Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-08-19
BOARD or ALDERMEN.


Commlttee App0infeu 10 KeguiaIe Sal-
aries of Registrars.
The board Of aldermen met last
night, there being present Chairman
Goss. Aldermen Foley, Brophy, MUIR
Tray, PiIling, Stanley, Beach and Gates,
| The following petitions were received
and suitably referred: The Eagle
brewery, for the extension OF water
main; j. Richard Smith, for the layout
of Green street from Drayer to Alder;
H. M. Chapman, for the layout Of High
land avenuetto a width or sixty feet;
! Nicola Columbia, for the lease of q
passway from jackson street to the
Highland division tracks; Edward
| Reichenbach, for a fire alarm box on
Farm street. The petition of the Rev
w. y. Slocum for the appointment OF
John Finnerty as special constable,
without cost to the city, on the grounds
of st Mary's school and convent, was
granted.
The recommendation Of the board of
| finance that the registrars salaries be
| fixed at 5000 each per annum was re-
ferred to u committee of three. The
chair named Aldermen Beach, Pilling
and Foley as such committee. Commit
tee on law reported fayorably on the
petition of Il. B. Green and twenty
eight other electors Of South Brooklyn
asking to be admitted into the second
taxation school district, and recon-
mended that Monday, August 20, be
fixed as the date for the voters Of that
district TO decide the question. The
report was adopted.
The report of the. bureau of assess
ment relative to the matter OF benefits
grade and layout of Silver street was
read and adopted by party vote, the
republicans favoring 1t and the demo-
Gratis answering mo" This matter
! has been In hand long time. The
| former bureau of assessment awarded
| Michael Coss $500 damages. This was
\ vetoed BY the mayor and the aldermen
| sustained the veto and instructed the
bureau of assessment to try again. 1t
| is the same board with the exception
OF Mr. Pilling, whossucceeded Mr. Clark
in. On the second trial Mr. Coss's dam
ages were reduced to 500 and the
damages put at $28.37 leaving him
$71.63.
/ Alderman Brophy considered the
laward of damages to Mr. Cess insult
| flcient and considered it unfair to- him
to adopt the report without further In
YeStlEaIlOn.
Mr. Coss was heard and stated that
the city engineer commended that none
of his property was being taken ait a
certain point, but that he had en-
ployed A. j. Patton to survey his lot
land his map showed that the new
street lines included IAN feet of his
land. Mr. Coss said the number Of feet
found by Mr. Patton agreed with what
the deed made out to his father called
| for and that 1T read the same way on
transfers Of the same property to two
| other parties prior to the time 1t came
/ into the possession of his father. In
support Of his contention Mr. Coss sub
mitted q map prepared by Mr. Patton.
He said the property was acquired
| honestly and that he should not be
| obliged to part with any Of it without
d reasonable recompense therefor. He
put his damages. at 5000
Mr. Pilling said Mr. Coss did not own
as much land as he supposed. His lot
| did not extend clear out to the high
way as the old bureau Of assessment
supposed when they awarded him
! $500 damages. According to the city
engineers map they took some from
him at one point and gave him some
at another. The retaining which Mr.
/ loss fsuEpOs6u he sWCuiu uhN0 W CVAi-
struct. Mr. Pilling said would have to
be built by the city Mr. Pilling also
stated that Mr. Cairns had informed
the board that there was no difference
between hfs survey and the one made
| by Mr. Patton.
When the question was put 1t was
adopted bE vote Of four to three, the
| four republicans favoring 1T and the
three democrats protesting.
On motion of Mr. Beach the city att
| torney was requested to prepare an
ordinance covering the matter of over
crowding on the trolley cars and sub
NIT the same to the next meeting.
The clerk was authorized to prepare
and have printed the municipal register
| for 1901. 8ss}