Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-09
BOARD OUTING
Looked Over Different Work
 Being Done By City.

lOutluS ytSleTudy dltci HOoh anu 'OON
 ed over some of the work done in diff
 ferent parts of the city. They wer' not able to get over all the ground
 but what they didn't reach yesterda!
 will be inspected later on. Mayor
 Thoms, Clerk J. R. Lawlor, all th'
 commissioners and the heads of tht different departments made up the party.
 The first stop was made at Hamil
 ton park where Superintendent Walk
 CT explained the why and wherefore of what he is doing with the money
 which is being expended out there
 The best thing he put forward is the
 swimming pool, the finest place of the
 kind in the state. It is equipped
 with ninety dressing rooms and sup
 piled with an abundance of water
 from brook that rattles through the
 brushwood from the eastern section
 of the city, large body of which is
 confined in a reservoir in the rear oi | the swimming pool, the overflow be- l ing nearly sufficient to meet the re- quirements of the bathing tank. The place was originally intended
 for men, but Superintendent Walker said yesterday he expected the board would authorize him to have day once or twice a week for women. This and the remnants of the old match
 shop, the first in the state, the out line of the new pavilion, number of
 fine geese, ducks, pigeons, variety
 of song birds, rabbits, wild and tame, several new swings, squirrels, gray
 and red, and last but no means least, the band stand, so long a landmark
 on the green, make up the principal
 things which the superintendent call
 ed attention to. He suggested that a
 day or two be named for hunting
 when he hoped all red squirrels and
 many of the wild rabbits will be put
 out of business When the rabbits become too numerous they destroy are pugnacious cusses and never tire chasing their gray cousins with the result that the latter take up quar- ters elsewhere. The red squirrel Is also noted thief, and takes spe- cial delight in robbing birds nests and sucking the eggs. It is probable that the board will take this matter into consideration and have one big hunting day in the park, thus giving the sportsmen of Waterbury an op- portunity to see whether or not their dogs are good for anything. All sec tions of the park show unmistakable evidence of constant care and the mayor and commissioners were quick to see this and congratulated the su- perintendent on the appearance of things generally. The old mud hole near the corner of Silver street has been cleaned up and will soon be thing of beauty instead of an eyesore The basin will be filled with water to depth of about two feet and in this water cress will wave to and fro making a very pretty sight. A few more shady hooks have been added to lovers lane and during the present summer it Is expected that every one of them will be occupied.
 After touring the park the board crossed over the hill to Sylvan ave- nue, Merry street, Washington and Luke street. Curbing Is being laid on Luke street and Merry street. Ed. ward B. Kelley is cutting out the big rock on Washington street and doing some grading on Merry street. It was voted to instruct the clerk to mo- tify James Flynn and Thomas Doo- ling to remove their buildings and fences inside the new lines within ten days. In case they neglect to con- ply with the order the superintend- ent of streets was directed to do the work and charge the cost to the prop erty owners. Suitable retaining walls will be built on the west side of Merry street and on Sylvan avenue. The superintendent of streets was in- structed to have the engineer check up the curb grade on Luke street op- posite the property of Patrick o'Reil- ly, where 1t appears to be at least half foot too low.
 Mayor Thoms and the street com mittee devoted a half hour to con- sideration of the petition of Dr Rod man for the discontinuance of Fair street from Luke street south erly and the opening of a street in direct line with Rye street in lieu thereof. The layout of Fairmount street and the layout of Lounsbury street together with the position the school occupies on the lot struck members of the board who hadn't seen the situation before as rather strange, and none of them could understand why so much val 1 uable property should have been spoiled in order to bring about such | a result. The mayor said that Dr Rodman's plan was just what should | have been carried out instead of what we have, but after such lot of ex- pense he thought it would be almost ! too bad to abandon Fairmount street | No action was taken on the matter.
 The superintendent of streets was instructed to terrace the embank- nent on Lounsbury street near South Tiew street, while passing through !. this district Mayor Thoms and Com missioner Walker remarked that they were pleased to see so many new buildings going up. about half a doz- m blocks being ln course of construe- f ion within a few hundred feet of sach other.
 The grading of lower River street md the Improvement of South Main itreet. including the laying of the torn water conduit. was looked over liter which the board passed along to ;outh Leonard street On the way he mayor remarked as the carriages ,assed by the sewage disposal beds, There's where the money goes. " ;outh Leonard street Is a big job and .ithough considerable has been done n it. a large share will have to wait