Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-10-25

business, besides listening to big
 delegation from Waterville relative to
 the need of widening the arch under
 the railroad tracks from its present
 width, fourteen feet and six inches, to
 fifty feet. If this cannot be done they
 want Maple street reopened and a
 bridge built there, but show of hands
 for the two plans proved that the
 widening of the arch had about twice
 as many packers as the other scheme. The principal speakers were Alderman
 Buck, H. NJ. Rigney, c. L. Jenks,
 George A. Driggs, H. A. Tullar, David
 Sprague, Ferdinand Wolfe and few
 others. Mir Rigney said in case it
 should be decided to widen the arch
 way he would give half the land to
 make the street fifty feet wide for
 nothing. He didn't believe in going
 down to Clark street with roadway,
 as some suggested That" said Mir | Rigney, will come in time, but what we are after are the interests of peO- | pie who are on earth now and not the next generation" "Humph.' remarked | Commissioner Goss, MT Rigney does l not favor Posterity park" H. A. Tul-
 lar produced map showing the num- l Der of tenements on both sides of the 1 river and also giving other valuable in- 1 formation. It was quite an entertain | ing session and while there was some slight differences of opinion as to what should be done, all agreed that the time 1 was ripe for some sort of relief so that | people may have some measure of safety on the street instead of lodging 1 trolley tracks under a fourteen foot archway. No action was taken, but | it is quite likely that the board will 1 make recommendation on it before i long.
 City Engineer Cairns reported that l it would cost $1,200 to raise the resi- dence of Mrs Edna Santanna on Louns- | bury street to the grade of the street, 1 but inasmuch as the city attorney | states that the case cannot be reopened nothing was done in the premises. 1 This is case where the property own CT claimed she had no objection to what was about to be done provided i it should not injure her property, that | is she would claim no damage if when the work was completed her house be at grade. Owing to some oversight l the bureau of assessment awarded her no damage and made no provision foi the raising of her house, which is three l feet below the street, and now while everybody admits that she has a griev
 ance there appears to be no way of helping her The actual work was not done for two years after the street was accepted, consequently the woman did not know what way the thing would look until the place was filled in, but at that time it was too late to enter an appeal. These things shouldn't hap pen. Whether citizen knows his rights or not. it is the duty of public officials to see that he gets them.
 Attorney Rogers was heard regard. ing the dispute relative to a divisional fence between the property of Mrs Francisco Leibrecht of Bucks Hill and Albert Lane of Wolcott. The board will look at. it some time. Terrence Coyle inquired what was being done regarding the building of a retaining wall in front of the property of Mrs Garrity on Putnam street. He was informed that the city will have to build wall there, but as there Is no money available for that class of work it may have to wait. The petition of Charles A. Templeton ct al for the widening of Pine street from Columbia boulevard to Cooke street to a uniform width of fifty feet was favorably re- ported to the aldermen. The applica. tion of Mary Bradley for abatement of the interest on a street assessment was tabled pending an opinion from the s.ft otf %Ho oN the board in such cases. The petition of the waterbury Paper Box Co for hydrant near its new factory on South Leonard street was referred to the su- perintendent of water. It was decided to hold public hearing next Tuesday night on the application of the trolley company to construct a switch on Baldwin street, commencing in the south line of Stone street and running southerly about 270 feet. this being about the only level part of street in that nelghborhOod. A communica- tion was received from the trolley company stating that nothing can be done about the putting down of asphalt on North Main street until Mir Sewell gets home from his vacation. The petition of John M. Gill to make double sewer connections and of Pat rick Dunn for catch basin on South Leonard street were referred to the engineer. X hearing was fixed for put ting down a sidewalk on West Main street opposite the car barns for No yember [. No action was taken on the order af the aldermen granting per mission to proceed with the work of establishing building lines on Wash ington avenue from Bank street to Highland avenue. the mayor informing the board that there Is not money enough on hand to make a title search The engineer was instructed to call for bids for the reconstruction ot a sewer in Easton avenue. proposals to be received November [. The clerk reported that the aldermen had ap proved the recommendation for the construction of a crosswalk at Wy man and Waterville streets. and a walk on East Main Atreet opposite the Por ter block to the high school Two full arc lights were recommended. one on Buckingham street and another on Bishop street. and an incandescent light on Randolph avenue.
 Engineer Cairns recommended that the tree and hydrant at the junction of Grand and Bank streets be surrounded by 6 eurbing and that suitable water ing trough of cut stone be installed there. The recommendation was adopt cd. On recommendstion of the en- zineer 1t was voted to request the com pany that laid the asphalt pavement on West Main street that some repairs are needed there The condition of