Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-02-20
SPEECHES GALORE.
vest Side Hill, Town Plot and
 Brooklynites Were There.

There was something doing in the kIty hall building last night. West &ide hill, Town Plot and Brooklyn
 wooped down upon the city fathers,
 onipelled them to listen to their tales woe. some of which were really
 6artrending, and after several hours
 speechmaking, impartial minds
 ound 1t out of the question to decide which side had made the deeper inl- tressiOn upon their hearers
 It was all over the trolley matters, Ifthough the West Side hill people de lied this and claimed that all they Eant is to get Robbins street worked
 . that they rnaye have ali easier
 trade and an opportunity to get some heasule of fire protection on the nigh (round. The flow of eloquence was et loose at the meeting of the board
 public works, which was held early
 D the evening, Mayor Thonls presiding
 Ind all the members being present..
 The West siders made a big demon
 tration at this meeting and as neith-
 r Town Plot nos Brooklyn was repre-
 ented at this meeting, the rumor went
 ound that they had capitulated and Vest Side hill was left in undisputed possession Of the field. Attorney Sla- lin headed the delegation and after
 leading the resolutions, adopted by
 esidents of that section and printed herein yesterday, the attorney intro luced members of the delegation who Offered few words of advice regartl- Ing the need of working Robbins street
 Q the grade established last year, which is width of sixty feet. The Speakers included MT Clarkin, Charles \. Colley, W. s. French. Fred w. Trench, Edward Casey, Frank Smith, Edward r. Joy and Michael Guilfoile.
 His honor and the commissioners proved to be good listeners, but even It that they raised an objection now ind then which showed that they were | not satisfied with the conditions on Robbins street, the remark being made pn two or three occasions that while
 t has been decided to lay out Robbins itreet sixty feet wide, twenty y-fve feet
 s reserved for the trolley, which leaves a roadbed of only thirty y-hye Feet for other travel, less several feet For sidewalk. When the orators re-
 fred the board got down to business and voted unanimously to recommend ko the aldermen that public necessity hnd convenience require that Robbins |street be laid out to a width of sey- |hnty feet.
 While all this was going on the diff |ferent elements crowded towards the |aldermanic chamber and awaited the looming of the different members of |the board with considerable anxiety. To the great surprise and confusion of |the dwellers on West Side hill, they found a formidable army of Town PIotters and Brooklynites ahead of them in the aldermen's room and from that time on it was apparent to all that there was bound to be row. Alderman Filling called the meeting ito order promptly at o'clock and every member with the exception of Mir Goss and MT Hurley answered his name when Clerk Sandland called the roll. After disposing of few minor matters the report of the board of public works asking permission to proceed with the preliminary work for a wider street on Robbins street was read. This was followed by great silence which was finally broken by Alderman Nell, who moved that the report be accepted and the recommen, dation adopted. The chair was about to put the motion when Mir Spain thought this of sufficient importance