Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-21
SUBURBAN DEPARTMENT
NAUGATUCK NUGGETS.
Board of Warden and Burgesses Make
 Many Appointments.

Many Appointments.
 The board of warden and burgesses held a meeting last evening in the bor- ough court room The full board was present Warden Schaffer presided. After the minutes of the last meeting were read and accepted, petition from Joseph Garibaldi of Waterbury was read in which application was made for a junk dealers license. The board refused to grant the license. Burgess Kenney moved that a vote be taken flor borough attorney. His mo- tion was carried and the result was as follows: John M Sweeney ?, Will liam Kennedy 3. The vote for sealer of weights and measures health officer and assessor was as follows: Health officer, W. D. Smith 4, G. T. Westbrook ?; assessor, two years, Charles Curtiss; sealer of weights and measures, Rich ard Kennedy ?, w. Brown 3. c. H. Hitchcock was appointed a member of the board of charities. Following are the names of the burgesses appointed on the various committees: Finance committed, D. P. Mills, !. H. Kenney, w. r. Smith; street committee, G. T. Westbrook, J. H. Kenney; lighting, J. H. Ranslow, Joseph Jackson, c. V. WeStbrOok; sewer committee, w. F. Smith, J. H. Ranslow, Joseph Jackson. A report was received from the water company in relation to the testing of hydrants and in addition to telling how many times the hydhants were inspect 1 ed, the report also took exception to a remark made by Burgess Kenney at a 1 previous meeting, when that gentleman 1 said that it took six men to turn a hy- drant on Church street the night of the box shop fire. The reading of the re- port started q lively discussion and the water company came in for a good deal of well merited criticism on account of the condition of the hydrants. The dis cussion, which lasted quite long, was ended by the board passing a vote in- 1 structing the chief of the fire depart ment to appoint a fireman to inspect the hydrants and make report to the l board. Some discussion also took place over the way in which weights and measures have been tested Bur gess Westbrook inquired if the board had a perfect set of measures for that purpose. He also said that it was get ting to be a habit among some mer- chants ill town to give short weight and then lay the blame to the scales if he is found out. The discussion caused l the merchants present to smile and one | Of their number said that no sealer of l weights and measures had yet come 1 around that could test every measure in store. The following motion made by Burgess Mills put an end to the dis I cussiOn: Voted, That the sealer of weights and measures test every meas ure in the borough and make a report to the board by July 1. 1902" The board voted to instruct the borough en- gineer to prepare map of highway and grade lines on Ward street. Wal ter DoOlittle was granted permission to remove his platform scales from North Water street to Hotchkiss street and to allow the platform to extnd over the highway on condition that he place Water street in good condition Rich ard Weary of Union City was granted a plumbers license. Permission was ] granted the A. O. H. to parade on Memorial day. 1t was voted that the descriptive survey of Olive street as submitted by the engineer be adopted. A crosswalk of asphalt was ordered laid at a point near the south corner of the hose house on Water street
 While Officer Malone was standing near the depot this morning at about | = NtON1N AC dotltCu SIHOh0 cOIl1ln0 0 from the building owned by George Andrew. and occupied by Photographer Kelch. 1t was not moment more when he saw flames leap from the building. He ran to the town hall and rang in an alarm from box 24. He then went to the photograph gallery and kicked in the door; but he could not go i'll as the smoke and flames were rapid ly filling the building. The officer re- luctantly withdrew from the building, for he knew that MT Kelch was in the habit of sleeping in the store nights, but whether he was in the store last night is not known. The store was completely gutted. After the fire was out thorough search was made for the body of MT Kelch, if he was in there. but the search spread no light on whether he was dead in the burned building.
 John NJ. Hearns, district deputy of the Knights of Columbus. went to An. sonia last evening to confer the first and second degrees on a large number of candidates. He was assisted by the degree team of Ojeda council of this
 town.
 The May festival given by the ladies of St Franciss church will open to i night The T. 4. and B. drum corps are to parade the principal streets pre- , yious to the opening of the festival.