Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-23
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Heard and Discussed Many Matters at
 Last Nights Meeting.

Bids were opened and read for the pumps and boilers at the old pump ing station, as follows: c. E. Egan, 3i4O; Waterbury Scrap Iron Co,
 A51. It was voted to reject both dispositions.
 An opinion was read from the city attorney relative to the right of the &ity to construct conduits in the pub .xhc streets and compel private cor @ porations to rent them, instead of giving corporations the use of the street to build conduits in. In the opinion of Mir Kellogg the city does not now enjoy the right to engage in that class of work. No action was taken in the premises. but in all probability the city will try to get an act to this effect passed at the next session of the general asseni bly. The petition of the Southern New England Telephone Co to con. struct a conduit on Bank street was granted. The clerk was instructed to notify counsel for heirs of Harriet Lewis that the city is not liable for any damage which may have result ed to her property on Baldwin street by reason of work done by the c. R. & l.. Co.
 Dr Abbott requested that the seats on the green directly opposite his office be removed so that the chronic loafers who hold them down may find some other sort of amusement than watching him attending to pa- tients. The matter was referred to the superintendent of streets. { The matter of appointing an oIfi- cer in uniform in Hamilton park was introduced, but 1t went over for week. Commissioner Neill would like to see Onicer Bowling out there from fl to II evenings, while MT Walker said he didn't know Bowling from Delehanty, still he understood tha. Superintendent Walker preferred Delehanty.
 Property owners on Avon and Highland avenues were by no means unanimous in the matter of laying sidewalks. but the board ordered the work just the same. The American Mills Go was given permission to lay water conduit across Mill street to the factory of the Scovill Mfg Co on condition that the water it would receive from the Scovill Go would not be sold to anyone else and that the company pay the city yearly tax of $10 for the use of the street.
 City Engineer R. A. Cairns report ed that the balance of the water bond issue, amounting to about $15.000, would carry the high water service town Town Plot possibly as far as Bank street. Foreman Mccarthy. who has charge of the sidewalks, reported that since April 24 over $1,000 of the $6,000 appropriated for the re- pairing of sidewalks has been spent. He was ordered to prepare list of all the walks that would have to be repaired this summer and submit 1t at the next meeting.
 A draft of an ordinance relative to sprinkling was passed on to the al- dermen. It provides that whenever the city decides to do this work the cost be assessed against the abutting property owners. the trolley to pay for sprinkling between and two feet outside it's rails.
 It was voted to ask the board of aldermen to instruct the city attor- ney to petition the stats,,assilr commission to order the trolley com pany to put in grooved rails in all streets hereafter paved.
 This action with reference to grooved rails was taken after an opinion had been read from the city attorney in which he claimed that the city has right to make such demand upon the company.