Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-03
B0l,1 OF ALDERMEN
Get Some Light Thrown on the Mat-
 ter of Franchises.

The aldermen met last night and
 transacted all the business on hand
 in less than an hour.
 l The resolution passed at the last
 meeting asking the city attorney to
 eniighten the board on trolley fran
 cnises brought out the following
 reply:
 "On March IS, 1884. the general
 assembly granted the Waterbury
 Horse Railroad Co the right to lay
 tracks on the following named streets: North Main, East Main.
 south Main, West Main, Meadow,
 Willow, Grand, Cedar, Exchange place, and Center square for the
 whole length thereof. excepting that portion of the same lying betwecy
 Excnange place and Meadow street.k .On February 24, 1886, the rig0 10 lay tracks in the following naml
 streets was also granted to the WA l terbury Horse Railroad Co: BanA street between Exchange place an(
 Meadow street. Dublin street, ands rom the south end of South Main street at the city line southerly in the public highway as far as the fac- tory buildings of the Smith & Griggs Co. "on June 4, 1898. the general as- sembly granted the Waterbury Trac- ton Co the right to lay tracks in the streets of Waterbury as follows: Commencing at point on South Main street, where the highway known as the extension of South Leonard street, South Leonard street thence running along said extension or South Leonard street to South eLonard street, South Leonard street to Bank street. Commencing at point where Riverside street inter- sects with Bank street, thence along said Riverside street to and along the Watertown road. Commencing at point where Cherry street inter- sects with East Main street, thence along Cherry street. Grove street. Johnson street, Waterville street, Waterville road. Commencing at a point where Prospect street inter- sects with Grove street, thence along Prospect street to Hillside avenue, and Hillside avenue and Farm street. Commencing at point where North Willow street intersects with West Main. thence along North Willow street and thence to the Waterville road to point near to Nuhn's phos- phate works or where the tracks of the New York and New England Railroad Co cross said Waterville road, thence along Waterville road in Waterville to a few rods beyond the residence of David E. Sprague. Bucks Hill road. From the terminus of East Main street along the old Cheshire road to Calvary cemetery, Meriden road, Cheshire Plank road. From the South Main street ter minus of the present tramway along the Waterbury road, so called, to Grove cemetery in the town of Naug- atuck, Platts Mill road, Pearl Lake road, Chapel street, Baldwin Hill street. Baldwin street. Mill street, union street. Franklin street, Cole street.
 "On April 30. 1901. the Connecti- cut Railway and Lighting Co was given authority to construct. main- tain and operate lines of electric railway upon all of the streets here. inbefore nanned.F the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Co having pur. chased the property or the WaterDury Traction Go. By the same act the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Go was given power to lay tracks on the Watertown road from the ter. minus of the tracks of the Water. bury Traction Go to the Watertown line. the layout being partly on pri. vate land and partly on the high way.
 ''On May 25. 1905. the Connecti. cut Railway and Lighting Go was given power to lay tracks from the junction of West Main and South Willow streets through South VII. low street to the proposed new union station of the New York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad Go. and from that point through Grand street to Bank street to connect with the ex. isting tracks of the company.
 "All of the aforesaid rights to lay tracks must be exercised before July 1, 1907"
 The communication was received