Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-14
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Het at FAirmount Street Yesterday and Looked Over the Ground.


 and Looked Over the Ground. The aldermen were busy yesterday, the business on hand demanding three sessions, one in the afternoon and two in the evening. The afternoon meet ing was held at Fairmount street, N where the city wants to lay out H street from Luke street to Lounsbury street. Those present were Aldermen Blakeslee, Hewitt. Filling, Stanley, Buck, Murray, Bergen and Tobin. City Engineer Cairns was on the ground early and had the lines marked so that the board could get pretty good idea of the situation.
 Senator Tracy and Martin Scully ex- plained the difference over the layout, Mir Tracy having map and going into the whole matter in detail According to MT Tracy the plan of streets on Tracy Bros tract was made fourteen or fifteen years ago by w. c. Smith. when the property belonged to Charles Lounsbury When the Tracys bought it they got the map with purchase and sold several lots on the proposed streets. The plan never was approved by the town or city officials. Mayor Kilduff and Dr Russell bought the school site and before the deal was completed Superintendent Tinker and nearly all the members of the depart ment of education saw it and were pleased with the purchase. MT Tracy didn't have enough land for a school site in the corner where the board de cided to locate and at the request of the subcommittee he dropped one of his streets fifty feet south, sold them the land which was intended for street and made a new one, and the committee agreed that the lot should front on this street and on another run. ming north. AIr Tracy was to make one of the streets himself and when he had it graded the school board i would lay sidewalk on it, He did his share of the work. but the new administration kicked about laying the walk and rather than have any trouble about it he did 1t himself.
 Mir Scully said he was very much pleased to hear that there was no diff ference between his contention and the admissions of Mir Tracy. that the school committee bought the lot with j the understanding that the city should conform 10 the old layout on the Lounsbury tract. and they did 1t rc- gardless of how 1t affected neighboring interests. starting out by blocking the way of q proper layout. and then lay ing a sewer and water main in one Of these "proposed' streets. which was accepted year or so later h the city. X portion of the one now in dispute is made. but nobody knows who did the iOb. Mir Tracy denied doing the work. and none of the officials could throw any light on the matter. so that it must have grown up like Topsy. But 1t is there and it is practically out of the question to do anything other thar that whifh was decided upon wher tue lots were bought. Everybody iE the party admitted that Mr Scully is damaged. but inasmuch as his property does not front upon the street there appears to be some doubt us to wheth- CT he has any rights in ihe premises. IT was d great benefit to the Tracys to get things done in the shape they now are. Anything else would have forced them to make new layout. so that when the matter was under eonsidera- tion it hinged upon whether th, Tracys would be obliged 10 make new layout or shut Scully out alto
 ccfIer. and the latter scheme was adopted.
 The layout calls for street with aD aHgle of about fOrtr-fve degrees and leaves strip beginning at nothing and widening out fo twenty-five o- thirty feet between Stnlly and the street for distance of over 2iD feet.
 AIr ScHlly said that fhe only thing he had found fault with the pngnee. for in connection with the matter Mas in negiecting to apnrise the department of public works of the kind of streets that would have to he laid ont there in case the school lloanl should hc pes. mitted to g0 ahead aS per agreement fo which the engineer replied that he didn't consider this suly part of his duty. adding that She rnnIlitiOH aS ii exists tO-slay was created when he aD- pearpd on the ground. N0 aclion was taken at the outing. hut st tfe evening meeting il was rpfeTTssl Co ite city as- forney for an opinisp ss Co iilr lsssai status of the case so far as it pertains to Mr Scully.
 < communication was rsan from Dr ROdman renewing his aIsloslsfosI to the prDp0sei l4vaut of Fairmount street. hlQ simplifTiuz things some what. for the present at ipaSf. bv of- frriug the uSe of land there for I board walk fer the accommodation nf 4 fhc s-hOul children for the winter n was reseivesl ant. plared on fiIp. Al the special meeting in fine even Ing she special appropriations recon ulrntIcsl hy the lsoanl of finance amounting to x7.ggn. were made. aftr- uhirh the regular business was taken m. William J. Efgney was ch0~eE constable to sucueed I. E. NaIlee. who uas elected at the last city eIec- 4 ffon. but failed to qualify. John r. I O-Rricn uas a candidate for the posi- fion- but nx flsrrp gre now foHr demo Il rr1tir c0ustabIss he was not eligible