Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-13
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Talk Over the Good Roads Appropua ton and Then Adopt It.


 na1k Over the Good Roads Approprda- ton and Then Adopt It.
 The board of aldermen held spe- eial meeting last evening and passed the recommendations of the poafu VA public works that the $5,OOo appToprf ated for good roads be spent on CnS Middlebury road and that the sum oA $9,O0o be appropriated for good roaOs in 19O34. When the first matper canne up Alderman MWray dnquired 1T there were not other places in WateToury where the city could spend $o,ooo 10 Rpo++nr advantage and added that he had been asked by various parties DO AntrrfrA into the matter, and would like to he able to explain why the money was to be used there. MT Chesson, who presided in the absence of Mir Goss said that at least two members of +he board of public works were op- nosed to having it 20 there, but the board learned that Highway Commits sioner MaeDonald had decided that 1t should be put there or no place at all. Alderman Blakeslee (vvfth his eye Yfyeted on the chair1: 'SWhy do you say .twor"
 MT Chesson: 'FW'eH, I beg to be ex- cused. I'll make it three" \ MT Blakeslee: sI believe all of us would prefer to go some place else. but MT Macdonald woufdnt have it and we had to do this or lose the state anproprfation. The highway commits sioner says he has given in to the city in the past and wanted his way this time" ......... MT O'Brien: 'Tt's caSe of taking what you can get, seeing you can't have what you want"
 Mr Murray: 'T don't want to crit fcfze the board of public works. believe that they know more about the needs of the streets than do, but If fine Midd1ebury road fs fin worse shape than some other town roads, very few know ft.''
 MT Chesson: 'eWell, turn it down. '' MT Murray: tfNo, don't care to see that done I believe several heads are wiser than one, but would like to know how long Highway Com missioner Macdonald fras been run ming the board of public works and The aldermen, too. I wish we had Mr Macdonald at this meeting"
 MT Chesson:1 eff you care to talk with him there is a kong distance tele- phone in the building" MT Pulling: sTf the commissioners were here you would have the pleas ure of meeting fine gentleman" Mir Murray: sT have nothing to say against that, but it does seem to me that the board of public works and the aldermen should have some thing to say in this matter besides ap- proprfating the money. It does mol look right for the city to be .approprf- atfng money for roads and a man who does not live here spending it where he pleases and where the board od public works does not want to put it I don't know anything about the mer It's of the case myself and inquired into it on request of others"
 When the question was put 1t was carried by very different vote, anc the chair evidently thinking that Ma Murray was about to doubt the de cision gazed across the chamber at the member from the Fourth, who replied good natured1y that there was nothing the matter and he didn't always vote as he talked.
 Chairman Chesson explained that the recommendation that 5000 be ap. propriated for good roads in 19034 was simply a matter of detail. It wat passed without debate.
 Patrick McNamara of Bank stree was heard relative to the condition of Fourth street. It was laid out if teen years ago and nothing has beer done with it since This spring tn board ordered the property owners t. lay curbing there by July 1, at tn, same time assuring them tIa 70 f1 had Hn< to work the street to gradl pie bought their ctrbing and have on the ground. but as nothing 1ra been done towards grading the stree the curbing is of no use to them. M McNamara paid $50 for the curbin; that is piled up at his place and sail he intends to sue the city for interes on the money invested in it from tn time it was delivered on the groun. until the street is fixed so that he ca set the curb. He thought work tha has been standing as long as this ha been should be completed now, espt ctal1y seeing that the property owr CTS have been put to the expense 0 getting the material for their part c the job.
 Chairman Chesson explained tha the meeting had been called for a spe cfal purpose and that no business othe than that mentioned in, the call coul be acted upon. He advised Mir M Namara to drop into the next buildin Tuesday night and give the board ( public works tscall."
 The meeting then adjourned