Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-06
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
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The board of aldermen met last
 night and transacted considerable
 business in about an hour, and then adjourned for two weeks.
 Aldermen Spain. Gallagher and
 Larkin, the committee appointed
 some time ago. to investigate and re.
 port relative to the petition to cut
 on a certain portion of the Bunker
 Hill school district and add 1t to the
 Waterville school district, reported
 favorably on the matter. The report
 was adopted and the clerk instruct ed to notify the town clerk to pub
 fish such notices on the change as
 the law requires. A communication
 was read from the mayor calling at-
 tention to the cramped condition Tn the assessors ofice and suggesting the assessors be given the alderman ic chamber and the aldermen remov- ed to the city court room. The communication was referred to the
 board of public works.
 A statement was received from the comptroller relative to the bonded indebtedness of the city showing the total net bonded debt to be $2,14b,,
 824.52. On request of Thomas +. Devine the vote passed at the last meeting regarding the petition of M. J. Donahue was rescinded and the matter sent back to the committee on abatements. This is case where the city foreclosed on a lot on Wash ington street and the mortgagee was not notified, but it appeared from what was said last night that he did not have his mortgage recorded, therefore the city had no means of knowing that there was such an en- cumberance on the property. The board authorized the mayor to deed the property back to the doctor on payment of the taxes, interest there on and. the costs of the suit. His attorney does not think 1t fair to ask him to pay the cost, and asked that the matter be reopened and gone over again. It was done with the understanding that if the mort. gage was not recorded the board will adhere to its former action. Alder. man Larkin talked law with MT De. vine in a manner which showed that the alderman from the first must have got a peep at Black. stone. Alderman Fine wanted to know what had been done about the double fare on the Middlebury troll ley road. MT Lawlor said that the company got out of 1t by going to the town line before taking up the second fare, and that there was nothing more for the aldermen to do in that particular case. but that similar grievance exists on the Thomaston road where the people have to walk almost mile to car when 1t could just as we'll be run down to the end of the line. The alderman from the fourth moved that the city attorney be directed to take such steps as will give peo- pie the benefit of the service to the town boundary. The motion was passed unanimously.
 Bootblacks was Alderman Fines next theme. He wanted to know why one Is doing business at the corner of Phoenix avenue and East Main street without license. Chair man Scully said he was not aware that this was so. adding that If a man shines there without license his stand is on private property. At this juncture Alderman Larkin took up the cudgels for MT Fine and vol unteered the information that if there is vacant land between the sidewalk and private building it became public property after the city cares for 1t for a time The chair said this might be true, but he thought the city would be caring for such property long time before it would acquire ownership of it. The matter was dropped without do- ing anything about 1t. The follow ing new petitions were referred to the board of public works: John Schuster, for, cobi;e gu.;.es An Wood st.eet anI :, cure and side walk on Wool anG Putnam ftfsets: Rocco Pallidino, ct al. for the paw ing of Chatfisld street from Canal to Meadow streets; Thomas E Gues', ct al, for a water masn in the Tower road, from Ra idc.rn avenu, ip point 500 feet southern; and John F. Kershaw for the layout and grade of East street, from Oak to Howard.
 The Scoyiil Manufacturing Co pe- tition for the appointment as si,cc.al constables of w. c. Earth hanay, [. H. Parker, Patrick Wren, Daniel Law Tor, Miles McN!is and Pete. NJ. Kr5m, The mar.ar was referred .o the safe ty board.
 The layout of Columlia boulevard at an estimated expense of sIG.000. was referred 10 he bureai of assess ment. Sidewalks were, ordered laid. on Hewlett street. Hearings for sidewalks were authorized on North Riverside street, Chipmal :trcer. Ed. ward street, Willard street and Wal. nut street. Frank Hubar was made a constable to servsr for the Manufacturers National bank. The petition of I. A. Spencer for abate- ment of interest on a sewer essess- ment was referred to the committee on abatements. The proposed new police ordinance was taken from the table and adopted. The board of public works was authorized 10 se- cure suitable polling place for the election, which occurs Oh Tuesday, n | n