Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-04
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Want to Install By-Pass in Case Meter
 Should Get Out of Order.

 Commissioners Whiting, Mahaney, Chesson, Blakeslee, Scully, City Clerk Ryan. Engineer Cairns, Superintendent O'Brien of the bureau of water and Superintendent Kelley of the street de- pertinent. Mir Scully was appointed chairman pro tenn and before he got through he got call from Commits sioners Mahaney and Whiting which may be of use to him if he ever again occupies similar position there or elsewhere.
 Engineer Cairns and Superintendent O'Brien reported on the petition of the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Go for permission to instal4 a bypass at it's plant on Bank street to be used in case the regular meter should get out of repair, recommending that the pray CT of the petitioner be granted, with the understanding that a meter be in- stalled on the bypass. MT Whiting moved that the report be accepted and the recommendation adopted. MT Ma nancy said he supposed that the object of the bypass was to have water with out danger of hindrance from meter in case of accident that prompted the company to install bypass, and want ed to know why the meter was recom- mended
 Superintendent O'Brien explained that the meter was recommended so that there would be no trouble in tell Ing how much water had passed through it in case the company should have occasion to use it. The explana- ton seemed satisfactory and the mo- ton was put and carried.
 Before anything else was taken hold of Mir Mahaney looked daggers at the chairman and said: II think you might have given a little more time for discussion on that matter If you un- derstood all about it, l didn't. I think It strange that others can say what they like here, but if I open my mouth Pm shut off,
 The chair begged to be excused add ing that he supposed the explanation given by A1r O'Brien was plain enouoh for all, but if not he should consider the question still before the board and requested MT Mahaney to give express sion to anything he might have to say on the matter.
 Mr Mahaney refused to accept the apology or take advantage of the op- portunity offered him to discuss the question further.
 Mr Whiting remarked that he thought Mir MahaneyShad been used rather unfairly and called attention to the spectacle of dispute between two men who had never before differed on anything
 "Oh, we'll. that's all right, Mr Whit ing" replied MT Mahaney; 1T give in once in while, but you never do.
 The matter was dropped without anyone being hurt, though not without some apparent bad feeling.
 The application of the Southern New England Co for permission to construct conduits in the public streets brought out considerable discussion. The terms offered the city in return for the use or the streets consist of the use of n duct for the city wires MT Chesson moved to recommend to the aldermen that the petition be granted on conn,- ton that the streets be put hack in good repair to the satisfaction of the superintendent of streets and the en- glneef, and that the city attorney be requested to prepare the report in legal form. Mir Blakeslee seconded this mo .tion.
 AIT Whiting said he was opposed to granting the petition in return for tba =consldefatlon of one duct. The nri,na opJect or the underground system was ne said, so far as the public was con, cerned, to get rid of the holes ana wires, put the trouble in this casa a-as that While the company wanted to % ulaergfound, it also intended not only to Halntaln the present number of poies now ln use, but in all probability would ind it necessary to increaSo tiieni. unless it could be shown tba+ .nere was to be q sensible redi1ction III tne number of poles he failed to sno Mllat was to be gained by granting fha appiicatlon A sort time ago ;, con .inueu the commissioner. sstha 1aois1o lore aenled the city of Waterburv tbo right to make conduits in tbn s+yoa4,' HIS aetlon was brought about thronoh the opposition of oo,.,,e1=I s,seii liohs that Wanted to o,losp. oi a. Ill the business themso,,,oe ss7 s peIore we allow them to nroooo, ,'au 'I tnIhk We ought to have so,netbino, o,,4 V IL TOT the people who own the st1.oate, Let tne southern New England Tala. pi,one company get together with tbe olller companies using the poles and coue 10 an understanding with tham to put all their wires m the ducts and remove the poles and then it will be . great pleasure to me to vote to prant the application The time is coming when people will demand something out of this business and other things or the kind that are conducted to 2 large extent upon public property. If the corporations hadn't more influence III the legislature than the cities have Waterbury would own conduits and be III position to rent place for ducts to all who might desire such service instead of having the companies of- fering it room for one Municipal ownership of public utilities along req sonable lines is becoming more and more popular every day and as soon as the masses become acquainted with the advantages of it it will exist ev- erywhere'
 MT Mahaney: sT was very much in favor of the condiiits at first because l thought the proposed change meant the removal of all or at least a great number of the poles. Since I learned that this is not so I have changed my mind and now view it from exactly the same standpoint as MT Whiting does"
 MT Chesson: "I'm surprised at the