Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-24
PUBLIC WORKS BOARD
Contract For Sprinkllng Streets
 Awarded Last Night.

nlSnt, ML tor 1AouiD picoe'
 The contract for sprink,ing the trol.
 ley streets was awarded to the Amer
 lean Street Sprinkling company for
 the season at cost of $3,OOO, with
 the understanding that in case the
 city decides to make It q i've year
 contract the price will be $2,S5O per
 year. The sprInkllng on other streets
 will have to be attended to in some
 other way and evidently will be let
 to Mir Blakeslee. The price Is high,
 eight cents and quarter a foot but
 1t was the best the board could do.
 Mayor Thoms said he didn't like to
 pay more than any other town in the
 state per foot for street sprinkling,
 but as this is the best figure obtain
 able and the public wants the service
 he didn't see what could be done but
 take it. The sprinkling car will be
 here shortly and then you will see
 no more dust on the trolley streets.
 Bridgeport gets its sprinkling service
 for four and half cents foot.
 Hartford little less than six and so
 on all over the state, but the agent
 contended that the increased cost of
 everything renders 1t necessary to
 make additions to their price.
 Property owners on Washington avenue from South Wilson street to
 Highland avenue and on South Will son street from Washington avenue to Seymour street were heard regard- ing the proposed layout of these streets. Alexander Lamont of Wash ington avenue said he should claim heavy damages in case the street should be widened, otherwise he had no objection. To make the width proposed would make big cut on his side of the street and take down q very valuable tree. John Valll was not quite pleased with the line on South Wilson street When he open ed that part of 1t he left 1t straight, but he noticed that when the engi- neer came along he put several angles in 1t. If angles are good things Mir yaill thought we ought to have more of them and if they are not good things he didn't see why we have any of them where they can be avoided. William Morgan and others objected to the steep grade near the Walker residence and wanted to know why it was not cut down. It was decided to make another trip over there and look at these projects before going any farther.
 William Walters, chairman of the Long Hill Improvement club gave the board another call. He wanted to know what had become of the pe- tltion for storm sewer from Round Hill street to Oak street, the layout of Beech street, the completion of the grade of Walnut street at his house and other things in that neighborhOOd. Mayor Thoms said that the city should not be expected to drain the swamp up there and that the people would have to lay their curbs before the streets could be fixed and the gutters gaved, to which Mir Walters replied that he didn't expect them to drain the swamp, but he did feel that they are in duty bound to take care of the surface water that comes along the street and having no place else to go flows into the swamp; he also said that he knew the gutters could not be paved until the curbs are laid, but added that 1t was also fact that there was no use putting in curb un- til the street was worked to grade. It was decided to refer Beach street to the aldermen favorably and the su- perintendent of streets was instruct ed to grade Walnut street at the point mentioned by Mir Walters.
 Superintendent Kilduff reported that about ninety-five per cent of the streets recently renamed by the al- dermen and referred to him to have signs placed on them never were or dered laid out and have no legal ex- istence. He wanted to know If the placing of signs on them by him would render the city liable for dam ages In case any happened in such places. The board will think it over. The proposed layout of keefe street was passed along to the engineer. The of streets was instruct ed to purchase another street sweeper. It will cost about $225. The claim of | Flanagan for sand taken 1 from his property on Wainut street | was settled of payment of S25. The | fence of Charles Byrnes on Bunker Hill. removed when the street was | was ordered put up where it | now belongs. A petition for special | sewer connections were referred to the engineer.
 The proposed extension of Jackson street was favorably reported to the aldermen. The Liberty street exten- sion matter was held back from fur fher consideration. The board is not sure whether it Is better to discontIn- ne the old layout and have a new one pr simply widen the old one. It has paid the railroad 5000 damages for the old layout and in case it should discontinue that there is some like. ihood that 1t might have to settle ov. IF again and the commissioners want fo know where they are at before go- Ing ahead. A communication was 'eceived from the engineer relative Q making out water bills on the netered service when one concern or me person has more than one meter. In the opinion of Mfr Kellogg meters ,eloneing to the same person or cor 'oration in the same enclosure should ce rendered as one and ik all other
  'ases bills should be rendered sepa- 'afeiy. The engineers estimate for lew water main in Stone street from sylvan avenue to the residence of Iohn Wall was 942D. and tIen the