Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-28
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Wound Up Business of the Year
 -and Said Goodbye.

The aldermen held meeting last night and wound up the business of the year. MT Blakeslee was in the chair and the following gentlemen were in their seats: J. H. Murray, Lawrence Tobin, F. X. Bergen, Patrick Dunn, John J. Brophy, John Hurley, J. H.. Filling, r. E. Stanley, Frank B. Buck, John Macauley, T. H. Hewitt and Ad- am Callan.
 After disposing of batch of pc titions for abatement of taxes. the clerk read the report of the board of public works on the application of the trolley company for approval of its plans to double track East and West Main streets, recommending that it be granted subject to certain conditions including the paving of East Main street from Wolcott street to Silver street with vitrified brick and extend ing the granite paving blocks on Cole and East Main streets as far as the switch at Cole street; that the com pany pay half the cost of changing the grade of East Main street between Rutledge street and No S10. Nothing was said about conditions for double tracking on West Main street.
 AS soon as the clerk had finished reading the report MT Murray moved that it be laid on the table. The chair declared the motion lost but MT Cal Ian doubted it and a call for rising vote brought all the democrats and the third ward representa- tives, Messrs Macauley, Hewitt and Callan to their feet. MT Blakeslee said there was no need of asking those opposed to stand up and apparently with some surprise said the motion was carried.
 Then MT Filling moved that the re- commendation of the department of public works relative to the Robbins street trolley be taken from the table. The question was put and the chair was about to. declare it carried when MT Brophy said he should like to see rising vote on that, too. It was or dered, but when the heads were count ed it was found that the motion was lost, all the democrats and MT Callan voting to let the matter remain on the table.
 On motion of Mir Murray a vote of thanks was extended to Chairman Blakeslee for the able and impartial manner in which he had conducted the meetings of the board for the past two years. Mir Murray also took oc- casion to thank the majority for their courteous treatment of the minority side of the house. MT Blakeslee blushed at the bouquets tossed in his direction from the democratic leader and modestly replied that while he does not pretend to be parliamentar- ian, he had done the best he knew how and hoped his efforts met with the approval of the board. MT Mur- ray offered another motion, thanking the absent clerk, MT, Nettleton; the as- sistant clerk, MrReeves; City Attorney Kellogg, Sheriff Rigney and the press, which was passed unanimously, after which the board adjourned sine die, and the members talked and chatted for time and then shook hands and went their several ways.
 Just here it may not be amiss to state that the name of Alderman To- bin was inadvertently omitted from the article on the retiring aldermen in yesterdays issue of the Democrat Mir Tobin served two years on the board and was also a member of the law committees. He. was regular in attep,i dance- and although he made no speeches his vote showed that he kept in touch with what was going on and knew the needs of the town, especial ly the district which he represented. What is true of Mir Tobin is true of a very large number of men of his kind that come into the city govern ment for couple of years and then drop out of the public mind. He was not kept there long enough to famil- iarize himself with the affairs of the city and thus become thoroughly equipped for the work. Just why the democratic wards do business on this plan is something nobody appears to know. Probably it is due in a meas ure to the disinclination of men to remain in the service and take the kicks that accompany the glory of public office.