Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-26
STARE TIED SHADE TREES.
Mrs Holmes Makes Plea Before the
 Board of Public Works.

BoaTd or PUDlic Works.
 The board of public works held a meeting last night and heard property owners interested in the proposed lay out of Hill street to a uniform width or nifty feet from the old city line to the Bucks Hill road. There was some opposition to the project, but not any more than springs up at all such meet angs. Owing to the fact that one prop erty owner had not been notified the matter went over to next week.
 It was voted to cite in property own CTS on Greemnount terrace and Flaw. Lnofne avenue on September 15 to be heard relative to layout and grade Tor rnese streets and the establishm ent of building lines thereon.
 City Engineer Cairns and Superin- fendent Kelley, the committee appoint ca 10 pass upon the petition of Samuel Nuttall for permission to connect q sink pipe with the storm water sewer, reported that in their opinion 1t was a pad precedent to establish and that the storm water sewers should not be used for that purpose. The communi- cation was ordered on file and the pc utioner given leave to withdraw.
 Mrs Walter Ham1in Holmes was heard regarding the application of the trolley company to remove certain trees on Field street. She made strong plea in behalf of the um- nrageuos elrns and drew a pretty pic ture of the conterted countenances of people who stop under their grateful arms to rest for while during the ex- cessive heat of the summer She thought Waterbury should be trying to add to the number of it's shade trees instead of sacrificing them from year to year. This matter had been referred to Superintendent Kelley with power to act, but owing to the pronounced op- position to the felling of the trees he decided not to touch them until he had heard from the board on the question again. He said he believed that the trees could be left standing without interfering with the trolley company's new building and suggested that the matter be referred to a committee of the board. The report was accepted and Commissioners Mahaney and Ones son added to the committee and given power to act.
 A communication from the Consoll- dated road for permission to build a catch basin on Washington avenue, near SimOns street, and connect it with the sewer in Simons street, was put on the list for investigation. The board win visit the place Thursday afternoon at o'clock.
 Postmaster Guernsey was heard re- garding an application of the contrac- tors who have the job of building the new postoffice block on Grand street. They want permission to close the walks running the entire length of the lot on Grand street and fence it in on Cottage place until after the work is completed. If allowed to do this they will lay a suitable board walk in the street running along the outside of the curb. The principal object is to keep sight seers out. The matter was re ferred to committee consisting of Commissioners Scully, Blakeslee and Engineer Cairns for investigation and report Superintendents Kelley and O'Brien, to whom was referred the communication of D. J. Slavin relative to defective walk on Dublin street, reported that the walk had been under mined some dime ago and is now and has been for some time past in. a dan. gerous condition. The report was or dered on tile, but as the committee had not been successful in determining whether or not the trouble was any thing for which the city was responsi- I3n npfhince . vvas d0ua i,. fha rrerui gee