Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-15
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Bad Long Talk on The Wsler
 Supply Last Night.

meeting last night, Chairman Scully presiding, and all the members being present except MT Fitzsimons. It was long session, but no discussion occurred on anything but the water question, and this got thorough airing, MT Cairns giving the board talk in support of the proposed $l,- 100000 storage reservoir at the Branch, and Alderman Hayes con tending that the city's purpose can be better served at much less expense by developing the East Mountain source. The matter came up when the recommendation of the board of public works was read relative to the Branch proposition. At the sugges- tion' of Mir Sellew, Engineer Cairns was heard and reviewed the whole situation carefully, in the course of which he pointed out the danger of delay and said that much of the pre- liminary work should be taken hold of this fall.
 Alderman Hayes took up theme that has been popular hobby with certain city officials for many years, but they were not able to get good hearing. He contended that there is more water going to waste at East Mountain at the present time than is running into the Branch from all its tributaries, and wanted to know If 1t would not be wise to see what can be done out that way before com hitting ourselves to an $1,000,000 outlay. The doctor talked enthusi- astically of the natural springs at East Mountain, said they have been neglected in recent years, ridiculed the pumping station scheme, enum erated all the streets of the city sup piled with water from that source, which include nearly all the eastern and a considerable portion of Town Plot, and notwithstanding that at no place is the water mark over three feet below the full capacity of the reservoir, while at the Branch it shows drop of almost sixteen feet. The alderman paid a high compli- ment to Nelson J. Welton, who planned the East Mountain reservoir, and moved that the board visit the place next Saturday afternoon and invite the mayor, the engineer, su- perintendent of water and board of public works to accompany them. The motion was carried.
 MT Cairns was asked If he had anything to say in reply to what AL derman Hayes had said. The en- gineer replied that he. could agree with the alderman regarding the val uable asset the city has in East Mountain, but added that in a few years the supply there will be in- adequate to the demands of the high service. The yield is about 1000, ,000 gallons daily and inasmuch as 10,-. 100000 gallons will soon be required MT Cairns was curious to know how 1t could be had at East Mountain.
 There appeared to be a disposition of the part of the board to go slow on the matter and after the speech making Alderman Spain objected to immediate action and it went over to the next meeting.
 The following petitions for new work were received and suitably re- ferred: George H. Gloves ct al, for the layout. grading and establish- ment of building lines on Calumet street, from Willow street to Farm ington avenue; Charles Fl. r'arnham ct al, for the layout, grading and es- tablishment of building lines on Ken ilworth street, from Willow street to the Boulevard, and on Pennington avenue, from Wentworth street to Leffingwell avenue; Mrs c. M. Dalay, for water main in Thomaston ave nue, from Welton's bridge to the residence of Joseph Manganaro; Mrs Ellen Ellis ct al, for water main in Denny street, from Franklin to Pond streets; Charles P Maher, for a water main in Rutledge street from Its present terminus to a point 150 feet southerly; Martin Soberg, for sewer in Lounsbury street, from Baldwin to, Fairmount streets; J. w. Hodson ct al, for the lowering of the sewer in Bank street, from Center street to Grand street; Arthur Isham, for an electric light at the junction of Marion avenue and Ray street; John F. Fitzpatrick, for an electric light at the corner of Butler and Barnes streets; James Duggan ct al, for an electric light on Wolcott street at Taylor and Howard streets; Thom- as ". Meyer, for an electric light at the corner of Moran street and the boulevard; Charles E. Egan ct al, for the change in location of the light at the chapel on the Watertown road to the corner of the Watertown road and Aurora street; Charles A. Col ley, for an electric light at the cor ner of Robbins and Colley streets and for sidewalk on Colley street; c. Dreher, for curb and sidewalk in front of the petitioners property at Walnut and Rose streets; Anton Wei dorn ct al, for a sidewalk and curb on Willard street. from Dikeman to a point northerly; Mago Sheehan. for sidewalks on Edwards street, both sides, from Draher to Alder; George Tracy ct al, for sidewalks on Water yille street; J. T. Rice ct al, for a | crosswalh on Willow street at Tower road; F. NJ. Peasley ct al, for cross walks on East Main street at North | Elm street; c. s. Miller for a change in the grade of the sidewalk on East | Main street, from the bridge to Oak i street; c. H. Cables, for storm | water conduit in Center street from Leavenworth street to Bank street, 1 and in Bank street from Center | street to South Main; Harry Willetts, for relief from surface water in