Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-08
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
Will Give Hearing on Paving Grand
 Street Near Post CAles.

The board of public works met yes- terday afternoon. Mayor Elton prestd- ine. and decided upon February 21. at
 7:45 o'clock in the evening. as the date for q hearing on the paving of Grand street from Bank street to Field street;
 Scovill street. from South Main street
 to Spring street: Benedict street, from Meadow street to Clay street. and North Main street at the junction of
 Cooke street.
 The engineer was instructed to pre-
 pare plans for the change of grade on Cooke street from North Main street to the south line of the property, of NJ.
 l.. Sperry. The petition of A. l. Chat. field ct al. for sewers in some of the
 new streets in the north end. was re- fcrred to the engineer It was voted
 10 recommend to the aldermen that the newly acquired property for park
 purposes in the eastern section of the
 city be known as Proprietors' Common.
 This is in accordance with suggestion
 from Mr Porter. The city is not
 obliged to adopt that name unless it thinks well of it. because as MT Cairns
 said when the matter was before the
 meeting, Mir Porter got market value for the land
 The communication of the board of education regarding the need of street from Luke street to the Mul- cahy school, forwarded to the board
 hy the aldermen. was discussed ana was finally referred to committees
 consisting of the mayor and the en. gineeT. Mayor Elton wanted to know how it happened that the department of public works allowed such thing tc occur. especially while one of the property owners directly affected was q member of the board at the time. The engineer explained chat the mat ! ter never was brought to the attention
 of the board of public works and that they knew nothing about it and were
 in no way responsible for it. What. ever way the thing turns out it is prob able that something will be done which will have tendency to prevent a repetition of a similar job in the fu- lure by the board of education or any
 other board. The longer it stands and
 fhe farther it is pried into the worse 1t
 looks for everybody who had anything
 10 do with it.
 X bill of A. II. Wells amounting to S3,O91.3I was recommended for pay, ment This is money advanced to the
 city some time ago for the construction of q water main in the Watertown road. the parties to be reimbursed the
 year after the receipts showed 10 per 1 cent profit from the investment. A communication was received from
 the Rev Dr Rowland regarding the
 need of q crosswalk on Grove street, between First and Second avenues It was put on the list for investigation.
 A petition from the Real Estate Own- CTS association regarding water rates vas read and consigned to the same fate meted out to all similar documents received during the past few months. It was ordered on file
 When the petition of the Elton hotel people was read asking permission to maintain two marquise at the build. ing. one at the Prospect entrance and the other on West Main street. the mayor wanted to know what these things are. and Mir Holmes thought
 there was no such nobles in this coun- try. Mir Goss said he often heard of tue marquee tent. but he didn't sup pose that was what was meant. He
 inquired how it was spelled and Clerk
 Reeves said it was ''marquise'' on
 the application and that it was accom- panied by a drawing which showed a
 neat porch at the entrance to the hotel.
 This relieved the board of the notion
 that the intention was to have two
 titled nobles guard tho approaches to fhc Elton. and vote was passed
 recommending to the aldermen that the prayer of the petitioners he granted.
 A communication was received from James Phelps asking to he employed
 to do some landscape work on the new park. No action was taken. Property owners on Chestnut avenue will be
 heard relative to the establishment of
 building lines on February 2S.
 George Strobel. keeper of the town clock. was heard regarding tue falling of the big weight from the timepiecs some time ago. He said it was nothing he had anything to do with. The
 weight in question weighs over a ion and q half and was disconnected from the town clock years ago when thS striking apparatus was used for fire purposes. The mayor asked Mir Stru- bel if he thought it anything which the engineer of the fire department was rec sponsible for. hut MT Suobel didn't think So. After hearing MT Strobel through the mayor said that from ths looks of things now it was ID to him. self and the janitor. and there the mat. fer ends for the present. The action of the board of aldermen in refusins to act favorably oh the recommenda- ton of the board regarding the side. walk law was communicated fo the commissioners and Oh motion of Mir Goss it was received and ordered on file.
 The bill of George Strobel. keeper of the town clock. amounting to S100. was ordered paid. It was voted to reoom- mend to the aldermen that public neces- sity and convenience require the lay out of the Watcrtown road from irv. ington avenue to within 1.s1D feet soitherly from inc boundary line 0t Waterbury and Watcrtown.
 TROPHY RIE1E MATCH