Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-08
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
Rose Street Property Owners Want
 Street Worked to Grade.

Rose Street Property Owners Want Street Worked to Grade.
 The board of public works met last night. Sewer assessments were laid 1n portions of four or five streets in accordance with maps submitted by the engineer.
 On motion of Mir Blakeslee it was voted that the clerk be requested to call the attention of the board of pub lie safety to the need of rigid enforce ment Of the ordinance regarding throw ing paper on the streets and sweeping the refuse of stores into the gutters.
 The application of the Barlow Bros Go for permission to open Grand street from the Judd block to a point across the way was referred to committee consisting of Commissioner Blakeslee and Superintendent Kelley of the street department with power to act.
 Plumbing licenses were granted to J. F. Seery of the American Ring Go and John Rennison Of the Randolph Cloves Go.
 Some of the property owners on l Rose street were heard with reference to the need of working that street to grade. The street was laid out last year, but the city has not yet been able to do the work and judging by what was said at the meeting unless something else is let go that should be 1 attended to before this it would be hard to tell when the job will be taken up. There is but one house on the street and the parties were informed that work ordered done several years ago in streets that have large number of houses on them is still unfinished and that all Of it would not be reached. One of the parties claimed he had lost tenant on account of the condition or the street and that he was likely to lose the other unless the street is fixed. Mir Whiting assured him that some thing would be done there in the near l future
 A man who gave his residence as Oak street, talked on public improve ments, stating, among other things, that in his Judgment it was high time something was done to control the movements of the surface water that rushes onto them from Long hill and other places.
 The engineer reported that it wilt cost S500 to complete work on the Mil. street retaining wall. The matter was referred to the mayor and engineer with power to act.
 Richard Modrow, representing the
 Fill Street Improvement club. inuuired about the present status of the propos- cd grade of Hill street and the petition for an electric light at Johnson and Hill streets He was informed that the matter of preparing maps and pro- files for the grade of Hill street is now in the hands of the bureau of engineer ing and that the application for an arc I light to which he referred was on the I list for investigation.
 I Superintendent O'Brien of the bu- l reau of water reported that man nan<ed Coyle, the owner of property at the corner of Ridge and Carman l streets. had requested him to shut off the water leading to house in the rear of his building. Originally the house belonged to him, but it is now the property of Mrs White and as the l pipe leading from the main runs
 through his lot he wants it discontin- ued. In the opinion of the board this was something they had nothing to do I with and the superintendent was or dered to consult the city attorney in case he should find it necessary to do .I anything in the premises.
 l The application of George W. Con d nor for permission to connect two
 houses with the same service was re-
 ferred to committee consisting of the
 mayor and the city engineer with
 power to act.
 The different matters referred to the
 board by the board of aldermen were
 placed on the list for investigation.
 The board adjourned for week :.