Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-19
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
Railway & Lighting Co Report Number
 of Lights Outside City.

 meeting last night Mayor Kilduff pre- siding and all the members being pres ent except Mir Mahaney. who is having another tussle with his old enemy, Rheumatism.
 The following communication was received from the Connecticut Light ing and Power Go, relative to locations of lights in the outside districts:
 Waterbury, Conn, March 13, 1902. MT NJ. J. Ryan, City Clerk:
 Dear Sir:-Replying to your favor of the 12th inst, below you will find list of the number and location of cleo tric lights situated outside of the old city limits:
 City corners, River road at Jacques, Chapel street and Pearl Lake road. Chapel street at Hapeman's, Chapel and Post streets, Chapel and Baldwin hill streets, Tracy avenue and Baldwin hill Meriden road, at Grange hall, East Main street, at Shear shop, Watertown road, near Wells, near Bunker hill chapel, corner Town house road, near Caesars, at Driving park, above Driv- ing park, Aurora street and Bunker hill road, Town house road at Bridge, Baldwin street and Baldwin hill, High land avenue, at school; Mattatuck ter race and Bank street, Waterville at Cooke street Orchard and Cooke streets. Orchard and Dwight streets, Maple near Cooke, Maple and Chestnut streets, Maple and Spring streets, Maple street. Main and Chapel streets, Elm street, Main and Schefield streets. Sheffield street No l, Sheffield street No ?, Main at cemetery, Main at Fort hill avenue Main and High streets, Main at New England railroad, total, thirty-six lamps.
 Yours very truly,
 CONN RAILWAY AND LIGHTING
 co. DAVID B. METH.
 The communication was received and ordered on file and vote passed re- questing the clerk to prepare list of all lights in the city and keep the same in a book so that the location of lights can be determined without any trouble.
 Bids for the extension of water mains in Beacon, Judd and High streets were opened and read as fol- lows: Edward AIcAIanus, S1, ,1S0.60; Chatfield & Chatfield. $1 1,29S: Pasquale Contaldi, $1,213.20; r. F. Sutton, $1,- 30S.60. The contract was awarded to Edward AcAanuS, he being the lowest bidder
 Parties interested in the construction of sewers in Woodlawn terrace from Cooke to Murray street, in Beacon from Crown to Sarsfield street, in Livery street from Cedar to Hall street in Bergen street from Ridge street 400 feet easterly and in Cedar street from Livery street to Meadow street, were called. Very few appeared. It was voted to recommend that the different petitions be granted as submitted with the exception of the one on Beacon street which will be run just far enough to accomOdate the convent and school belonging to St Thomas's parish The continued hearing on the paving of North Main street was taken up and concluded. It was voted to recommend that North Main street from Elizabeth street to Hill street be paved with yitrified brick. In the opinion of the mayor enough money will not be avail able this year to pave North Main street from Abbott avenue to Cooke street. He thought it might be we'll to go as far i'll that direction as the funds would permit or use what will be left on some. other street, Leaven- worth street. from West Main street to Center street for example Mir Whiting thought that if the city could
 
 bolt avenue to Cooke street this year that it would be better to let it go until next season. He offered q resolution that the property owners on Leaven- worth street between the points men, tioned be cited in to be heard relative to paving that street on April 1.
 M. $. Neiman wanted to know if the board had taken any action looking towards the caring of surface water - in the vicinity of Welton and East Main streets. The mayor said that the matter was under consideration. but that nothing definite would be done 1n the premises until after tie storm water drainage bonds shall have been sold. F. G. Humphrey inquired if the city had ordered a croSSwalk laid at Murray and Irving streets. Superin- tendent Kelley of the street department replied in the affirmative and added that they will be put down as soon as the weather is right for that class of work. The city engineer was instruct cd to prepare a profile and map for the proposed grade and layout of Wal nut avenue from Walnut street to Wall street. It was voted that the superin- tendent of streets be requested to in form contractors that they shall be obliged to exercise propere care in driving onto the paved streets with heavy loads out of cellars and other places. Afr Cairns said in some places heavily loaded carts were being drop ped from an eight inch curbing onto the vitrified brick and Mir Kelley called attention to q case when a contractor had dumped load of brick onto the asphalt pavement while it was hot
 Engineer Cairns submitted a man showing the location of little Brook from Bronson to Hawkins street.
 Payrolls were approved and read as follows: Streets. SSS1. .53: sewers $150.8S; roads in first district. S24O. 75, additional water supply. $254. .3S; en. gineering department, $47663; water department, S490 4S.
 At this juncture Commissioner Whit ing asked if the city was going to vac cinate all it's employees free. Nobody answered the question and after . pause Sheriff Mcdonald replied thai Commissioner Chesson was going tc have all the help at the American Rims Go vaccinated free to-day The sherif also told about a teacher in one of the schools who got vaccinated on her bee and she is now laid up. The chair re marked that this teacher must be ( 'heeler.' This was followed by q hint to the effect that all the north enc shops are giving their help the privilege of paying for their own inoculation and