Milford chronicle., 1913-09-12
PROPERTY OWNERS MUST
CONNECT WITH SEWERS

At the stated monthly meeting of
the Town Council of Milford. which was
held last Monday night, there was the
usual attendance of four members. The
business was taken up and acted upon
after considerable discussion, and the
session lasted until near midnight.
The Alderman asked to be permitted
to set a trap for the automobile drivers
who exceed the speed limit within the
town of Milford, and exhibited receipts
which showed that some of our local
auto owners had been compelled to pay
fines for failure to blow horns at street
crossings in other towns, and for ex-
ceeding the speed limit of those places.
In Milford it would be difficult to
measure off a trip" of sufficient
length to be reliable, andit was thought
that any trap outside the incorporate
limits would not hold except in a State
case. The matter was left to the Alder
man to handle as he may think best.
The police report showed only twelve
arrests and fines imposed amounting to
S68O0.
The amount received from tapping
sewers during the month of August
was $50, and from circus license $25.
The Light and Water Commission re-
ported through its engineer that the
extension of the water main on Lake
View Avenue to the limits would be
made Just as soon as the canneries get
over their rush season and the labor
would be available. Another fire plug
will be located at the end of the main.
An allowance was made for purchas-
ing a new uniform for the cOlOred police
man whose beat is in the Fourth Ward,
or jamestown"
The president of Council was directed
to appoint another policeman and assign
him to duty in that part of Milford in
which the disorderly element resides,
mainly on Carlisle Lane and points in
the eastern part of South Milford,
where the disorderly element has caused
so much trouble and where the shooting
of two women occurred two weeks ago.
Onis Deputy will be named by the
president of Council as the new officer.
The Street Committee was directed
to give to F. A. Torsch and to z. j.
Galloway grades at which to lay concrete
pavements in front of their properties.
The Street Committee reported to
Council that the notices which had been
served upon the property owners in
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been laid, to connect their property with
such sewers, had been very largely dis
regarded, and the time limit had eX-
pired. 1t was decided to be lenient
with the property owners, and give
them one more chance to comply with
the laws, before enforcing any fines or
penalties. The police were directed to
see the several property owners and
serve notice, giving them ten days IN
which to take out the sewer permit and
pay the fee of S25 for tapping the
sewer. At the expiration of that time,
Town Council directed the president Of
Council to enforce the fine of S5 per day
which the law imposes for each day the
notice is not complied with, and also
have the tapping done at the property
holders expense. This will make a
lively time for the plummers in Milford
as there are about sixty properties to
comply with the notices.
A bill for killing and burying three
dogs, amounting to 81. so, was ordered
paid to the dog catcher
A bill for removing a dead hog from
the MispilliOn river ana burying It Was
paid to the Board of Health order.
Bill for concrete work done by H. D.
Mccullough, amounting to S5l.l6, was
ordered paid.
The discussion of the need of a new
Council Chamber, which was agitated
last year, and which has been needed
for several years, resulted in no action.
The cleaning OF the streets by sweep
ing, etc., was not brought up, and as
a result the advocates of cleaner streets
in the business section, have been jump
ing on some of the members of Council.