Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-03
PUBLIC WORKS BOARD
John ]. Geraghty Told the Board
 Seme Things.

The board of public works held q
 meeting last night, Mayor Thoms nre-
 siding and all the commissioners be-
 lng present, including the new mem.
 Der, Mir Iawlor The session was very largely attended and while #
 Was on. his honor and his lIeutenants
 received few shots from citizens
 who felt that they have not been med
 right that must have set them think- ing. n
 2. A. Templeton and John !.
 Geraghty Of the Second Ward I'm. provelnent club said few things. the
 latter especially, who charged inc board with running away into fine
 woods to spend vast sums of money
 While property close to the thickly
 settled districts are being neglected.
 MT Geraghty is rate payer on Cooke
 street for the past twenty seven wears
 and during that period nothing has
 been done in the street he lives on.
 Untll quite recently the boulevard
 Was brush lot. but the owners sue.
 ceeded in getting the city to develon
 It for them and the present board had
 to follow suit aud leave him and oth.
 CTS whose cases should have been att ! tended to long ago, still on the
 waiting list. The speaker practically called the board batch Of prevari. cators. because they promised last fall
 10 take up the Cooke street proposi. ton early this spring.
 Mayor Thoms assured Mir Geraahty that the trouble was due veYy larrely to the difficulty In getting hold of e1i. glneers, but the explanation was not satisfactory and Mir Geraghty left apparently very much 6iispleated.
 Henry J. Austin and U. G. Church were heard regarding the need of d grade and layout for Oakland aven- ue They also want d water nain.4 sewer. sidewalks and lights and ex. pressed some surprise at seeinH wa ter main and sewage installed in nearby streets. where the ned of them Is by no means as great e in Oakland avenue And by the way they want the name of the stieet changed to Euclid avenue. It is a. continuation of that thoroushfare nd Just why it should have A different name was something not even Nr Church could not quite understand. The board promised 10 look over tin ground.
 r. T. Coogan made n vigorous pro test against putting d catch basin inl front of his property on River street. \ There is no need of it. said Mir Coo. gan. with some emphasis. flor enough water would not get into 1t at that point in the rounds of year to lll it, unless somebody carried 1t there. X catch basin at the opposite side might do some good. but blind man would not think of locating one at my place. If you look at it and don't say that I'm right I'll make you a present of fifty dollars. Besides the place is a solid ledge and if tho work undArta. ken should be continued 1t would rip my cellar to pieces and in such case I should look to the city to make good the damage. There is no more need of catch basin there than there is in my bedroom and want the work stopped. the debris cleared away and the walk that has been torn up tixed.'
 The matter was referred to a com. mlttee consisting of Commissioner Finn and Lawlor with the under standing that the hole be filled up and the basin put in some more suitable place.
 Parties interested in the change of grade of Liberty street and the pros posed change in the course of fha channel of Benedict's pond were ,alled and heard. Edward l.. Frisbie If Benedict X Burnham's and Archer ]. Smith of the American Mills Co. looked the plans over very carefully md appeared satisfied with them. If his project is put through it will 'lean np very bad spot that hns been there for many years and is con ,tantly growing worse. Several pee itions for new work were referred to he different committees. On motion # Commissioner Finn 1t was request. 'd to ask the engineer to make an ,arly report on the layout of Madison itreet easterly from Baldwin street md for the lowering of the side walk on Cole street. east side, oppo- lite the park.
 Bids for the construction of sewers n Columbia boulevard, Euclid and avenues were opened and cad as follows: Test X Z<oln, SS.. '195: Edward McManus. $G.345.9O. The contract was awarded to Mir Me- Janus. The contract for building a etainIng wall in front of the Simons- file school was awarded to Pasluale ,ontaldl for S2.1S1.2J. Edward Me- Janus submitted q bid which mounted to $2,431.75.
 Proposals for the construction of ection 2. of the main carrier of the ewage disposal plant were opened nd read as follows: ReshG < Beebe. Long X Little. I,eominister. lass. $5.5a3.5o: Fred T. Ley X Co. I.9l6. Action on the matter was de- erred for a week in order 10 look