Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-09-04
AFTER THE SUBJECT
Eanch Water Supply is Going Down Three Feet a Week.

ta
 Fhe board of public works met las kht. Mayor Thoms presided and al
 commissioners were present..
 Vater was the principal topic ant fore they got through with the sub
 lt 1t was decided to stop all sprinkl and to make a house to house hun
 leaking faucets and meter sucl
 lees. This action was taken after
 ring communications from Super
 endent Kennedy of the water de, ftment and City Engineer Cairns
 arding the situation at the Branch
 lere the water is going down at tht
 e of three feet a week. The DO
 department was alns asked to re.
 It all cases that came to their no VI where people are found using
 ter for sprinkllng purposes.
 lmost all the men folks who live
 Sarsfeld street and one woman
 'e on hand and told a terrible tale
 Fuffering for want of water. Their
 Is have gone dry and they are
 Frying all over the district for
 ter. The main is at either end of
 streets and they thought the board Id tap it at Hill or Crown streets
 carry it along Sarsfield street so
 t 1t might be available to tue families that are not bat
 g with q water famine. There is
 money on hand for that class of
 K, but the delegation didn't care
 ake that for an answer and final
 after hearing the woman, who
 among other things that what
 lries her most is the fear that her
 Il children will set fire to the
 se while she is away looking for Yer to drink as well as wash the hes in, the mayor said they would RI, into the case and see if anything |sId be done for tliem.
 |Eiichael Wrenn and Herman Win \ were heard regarding the need \ batch basins and fire hydrants in
 neighborhood of Fairmount and |ilshington streets, also sidewalks Il Washington street. They were |I| I|lred that they were coming. A |1tlar reply was given to Mir Dodd |Ih reference to the grading of Wal II street and to Edward Mcdonald |5p inquired about Sylvan avenue Tween Stone and Washington N Nets. Property owners interested |lhe layout of River, street to Louns- iF street were told that the work
 be taken up in few days and |sE going until it is finished. Peter Ec Ecoughland and E. P. Riordan call Kattention to the grade of South |sIy street. The board promised to N at it soon.. A communication on
 matter from the engineer stated II the grade of the sidewalks is |It, but the street is being filled ill |lht foot too high. The surveys |h not made by the city. It was lpld layout worked onto the city
 he Tracy Brothers.
 he two and a half cent fare on the ley cars for school children ap-
 to all schools, private and public.
 bok of 40 tickets for. $1 Is not so brnelius Shea was told that Merry ft is in the hands of the engineer.
 same answer was given to r. c. hphrey regarding Willard ave- representative was present from
 ison street, but he said nothing. \ people down that way have been | Hing a hard fight to get a street | M Sylvan avenue to Baldwin | It, but nobody appears to take | ]. interest in them, although at | 5t a hundred children work their ] through the brush to school in all s of weather and large number tactory hands encounter like hard $.
 .bmmissioner Lawlor exhibited a er bill within a few cents of S25, because it fell short of $25 the Int had to pay $2.50 per year for meter. He considered this an in- live to waste water for if the man |sas talking about had opened his ! et and run off g cents worth of Iar he would have saved S2.j0. \ he opinion of the commissioner the mayor and the other members |ed with him that the rule should polished. It was referrel to the |rintendent for investigation and Tt.
 De board gave the telephone com
 a fine lecture for the way it left |h Willow street opposite the 'oll block and one or two other , were cited to show that they care what condition they leave ! |treets in. Superintendent Kilduff be street department stated that opening of streets by private cor eions and leaving them in poor |e costs the city large sums of by every year. Even the gas con- I, a firm that tries to do right, not always leave the street in as condition as 1t finds 1t. The hone company was granted per ion to open Bank street opposite 1 Russell block, but the vote was { Id with some reluctance and be- lit went through the superintend- I |of streets was directed to get I them on the other jobs. V } matter of securing polling places | he election was referred to a com \ se consisting of Messrs Walker Nell. Several hearings for new nts. Including Cooke street and nrville street were agreed upon. rintendent KiIduff submitted es- | ;es for sidewalks in streets in rent parts of the city the total