Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-31
THREE SESSIONS IN ONE DAY.
Board of Public Works Put in Great Days WOrk-Hot Shot for Hotchkiss-Reporters Got the
 Grand Bounce.

condition to satisfy the board of public
 works and that the board wants it | fixed.
 William H. MoseIey presented bill ! for $5 damages to his carriage His
 horse got scared by the road roller I and fell down, snapping one of the
 shafts. MT Goss said that he had
 been informed that the machine was
 run along the streets without any precaution to warn horse owners Of
 its approach. MT Hotchkiss stourly denied this. He had two men ahead
 of the roller and one of them re-
 quested MT Moseley to go on the other | side where there was lots of room, ] but he insisted in crowding in where
 he was bound to get into trouble He
 thought it was all rigmt to pay the
 bill, but objected to the statement
 that proper acre had not been taken | to apprise folks that it was coming
 their way. It was voted to invite MT Moseley in to tell his side of the
 story.
 1 It was voted to instruct the super I intendent Of streets to have the mor-
 tars at the Soldiers monument train-
 ed to a proper angle for such imple-
 ments of war. Placed as they are
 shells discharged from them would enter the ground few feet distant l instead of shooting upward and ex- l ploding at the right spot. Mir John | son said that the G. A. R. placed
 them that way so that rain and snow
 would not lodge in them, but, the l board wanted them night. Some Jap-y
 anese soldiers will soon be along here
 and the city does not care to have l the Japs think that Uncle Sam does A. | do effective work.
 Bills and payrolIs amounting to l about $27.000 were approved. These l included about $21, GOO for high water
 service. A few old accounts from John W. Gaffney and B. D. A. Brady were held up for investigation. The meet | ing came to close a few minutes be- l fore o'clock
 Two hours later a Democrat reporter
 dropped into his seat beside the radi- l ator. The members were seated about
 the table apparently head and ears in
 business The reporter scarcely had
 Holmes got his eye on him and. ad- 1 dressing the chair, inquired if that
 matter was to be taken up, whereu1pon
 Mir Goss gave the news man a broad hint to make himself scarce This.
 time he heard no protest and he am-
 bled out and went over to see the row | among the first ward republicans across the way While standing on
 the City hall steps the Democrat re-
 porter noticed brother scribe from
 the Republican headed for the City hall annex and knowing the reception
 that awaited him he went back to see
 the representative of the party paper shown the door. Whew! but didn't they snuff him out! Whether Sherifr
 Rigney hit the Republican man or not
 the Democrat scribe could not say, but 1 in any case he went out through the | door faster than he ever entered it and | the door closed after him with slam l that shook the old building from the lattic to the foundation stone and made the bronze horse on the Welton foaln- tain almost jump to the ground. The | reporter executed right about face
 movement to see that his coat tails
 were where they belonged and the l sheriff, evidently thinking that he was about to force his way back again,
 turned the key in the door, and waved his hand towards the commissioners in a reassurfng way which seemed to imply that the coast was clear Mir Hotchkiss and bis clerk were inside with the commissioners. and later Comptoller Goodrich arrived.
 1 The private session lasted about half I an hour and created a good deal of attention. While it was on some fel-
 low came along inquiring for Frank
 Ga1ilfoile. He had a notion that he was in the annex and not being able
 to open the door he clambered up to the window and peeped in. A few l youngsters across the way ran over to see what was going on. At this stage of the proceedings Mir Hotchkiss and his clerk were talking to the board I and all hands were pointing their fin- l gers at something, shaking their heads and gesticulating in a manner which | led those on the outside to conclude that big row was on. Everybody who happened along stopped and soon | at least fifty persons were inquiring
 what was going on. Whatever it was | about. it is certain that Mir HOtchkisS l didn't show the white feather. On l the contrary he struck back with tre- mendous effect, sawed the air with his l fists, and viewed from the opposite
 side of the street the party made up quite a unique picture After a time the thing became monotonous and the crowd dispersed It was said that the star chamber session was the result of
 an imputation from Mr Holmes that
 work being done on the Middlebury | road by MT HoCcnk1SSS was coSUlng LOO I much The commissioner goes back and forth to Quassapaug and thought that the workmen paused too long to
 see where they would dig the next
 hole and gazed too intently at passers- l by. But it appears that the superin- l tendent won out and whether MT I Holmes got mad or not it would be hard to tell, but in any case he left I early and hurried across the green like
 a fellow who felt that be was pleased ] to get into the open and have 3 breath ] of fresh air. There were two bids for the surface
 hardening of Baldwin and Grove
 streets. Pasquale Contaldi bid $4,0S0 l for the work, and Edward McManus | S3. .4S4, the difference in the figures I being on the estimate for rock excava- | ton. The contract was awarded to
 Mir NIcManus.
 | A bill of S6500 was approved. this being the purchase price of the !