Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-10
PUBLIC WORKS BOARD
Several Streets Named After
 Members of the Board.

The board of public works held a meeting last night and transacted considerable business, not the least of which was the passing along to the aldermen with favorable report. a list of new street names, three of which are christened after members of the board, Finn, Dennison and Nell. All the changes are recom- mended to avoid confusion on account of doubles. Bronson avenue, which runs from Riverside street to Hospital avenue, is to be Finn place; Terrace avenue off Sylvan avenue is to be Nell street; Greenwood avenue off Sylvan avenue is to be DennisOn street. The engineer also remember ed a former member of the board of public works, Mir Mahaney, by mak- ing Mattatuck terrace on Town Plot, Mahaney terrace. Center street in South Brooklyn street is to be Eagle street, in honor of the Eagle Brew ing company, which abuts on that street. These and number of other names will go 10 the aldermen for confirmation next Monday night
 The changes already mentioned are all right and none of them is likely to arouse any opposition, but there is another that you have not heard of yet and 1t is apt to cause tumult the community, if not all over town in certain places where the D is monarch of all its surveys. It shows that, notwithstanding what some folks may say, Bryanism is coming to the front and RoOseveltism is los ing its grip, even among members of his own camp. The engineer and the commissioners have recommended that that the beautiful boulevard in East Farms, one of the most delight full drives in New England, will be changed from Roosevelt street to Bryan street. Some of the republi- can members of the board acted as if something was sticking in their necks when it went through, but evi- dently not caring to make scene. 1t was understood that Mayor Thoms desired this change, none of them of fered the slightest objection and Roosevelt went down before Bryan, one of the democrats remarking that it was simply a case of the survival of the Attest.
 Commissioner Dennison called at tention to the number of double dump carts employed in the street depart ment and wanted to know if it would not be cheaper for the city to keep its own carts and horses and hire drivers only. If it was not consider ed advisable to keep lot of horses oyer winter they could be sold in the fall. While nothing was done in the premises 1t is evident from what was said that it will come up later. Com missioner Lawlor wanter better pavement at the intersection of Wash ington and River streets than what is there at the present time, and sug- gested that bitulithic or vitrified brick be used there on the crossing instead of the rickety old flags. The matter was referred to the engineer. The commissioner also said he thought money could be saved on the sidewalk repairing by finishing up all the bad spots in one street while the men are there instead of removing from one street to another to attend to small jobs The time lost in changing is con- siderable and this would be saved if the men kept right on in one street until all the patching needed was fin- ished and so on through all the streets. The committee on sidewalks will give this some consideration.
 Proposals for street sprinkling were received and read as follows: Ameri- can Street Sprinkling Co. Worcester, Mass, for street in which the trolley operates, S1-4 cents per foot. for streets where there are no trolley tracks. n cents foot. If the city would agree to cut out Sunday. the company would reduce the 1l-cent offer to 10 cents. Another proposition from the same concern was to fur nish one electric car for the season at cost of 5000, if the city would make five year contract on this basis the company would give an annual discount of five per cent. It appears that New Britain has signed a con tract similar to this one.
 The New Haven Sprinkling Co of- fered to do the work for 9 cents a foot in streets where the trolley oper- ates and II cents in other streets. The board deferred action until later.
 The petition of the Telephone con- pany to make excavations in certain streets and of Antonio Novello for a catch basin at the corner of Drayer avenue and Edward street. were suitably referred. The engineer re- ported plans ready for the discontinu- ance of the Plank road from Silver street easterly and for the layout of Grandview avenue. Water mains were recommended in Trement and