Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-04-07
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
will keep After The Trolley Co
For Percentages.

| The board of aldermen met las'
night, Chairman Scully presiding
and all the members being presen,
except Mr. Fitzsimons.
| 1t was long session, but it passed
off quietly, nothing occurring to
| arouse comment with the exception
of a run in between Alderman Fine
and Alderman Larkin over the reso-
luton asking that the case against
| the trolley company relative to the
payment of percentages due the city
| The resolution was tabled at the last
| meeting, but was taken up last night
and passed, all the democrats favor
| ing it and the minority voting against
| it.
Mr. Larkin wanted to know what
good it would do, but the chair ac-
knowledged his inability to answer
the query. Mr. Fine was very much
in favor of the resolution and
promptly informed the alderman
from the second that this was not
| a matter for the city attorney to
pass upon. Public sentiment, he
said, demanded that the case be
pushed and so long as this was so
it was the duty of the aldermen to
govern their conduct accordingly, re-
CARELESS of what the city attorney
might think.
Building Inspector Chatfield was
heard regarding the matter of per-
mission to build an automobile sta
ton in the rear of Henry Stack
mans lot. Mr. Chatfield described
the building and denied The imputa-
ton that he was going about town
with cold feet. No action was taken,
which would mean that the board
wants to have Mr. Chatfield use his
own Judgment instead of the
boards.
There was small row over the ac-
ceptance of the report of the law
committee relative to the settlement
of the law suit over the matter of
benefits and damages arising from
the layout of Sylvan avenue. The
committee recommended that the
Lawlor case be settled on payment
of $1,000. This matter was taken
from the table on motion Of Mr. Gal
lagher, who moved that the report
be adopted, adding that the matter
had been before the boards for
many years and came to the alder
men now with a favorable report
from a committee of it's own mem
bers and the city attorney.
Alderman Larkin and Alderman
Hayes opposed the passage of the
resolution and contended that the
court was the proper tribunal be-
fore which the case should be set
tied.
Alderman Walker: Every mem
Der of the committee looked at that
place and each signed the report be-
lieving that it was fair 10 the city
and to the owners of the property.
The city attorney considered it a
good way out of it for the city and
with all these facts before us / see
no reason why it should be held up
any longer"
Alderman Lawlor said that so far
as he was concerned he had no OBJ
lection to trying 1t out in the courts,
but the city attorney preferred to
dispose of it in the manner submit
ted by the law committee.
A motion to lay the matter on the
table by Alderman Hayes was lost.
The motion of Mr. Gallagher was
passed by vote of nine to four, the
opposing parties being Aldermen
Larkin, Hayes, Buck and Sellew.
Alderman Lawlor didn't vote at all.
When the matter of changes in the
method of appointing the ssaler of
weights and measures came up and
was carried, Alderman Larkin lost
control of his temper and remarked
in an undertone that somebody did
not know what he was doing half
the time. On request by The chair
to be more explicit, Mr. Larkin re-
piled that he didn't think the alder
men understood the question. The
chair said he begged to differ from
the alderman. The clerk had Just
read the draft, it was read before
and printed in the newspapers, and
the chairman saw no reason why
every member didn't fully under
stand the nature of the question. 1t
was referred to committee of which
Mr. Larkin is member, and as soon
as ii went through the alderman
took piece of paper and started to
write like sixty. remarking in an I'M
dertone as he jotted down the words,
I'll resign, I'll resign" He passed
the note to Sheriff Smith, who hand
ed it to Mayor Thoms. The latter
scanned it hurriedly, looked discon-
ISOLATE for moment and then bright
ening up, wrote a few zines and
passed it back to the alderman. No
body knows what the epistles con-
tanned, but it is surmised that one
was a resignation and the ether an
urgent appeal for reconsideration.
All the recommendations of the
beard Of public works printed herein
before were adopted. The following
new petitions were read and suitably
referred: +. II. Hare and Pasquale
Rinaldi to establish outdoor bootblack
stands at % Bank aud ~ South Main
street. respectively; +. J. Kingsbury
ct al, for an extension of Pearl street
from Hopkins to Pine: Mrs E. l.. Ben
ham ct al. for water main on Bald
win avenue from Baldwin street, LOO
feet easterly: Waterbury Castings
Co.. for fire hydrant on Railroad
Hill street: II. j. Griffin ct al. for
sewers in Lounsbury and River
streets.
The petition OF DIR 4 4. Crane ct
al. for the passage Of house num-
bering ordinance was tabled for one
week. The petition Of Peter +.
Coughlan for abatement Of a paving
assessment on South Main street. OF
W. J. MunsOn for reimbursement to
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