Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-06
TIE CITY EUCRE RED.
Waited Too Lsn6 Before Puschasins
 the UpsOm Property.

Very little has been given out about saturdays meeting of the board of pubic works but it is hinted that rev routine matters had been disposed or Dy nis honor and the commissioners ~,ooheu ~ at each other and wanted tO A1oW who was 'it". Nobody acknovvi- eussu Ene corn, although it was nro- eluuing through somebody's sfiae Ear Enough so that one would not ness suarp eye to detect the sore snof ys
 Nds all about the shilly sbalIvina lneenous or the city in. Securing fhe property in South Brooklyn for { es--r, age disposal plant without waffinc, am tu IL got tangled up in the courfs sa thdC II will cost neat little eo~t,,,s, % stra1ghten it out. It was ,1,,Ser. ss,s1s slood that the Upson land. eo saIIss5
 would De got hold of by fbe pitv e,s.' III the present year. bl,t ,yngo,.t,,l HaLely no move was made in 9I,at '. Iecllon until recently when IT oot noIsed about that the raiIroad aor, s pany was negotiating for a ynortion - it. Then the department oe ns,aI;..
 noIks was summoned into eyacufiva sessloh and Colonel Burpee instrucfef,
 once commence confIemnatiors plosseulngs i'll the courts with a view = uas1ilg commission appoinfaa fa l,1 pass upon the value of as lnuoh ,e Il.s property as the city desirAd AF1. as,s Gpson ana the city offciaIs moi beinp apls lo agree on this point, the fornaas tsall tsaAllig tne ground that the whole t. tl sa1s slouid pc purchased and the gaf- af .l uslng to take certain portions tLo t II the meantime an agent for -, SSpsoiiaated road stepped in ana sst;a,, SsI.LI,i !lo nuy q strip of the property. ,,el. "aa.en. "ouid leave the balance Of m wanted to put it fo. This .a. Stss s. tne l2th of the last fnontb a,,a as. - 4.,s ,yn same day Colonel Burpee. aeti,,r sns eas tne city, took Che irftiafiva eas. +sa tsa clty, notifying MT Upson am da;nr sucA other work as the Situation .flae
 nanded completing all tile nI.oIi,,, sy- allss sa two days later. It seems 9t,a ueeu or the property was not nada uut e' % Lhe unexpected purchaser iInfiI !, sle aln or the month, and counsel fo, tne GUY IS satisfied that no serini,S conipllcat!ons .Ii will follow, the condefn- natlon l.a proceedings being taken oIIf pi, tlnae to prevent the transfer of tba property to anybody else,
 lr appears to have been h,.ncfo.4 up anair anyhow as the citv seansaa to believe that MT Upson ovnaT s1 much of the property as # f1esira5 Tor sewage plant. but such is not The case. 4 title search made sinee snow that there are several intorasts there, although MT TJpson is aoarf and has the power of attorner for aiI or them except Miss Clara Rrzezin. skl who owns two lots there anei will nave to be cited fin with Ybe af1,ars While 1t may not be ae bad ne orS might suppose at first thhaIghf. fl wae grave bIunder ant if 3@ s, s,.rs+.,y., 10 everybody how any atfnlfIlfSfra fio,, especially a business Administrations, winch was expected to show tlla n,IIs, iIc how to transact rnunicinal afrairs on business principles, couId haTe been So short sighted, for if that nfoy,- erfy got out of the city's reach. tl,e. sewage disposal question wouId be bigger thing than anybody ever ss,n- posed. Almost everyboav yoa1 r,ast IS rQlE snk sorts oyer it. but if ies,4oF s time sfor fault finding. Tf proSssa~. nothing except that no man or hodv oI men enjoys immunity from Tnfs- takes or one kind and Another asAa me only thing the city can do now fn make the best it can out of the gitua- ton as it finds it It is believed fI7At when the storm blows over inc cifr will be in possession Of the nronerfv III disnHfe. To be sure if will noef considerably more than it would F fha matter had been handled in ! Iusinesz way, but of course the question of ex- pense does not enter into anything fn~ Whlcn the city of Waterbury is con cerned.