Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-23
PUBLIC WORKS BOARD.
Appropriations For Next Year
 Talked of Last Night.

night ill the mayors office and receiy.
 ed statements from the heads of the
 different departments regarding ap
 propriations for next year as follows
 First taxation district-For roads
 $2o,OOO; for bridges and maintenance
 $G5O0; streets, new work, S2O.OOO
 sidewalks, new work, $12,OO0; light
 ing ,$9,5O0 street sprinkling, $2,5OO;
 storm water draininge, $5OO0; trees,
 So0O; street signs, $500; improvements
 or Watertown road, $5,OOO; improve
 ments of Mill Plain road, $2,OOO; im-
 provements of Piedmont street, $2,OOO;
 Cooke street, $3,CO0; total, $92, 800.
 second taxation district-For clean- Ing or pavement and crosswalks, $24,-
 OOO; street repairs and maintenance, SZo,oo0; pavement repairs, $2,5OO; crossWalks, repairs and renewals, $3,-
 OOO; gutters, repairing and relaying, S2,oOO; surface hardening and re- palrs, S2,OOO: purchase of horses, carts,
 etc, $2,5OO; streets, new work, $35, GOO;
 street sprinkling $15,OOO; sidewalk re-
 pairs, $15,O0O; sidewalks, new work,
 S2o,OOO; storm water drainage, $12,-
 OO0; lighting, $37,000; trees, $1.5OO;
 Liberty street, surface hardening, $3,- OOO; Mill street, surface hardening, $S,oOO; Cherry street, surface harden ing, $6,000; North Riverside street, surface hardening, $6,O00; Central avenue, surface hardening, $3,OO0; to- tai, $22S,5O0.
 Sewer department, first taxation dlstrict-Care of basins. etc, $75O; ma terial, $25O; total, $1,OOo.
 Second taxation district-Salary of superintendent, $1,000; labor of fifteen men, $S,5S0; five horses, $2,5OO; one tusher to be purchased. $500; tools and repairs. $100; rubber boots and oil. coats, $15O; brick, cement and pipe. S35O; rope and disinfectant, $2O; to- tai, $13C00.
 water department, repairs and ma1ntenance-Salaries and payroll. $l3,0S1.71; stock, tools and meters. s. OoO; leaks and repairs, $1,OOO; horse feed, shoeing and maintenance, $1,- GOO; total $19,0S171.
 Reservoir maintenance-Labor, S6.. 97o; cleaning shores and abating nuis- ances, $l,OOO; inspection of water sheds, $975: new fence and repairs, So6O; Inspection and maintenance of plpe line, $15O; maintenance of roads and bridges, $50; repairing Prospect dam, $500; policing water shed during construction of new dam, $2,50O; to- tai, $13,110.
 Additional land, eastern supply, $12,OO0; Baldwin street water main. 5000; total, $21,OO0.
 Park partment-Purchase of sprayer and care of trees, S2,500: es- tabllshment and care of playgrounds, $l,5O0; rustic pavilion at Hamilton park, $3,O00; total, $7.OnO.
 Commissioner Finn thought that in- asmuch as it had been decided to put permanent pavement on Cherry street, it would be we'll to substi- ute Dublin street for Cherry street. but the matter went over to the next session. MT Finn also called attention 10 the need of a retaining wall on Baldwin street, east side, from Bridge street to Stone street, and asked that provision be made to attend to it. In lhis he was supported by Mr Law or' but the other commissioners didn't see why the city should construct a retaining wall on Baldwin street. It was explained that Baldwin street. me same as any other thoroughfare n the city. was entitled to q suit lhle retaining wall along the highway f the condition demanded it, and that he city did put up loose wall there several years ago, but it kept topping 'ver from time to time, until finally. IS matter of safety, most of the )oulders that tumbled onto the side walk were thrown away. After hear ng this it was decided to look into he matter.
 The proposition to clinch things for improvements in the outside district y making specific appropriations for hem so that the incoming boards would have no alternative but % head and spend the money in the laces mentioned, didn't appeal very trongly to MT Lawlor, who remarked hat he was of the opinion that the lme had come when the so-called out lde districts should come into the ull taxation district or remain on ne waiting list until they are willing pay for public Improvements on ne same basis as property in the sec nd district. He believed the present vstem of making Improvements mani- astly unfair to one portion of the peo- le and considered this a very oppor- me time to call halt. The other looked at the question his way too, but whether they will ct up to it will not be known until tier. for nothing definite was done Ist night.
 James Byrnes and John F. Whe- Ill of East Main street explained nat short time ago the city voted change the grade of the sidewalk East Main street from Rntledee rect 70 feet easterly. They were ted in. hut the engineer informed lem that the change would not affect lem at all. The work was done. hut
 turned out to he a blunder and later they went out there and carried e change of grade 3O0 feet farther. Using MT Byrnes' walk six inches ld elevating Mir Whelan's eight ches. They had no notice that such
 thing was to he done and Mir Dencer of the bureau of assessment 'sured Mr Byrnes that the engineer Id them nothing about going beyond Ie point mentioned at the hearing.
 was voted to ask the engineer to pear before the board and explain hy he vent farther than the board tended.