Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-04-18
PUBLIC WORKS BOARD.
Held an Outing to Find Places to Spend City Money.

spend ClCy Money.
 The board of public works had an outing yesterday afternoon and heli session last night that lasted until after Il o'clock. In the afternoon the board travelled through Town Plot Brooklyn, Simonsville and the south end, and saw an opportunity to spend large sums of money. It was voted to recommend that curbs be ordered laid on Highland avenue, both sides, from West Main street to Ledgeside avenue. It was also voted to recOnl- mend curb on Avon avenue. The engineer was requested to prepare plans for the layout of South Leonard street. fifteen hundred feet sOutherly from Sixth street and of Eden avenue from the property of James Coughlin to. Tracy avenue An estimate for grading Sylvan avenue from Stone street to Washington street was asked for, so that the board may be able to see what it can do with reference to the petition for sidewalks between these points. The matter of surface water on Fairmount street and the condition of Lounsbury street, west of Baldwin street, was referred to committees. The board looked over the street situation at the Mulcahy school but reached no definite conclus- ion as to what can be done in the premises. Like all their predecessors they pronounced it bad mess but just how to get out of it they could not see, or if so they didn't make it known. The condition of the LaWlor property on Sylvan avenue, where an appeal is pending, was looked over. At the evening session hearings were heard regarding public improve ments on Easton avenue, lower South Main street and Wall street, the first and last being for sewers and the I other layout. With the exception of | the Wall street project no opposition developed, but in this case all the l property owners on Wall avenue offer ed vigorous protest. The South Main street matter was continued un- 1 til people farther down the street are cited in and the others are still under consideration.
 Attorney Russell appeared in the in- terest of Dennis Hayican and stated that his client wants to repair his sidewalk at the corner of Wall street and Wall avenue but the bureau of engineering refuses to let him go
 ahead unless he raises his curb about two feet. This would ruin a base
 ment tenement and put him to other expense. He never was notified of a
 change of grade at that point and Mir
 Russell could not see how such
 thing could take place without the knowledge of the owner and be legal.
 The matter was referred to con-
 mittee consisting of the engineer and
 the clerk for Investigation and re- port.
 I The sheriff was instructed to notify
 Riverside Cemetery association to
 lay a sidewalk in front of its prem
 ises on Riverside street as per vote
 of aldermen passed in 1903; also to
 serve a similar notice on property
 owners on East Farms street from St
 Paul street to Walnut street. The
 matter of constructing small park
 at East Farms and Walnut streets
 was referred to the engineer for an
 estimate of expense. The superin-
 tendent of streets and the engineer re-
 porting on the condition of the cross l walks in Exchange place. stated that
 they can be improved by discarding
 the flags and extending the brick
 pavement to include the points GOV
 cred by the crossings. They were
 asked to submit estimates. The mat
 ter of constructing two catch basins
 on Riverside street and conducting
 surface water from these basins to
 the Naugatuck river was referred to
 the engineer for plans and estimates.
 It was voted to recommend to the
 aldermen that hearings be authorized
 for laying permanent pavement on
 lower South Main street. Abbott av-
 enue and in portions of West Main
 and Cherry streets. The clerk was instructed to cite in property owners ! on Bunker Hill. Buckingham. Hill and Dikeman streets. to be heard rel ative to laying sidewalks.
 The engineer was instructed to pre- pare plans and advertise for bids for the construction of sewers in West Main. Griggs Fourth, Round Hill streets. and Easton avenue. also for storm water sewer in East Farms street. The matter of permitting tho , Sanitary House Cleaning company to do business on the streets was consid- cred and according to the charter it appears that it is up to the aldermen to issue license for that purpose If they want to- owing to the fact that there appeared to he no special oh- iection to the work. The superin- tendent of streets was requested to let them go ahead until the next , meeting of the aldermen.
 III The matter of Clark street extension was referred to the engineer for plans , and estimates. The application of the trolley company to make conduits fin
 certain streets was referred to the
 engineer. It was voted to cite in the
 property owners on North. Willow
 street, between Hillside avenue and
 Ridgewood street. and on Long Hill road from Oak street to Benefit street to he heard regarding building lines.
 The petition of I. B. Hull to be riv- on the street line at 1167 Baldwin street and of C. A. Hamilton for sin.- | liar information on Walnut avenue. were referred to the engineer. Tho matter of removing tree at 140 Cherry street was referred to the su-
 perintendent of streets. The petition
 of the Waterbury Brass company far
 relief from surface water and of tns
 Benson Furniture company relative to the condition of the walks on South
 Main street. were suitably referred. | The matter of framing a draft of
 an ordinance to cover the sprinklins
 of the streets of Waterbury was re-
 ferred to the city attorney. At ths
 suggestion of Mir Finn 1t was agreed
 to hire a sufficient number of men to