Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-04-03

THE CITY MUST ACCEPT.
Aldermen Informed That Plans of
 Railroad Must Stand.

Chalrman Filling presiding and all the members being present. The principal matters taken up were the union station approach, the proposed amendment to the ordinance regulat- Ing billiard and pool rooms and the proposition to raise the railroad bridge. at Bank street.
 A committee consisting of Senator Tracy, Thomas Kelly, John Mori- arty, A. J. Patton, John Henderson and Engineer Cairns, was present to report regarding the conference held with representatives of the railroad regarding a change of the location of the union depot. Mir Tracy made the report, going over the ground al- ready covered in the papers. In brief, MT Tracys statement was that J. s. Elton favored what might be considered the Kelly plan a year or more ago, but after consultation with the officials it was found to be inn practicable.
 Thomas Kelly said he wanted to add few words to what Mir Tracy had said. While talking over this matter with Mir Elton and the rail- road engineer" said MT Kelly, we learned from him that when it was looked into the surveys showed that it would cause some damage to the Waterbury Brass Co and thereupon MT Elton turned 1t down and never submitted 1t to the railroad com pany."
 This brought out a few more re- marks from Mir Tracy, who said that he feared what Mir Kelly had said might put him in an unfavorable light and he desired to explain that after so much money has been ex- pended in furthering plans for the present site of the railroad station he considered it folly to continue talking about change. MT Elton and MT Kingsbury had maps pre- pared for the station in almost the same place referred to by MT Kelly, but they saw that 1t meant an enor- nous outlay and abandoned it, so that what they could not put through a year ago it seems to oe nothing short of folly to try to do it now. MT Tracy urged that the city fathers agree on some plan and get to work at it as soon as possi- ble..
 Returning to the subject, Mir Kelly said that he didn't intend to put Mir Tracy in an unfavorable light, but he noticed an important omission re- garding what actually was said at the conference. Don't you remem- Der, MT Tracy" inquired the speak CT, looking at the ex-senator, that when MT Elton talked of the injury to the Brass Co you said you sup posed 1t would have been all right if it were the other mans dog, and Mir Tracy disposed of 1t with laugh?"
 Alderman Elton said it was now a year or more too late to talk Of this railroad approach matter. He wondered why public meeting was not called to discuss it at the proper time and said that when the ques- tion was open the only persons that interested themselves in it was the board of public works, the engineer and himself. Being mayor at the time, Mir Elton considered it his duty to see what could be done for the city.
 After some further discussion 1t was voted on motion of Mir Elton to, request the board of public works to submit a report to the aldermen rel ative to the widening of Grand. South Willow and Meadow streets with a view to making suitable ap- breaches to the railroad station. En- gineer Cairns was heard on the ap- proach question and counseled .m-. mediate action so that some of the work could be done in conjunction with the railroad.
 Alderman Spain offered the fol- lowing resolutions:
 "Voted-That the city clerk o,, and ne hereby is instructed to con- municats with Mir Mellen, president of the N. Y., x. H. X H. R. R. Co, inviting him to meet committee consisting of the mayor, president of the board of aldermen and the board of commissioners of public works, for the purpose of talking over the proposed railroad improve ments within the city of Waterbury, with a view of modifying the plans to meet the wishes of the citizens a; expressed at recent mass meeting. and also to better the conditions ex- isting at the Bank street crossing.
 After some discussion the resolu- tion was lost by e strict party vote.
 John Henderson, who by the wsy, is member of the committee. st- tempted to make few remarks, but Alderman Elton objected and Mr Henderson took his seat near the Oth- CT members Of the committee. Later in the meeting Alderman Bowe said he didn't think ,t fair 10 deny Mr Henderson an opportunity 10 bc heard. The request was then grant ed. Mir Henderson said he was a member of the approach committee and came to the meeting at tie rs- quest of Chairman Tracy, consequent Iy he didn't suppose he wns intrui- ing. He spoke briefly in opposition to the, railroad plans which provide for all sections of the city except fhs west. "For the past thirty years.' he said, whenever the people over my way asked anything they were told that their wants would be supplied when the railroad changes were be- Ing made. He spoke for a patient. long suffering people. who have how grown tired of broken promises ard have made up their minds not tO sub init to that kind Of treatment any longer"
 Mr Malone offered a resolution re- questIng the city attorney to make a report as to the best method to proceed to have the Bank street bridge raised three feet. Alderman Walker didn't like this and at his suggestion it was voted to refer the .- srm m-~s-.zs- Fyx~ mA wasF-