Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-05
PUBLIC WORKS BOARD
Gave ]. J. Mccarthy License 10 Sell al Hamilton Park.

Mayor Thoms presided at the meet Hing of the board of public works last
 might and all the commissioners were
 present.
 Commissioner Thomas B. Walker of 1.-the committee on parks, to whom was
 referred the petition of J. Mccarthy
 Ito sell soda water, ice cream and other |things in that line at Hamilton park,
 Recommended that Mir Mccarthy be l giyenIa license to do business for $l5O, with tthe understanding that nobody else De permitted to sell anything m his line on the grounds. MT Me
 Carthy was present and said he would
 ag1ee to the conditions and keep
 linA of stock there which would please
 ey6rybody. He will be under the
 j1fisdiction of the superintendent, and
 sAlbject to the rules and regulations
 Sf the park. There was some ques-
 Mon at the beginning as to whether fine commissioners would grant per- Ihission to carry on business at Hamil-
 lon park, but Mir Mccarthy came well
 Recommended, and knowing that 1t
 would be great convenience to peo-
 ple who visit the park to be able to
 get glass of sparkling soda or { dish of nice ice cream there Witnoul
 leaving the premises, 1t was decided
 to try how 1t will work.
 Proposals for grading Highland ave
 nue from Chipman street to the Brad-
 leyville road, were opened and read as follows:
 Edward McManus, $3,41250; Cam taldi & D'Aurio, $5,325; Test & Zeola, $3,222.5O: Edward B. Kelley, $3,O37 90. The contract was awarded to MT Kelley, he being the lowest bidder.
 Property owners on Catherine street
 were heard regarding sewer assess
 ments, and property owners on Griggs
 street we're given a hearing relative
 to the layout of that street. The en-
 gineer was instructed 10 prepare plans
 for relief from surface water on Har-
 yard and Oak streets, and to advertise
 for bids for the construction of a
 sewer in Robbins street from Coliey
 street to Guilfoile avenue, and In West
 Main street from Oak Hill avenue
 westerly. It was voted to recommend
 to the aldermen that a hearing be au- thorized on the layout of Merry street to width of 40 feet. A letter from the Metropolitan Surety Go protested against the method adopted by the city of paying the monthly insralments and asking the board to notify them when the next payment was due Long X Lit tie, the contractors on the sewage disposal work The company was ask. ed that eighty-five per ccit Of the es- timated value of the months work be paid per month. The matter was re- ferred to the engineer.
 Edward Kiely was heard in refer ence to the need of finishing the re- taining wall on Round Hill street. All it wants now is the coping. The mayor said this will be attended to soon. The engineer reported the com pletion of the bitulithic pavement on North Willow street, the grading of
 Rround Hill street, and the change ot grade on East Main street.
 Superintendent Kennedy assured the board. that there was no danger that hydrants installed on the high service
 at Baldwin and Washington streets and at Fairmount and Washington streets would not work all right. These | are hydrants on the same service on Dublin and Oak streets and he saw nothing to fear from them in Wash ington street. He was requested to talk the matter over with the engineer. Mir Kennedy reported regarding the lack of water pressure ip the upper story of the Mulcahy school. attrlbut- ing the trouble mainly to too small service pipes, but he didn't think the situation could be permanently renl- edled until larger main Is laid in that district. It was voted to report the facts to the department of educa- ton. The board voted to recommend to the aldermen that the city clerk be authorized and directed to compile a list of streets on which building lines have been established.
 It was voted that Superintendent Kennedy of the water works be dele gated to attend the annual meeting of the National Association of American Water Workers. which opens fin Toroto on June IT and continues until June %. On June IS hearing will he held on the proposed layout of West Liberty street. W. L. Hall called attention to the need of sprinkllng Cooke street, and Perry c. .Cowles renewed his Gp- pllcation for permission to move a house from the corner of North VII low and Ridgewood streets, on which action was deferred pending the com pletion of the pavement in that neigh borhood. The latter was granted and the former suitably referred.