Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-03-07
BOARD or ALOERhEN.
| Fias of $Se For Disehastiat Fire
 Arms Within City Limits.

last night. Chairman Blakeslee pre- sided and opened bids for the sale of $10O,0OO 3h per cent sewage disposal bonds as follows:
 Perry. Coffin X Burr Co. Boston, $1Ol .32O: R. l.. Day x Co, Boston, $1OO. .440; w. J. Hayes x Son, Boston. $101.125: q. A. Fernald X Go, Boston. $1OO,771; Kidder. Blodgett X Co, Bos- ton, $1O0,7S Kountze Bros, New York, SlOa,278.' ~ .-'.,'..
 The bonds were sold to Perry, Coffin X Co, they being the highest bidder, the premium amounting to $1,32O.
 The regular meeting followed. The recommendation of the board of public works relative to park at the er, trance to the new railroad station was explained by the city engineer, who presented each alderman profile showing the situation as 1t now is, to- gether with the land which would have to be required, the number of feet each person owns and the assessors valua- tion of the property. The engineer also presented map showing the railroad depot and approaches as they will aI- pear after the work is done Mir Cairns said that adding 5O per cent to the as- sessed value of the property of private individuals which would have to be acquired, the total would be $131 ,ON,. The land which the railroad company bought but does not need would cost about $50,OO0. These items with the expense incident to grading the grounds and doing other work would bring the expense to something in the peighborhOod of S350.O00. Mir Cairns thought it very desirable that the city should get hold of the land in question not only for the appearance of things, hIt to save the library building from some day being next door to structures which would he great detriment to it not only from an artistic standpoint hut in other ways.
 Other plans independent of the park include the widening of Meadow street to Bank street about nine feet and the widening of South Willow street from the depot to West Main street from forty feet to seventy feet. No estimate was given on this work, but the en- gineer made the desirability of such changes very apparent. especially on South Willow street, where he expect cd to see two trolley tracks,, three7 hitch horse teams at either side of thd tracks and several light wagons. The sidewalks both sides should be eight or ten feet wide. Mir Cairns also spoke Of a street running from the depot to come out at the corner of State and West Main streets. This was intro- duced by Thomas Kelly, and the en- gineer considered it quite feasible. but said it was not any part of the plan or recommendation. .t .
 Don't you think" said Alderman Hurley. that it would be nothing more than fair for the trolley company to pay something toward the cost of widening South Willow and Grand streets? I suppose they'll have double tracks in them and it seems hard to as sess the whole expense against the peo. pie and then turn eighteen or twenty feet of the best part of these streets over to a private corporation for. noth- ing except the privilege of riding when You pay
 , Mir Cairns said he didn't knsSy. any
 
 man from the fifth replied that it was worth looking into. "The steam rail rOad.' he added. 'is going to put out a lot of money there and the city is asked to do something. Now, why shouldn't the trolley company be in this thing on the question of expense so long as 1t is an assured thing that they are going to profit by the Outlay"'
 At this juncture the explanation and exhibition closed, and on motion of Mir Beach the matter was laid on the table for week. .-..
 The long looked for report ou unpaid dered read. After the clerk had wres- tied with it for ten or fifteen minutes it was voted to dispense with the read. ing of the document and instruct the clerk to have printed copies ready for the members at the next meeting. Then a resolution was offered referring the report to .the committee on law. 'Wbile we're cleaning house," said Mr Beach. as soon as the report was out Of the way. let Us % through the whole building. There are thousands of dollars on the books for taxes that ought 10 be collected. and move that the law committee be requested to sub- init report on that matter, tOO." The vote was passed.
 The shortage alleged amounts to $1O.475.O5. Receipts representing this amount have been presented tO the committee. but the sums are not credit ed to them on the cOmptrOller's books. although in some instances the lieuS have been released. In other cases no leins were filed. X communication was read from Colonel Burpee stating that some of the items appeared to re- late to matters that did not occur while he was city attorney. He was mol consulted by the committed. hc states. and never before had a chance to see how he stood with the city. He will settle when the accounts are properly strengthened out.
 City Attorney Kellogg submitted a draft of an ordinance regarding the use of firearms on July 1. It provides for a fine of 50 for every person con- victed of discharging firearms inside the city limits on Independence day. Mir Hewitt wanted to know if is wouldn't bc a good thing to add ''Or on any other day in the year, to the draft. and judging by the way the rest of the members looked at the alderman fron, the third and then at each other. an amendment to that effect may he added when it comes up for adoption. It was passed to be engrossed.
 The petition of the Scovill Manufacs turing Co for the discontinuance of aa much of Hayden street as is owned by