Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-15


 ceiyed. He would like to have the city take the service now i'll these streets, or if this was not deemed ad- visable. he suggested that water be metered into the private reservoir in that district and then disposed of by the owners to the tenants. The sys- tenn was built by George q. Baker and Congressman Lilley. The board was not fav0rably impressed with the proposition to take over the system, but there appeared to be no objection to selling the owner of the private service water at schedule rates and let him dispose of it for what he may. The matter was referred to the super intendent of water for investigation and report. It was voted to accept the asphalt pavement on West Main street and pay the company the bal ance due. which amounted to some. tfhng in the neighborhood of s300 The contract for putting sewer in Eas. ton avenue was awarded to Heating X Egan for s697, this being the low est proposal. Superintendent Hotch- kiss was instructed to see that retain ing walls are built on Putnam street and other places where the city Is obliged to do such work All propos- als received some time ago for the widening and deepening of the chan l nel of Little brook on Adams street were rejected
 Property owners on Pine street. be- tween the boulevard and Cooke street. will be heard November 2S regarding the laying out of that street to a dni- form width of fifty feet. The matter ! of arranging with the petitioners for the opening of new street through the golf links was referred to a con- mittee consisting of Commissioner Jackson to see that the necessary pa- pers are made out which will save the city from paying any of the expense in case the street is laid out.
 Thomas Driscoll of Wolcott street. an old employe of the Waterbury Brass Co, was heard regarding a mix up in the water pipe in front of his l property. He was ordered to repair it | by Superintendent Johnson and did it, but the plumber neglected to turn on | the water and he hadn't been able to | find anybody else to tend to it. He wanted to know was it the business of the superintendent of water to l turn the water on, now that he had | repaired the leak, or would he be obliged to go to the expense of paying a plumber to do it. ''Ehe superintend ent shut it off," said Mr~Driscoll, "and | I think it nothing more than fair that he should turn it on. For the past l few days 1 have been carrying water for use in the house before I go to the shop and after come home. and you know, Mir Mayor. that my work in the | faetOrH Is enough for me without do- | ing this, especially when there is no need of it. I don't know whether it | is the plumbers business to do it or | not, but I think the folks don't want | them back there again, anyway. Three of them went out there, the boss and a helper and some other fellow proyid- ed with spectacles. When they went to measure the piece of pipe they | found it was an inch too short, and | then two of them sat down on the bank while the third went downtown | after what he wanted"
 Mir Wade: What did they charge you?'
 Mir Driscoll: T don't know, sir. They haven't sent in their bill yeti
 Mayor Elton: We all carch it from
 the plumber. Mir Driscoil."
 AIr DriscoH: 'I suppose so. your honor. but I cannot afford to stand such things. You know T cbave to work for what get"
 Mir Johnson then went on to explain.
 but rhe mayor didn't appear to care about the explanation and disposed of [ the matter by requesting the superin- | tendent to fix things up for Mir Dris-
 coll right away Mir Driscoll dropped iuTo the meeting on the way home from the factory with his dinner pail \ on his arm, and although nothing but an ordinary citizen he stated his case fin a manner which would have done ! justice to some of the limbs of the law. But he had a pull. It was evi- dent from the outset that the mayor | and MT DriscolI are old college chums and this was brought home to all
 when Mir Driscoll retired, thanking the board as he closed the door after
 him, and the mayor remarked that s one of the best men on this earth" I Mayor Elton informed the board
 that President Young of the C. R. &
 l.. Go had notified him today that ap-
 plications for the double tracking of
 East Main street to Silver street lay Ing tracks Tn Robbins street and across thence to the town boundary to meet the proposed Woodbury line. and possibly a belt line encircling Town Plot will soon be presented to the city government This shows that ] ht r,n = .tIa anrifnfa