Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-13
MIR MCMAHON WAS THERE.
Will Insist on His Rights on Lower
 Waterville Road.

The board of public works met last night, Mayor Thoms presiding. and all the members being present. His honor appeared very nervous and the City Engineer Cairns wanted to leave shortly after the session open ed. but the mayor requested him to remain few moments longer, add ing that he expected something to come up that he desired him to speak on. The next thing the board knew Thomas F. McMahon stepped in and asked for another hearing regarding 1 the closing of the lower Waterville. road. The request was granted and | then MT McMahon repeated what he 1 said at the previous meeting, which was to the effect that some restric- tfon should have been put on the railroad company as regards time when they were given permission to close that street.
 | Mayor Thoms came back with the old reply, that he didn't quite un- derstand what MT McMahon meant and remarked that he had no petition before the board, to which MT Me- Mahon replied that he Aad made a verbal petition, the same as the rail- road had done.
 "Oh, well" said his honor with toss of his head, this is not the rail- road company's case.
 Pardon me. sir" continued Mir McMahon, but is 1t so that you don't extend the same courtesy to citizen of this town that a representative of the railroad received?"
 The Mayor: Yes, provided he treats us with due consideration.
 Mir McMahon: For my part don't intend to do otherwise. I don t see wherein Ishave shown and dis respect to this body in coming here | to look after my interests You say you don't quite catch my meaning, but can't see why. All ask is that steps be taken to prevent the railroad from permanently closing the Water vile road until the new street order- I ed by the railroad commissioners is l opened. At one time certain land owners thought they had me in a hole, but the woke up suddenly and Hound that that was not so. If they want right of way going north it will have to be made through my property and I presume it would help their case if the city could be brought into it in some way"
 | The mayor said he didn't see what the temporary closing of the lower Waterville road had to do with these things. MT McMahon said it was within the knowledge of men now living that streets had been opened without the Knowledge of the board of public works and pushed to a point where aggrieved parties had no redress without the knowledge of the board of public works and 1t was | quite possible that such a thing should happen again. He produced a copy of the vote passed at the meet ing when the company was given per- mission to close the street and read to show that the word temporary" was not used in the resolution.
 l At the request of Mayor Thoms MT Cairns explained the situation. so far as he knew, and that appeared to be very little. although at the pre- yious meeting he made no bones of assuring the mayor that the street in question never will be opened Il dSdiu io punilS tfdstit dHu lue ludyp pF {. .expressed no surprise 9h,a heafihk such statement. Mir Cairns had a notion that when the railroad com pany finishes the work on hand on the lower Waterville road it can be travelled as a grade crossing and that it will be used that way until the tracks are shifted and the new road opened. The matter was disposed of for the time being by agreeing to have another round or two on the question at the next meeting when the railroad company's engineer, Mir McMahon and the city engineer will indulge in three cornered scrap over it. The replies made to Mir Me- Mahon last night by Mayor Thoms and City Engineer Cairns were mas terpieces of side-stepping.