Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-06-29
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Streets. Sewers and Sidewalks Dis- Cussed at Last Nights Meeting.

CuSSed at Last Nights Meeting. 5
 The department of public works held a meeting last night and listened to parties interested in public im- provements in different parts of the town. Three hearings were given, one for sidewalks on the Watertown road from Sunderland's blacksmith shop to Aurora street, another for sewer in Cedar street and one on the proposed layout of a street running southerly from Luke street to a point below the Mulcahy school building. All of the propositions were stubborn ly opposed with the result that two of them, the Watertown road walk and the so-called Fairmount street layout, were placed on the waiting list. Valentine BohI, B. Fl. Elliott, A. H. Wells, s. I. Wells, B. D. Hotchk1ss, George c. Mahler, Perry O. Morris, H. B. Gilson, George Barrier, and George Angler, Watertown road prop erty owners united, in opposition to the sidewalk unless it commenced at West Main street and continued the full stretch. They didn't see why sidewalk should be laid from the blacksmith shop to Aurora street while there is none between that and West Main street. A. Fl. Wells said that already several thousand dollars has been spent in that street without any appreciable benefit to the public and hinted that money was being wasted there. This nettled MT Cairns, who broke in and informed MT Wells that he didn't appreciate what was being done for the section. MT Cairns also crossed swords with B. D. Hitchcock, in the course Of which he said that the city was not l going to ram a sidewalk down his throat if he didn't want it. MT Hitch cock was glad to hear this He didn't want it. 1t was voted to recommend to the aldermen that no action be talk en on the matter at present.
 Dr Rodman submitted comnun1- cation in opposition to the proposed street from Luke street southerly to the projection of Madison streen. Patrick F. O'Reilly, representing him. self and Martin Scul1y, also opposed ] the project. He considered the crook i ed street made necessary there on ao- count of the location of the school a detrinent to the whole district and a l serious damage to neighborfng prop ! erty. He thought when that street was under consideration every inter- est to be effected by it should have been considered before the city com m1tted itself to anything. The board recommended that nothing be done there for the present, which means that children will have to wade l through couple of feet of slush on their way to school this winter again 1t looks now as if the men who are responsible for the high handed piece of business carried on in connection with the approaches to that school are having more trouble than they looked for. The layout under discus sion last night is the same that creat ed 80 much noise year ago.
 There was opposition to the sewer on Cedar street, but the board made a favorable recommendation on it jus the same.
 Bids were opened for the construc ton of sewers in Grant, Branch
 Wall, Buckingham and North Willow streets, the Watertown road and Greenmount terrace, also for the pave ment of North Main street from Hx change place to Abbott avenue. Tn,
 bids were as follows: F. T. Ley {
 Co, $6,146.25: Henry Kellner, $6.7O3.
 55; Edward McManus, $6,869. .16; Pat rick F. Sutton, $5,966; Pasquale Con
 taldi, $5,562.65.
 The contract was awarded to M
 Contaldi
 The proposals for the North Mali
 street job were as follows: Herber
 s. Jackson, New Haven, standar,
 block, yitrified brick, $1.96 per squar yard, and 94 cents for concrete Frank Pidgeon, Saugertfes, N. Y
 Mack block, $2.S0 per suuare yard 2 Poster block and Harrington brick
 $2.8O, James Porter brick, S2.69. an
 concrete 78 cents, Edward Tracy
 Derby, Mack and Porter blocks. S1 Q
 and concrete $1.36.
 These figures were based on All nev
 work, including putting in a cemen
 bed, but as none of that class of vvor will have to be done, all aimed to
 high and the matter went over 'nnfi the next meeting.
 A communication was receire from Edwin s. Hunt. rep1esentin
 property owners on Fairview wfT : chester and Sfmsbury streets. scorfn . the city government for fts nttar d,e t regard of the needs of people in fhas a streets. It was decided to ask tn
 city attorney to give an opinion as { s whether the streets in question eve s were laid out. Mrs Margaret Have
 Of Fleet street submitted a comnun cation setting forth that the city ha : : removed dirt from beneath a wan . her property with the result that th
 masonry work had caved in. sb wanted 1t fixed. The matter was r, !. ferred to the superintendent of street
 Tor 1nvestigatfon and report. Anotl CT communication was received fro, s the Northf1eld knife Go calling alter y uon to the condition of it's pond Q
 account of negligence on the part ( e waterbury officials. 1t was tabled. J The taxes on the city's propert