Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-28
TOUR OF CITY
Mayor and Street Committee lB' specied Work Being Done.

sistant City Clerk J. R. Lawlor ant
 the street committee made tour O
 the city yesterday afternoon and no
 ticed much doing and great dea
 more on the waiting list. They drop
 ped onto the different gangs of cit,
 laborers without warning and found
 all working, not shamming or killing
 time as you hear smart folks say now
 and then.
 Thomaston avenue was the frs
 stopping place, where property own
 CTS complain that their yards are be
 Ing cut off to make the wider street
 while undeveloped property on tho
 other side is not cut into enough tC
 say so. To be plain it was charged
 that favoritism was cutting quite 2
 swath in the running of the lines
 After looking over the ground very carefully it was plain to the mayor
 and the street committee that some.
 body had blundered and it was decid.
 ed to instruct the bureau of engi.
 neering to submit another map show
 ing how things will look by cutting
 on the bend in the street beyond the
 point where the trolley tracks leave l the highway and taking what land I there is needed from brush lots in-
 stead of cutting into lawns clear up
 to the steps of private residences. The
 trolley people are hustling in that street and when the work is complet- ed it will be a delightful thorough fare. It will be fifty feet wide as far as Fort Hill and sixty feet wide from that point to the town line.
 On the way back the party had a salute from Edward McManus who is pushing work on the Waterville road and Homer street, and has things in shape so that the tourists drove over the new route, the first to make the trip in an auto car. When asked why he didn't invite the mayor and other city officials to his wedding, MT Mc- Manus waved his hand in the air and shouted. 'I didn't bring her home yet; left her at Newport"
 The party halted opposite the ton sorial rooms of Pietro Ciacco, in the heart of the vile, for the purpose of making inquiries regarding his ap- pitcation to locate a pole in the side walk. The barber was not at his place of business, but an accommodate ing gentleman who appeared to know something about his habits informed the officials that in all probability he was out fishing, this being his favor ite pastime whenever he has nothing else to do.
 The next move was to Edward street, distance of about three miles, which was covered in A few minutes. Arriving there a force of men was found filling in the street from Alder Street to Drawer avenue so that people may be able to make some use of their property. The great wall built there some time ago and which Mir Sheehan, a resident of that street, wanted everybody to see before 1t was taken down. he cause he considered 1t wonder. is now but a memory, . It is leyeled to the new1grade and while this and inc ming in at the east end of the street does not make what you would call a good job of 1t, 1t is the best than can be done.
 The next spot visited was the scene of Clark street extension. The work of cutting the street throueb mas been carried as far as John Hem derson's grape arbor and nothing more can be done on that side unless the board wants to pry the cellar rom under the building and let if topple over. The party didn't stop and when the auto was passing inc spot the mayor and the commission CTS were looking the other way all rearing, evidently, that Mir Hender- son might possibly be on the premises armed with shot gun or some simI. Tar weapon. Already a vast amount or work has been done there. but the lob Is yet for from being finished i Atter this the board made a wild dash across Washington ayenue into Porter street and thence to Sopth Leonard street clear down to Soutb Main street and back along south Main to Lounsbury street where fen or niteen minutes were spent looking l over the situation at that point. 1t | was voted to refer the difference be- | tween property owners on the west Side of that street and the city to . consisting of the mavor with power to act. Nothing was ione about the proposed change of srade or Lounsbury street. A large | snare Of the work has already haer attended to. The opinions expressed NeEe not complimentary to that way T doing things and 1t is probable nat the mAvor VIII he asked to ra- ninu the engineer and superintend- mt or streets that henceforth no 'nange Of grade shall be made on anv 'tfeet or other new work undertaLan without a proper order from inc sI- lermen and the department of public works. PuOiie
 A trip was made into River stree, Fhere vote was passed recommand. ns retaining wall in front of inc 'roperty of Mrs Delaney. Then ,ha oard headed for Luke street ana urned down Sylvan avenue to Stone treet where a stop was made 10 com ider what merit there Is in the pe,i- ion asking that Stone street from ylvan avenue to Baldwin street be alled sylvan avenue. There was no, iueh said. but the few remarks ropped were favorable to the propo- ltIon.
 The petition for relocation of the urb line at Franklin and Union treet was referred 10 the engineer 'ith instructions to prepare maps ypr