Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-06
TOUR OF INSPECTION.
City Officials and Trolley naSnates
 Had an Outing To-Day.

 and Lighting Go and two of the alder men made q tour of the city this morning for the purpose of i1tvestigat- ing the application Of the trolley com pany to construct turnouts and lay double tracks. The party was made ID as follows: Mayor Elton, Commis- sioners Jackson. Brown and Gloss of the department of public works, As sistant City Clerk II. T. Reeves, AL deImen Blakeslee and Beach, City En- gineer Cairns, A. M. Young, John E. Sewell and a couple of newspaper re- porters. The trip was made in MT Blakeslee's big brake and Mayor Ill tons private team.
 East Main street was the first place visited. Here the company wants to extend the turnout from Exchange place to a point opposite Polls theater, distance of 600 feet. It also asks to extend the west end of the Dublin street turnout to Hayden street, a dis tance of 400 feet. and to extend the east end of the Dublin street turnout 400 feet. After looking over the ground the party proceeded out east as far as the Meriden road and cont pared notes regarding the conditions on East Main street from Silver street to the MeridenS road. At this june ture the mayors dog, "Scotty," got into row with a big brindle cat be- longing to Police Officer John Byrnes, and the whole crowd came near hay ing to lend hand in making peace, but finally the cat settled the trouble by giving "Scotty'' few good claws between the eyes.
 The next stopping place was at Un- ion square and Cole streets, where the condition of the streets at that point demanded attention, but was some thing that had no particular interest for the trolley people.
 On South Main tsreet the applica- tion calls for the extension of the turnout at Benedict & Burnham's to connect with the turnout at Lounsbury street. 1TG0 feet and to extend the turnout at Benedict X Burnhams northerly 1900 feet to connect with the turnout at Clay street, and extend the Clay street turnout to Meadow street. Tn other words the company seeks to double track South Main street from Meadow street to within short distance of City Corners.
 The company asks for a turnout on Bank street, directly north of the Naugatuck station, 300 feet more or less, and to extend the turnout oppo- site Plume & Atwood's to the bridge over the Naugatuck river, about 500 feet
 On the Watertown road new turn out 300 feet lonp Is asked for at the Bunker Hill road and also to extend the almshouse turnout 5000 feet in the direction of the trotting park. A long conference was held regarding the situation at the abutments of the bridge under the steam railroad, case which is now ill court, and after looking at 1t from different stand points it was agreed to have the eng1- neer prepare a plan for the layout Of the street at that point and then try and get the trolley company and the steam railroad people to agree orr the question of expense. Mir Young said that if they could straighten out the snarl there the road would go right ahead to Watertown and from there to Thomaston and other places s.Thats the kind of talk that gets us interested" remarked the mayor, af- ter listening to MT Young's statement, i've are more interested in trolley ex- tension in that part of the state than
 
 sication. between Waterbury and Cheshire"
 The company wants diamond turn out on North Main street, 400 feet long, to be located southerly from Grove street, and another of the same length near the residence of w. J. Rigney. When the party reached that point MT Rigney bowed to the officials from the veranda All bowed gracefully, the mayor re. marking that MT Rigney had the bene- fit of the sun nearly all the time on his front yeranda, and that with this aid to growth 1t was q wonder he didn't grow taller. to which some one replied that the sheriff was past his growth when he went to live in his present quarters.
 A double track Is called for on West Main street from the end of the green to North Willow street and to extend the turnout from that point to Gilbert street and to double track from the ear barn to the tracks of the Nauga- tuck railroad, all of which practically makes a double track from the cross. walk at St Johns church to the iron bridge. The street near the car barn is narrow and if 1t should De double EfaCkGQ IL Will 5AuNG IO pe WIuGAGQt which is an easy matter enough pro- vided somebody agrees to foot the bills. In addition to this it ought to be paved from curb to curb.
 The plan included q. single track curve to connect North Main street and West Main streets; single track connecting curve at the southwest cor her of West Main street and Exchange place; single track curve to connect West Main street and Exchange place and to extend the west track in Ex- change place southerly 10 feet to con meet with tie South Main street lines also to extend the south end of the turnout on North Willow street from Woodlawn terrace to Ridgewood street and to extend the north end of the Ridgepood street turnout to Rose land avenue, in all 2,10O feet.
 The Exchange place and North Will low stret parts of the plan were not investigated to-day. MT Young and MT Seweu explained in detail why the company is anxious togo ahead with 4his work r. is the nrnliminArv step