Putnam patriot., 1915-08-13
COMMON COUNCIL
Ioie to Call Special City Meeting to Appropriate Sl0,90O for Highway
 Improvement
citizeus from North End Present-Meei.
 ing was Harmonious

and parts of streets in the city. This WAS decided at special meeting of the common council held in the council chamber Tuesday evening. In the ab- senee of the mayor, who is on his va- cation, Alderman. at large John A. Da- dY presided and all of the aldermen were present. There were thirty citi- zeps from the north end of the city present, being for the most part the same ones that appeared a week ago and objected to the recommendation ef the highway committee at that time as it did not include in the im- movement the entire length of ProVi denee street.
 Alderman Johnson, chairman of the highway committee, stated that the committee had given the matter care. ful consideration since the meeting of the previous week and had new rec ommendation to offer which WAS that special city meeting be called for Tuesday, August 17th, in the munich
 
 if the city would vote to appropriate the sum of S10,000 for the improve. ment of Elm street from May 10 Provi- denee street, Providence street from School street to Woodstock avenue, Union street and Onion .square. Also to see if the city would appropriate the sum of S650 for laying curbing and cobble gutters on parts of Smith street. The polls to be open from a. m. to 7 D. m and the vote to be by ballot, yes and TO.
 w. s. Johnson said that he iwould like to have the appropriation raised S400 so that Battey street could be giv- en the attention it sneeds which would make the approach to the Smith street schc olimuch better for the children. He said that an appropriation had been voted some years ago to do this work and il had never been done.
 Alderman Johnson asked what be- came of the appropriation.
 Superintendent of streets Dumrs ex-
 
 to buy curbing and that when every thing was ready to go ahead. with the work the abutters on the street ap peared and asked that It be discontin- ued on the ground that they did not want to pay their proportionate part of the expense. That the abutters on . Seward street asked that the curbing be transferred and the work done there and this was done.
 Alderman Johnson remarked that whatever the people might think Of the present highway committee they would not take an appropriation voted tc be used on one street and use II on another.
 w. $. Johnson then suggested that it should be incorporated in the vote that Providence street receive atten- ton first.
 Alderman Johnson thought the com. mittee should be given little discre- tion in the matter and assured those present that there was no "nigger Tn the wood pile" anywhere and that the committee would do the work for the best interests of allr
 W. s. Johnson asked that the fact that he had asked to have Providence street improved first be made part ot the record.
 The question being then asked If the cost of improving the different sections had been figured out Alderman John son stated that it was at present the intention of the committee to improve the Square with amicite or something similar to correspond with the present roadway that has been built as far as Union street. That on Union street water bound macadam would be used. On Elm street from May to ProvI- dence, tar bound road. Providence street, from Marshall street to School street, tar r-bound road, and on the same street from Marshall to Woodstock avenue a water bound road. He said that the matter had been carefully figured out and it was sincerely be lieved that the work eou,d be done in- side the appropriation.
 The previous motion was then amended making the amount for curb ing $500 instead of s650 and passed unanimously on a roll call yea and nay vote.
 Alderman Padgett made statement < in which ne said he wished to call at ! tentlon of the meeting that the present council had stood consistently for economy. He believed the present rec commended appropriation was neees- slty and ae should vote for il but that # il was the only extraordinary eNpendi- &tufe the council had recommended, ex- eept for the purchase of the motor fire truck which all, he thought, would < admit was good investment.
 4 building permit was voted Rev C. r. Bedufd for brick structure on Providence street.
 The highway committee were au- thorized 10 see that sewer pipe WAS laid on Truesdell street.
 The matter of water mains on Me chanics and Overlook streets was also referred 10 the highway committee.