Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-12
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 The board of public works held a meeting last night, Mayor Elton pre- siding, and heard parties interested in the proposed layout of Baldwin and Chapel streets, from Madison street to the Pearl Lakes road, to'ra uniform width of fifty feet, with a ten foot building line. The place was crowded and, contrary to expectation, very lit tie opposition was offered to the plan, the only real objector being David Hunter, who positively objected to the whole. scheme because it would ruin his property. Mir Hunter enlightened the meeting on the history of Chapel street, ancient and modern, and made 1t plain that he knew what he was talking about Patrick McNamara, representing Mrs Hoyt, claimed dam- ages, but did not oppose the. project. James Coughlan would want nominal damages for such deep cuts as eigh- teen or twenty feet into his property, but he wanted to see the work go ahead and let the question of benefits and damages be adjusted in the usual way. He, like several others, favored the establishment of ten foot build ing line. A few others said they would claim damages for the grade and general repairs. After the hearing closed it was voted to pass the mat ter along to the aldermen with fla vOrable recommendation.
 The hearing on the application of the Scovill Manufacturing Co for the disc0ntinuance of portion of Hayden street met with no opposition, but At t0rney Cassidy, counsel for John G. Lunny. appeared before the board and asked that the whole street be discon- hnued instead of allowing short strip of it to remain open. Mir Cassidy said that it is now proposed to close the street up to the property of John c. Llnny and Daniel T. Harrington, the owners of the property on the east and west corners of the street, and that as their property fronts on East Main street there was no need for a public highway running down to the rear of their lots. Mr Goss was. very prompt to oppose this. Somebody in quired if Mir Lunny and Mir Harrington would get the land now included in the street provided it should be discon- tinued. This was answered i'll the af- firmative, to which Nfr Cassidy replied that the ScOyill Alanufactur Co would get the full width of the street as far as its property abuts upon it, and he didn't see any reason why the same rule should not apply to the rest of the property owners seeing that there was no further need of the street. Nobody seemed to discuss the question any farther, but it was hinted that the >Scovill people want that little short end of the street open for an entrance to its plant, and that was the last of it. The application as submitted per peti- ton was favorably reported to the al- dermen.
 The hearing on the proposed widen- Ing of Bank street, east side, from Grand street southerly, was postponed until 1.3O o'clock Saturday afternoon.
 The layout of the Watertown road with ten foot building line and the proposed change of grade of division street was favorably reported to the aldermen.
 The board made move in the lib rary park matter by passing a vote citing in the property owners to be heard on the evening of May 9. It was understood that there would be a public hearing on this Vnestion before the board of public works. but nothing was said to that effect last night. This statement was thrown out in the early state of the battle with view to ap- peasing the wrath of opposing forces and getting it through the aldermanic chamber. A communication was read from A. NJ. Young stating that the trOl- ley company is ready to make conduits to bury its wires on Grand, Field and South Main street, but would prefer to put off the work of buying the wires until next year. The board thought it best to proceed with the hearing as ,au- thorized and cited the company in to be heard on the matter on April. IS. X communication was received from General Manager Sewell relative to tEe double groOved rails and double tracks on North Willow street. It was re- ferred to a special committee. Judg- ing by the contents of the document the city will not get much from the company in the matter of pavement except what it will be obliged to do ac- coriing as it finds 1t necessary to do when business warrant double tracks there and elsewhere. Several applica- tiOns for licenses to make excavations fin the streets were read and approved. Superintendent HOtchkiss was in- structed to make some repairs on the Forest Park and Wolcott roads. The decd of the addition to Hamilton park, which is to be known as Proprietors Common was received. A petition of C. F. Hoadley asking for the adjust ment of some liens on property recent ly purchased by him was referred to the city engineer. The engineer sub- mitted estimates for the laying of wa ter mains in different streets.
 r. J. KAvANAUGH IMPROVING.