Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-16

construction the extension to Liberty park, so-called. For this purpose the Railroad company will donate for park purposes such land as 1t owns in the triangular piece between Grand street, Meadow street and Liberty park. which includes not less than one-third of the proposed extenslon the city to acquire the rest of the property in this triangle within five years and similarly devote 1t to pnrk purposes. This will impose upon the city the duty of acquiring and clear ing within five years the land be- tween Livery, Hall Grand and Meadow streets, and two or three small places on the south side of Liv. cry street.
 These plans and this proposition are>fhe result of long continued nego- tiations between the representatives of the city and the New York, New Haven X Hartford Railroad company, and are in the nature of a comprom- ise between the wishes of the repre- sentatives of the city and those of the Railroad company. If 1t Is our pur- pose to do anything in the way of improving the surroundings of and facilities for reaching the passenger station and freight yards. this, think, is as favorable a proposition as we shall be able to secure, as if in- cludes many things which the city wants and will hardly be able to ob- tain unless by some agreement of this kind. One difficulty in reaching a fi- | nal basis of agreement has been over the proposed extension to Library park, which as you know, as q park | proposition, has never very strongly | appealed to me. It is worth consider ing. however. that under the present | proposed compromise at least one third of the land necessary for the l proposed extension will he donated to the city and that by the proposed widening of Grand and Meadow streets. which to my mind is a very necessary improvement. quite a lib- eral portion of this property will have to he acquired in any event. In view of the very great importance for the | future growth of the city of first-ciass railroad facilities. and the evident ad- vantages of many features Of this compromise. it should receive your most careful consideration, and while the representatives of the city are In no way committed to its adoption. in case your honorable board sees 1t to accept it. it will meet with my ap- proval
 The sketches of the proposed street improvements are submitted herp-
 with, also a sketch and plan of the proposed passenger station. loaned me for that purpose. The city engineer
 and city attorney will furnish you with an information with regard to
 the legal and engineering features of
 the proposition afsany time your hon. orable board shall request.
 Yours respectfully.
 WI. E. THOMs, Mayor.
 February r.. 1gUT
 Before the meeting City Engineer Cairns with a series of maps explain- p-f to the members of the board the plans of the mayor and the railrpad
 company The meeting did not oc- cupy bzreiy an hour and further thsn
 reading the two propositions whicA-
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