank Voleski of Railroad ave -7r1n ru1.o ruoo ar-Uad xr-ff1. ssc<, r,1+ ar,