Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-28
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
J. E. Egan Wants Cit to Cover Ma
 sony Wall With Cement

' night. In the absence of Mayor Thoms, Commissioner Walker pre- sided.
 Attorney Kelley appeared in the in terest of yincenzo Palladino, who was issued a permit to put up house on James street and had the cellar prac- tically completed when the engineer told him that he was in the highway. The attorney said that his client was within his lines in proceeding with his building notwithstanding that the city contemplates changes there. The pro posed new layout has not yet been passed upon and in fact will not be reported to the aldermen until next week. Mir Palladino, he said, was an innocent party clear through and there was no reason why he should suffer any loss or inconvenience. The matter was referred to the city at torney.
 Attorney Rogers was heard in the interest of J. F. Egan of Round Hill street, who wants steps put in the wall now being built in front of his property and also contends that when the masonary is finished 1t should be covered with cement. Contractor Kelley is building the wall, but the commissioners didn't think anything was said to him about facing it with cement, but Mir Walker assured the i limb of the law that the matter would be looked into There was no ques- tion at all about the putting in of the steps, but the cement face on the wall | was quite a different thing.
 Attorney Clohessy made another try to talk the board into doing something to protecting his clients on James street, whose garden pro- duce was ruined last spring. Mir Cl0- ressy said that he has called attention | to this matter several times. but the city shows no disposition to attend 10 it. He said that the board never ev- en visited the place and the situation had now reached the parting of the ways and he has made up his mind to sue. Mir Walker said that the city contemplates changes there and ada ed that he didn't thing the damage suffered by the property owner in question would amount to $5. This made MT Clohessy madder than ever and Commissioner Dennison added more fuel to the fire by inquirinG many acres of land his client owns over there. to which Mir Clohessy re- piled that very small piece of land in the right place is worth great deal more than big strip where there is no market fer 1t.
 Well try this matter out Tn the courts,' said the attorney.
 | All right" replied Chairman Walker.
 Robert Foster. Watertown farm CT, was the next man to come for. ward. He wanted to know whai about that big water bill for his house on Mill street that the board prom ised to look up. A report was ther read from Superintendent Kenned! showing that the closets in the house are leaking. That's not so,' said Nil Foster They did leak some durinf the former six months, but paid tha bill"
 Well. said the chairman. we have to stand by what the superintendent says.
 "Oh. I suppose so," retorted tht tiller of the soil hotiy. What he says goes whether 1t is right or wrong I'm no millionaire. but I am able tt pay what l owe and don't care to pu up for something which l know didn't receive"
 At the suggestion of Commissioners Nell the board decided to look ovel the premises.
 Mrs Catherine Brennan of Green mount terrace complained that he' neighbors are bothering her about { cesspool on her premises, which they don't want to empty any plac, except in her own cellar. She thought the trouble due in measure to tht fact that the street is not graded The matter was referred to the SUI perintendent of streets.
 James Mclean, who came ts enter protest against cutting down a tree in front of his propert, on Highland avenue and to say tha he prefers retaining wall instead oi q terraced bank. He was told tn, wall will be put up next spring. bu the tree. Mir Walker considered prac tically dead now. That may be true, remarked Mir Mclean. but wan it to live as long as 1t can"
 Henry McEvoy appeared on behal of himself and his sisters. represent ing that they want divisional fenc, erected between their lot and that o their brother. Patrick McEvoy. Tn petitioners have their half down. bu the other party refuses to do anything The board promised to give 1t thei attention. According to figures sub mltted by the engineer the expense O paving Bank street from Exchanc place to Grand street with woo, blocks would foot up Ss.3Oo. and tn cost of paving North Willow street from Johnson street to Ridgewoo. street. figures up ss,5o0. Tn engineer also stated by communica tion that he thought the trolley con ditions imposed for Baldwin stree \ suit for Mill Plain. A petition of tn telephone company to make an open ing in Grand street. from Bank street easteriy for a distance of 1oO feet an an application of the Chase Rollin Mill Co. to move barn were referre to the superintendent of streets wit power to act. The superintendent Q water was authorized to lay tw inch water pipe in Glen Ridge street This was done after Ferry C. Morri had made an appeal for better seryic i'm ffrns street