Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-30

 ed them to put in uniform grano- lithie sidewalk on both sides of the street. from Washington street to Un- cas street, made such a presentation of their protest against being oem- pelled to de this that the council re-
 ceded from the plan originally prepos- ed by the public works committed An amended resolution was passed which in effect makes the present sidewalks acceptable when made to
 conform with the new grades estab- 1 lished.
 Protestors Present.
 After the meeting had been called 1 to order by His Honor. Mayor T. c. 1 Murphy, at S.25 o'clock, the roll cali 1 by Clerk s. D. Moore showed Alder man w C.. Mclaughlin Councilmen l A. E. Cruthers and E. F. Baker as the only absent members, In the seats
 outside the council rail were nine per- sons, nearly all residents of Sachem 1 street
 At the request of F. A Robinson 1 Clerk Moore read the resolution pro- posed by the public works committee upon which the hearing was to be 1 held
 W. s. Allis was the first speaker be- l fore the council, representing the in terests of Mrs. William N. Blackstone 1 and Miss Alice Dyer. He called atten- i tien to the resolution, which was too | general in character, r,regardless of con | ditions, and said 1t seemed unfair As 1 to the power to pass such a resolution, | he said he did not care to speak, but 1 he questioned whether the courts would compel the tearing up of a suit. able and good sidewalk in order to put ] in one that suited some one else. He thought there would be limit some where. The parties lie represented had good flag sidewalks of the kind
 inc oril in H0 1 thought it would be unfair to make 1 them tear these up and throw them 1 away to put in some certain kind Of 1 sidewalk It would seem that all that
 could reasonably be expected would be i to construct suitable sidewalk at a
 proper grade. His parties were will 1 ing to do whatever was reasonable, l and if it were necessary to put in a i curb, they would expect to use the l present flag sidewalk, perhaps relaid. i Mir AIlis criticised the passage of any ] such general resolution, and thought 1 there ought to be particular excep-
 lions to meet particular cases on the | north side of the street.
 Claims Present Walks Suitable. l F. A. Robinson called attention to the l fact that at a former conference 1 George w. Carroll had said that he would put in a granOiithic sidewalk, regardless of what anyone else did. and MT Robinson asked if if were be- ] cause of this promise that MT Car 1 rolls name did not appear in the res- i olution that Clerk Moore had read. 1 Corporation Counsel J. T. Tanning re- piled that it was omitted by clerical error. but MT. Carroll would be in 1 cluded in any order that was issued. Mir Robinson said he had walked along l the north side of the street, noticing l the f1agstones from Washington street, 1 all being fine wide fiagstones the width of the walk This section, MT. l Robinson claimed, was one of the best 1 blocks of flag paving in the city. and 1 they did not want to take these up and put down something that was l largely an experiment as yet. He 1 thought that if the common council 1 should order a suitable sidewalk if
 would be as far in equity and justice as they ought to go.
 About Sidewalks and Trees.
 Dr. A. Peck resident on the south 1 side of the street, said they had a | good ashphalt walk there, and he could
 not afford to put in such a granolithic
 walk as is proposed. It was not fair l to compel walk here when in other 1 places in the city where there were macadam streets people were stub l ping their toes over fiagging set edge
 ways.
 pr. Peck further said that he thought 1 he had hardly been treated fairly in
 the matter of the trees that had been 1 cut down, since no one had said any 1 thing to him about his trees, and the 1 first he had known of it was when he
 saw the tops of them cut off, but he
 noticed other trees on the street on his
 side were allowed to stand.
 To a question from Corporation l Counsel Tanning, Dr. Pack said he l could not speak for other owners on l SfH nf "a
 Two Women Suoke. 1 Miss Mary C. Lucas presented l well arranged argument saying that | she had first known of this matter i through seeing report in The Buiie- 1 tin of conference which had oeen I held, and after that she had gone to i headquarters to see the mayor, and by | him had been referred to Civil Engi- | neer Pitcher. As a result Of this con
 ference the bluestone curb on the Lu- 1 cas property had been relaid, and she
 now objected to putting in concrete l curb at the Lucas lot atter complElhS 1 in a satisfactory way, as she Suppos- l ed with what the civil engineer had l told her She said that observation around the city showed that cement i ct1rbs were not everlasting, and cited 1 the broken curb In front Of R, r, i Smiths store, on Main street, as an l illustration She said that the own l CTS of the Lucas property wanted the 1 right te keep the curb lately reset by l the city according te agreement. and | q chance to lay the kind ef walk as 1 might seem te them best. as they CIV IT. 1 ed sehe seven foot Hagstehes WHICH l they might like to use. 1 Miss Annette Van C1eef spoke brief | fy iR protest against what she salo 1 was the injustice of compelling her 1 te repiaes a gaed flag sidewalk ana 1 gsed stens eurbiaag:
 | A suggestion that had net been te45ciaed upon was made by Mir: Al l lis in mentioning the recent financial difficulties in Norwich, which were se- ] rieusIy embarrassing many people now I and might offset seyne of these iR- i terested here.
 ! Civil Engineer Pitcher said he would suggest that blue stone curb was as substantial as cement, but m | the case of those laying new curb 1 they should be oerdered to lay cement curb.
 As te the fagstenes en the north side of the street there would have
 to be more fagstenes furnished in
 fFent of each piece of property to make
 the full width of six feet for the
 walk.
 Alternatives Suggested. | Corporation Counsel Tanning inquir- l ed of MT Robinson if it would be sat 1 isfactory to the people on the north l side of the street it an order were
 passed making It optional to provide 1 either a fiagstone or cement walk 1 Mr Robinson said he could not an 1 sWer for any others but himself. l Of Dr Peck the corporation counsel 1 asked if an order giving the alterna =