Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-10-04
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
Mayor Displeased With Tearing Up
 of North Willow Street.

Oi NOrtn WILLOW Streot.
 The board of public works met last night, Mayor Elton presiding, and Commissioners Jackson, Holmes, Wade, Engineer Cairns, Superintend- ent Hotchkiss of the street depart ment and Superintendent Johnson of the water department being present. Considering the severity of the storm that swept over the city Monday the members appeared well preserved and chatted about the affair in a pleasant manner.
 There was a beautiful moon out last night" remarked Commissioner Holmes, addressing Mir Jackson and winking his off eye at Mir Wade.
 That's so,' replied Mir Jackson. ond ward looking at it?"
 Mir Holmes: '"That was very poor music last night. What band was it?''
 Mir Jackson: "The fellows that fol- lowed the band didn't think so. They thought 1t was just right. But it couldn't be expected that the melody would suit you quite so we'll as it did two years ago"
 Mir Johnson: "When heard them l looked out and saw they were nov ing in the wrong direction; took no further notice of what happened"
 These little sallies of wit were ex- changed before the meeting was called to order and just prior to the entrance of Mir Cairns, who placed the bills Of the bureau of engineering directly op- posite Mir Wade. The commissioner started to look them over when MT Holmes reached across the table and wanted to know if there was anything charged to Library park account This was close to the limit and evidently fearing that something else might come out it was decided to 20 ahead with the business of the meeting.
 On recommendation of the engineer 1t was decided to purchase foot bridge for use at East Mountain at an expense not to exceed S229. f. O. b. 1t would cost $40 more to have 1t put up but Mir Cairns thought that the su- perintendent of water could do the work less than that.
 Mir Johnson was satisfied he could get it out there and put it up for S25. provided the water freezes before January i. If not, he said 1t will be likely to wait till the other fellow takes hold,
 "Ha,\ ha," remarked Commissioner Jackson, you must have been reading the returns'
 A hearing was had relative to the matter of establishing a building line on Pine street, both sides, from North Willow street to Hillside avenue. Two property owners who were present. MT Holmes and Mir Hyde, favored a twelve foot line and said others on the street desired that depth and some more. P. H. Carroll didn't want more than five feet, because any more would spoil a lot on which he Is about to build an, expensive house. No action was taken. A petition of S. A. Chase ct al asking that Elizabeth street be macadamized was read and ordered on file. The engineer reported the com pletion of sewers in James and North Main streets.
 The communication from the trolley company setting forth the agreement entered into relative to trolley tracks on the Thomaston road was read and ordered transmitted to the aldermen, Mir Wade remarking as it passed along that he was very glad the two compan- ies had made such an arrangement. The matter of opening the new pave ment on North Willow street and of making double sewer connections at the property of John NJ. Gill on North Elm and Adams streets. were referred to the engineer with power to act. The mayor and some of the commissioners were very angry about the ripping Up of the pavement on North Willow street. but the engineer thought 1t better 10 do 1t now than later ;
 The payrolls were approved as fol- lows: Sewage disposal. s454.52: Ham Ilton park. S275.06: water department, S422 03: city hall annex, s62.J0: bureau of engineering. S54S: street depart ment. S3,52S.TT; sewer department. s34O.S5: sewage disposal. s28TS: sew CTS. new work, s3.46o.25: streets. new work. S1.T73.59; storm water. S2.To2. bridges S2T.25; reservoir maintenance. S73.O3: block paving, S3.4s090: engi- neering bills. S277.71. These with a few Items. exclusive of the payrolls. made a total of bills from the bureau of engineering amounting to S13. .49o-- e. The water department bills footed up S53036 and those of the street de partment S1.e11-5O. The miscellaneous bills amounted to between 5000 and S4.O00.
 Guy Porter was heard relative to the need of water in front of his prop ertv on Bunker Hfll and succeeded in