Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-02
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Waterbury Hotel Corporation Cannot
 Lay Pipe Across the Green.

Lay Pipe Across the Green. The department of public works held two meetings yesterday, one in the af-
 ternoon and another ill the evening. Ihe mayor presided and all the mem berss were present.
 Property owners on CoIley street
 were heard regarding the grade ana
 layout of that street. No objectors ap-
 peared The matter was favorably res ported to the aldermen. The engineer reported unfavorably on the petition of the Waterbury Hotel corporation for permission to lay pipe from the hotel across the green to the corner of West Main street and Exchange place for the purpose of taking water out of the cellar in case such a thing ever
 should be necessary. Mir Cairns point ed out ways by which the cellar could be drained, and besides it was a bad
 precedent to establish. A copy of the report was ordered transferred to the petitioners. The engineer also subs mitted communication stating that the changes ordered at Prospect and West Main streets were completed yes terday. The communication was or. dered transmitted to the aldermen, the board remarking as it passed along
 that it would be in order to send the
  pense, $1 ,0O0 any day from now on.
 Similar action was taken with refer.
 ence to communication from the en-
 gineer relative to the completion of a sewer on North Willow street. Two other communications were received from the engineer, one setting forth that progress is being made on the | high service and another with refer ence to the. raising of the walk oppo- l site Irving block on East Main street. This change has become necessary on account of the raising of the grade Of Exchange place by the trolley com pany, and the city will have to stand a share of the cost. Nothing definite was done in the premises. Superintendent Johnson of the water works submitted a stareInent regard ing the reservoirs. It showed that the l regular inspection had been made and ] the watersheds found in first class condition in every respect This in- 1 spection has now become a regular l thing and is carried on with a view to ] maintaining the best sanitary condi- l tions possible at the watersheds and l tributaries
 Andrew Allen of Pearl street was l the only bidder for the widening of West Main street. His bid amounted 1 to $1,1S650. The engineer considered the bid all right, but he didn't care to see the contract awarded. He sug. gested that the bid be rejected and
 some work done on the job by the day which would tide things along until next year. This brought out some dis
 cussion on unfinished work which cul- l minated in a recommendation to the department of finance asking them to see if they can find unappropriated revenues to the amount of $4,500 and
 so report to the aldermen, the inten- 1 ton being to call special meeting Of the aldermen for Monday and request l them to make a special appropriation l of $4,5OO to be used on the widening l of West Main street and grading East
 Main street between Silver street and
 the Meriden road.
 1t was voted to instruct the comp l troller to send a bill to the trolley conl- pany for the $500 it owes the city on 1 the agreement entered into for the ex- l tension of the line on East Main street Landn another for the $1,O0O which the, l company owes the city Tor the widen. 1 ing of West Main street. MT Goss l thought it would be a good plan to award the West Main street contract conditioned upon favorable action of l the aldermen regarding the appropria- l ton, but the engineer didn't think so 1 and on motion of MT Cairns 1t was ta- 1 bled.
 On recommendation of the depart l ment of charities 1t was decided to set
 up the stone crusher at the town farm, 1 the plant to be under the superinten- ] dent of streets The new stone crush CT arrived yesterday and will be re- l moved at once to point near the boil CT house, north of the Brookside home, where the inmates of the institution will be given an opportunity to see what they can do i'll the blasting busi- ness.
 The miscellaneous bills of the month l and the payrolls were approved, ac- companied by the usual kick about keeping down expenses and charging accounts to the proper items. The l superintendent of streets was held up 1 on one or two small matters of this kind, and in order to make sure that 1 the money will hold out it was voted 1 to instruct Mir Hotchkiss not to do any
 more new work without vote of the board.
 A communication from the Brass l City Lumber Go, referred to the board 1 by the aldermen. was forwarded to the city attorney. It was also suggested that the city attorney be requested to give an opinion as to the power Of l the city to compel the Consolidated
 road to lay sidewalk in front of its property on Dublin street. MT Goss re ! marking that perhaps 1t might bring out an opinion on both sides of the question. as the city attorney is also counsel for the railroad people, It was voted to hold a public hear I ing on November 15 on the petition asking that building lines be estabs lished on Bank street between James and Porter streets. A communication was received from the c. R, and l.. co stating that it had installed several l lights for the city during the past
 month.
 { On motion of Commissioner Wade, a work was cut out for Clerk Reeves
 which will keep him busy for the bal
 ance of the year without doing any thing else He was instructed to col late a reporte of the department of public works for the past year to be submitted to the mayor and printed