Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-02
AFTER MACDoNALD,s SCALP,

AFTER AAGDoNALD's SCALP.
 Board of Public Works Turns Down His Good Roads Plan. The board of public works held a
 long session yesterday afternoon and
 transacted considerable business.
 Mayor Kilduff asked MT Cairns
 when work would be begun on the
 Middlebury road. The engineer re piled that he did not know, adding that
 he had few words to say about that
 matter and thought he might as well say 1t at that time as later, because 1t was sure to come uD. He said the
 paans he had prepared in his office for
 Lne improvement of the Middlebury
 road and forwarded to Highway Com
 missioner Macdonald had come back cnanged so that he did not want any
 pony to think when the job is finished
 that 1t was anything he did. Accord ang to the commissioners plans, Mir Cairns said, the work will be more ex- pensive than 1t would be if his were followed, and then the road will not
 pc as good. MacDonald's plans neces-
 sifate the throwing away of over 4,0O0 yards of excayating while the fills in
 has used up practically all the cutting. The engineer declared that if a man
 h his office did a job like that he should not keep him on the payroll an 1 hour.
 The board felt that they could not do much about it anyway. but after
 considering the question from every l standpoint 1t was deemed very unwise
 to allow the highway commissioner to squander public money in such reckless manner. It was voted to re-
 port to the commissioner that the board of public works believed City Engineer
 Ia1Tns's plans much preferable to the ones prepared by the state; that they would give better road at less cost, and requesting him to look over the plans again. During the discussion it
 was stated that in interfering with the city regarding where the state roads
 money should be expended Mir Mac Donald was exceeding his authority. The law creating the office he occupies never intended that he should select the streets to be improved. It gives him veto power over local boards, but it is only fair to assume that the l legislators never intended that this | should be used arbitrarily and in direct l opposition to the will of the people, as 1 has been done this year in Waterbury. l A petition was received from the Wa l terbury Hotel Go asking for permission l to remove a large tree opposite their ] property on West Main street The l board visited the place and after satis- i flying themselves that it had to come down in order to let the building go 1 up, 1t was voted that the prayer of the petitioners be granted. It is the 1 largest elm tree in Waterbury. A pc l titiOn from Michael J. Lawlor of South Main street was referred to a commit tee consisting of Commissioner Scully and Superintendent Kelley, with power l to act. A communication from the NorthfeId Knife Go relative to alleged damages caused by sand being carried
 from the city's property into their pond 1 was referred to committee consisting ] Of Mayor KiIduH and Engineer Cairns. A communication was read from the Central Labor union extending the
 board an invitation to review the Labor l day parade It was accepted and or dered on file. A committee consisting
 of the mayor, city clerk, engineer and superintendent of streets was appoint ed to prepare and submit to the board of finance report relative to unfin- ished work, as requested by that board. The application of Fissel < Wagner to Z fence in the Grand street sidewalk op- l posite the postofice lot was granted, in accordance with conditions printed herein yesterday.
 The continued hearing on the pro- posed layout of Hill street was con cFuded and the matter favorably re- ported to the aldermen, together with recommendation asking for per l mission to report building lines for ! that street.
 A communication was received from l the engineer recommending the pllr-
 chase of certain strips of land near the
 Prospect reservoir. It was voted to visit the place next Tuesday after
 noon. It was voted to recommend to l the board of finance that special ap- propriation of S1 ,5O0 be made for the
 purpose of aiding the bureau of en- l gineering to take up the work of mak- l ing surveys and maps for the proposed ! high water pressure system. The mat l ter of repairing Little brook on Adams
 street was referred to committee con- sisting of Mayor Kilduf and Engineer l Cairns for investigation and report. l John Butler was heard relative to a sewer assessment on his property on l Bishop street. He got but eighty-five 1 feet of an exemption on corner. He
 believed he should have been exempted l 100 feet. He was informed that there l n,,s+ have been some mistake about 1t, as tha maximum in such cases given l hv the present board was seventy-five
 feet. Mir Butler denounced the system
 right and left and wanted to know why nrevious boards could afford to give l his neighbors an exemption of 100 feet.
 Tyba hoard was not able to answer this
 nnestion and MT Butler said he should ask the aldermen.
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