Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-03
THE WATER QUESTION
Board of Aldermen Discussed Ii
 Again Last Evening.

The recommendation of the board of public works relative to this mat ter was taken from the table and read as follows:
 Whereas, the consumption Of water by the city has outgrown the capacity of the present Wigwam res. ervoir with the effect of dangerously shortening the supply in the dry sea sons, be It
 Resolved, that this board report to the board of aldermen that pub He necessity and convenience require the immediate construction of stor- age reservoir at the west branch, such reservoir to have a depth of ninety feet at the dam and recom- mending that this board be author ized to begin work at once, the es- timated cost being $950,000.
 Resolved. that the city engineer be and Is hereby instructed to repo, on the possibility of security rights and privileges on other watersheds where supplies may be obtained when the city shall have outgrown the west branch"
 It was agreed to take the resolu- tions up separately and when the motion was stated to start work at the Branch, substitute therefor was submitted by Alderman Hayes as follows:
 Voted, that the city engineer be and is hereby authorized and in- structed to make a survey of the lands, watersheds, elevations, etc, at the Prospect valley district for pro- posed new reservoirs for the city of Waterbury ,and report the same to this board at the earliest conven ience." '4a
 The aldermen talked at some length upon the water sheds at Pros- pect, and added that the Branch matter can be taken up any time, because We own the land there, while in Prospect the territory is yet to be acquired and might be snapped up any time by some other town. He was not opposed to the Branch proposition, but he thought the other matter demanded attention first.
 Alderman Lawlor said that the engineer had given this subject con- siderable thought and had advised the board what he believed best to do and he was of the opinion that his plan should be carried out as soon as possible and take up Al- derman Hayes's suggestion later on The matter was finally put to a vote and carried
 At this juncture the question arose as to when the motion as amended should be put before the house, but such course was con- sidered unnecessary inasmuch as tho resolution of Alderman Hayes was admitted as substitute for the original motion. .
 Emboldened by his success. Al- derman Hayes then offered another resolution as follows: ta
 Voted, that the city engineer be and is hereby authorized and in- structed to make survey of all the property on the watersheds of the East mountain and Prospect reser- voirs that ought to be in the posses sion of the city of Waterbury, for lHe pl olCtlIOH anu Ul lue water in said reservoirs and rep same to this board at his earliest convenience, and that the following property owners be seen: Messrs Payne, Bunnell, Lounsbury, Rudolph. Moran, MeDermott, Fenn, Hotchkiss and Terry"
 Mir Larkin objected to immediate consideration on this second effort of the alderman from the fifth ana 1t went over.
 Alderman Malone extended an in- vitation to the board to inspect the new Baldwin street engine house Wednesday night. It was accepted.
 At the recommendation of the board communication was read from the Bunker Hill school district stating that they are opposed to any division of the school lines. The communication was ordered on file and the report of the committee on this matter, which was on the table for the past month, was then taken up and adopted. This puts Fair mount in the Waterville school dis trict. Alderman Larkin wanted a Cuullhltlce Ol lWO dppOlHIe0 to dCC with a like number from the board of education to investigate and re- port regarding the financial condi- tion of the town school Mir Lar kin remarked that they are piling up a big debt which the city will have to assume some day and he thought It time 1t was looked into. Alderman Lawlor objected to immediate con- sideration of the matter and it went over to the next meeting. The re- ports of the bureau of assessment on the matter of benefits and dam ages arising from the discontinu- ence of the layout of portions of Vine and Locust street were adopted. Similar action was taken on the re- port of the bureau of assessment on the layout of library park. The land now to be taken will cost 1 $60,000, divided as follows::
 Edwin T. Root, $12,000.
 Hattie B. Solomon, $10,750.
 Elizabeth T. Peabody, $10,650.
 Frederick B. Merriman, $S,5O0.
 George P. Roberts, s7,600.
 James F. and Mary c. Hanlon, s4,O00. >l
 Mary and Jane Davis, s2,700.
 The Warren l.. Hall Co.,, $2,500.
 Ellen Casey, s1,500.
 The board adjourned for two geekS