Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-08
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
No Action on Water Meters and
 Delegation Was Disappointed.

transacted considerable business. A biE delegation was present armed to the teeth for the meter question, but not word was said about 1t. Owing to some blunder the public got the notion that the department of public works had recommended the general use of meters and as a result the cOrfi- missipners have been receiving all sorts of advise and many were on hand to give them little more last evening, but the opportunity didn't turn up.
 The recommendation of the de- paftment of public works regarding . change of water rates was laid on tho table. All the other recOmmen- dations of the board of public works, including charter amendments pro- viding for bureau of parks, charg ing all city departments for water, the discontinuance of Poplar street and the layout of Clark street and several other matters were acted up- on favorably. Similar action was talk en of recommendations from the board of public works. A petition asking that a police beat be estab- lished in the south end of the city was referred to the board of safety. The city attorney was instructed to proceed with condemnation proceed tngs to secure land of Alexander Nc Kerracher for school purposes at the Webster building. The city clerk tSyaA 3taa foJ %r aA Rrx,, n sale of $15,00O water bonds, the pro ceeds to be used for the extension of the nigh service into Brooklyn and Town Plot, bids to be received April l, 1907.
 Alderman Larkin brought up the matter of Fairmount street and moved that a committee of three be appointed to look into the question and see If justice cannot be done to MT Scully, one of the property owners in the neighborhood, whose interests appear to have been lost sight of when the street was planned This has been a long time in hand" con- tinued the alderman from the seconu, land 1t seems to me that 1t should be taken hold of now and straight ened out. should like to see com mittee go over this whole matter and report back to this board. They would find that the whole proceed ings were illegal and besides that the school was built to conform to certain conditions that worked hard ship upon Mir Scully and did him a great injustice" He didn't think the bureau of assessment responsible for this. but somebody acting for the city was, and he thought the aldermen wanted no citizen to be made to suf- fer in that way.
 Chairman Filling didn't appear to like the idea of such committee and inquired of Mir tarkin how he knew that justice had not been done Mir Scully, to which the alderman replied that he could not tell what the bureau of assessment has in mind. but that so far as he knew that NIT Scully had not received his due. The motion was finally put and carried unanimously, but when 1t came to naming the committee. Mir Filling, who by the way Is the bureau of as- sessment, thought such action very unusual inasmuch as the bureau has not reported on the matter in dis- pute, and after consultation be- tween Mir Filling and Mir Iarkin and City Attorney Kellogg, Mir Larkin moved that the motion he had just offered be resclnded and there the matter ended
 The bureau of assessment submit- ted report on this question to the former board of aldermen, but after going over the ground the aldermen refused to approve 1t and sent 1t back for further consideration. It was understood last night that the second report vii be received at the next meeting.
 The following communication from the mayor was read and ordered on file:
 Waterbury. January :. 1907. To the Honorable Board of Alder
 men:
 Gentlemen:--It has been the GUS tom at the beginning of each year for my predecessors to submit to your honorable board the reports of the various departments, together with such views of their own upon mat ters which were under consideration as they cared to express. am send ing you herewith such reports as have hitherto received, and will send them in from time 10 time as they reach my hands. I only have a few things to add in general way with regard to each department. since with most of the problems coming be- fore the city the board of aldermen are as familiar as myself
 Health.
 The work of the health department during the last year has been largely of a routine character. There have been no epidemics and no unsual amount Of sickness. The collection and disposal of garbage has been car ricd on along the same line as here tofore. but the service has been con- sidrably improved. Complaints are Ftill made from time to time concern ing the method of garbage disposal by the people of waterville. but am convinced they arise from the ex- istence of the plant itself rather than from any serious fault in it's opera fion. During the year a commission was appointed to consider and advise the city government as to the best method of garbage disposal for the city. They have not as yet filed any