Norwich bulletin., 1910-08-09
DIRECTED TO SECURE PEASE BROOK
Common Council Votes Approval of Securing This
 Watershed-Alderman Ely Claims of Twenty Feet in Elevations Used at Site of Proposed Dam.

for. He said that the views and fig ures of different engineers who had been called in on this question had
 been neglected. and he revidwed the
 who had picked Stony brook as the best solution of the Norwich water
 supply problem. The Stony brook
 project had been surveyed, showing F'airview and Bog meadow put to- gether. He said it was evident that mistake had been made in the figures on Pease brook. It would take pipe line costing at least s250,000 to get to Pease brook
 The city already owls a site on Stony brook, he said. from which Fair view could be filled by May 1st. This would be without any more expense than laying pipe line to Durham street, where there are already pipes, and running this water into Fairview. He estimated this would cost about S15O.ooo. and would give Norwich dou- ble the water it is now getting He thought it would be a difficult propo- sition to go before the citizens to get money for the Pease brook project Councilman Woodwoth ended by moving to lay on the table. On the vote the mayor declared that the nays had it. On the call for a count from the republican side of the house, the vote was six to six, the democratic members voting in the negative and
 
 Mayor Thayer cast the deciding vote against laying on the table. Councilman Woodworth requested that the names of members voting be recorded in the journal as they vot- ed which Mayor Thayer directed the clerk to attend to-
 Amendment Was Lost. Councilman Worthington expressed his concurrence with the desire of AL derman Ely and Councilman Wood worth for more information on this subject before action was taken, and Councilman Woodworth moved an amendment the adoption only of such of the Hill, Quick & Allen plan as
 would suffice for present needs of the
 city Alderman Georath raised the point of order, which was sustain ed
 by the mayor, that the council could make no amendment to the resolutions offered by the board of water commits sioners. To Councilman Ryan's inquiry he stated that the amendment was on 1 the resolutions of the court of com mon council.
 The vote on the amendment was de- cided the same way as the previous vote had been, Mayor Thayer casting the deciding vote against it to break the tie and the amendment was lost Alderman Ely said that he had made a criticism which was a serious one the council could conscientiously vote to approve these resolutions without Investigating the figures he had given.
 Councilman Woodwork offered an other amendment to insert Stony brook instead of Pease brook, but it was ruled out of order.
 Civil Engineer Called On.
 Councilman Lang suggested that
 Civil Engineer George E. Pitcher was
 present and might give some informa-
 tion on the subject. He was given per-
 mission to speak before the council
 and in reply to question said he
 knew of no error in elevations in the
 government survey. but he had never
 had occasion to test them.
 A vote to adopt the resolutions of fered passed in the usual way by
 Mayor Thayer casting the deciding vote. and the meeting adjourned on motion of Alderman Gebrath at 9.15
 o'clock.
 After the meeting Mayor Thayer stated that he could not say how soon a city meeting would be called to con
 slider this matter. but it would prob ably be inside of a month. after the water board had secured the figures it would need to present for the consid- eration of the citizens.