Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-21
FOR GOOD ROADS
Improvement Association Met Last Night 10 Talk on Subject.

| The Good Roads Improvement asso.
 citation of Waterbury which was
 formed last week in the office of John
 J. Geraghty, held a meeting in the
 Waterbury Business Mems association
 rooms in the Jones-Morgan building
 last evening. There were about 25
 members present including represen-
 tatives from all the improvement so-
 cletles of the town. Representative
 C. G. Allertown of Middlebury was
 also In attendance and during the ey-
 enlng spoke Of the necessity of good
 roads. He also took occasion to
 speak in glowing terms of State High
 way Commissioner James R. MacDon-
 aid.
 Immediately after the meeting
 started President Hans Rasmussen
 introduced set of resolutions to the
 eHect that the association ask the
 mayor and board of works to do some-
 thlng to relieve the present situation
 Tn regard to the condition of the city
 streets and town roads. They advised
 the removal of E. G. Kilduff, superin- tendent of streets, stating that dur Ing his term of office not one street has received top dressing. They ad- mltted that few streets had been macadamized, but that was all. One paragraph in the resolutions stated that the streets of Waterbury are in worse condition than ever before, charles Upson, neighbor of MT Ras- mussen, also spoke in favor of the resolutions. But Loren R. Carter and E. Ii. Blanchard were not of the same mind. They declared that the asso- citation was as yet too young to take any such radical action. By so doing the board of works and mayor would think that the association was trying to dictate to them. If the association and the administration had a split, the former would make very little headway. So the resolutions were tabled.
 Secretary F. P. Clough stated that he knew of a street for which 5000 had been appropriated but only small amount of this money was ex- pended on said street. Rep. Aler- ton explained the good roads bill in- troduced by him at the last session of the legislature. He then went on to praise the work of the highway con- missioner. He mentioned the fact that $7,000,0Q0 was appropriated last year for the state highways, the spending of which was left entirely to the discretion of Mir Macdonald. He stated that a uniform system for building and caring for roads should be adopted. Every city has a different method. He mentioned the fact that S1 800 was spent on the Middleburv road year ago which money he con- ;idered wasted. He thought perhaps ,he work was done just to employ some men who had nothing to do at he time. In his opinion politics should be eliminated from road im- 1roVements, as the two don't go well .ogether. MT Allerton was made an honorary member of the association. Other speakers were l.. R. Carter, E. H. Blanchard, Charles s. Miller,F. P. A. M. Larson, J. Bryant, r. W. Wheeler Hans Rasmussen and F. p. Clough. l.. R. Carter was chosen 0 look after the advertising of the iociety and Hans Rasmussen was ap- pointed to select a place for the next meeting which will be held in two weeks. It is necessary to have funds O keep the organization going SD 'harles Miller started the ball rolling " contributing $5. Others contri- ,uted and S1S50 was collected.
 President Hans Rasmussen in dis ussing the subject of good roads to- lay was rather severe in criticizing he present superintendent.
 We do not blame the mayor and he board of works so much because re think they are honest in their in- ention. But in view of the work of lr Kilduff the past two years houl1 think they would make hange or at least take upon them- elves to see that the roads are looked fter better the coming two years han the past two. I will venture to ay that for the s20.000 appropriated or town roads the past two years, s5.0OO worth of work has cen done"