Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-23
BOARD 0F ALDERhEN
RsshisG Ahead With tic Csan1
 Street Widsnipt Matter.

The board of aldermen held an ad- 1ourned meeting Inst night, Chairman Blakeslec presiding.
 The following petitions were refer red to the department, of public works:
 W. C. Palmer, water main in Aurora street: Harry Stack. ct al, water main in FarmingtOn avenue: Michael Gull foile ct al. layout for Robbins street; Thomas Kelly, ct al. layout. building lines and grade for Robbins street: :f Henry LaFlamme, ct al. grade for Greenmount terrace. Owen Meehan, ct al. grade for Highland avenue.
 The following recommendations of the board of public works were adopt ed: That sewer be laid in Fair mount. Putnam and James street, a water main in Fairmount street. q sidewalk on Lounsbury street. north side from Baldwin street to the Mu'- caly school. that Fairmount street be laid out from Luke street sOutherly to Lounsbury street, and that boot black stand be authorized at 400 East Main street.
 A recommendation was read from the board of public works asking for authority to hold hearing on the proposed widening of Grand street to a minimum width of 6 feet with the understanding that the board shall re- serve the right to he governed by the former hearing which figured on 70 feet. if they so desire.
 Alderman Hewitt didn't see any sense in pushing this work Just now. Docs anybody know for certain" in- quired the alderman from the third, { ion station at the foot of Grand streety'
 Chairman Blakeslee said he thought the mayor the only city official who could answer that question. and added that everything being done in that neighborhood was governed by the con- clusson. although nothing would be car ried so far that 1t could not be aban- doned without serious loss in case the location of the union station. as now understood. should be changed.
 T don't believe even in going to the expense of a. hearing" replied MT Hewitt. "Grand street is considerably wider than most of our public thor oughfares and don't think 1t wise to spend money to make 1t wider unless 1t can be shown that public necessity and convenience require the outlay. It Is a residence street and probably never will be anything else. Tn any case I think we are moving too fast in that direction. don't know the exact location of the new railroad sta ton and nobody appears to be able to enlighten me on that point and yet we are bending all our energ,es towards making approaches to it. Where is ity' Mfr Hewitt moved that the mat ter be tabled. The motion was lost by a close shave Aldermen Hewitt. Callan. Bergen, Brophy and Murray favoring it and Alderman Filling. Beach. Holmes. Buck. McAuley and Stanley opposing 1t. The Aldermen Holmes and Beach said few words in favor of the project and Mir Filling said 1t was nothing more than a hear Ing anyway. After which motion f0 adopt the recommendation was put and carried. The library park matter was passed and sent on to the bureau Of assessment without comment All the other recommendations of the board of public works. printed herein before, were approved Chairman Blakeslee announced that the mayor will be pres ent at the next meeting 1o' explain the need of selling another sewage disposal bond issue of $1O00O0.
 This finished up all the business oi hand and the board went Into a com mittee of the whole tO discuss tie question of raising salaries. 1t was said that the city attorney desired an increase of salary provided the full board favored such action. White u was plain from what was said that vote favoring an increase would have been carried. still nobody offered such resolution and there the matter ended.