Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-06-01
THE NINE O'CLOCK BELL.
The Board of Public Works Discussed
it--Rusiness Transacted.

held its regular meeting last night,
Mayor Elton presiding and all the
members being present. 1t was quite
an interesting session and before 1t
closed some lively tits took place ons
the water question and good deal of
discussion was INDUCED in regarding
sewage disposal, the demand for the
curfew bell at 8 o'clock nights, throt-
tied some time ago by the board OF
safety and 81 whole lot of other things.
Commissioner Holmes called atten-
ton to the petition of the Eagle Brew
inn Co ct al for IAN extension OF the
water main in Railroad Hill street to
Center street. This was the signal
for the opening of hostilities and q
few seconds later Commissioner Wade
and Engineer Cairns were at it ham
smer and tongs. There are three
plants in that district. the Eagle Brew
ING Co, the Manufacturers Foundry
Co and the acid shop. Mr. Holmes APP
peared i'm favor of favorable action
and made some inquiries regarding the
demand for the service in that dis
trict. whereupon Mr. Cairns replied
rather CURLY as follows They want
1t for the same purpose that the rest ot
your friends want 6-inch pipes run
ming into their automatic spr1nklers
and not paying a damn cent for them.
If this were n private water company
and / a member of the corporation,
should want to inquire into this petition
and see how much business the petit
|ltioners intended to do with us.
Mr. Wade turning around i'll his seat
and cycling the engineer closely Lets
see, what way is this you said that5
Did 1t ever occur to you that II the
corporations OF Waterbury were pri-
yate water SUPPLIES they would have 1T
cheaper than they are getting 1T from
the city? Have you ever given that
phase OF the subject any considera-
tion?'
Mr. Cairns: Il have, more, / think
than anybody else. / have figured up
this whole matter more than once and
found that there Is not man in the
| first or second taxation district paying
cent of taxes for the water system.
1t maintains itself and pays dividend
of i've per cent Nobody is taxed to
maintain the water system, unless you
call it a tax to pay for water that You
use for domestic or manufacturing
purposes"
ii
missioner and he retired from the field
remarking as he went that If this
were so 1t would be a proper thing to
extend the mains into south Brooklyn
and give as many as possible an oppor-
tunity to enjoy the benefit OF the sys-
tenn.
Mr. Goss said that the petitioners
Fought to be glad to put in thut extern
f1.Nrtf ~
usual condition. that is that the city
would reimburse them as soon as 1T
showed n net profit OF ten per cent.
1t would pay them to do it no matter
how 1t Ii ruin without the ten per
cent profit because they would save
that and more In insurance on account
OF having the sprinklers. The matter
was referred TO Mr. Cairns to talk 1t
over with the petitioners.
Mayor Elton introduced the curfew
bell question and said that the public
wanted to hear that o o'clock whistle.
The women folks he said are more
worked UP over 1t than the men, but
all desire to hear 1t again. He con-
t.sidered 1t great convenience to the
public and inquired whose duty 1t was
to move in the matter, adding that Mr.
Sewell had Informed him That the
company would blow the whistle as
usual il requested vo do so. Mr.
Jackson thought it matter that be-
longed to the department OF public
works. but the mayor didn't think SO
and suggested that the aldermen deal
with it, This was acceptable to the
board and it was agreed that Mr.
Holmes should bring the matter before
that body at its next meeting
1t was voted to recommend to the
aldermen that the board of public
| works he authorized to purchase the
property Of Mr. Sprague at the East
Mountain reservoir at a price not 10
| exceed $4,000 The members didn't
appear to he unit OH this question,
some of them being Of the opinion That
| il would be much cheaper to condemn
right Of wAv for drainage purposes
| through the Sprague property, which
would meet the requirements OF the
| cnse Mt much less cost than by buy
| ing the farm.
The mayor suggested that the board
take n trip to Worcester for the pun
nose OF inspecting the method of
sewage disposal at that place, but the
board was not ready to fix date.
| Various plans for the disposal OF sew
age in waterbury were discussed. but
| nothing definite was decided upon. At
the close of the talk the mayor said
/ it should be borne in mind that the
/ city had one alternative that hadn't
been mentioned, it could do nothing
and let it's officials go to Jail. To
which Mr. Goss replied that he thought
it would be an easy matter to convince
the public that that is what they
ought to do.
Hearings were heard relative to the
laying of sewers i'm Brewster and
Buckingham streets, the WATERFOWL
road and Greenmount terrace. The
projects were favorably recommended
| to the aldermen. Tt was voted to re-
port to the aldermen relative to the pc
tition of Joseph Dupras for sewer in
| Washington avenue. from the engine