Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-24
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Mayor Authorized to Name Sub.Cosm.
 mittee for Much Needed Work

The board of public works held a meeting last night, Mayor Elton pre- siding, and all the members being pres ent except Mir Goss and MT Wade. For q time it looked as if no session would be held. only Commissioners Brown and Holmes being present, but finally the mayor dropped in and after sizing up the situation he surmised that Commissioner Jackson might be ap- prehended at the Chinese Honey noon" at Polls, and Sheriff Rigney was requested to go over there and see. In about ten or fifteen minutes time the sheriff returned, accom- panied by the commissioner, the for- mer scarcely able to contain h1mselt at the thought of the great success that attended his efforts, and the latter face picture that could give Dante a new idea of despair. But after feW moments he brfghtened up and then all settled down to business.
 The question of hearing on the trolley company's application for dou- ble tracking certain streets, and the extension of the service from Cole street to the Pearl lakes, was taken up. It was decided to have a hearing on so much of the application as per tains to the Baldwin street extenslon next Tuesday night, and take up tns balance the following night.
 Tt will be spring before we know it" remarked the mayor, "and in ofoeF to get things in shape for the season 5 work I should like to have a Vope passed authorizing me to name suD- committees from this board to nvesu- gate and report relative to water mains, street grading, improvement oi
 
 ton, repairing sidewalks, surface haro- ening and street paving"
 A vote to this effect was passed unanimously, and the chair will an nounce the committees later.
 The claim of Lewis Levanthal or scoyill street for damage caused by an alleged defective sewer was re- ferred to the superintendent of sewers for investigation and report. All tne other new work referred to the board by the aldermen was placed on the hst tor investigation. - =.
 A communication was received rom the Rev MT McCallum, rector or tne IA. NJ. H. Zion church, stating tnat he has booked the City hall for an enter tainment, but that he will hot De ape to keep the engagement unless ne gets It for $1O per night, which was an ne
 
 Mr Holmes inquired if the city could afford to rent the hall at that price, and while all fought shy of the ques- lion. still it was plain that the board 5 was not very enthusiastic over the pro Nnosition and it went back into the pie of napers without further comment, except a word from Mir Jackson that ha thought the board was exceptlon- ally kind to Jean Jacques this Wlhter-
 The different sewer hearings con- fn1,ed from the last meeting were taken up and the assessments ieV1ed HI accordance with maps submitted Dy the engineer. including Porter street from Bank street to South LeonaFu' which was built for storm water draln' age with the understanding that the abutting property owners snoulu lloe be assessed until they connected WItn it. but the records do not warrant tn1s s construction, so that if the parties, feel agerfeyed 1t is doubtful if they should not rail at the old board instead of the present one. It was no innovation, Tlfyrwas it any mistake tos-leaYea the records as they are, because in doing this the city was on the safe side ana could proceed to collect for the sewer any time. According to Mayor h1l- duff's idea the sewer swas needed for { an outlet for storm sewer on Bank ] street. but he believed it would be needed in the future for sewer pur- poses, too. and preferred to take the money to do it with from sewers, new work, instead of storm water draln- age The board understood the s1tua- ton thoroughly and didn't See why 1t : should result Tn misunderstanding. The board adjourned for a week.