Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-27
PUBLC WORKS BOARD
Commissioner Dennison Thaks City Should Own Electric Plat.

Commissioner Walker pr6sided'ht the meeting of the department tf public works last night.
 The matter of paving was dA- cussed and some expressions of Opir ion given regarding the advisabilis of the city getting hold of the locS electric lighting plant. II undoa stand" said Mir Dennison. that can be leased from the company, am that Mir Young and Mir Page are aftet 1t. If this be so why wouldn't 1t b1 good plan for the city to take hold of 1t and get what there Is in 1t? III there Is money in it for MT Young and MT Page. and they wouldn't bssI after 1t if there wasn't. 1t seems to me that the people of this town ought to have 1t.
 The other commissioners thought favorRbly of the suggestion, but nOth-s Ing definite was done in the premtsee, notwithstanding the fact that MT DennisOn produced synopsis of 3 l report from Norwalk. where muni- cipal lighting plant has been in ops eration for the past fourteen years, showing that the city is realizing
 handsomely on it.
 With reference to permanent pave ment,, Mir Finn thought he would like to see the Belgian blocks removed l from Exchange place and the square covered with something more sight ly. The commissioner was of the i opinion that the blocks now in Fix l change place could be used on the
 south end of Benedict street, which
 1t is generally believed ought to be l paved. if for no reason other than to
 put the New England Watch Co in I position to save their machinery from being ruined on account of dust from
 the dirt road. This matter will come
 up later.
 Parties interested in the proposed
 layout of the upper end of Pine and
 Bishop streets appeared. There was
 no opposition and the projects were
 favorably reported to the aldermen. On recommendation of the engineer
 list of streets whose names 1t is de-
 sirable to change was ordered print
 ed in the daily papers.
 I George Foley of South Main street
 appeared and stated that he is billed
 for sewer assessment on South Main
 street. He connected with the sys-
 tenn fourteen years ago and paid.
 In support of this statement he
 showed a voucher signed by Comp
 troller Russell. The board promised I to look it up. It was voted to in-
 struct the superintendent of water
 to install a meter at 427 East Main
 street. light was ordered installed
 at Hill and Summer streets. The fol-
 lowing matters were favorably re- } ported to the aldermen for hearings: l The layout of Jackson street from Bank street to West Main street; building lines on East Main street from the Meriden road to the Mill
 Plain school house: sidewalks on
 Walnut street, east side. from 8 point
 opposite the south line of Ashley
 street to Long Hill road that cross- ]; walks be ordered laid on Walnut
 street at Webb, Ives and lrion , streets; that sidewalks be laid on East Main street, east side, from S91 to the Meriden road: that sidewalks be laid on Park avenue from Kings . bury to Sparks streets; ten foot , building lines on Eden street. It
 was voted to hear property owners on West Main street, from the west end of the green to Willow street, re- garding the laying of pavement. two . weeks from last night. Authority was asked from the aldermen to call for bids for the removal of the re- taining wall opposite the Simonsville , school on Baldwin street. Engineer , Cairns reported that he had made some inquiries regarding Henr,
 Spinach. the lowest bidder, for build ing a section of channel in Little
 brook on Adams street and for the construction of a storm sewer 1T : Grove street from Bishop street tt ! Little brook, and found that he is al z right. He advised that the contracts be awarded to him. The matter wen
 over for week.