Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-08
BOARD or PUBLIC WORKS
Heard Several Complaints Against the
 Trolley Co Last Night.

meHtlng yesterday dIIernOOH, MhyOT Elton presiding. Commissioners Jack son, Wade and Brown were present.
 A hearing was given to parties in terested ill the laying of sidewalk on West Main street opposite the car barns. General Manager Sewell said that he didn't see what could be done towards laying curb there on account of the number of trolley rails running into the barn and suggested that ac- tion on the matter be deferred until the company builds it's new car house and removes all the switches at that point with the exception of one. He said he expected to see this work well under way during 1906. In the mean time he thought tar walk without any curb would meet the requirements until a curb could be put down.
 T have been passing along there on an average of four times day,' said Ezra Chapman, ''for the past fourteen years, and I have no recollection of the company doing anything to even keep snow off that place. Why, in stead of cleaning it they pile it up from both sides and let people push through it or scramble to the opposite side of the street. Another thing they do which should be stopped. They sprin- kle these piles of snow with salt and | convert it into pools of brine, and you l might as we'll have an ice cream freezer on each foot as dose of that stuff. The people have put up with this for years and it should not be permitted any longer. I'm not sure, l but think when the company was given permission to run these switches into the barn they agreed to pave the street for the full length of the road as far as the switches" MT Chapman also called attention to the hardships women and everybody else are put to in reaching the cars near the barn. | They stand out ill the center of a muddy street and people have to get to and from them through several inches of mud.
 l MT Sewell was getting impatient at MT Chapman's remarks and interrupt ed the speaker by reminding him that the hearing was on a sidewalk, adding: 50 far as we are concerned we should be pleased to see every street in the city where there,are trol- | ly rails paved and we would cheerful ly pay our part of the expense.
 c. A. Colley said he wished to cor r0borate everything Mir Chapman had said. He didn't think it necessary to enter into any discussion on the sub- iect because it is so well known no- body would deny it, not even MT Sew ell. He wanted something done there before the winter sets in. It Was vo- ted to recommend to the aldermen that the street be paved with bitulithic for it's entire width for distance of 200 feet east of the iron bridge. The clerk was also instructed to look up the records and see what he could find re- garding the claim made by MT Chap man that the company agreed to do certain things at that point.
 The clerk read the petitions from the Simonsville Improvement society addressed to the Honorable board of common council,' asking for water and lights in that district. What's this" remarked the mayor, when he heard the old style title, some dead man writing to the board?' The applications for water were referred to the engineer for esti' mates of expenses, but as there is nc money available for lights in that dis jltrict 1t was voted to give the petition r CTS leave to withdraw on that matter Similar action was taken regarding lights asked for at the upper end of North Main street by Mrs Pearsall et { al. The light petitioned for by Joseph Corr at the corner of Orange and East Main streets was referred to the com mittee on lamps and gas. This is in the second district and some money Is still available there for new lights.
 The petition for new street through the golf links created little discus. sion, but 1t was finally reported favor. ably to the aldermen, with the under standing that it won't cost the city anything. When it came along MI Brown moved that it be laid on the table. but Commissioner Jackson thought 1t entitled to more cOnsidera ton and suggested that it be carried along to the point where the city would be in a position to see what il will cost and then if the petitioners don't want to bear the cost it can bt dropped. This was acceptable to Nil Brown and on motion of Commissioner Wade the aldermen were asked to au thorize the board to report layout and grade as per petition. The matter of constructing retaining walls on Put nam street was referred to the super intendent of streets for estimates Oi expense. X communication was re ceived from the Bucks Hill school dis trict asking for a flag and flag pole fol the school. The matter was referred | .IgI al Commissioner Brown the engineer was requested to look into the advisability of widening Canal street at Grant street by taking down the stone wal at the northwest corner of the former Tho clerk reported that owning to an oversight the recommendations foI transfers could not be carried out be, cause the report didn't state from what items the transfers were to be made. The clerk also reported that the water rents exceeded the estimate by about ST,000 and that special appro- priation could be made from that money. It was decided to ask for a special appropriation and let the trans fers drop for the present. It was voted to ask for a special appropria ton of ST.000. divided as follows; Streets. new work. $2.OOO: sewers. new work. 5000: extension of water mains S2.OOO; bureau of engineering. S1.OO0 Somebody thought that owing to the hteness of the season this amount could not be expended to advantage but the engineer thought differently. and it went through an right. Two bills of B. H. Frye & Co on which a rebate was asked were returned to the collector fer collection. George IT. Byrnes. clerk in the water department stating that while the service rendered