Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-22
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Property Owners Were Heard Rsiasd.
 ina Paving and Cradini.

The board of public works met last night. Mayor Elton presiding. and heard parties interested in public i'm provements in different parts of the town. including property owners who had been cited in to say what they thought about the proposed paving of Grand street from Bank street to Field street. Benedict street from Meadow street to Clay street: Scovill street from South Main street to Spring street: the square ii, the june ton of North Main and Cooke streets, Dublin street from East Main street to the river. Considerable objection was raised to the work and if the board finds it so hard to get the con sent of property owners for the eX- penditure of the paving appropriation now at their disposal it can easily he imagined what the situation would h' if they controlled q bond issue of q quarter of d million fo:. that purpose. Many were not represented at ali. showing by their absence that they didn't care one way or the otller.
 On Grand street. J. x. NcaGle. rep resentng the Chase interests. said there was no objection to a suitable pavement. Mrs Bennett Merchant and Mrs Medora C. Holmes were opposed to the project. because they believed that pavement does not help property used for residential purposes. The First Baptist church people wanted some noiseless pavement. The inten- ton is to use wooden blocks if they don't come too high.
 @ C. Maloney and Nj. l.. Sperry were tEe only persons. who appeared .c- garding the North Main and Coo streets proposition. The former had no objection to offer. but the latter was opposed to it because he didn't see that it would enhance the value of his property.
 Walter w. Holmes was not in fayoy of paving Meadow street. because l,' didn't think that the benefits would be enough to make up for the expense. All the other property owners in that street who appeared favored tEe work provided that the material does not consist of Belgian blocks. They want vitrified brick.
 Nobody appeared in favor of the Dublin street job and two were heard in opposition. Mir Cunningham. who owns house between the points men, toned and does not want to he as. sessad for permanently improving the street. and M. H. Brennan. represent ing the F. J. Manvillc Machine O.. who though not entering what might be termed a protest, would prefer to have the matter stand for time.
 Scovill street property owners en- tered n unanimous and very emphatic protest against tearing up the mac. adam in that street and putting down bricks instead ''I think it is good enough as it is.' said w. R. $. Wake of the Boston Furniture Co. "Therc does not seem to be any sense in rip ping it up." The Muellers. Corcorars. Fenns, Nuhns and Holohans looked at the question from Mir Wakes stand point. Mir Holohan remarking that the street was surface hardened some tim ago at considerable expense to the public and that he thought it the height of folly to rip it up "now ,aHd put down blocks at an expense of at least $500 each to the abuttins prop erty owners. "You're opposed to it. then," said the mayor. looking across the chamber at the ex-alderman. ''Yes. sir" replied MT Holohan. q am very much so."
 Owing to the fact that C. IT. Cables. who has interests at the Junction ot North Main and Cooke streets. and was not notified. the hearing on that matter went over for week. Mir e." bles is in California and is expected home soon. No action was taken OH the proposition to pave the other streets, but 1t is likely that some re commendatiOns will be ready for the aldermen at their next meeting. From what was said last night, it is not like. ly that Dublin street will be paved this year. MT Cairns stating that 1t was by no means the most impOrtHlt spot for that class of work and that he should prefer to see the money spent. where it would go farther and accommodate more people.
 John Buckley of North Main street wanted to know how to get rid of all the water that hangs about his prem ises. Everything has been done wrong and as consequence there is no out let for surface water. The matter was referred to the superintendent of streets.
 Principal Thomas F. Condon of the Barnard school inquired if he could have the use of City hall. for an enter. tainment to raise funds with which ro secure suitable pictures for the school. Mir Condon made q good plea. but it didn't go. the mayor and the commis- >ioners taking the ground that parties who use the hall will have to pay the regular rates. a vote to this effect being passed som" time ago.
 iity Engineer Cairns submitted q draft of an ordinance relative to the of sidewalks. It pro vides that all such work shall be done by liceIsc,i contractors aid to the sat