Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-15
PUBLIC WORKS BOARD
HilI Street People Want Water
 Mains Extended.

and all the members DelnS present.
 On suggestion of Mayor Thoms! Assistant City Clerk James R. Law Tor was instruted to punch" City Attorney John P. Kellogg regarding the extension of the Baldwin street trolley. All the petitions for new work forwarded to the board by the aldermen were referred to the diff ferent committees for investigation and report.
 Hill street and other public ways in that district were represented by a delegation of about 100 men, three or four of whom addressed the board regarding the necessity of water main extenslon, the advisabili- ty of taking steps to establish a pumping station on the high ground in that district, the need of a few more lights, the desire on the part of the people for street signs, and so forth. The water question was referred to the engineer and the oth- CTS will be as soon as the board can get to them.
 Anton Weidorn said that he is about to put down nice fence in front of his property on Willard street. The street lines have been established, but he doesn't know where they are, and wanted to know if he could get them from the en- gineer. MT Cairns suggested that MT Weidorn hire surveyor to get him the information. This met with the approval of Commissioner Dem nison, but Commissioner Scully thought it would be a good thing to give all property owners the street lines and also the grade when they want to build before a street is worked. He said it would avoid a lot of confusion and considerable ex- pense by doing away with this busi- ness of building beyond the street lines and building to grade that is too high or too low.
 That's so," chimed in the mayor. "Take the case of Michael New York, who built a house in the cen ter of one of our public highways"
 Commissioner Walker favored fur nishing the street lines to all who want them and cited case in which ne was concerned, where a surveyor employed to get the lines was two feet out of the way. The matter was referred to a committee consist ing of Commissioner Hook.
 Commissioners Hook and Scully, the committee on lights, reported re- garding the proposition to remove the light in Printers court, that put there at the request of the po- lice department and that Superin- tendent Beach was very much op- posed to it's removal. This and other reasons. notably the large number of people who use the passway, prompted them to recommend that the light be left where it is for the present. The report was adopted. Superintendent of Streets E. G. Kill duff recommended the purchase of six sprinkling carts at an estimated cost of 1900, two road machines for S450, one double dump cart and two pair of heavy draft horses at $1,000, and two set of double har- ness at S150 The matter was re- ferred to Commissioners Scully, Walker and Lawlor foi investigation The matter of cartin2 filling from South Main street to Liberty street raceway was referred to the commit tee on streets. The city engineer ftaaN aNtt, tnI fa n,ff sns, of expense on the layout of Irion, Jefferson. South Main, Madison and Birch streets and hearings on the same matters were set for February II. It was voted to ask permission from the aldermen to lease a sand bank on South Main street from Mrs Ruby Hill Mrs Brunets offer to lease a right of way across her South Main street property for two years for the purpose of letting a sewage pipe empty into the river, at rate of $S.33 per month, was con- sidered too high. City Engineer Cairns recommended three plans, either to condemn the right of way over the land or over land to the south of this property, or to con- tinue the sewer down South Main street a distance of 9l5 feet at a cost of s2.950. He thought con demnation proceedings ought to get an eight foot right of way at a cost of not more than s400. The matter was ref rred to the committee on sewers.
 Commissioner Lawlor brought up the matter of sewers and suggested that such work as was ordered done last year, including Ridge street, be got into the works as soon as possi- ble. There appeared to De some doubt regarding the need of & sewer in one of the places mentioned. How ard streets and the whole matter went over for a week to give the commit tee time to look it up.
 City Engineer Cairns gave an in- teresting review of the sewage dis posal question, beginning Tt the in- stallation of sewers in Waterbury and continuing down to the present day. The talk included a description of the sewage disposal plant now in course of construction in Waterbury. Already about s300.000 has been spent on the work and at least as much more will have to be put into 1t before 1t is completed. The en- gineeT figures that 1t will meet the requirements of the city until 1850. ! unless the growth of the town should be greater in the future than it has ! been at any time in the past. Mir Cairns also stated provision is being