Putnam patriot., 1920-04-02
WAITS MDmEs To
IMPROVE STREETS
Highway Conn littee Recon-
mends Apr priation of
S1C,SI3.70
Action Taken In Response TO Request
From Manhasset Manufacturing
Company


On endasi5n Of me hizhway
committee the common council at a
special meeting Monday evening, vot-
ed to call special eiey meeting to see
if the voters will expend S1O,6737O
for improving Monahanset, Jefferson,
Canal and South Meadow streets. The
meeting viii be held At the municipal
building Tuesday, April 9th. tThe
notice Of the cali appears in another
eolumn).
At the last regular meeting, the
Manhasset Company and John o. Fox
& Co. asked for improvements that
would cost approximately S25, 900 and
for sewer extensions that would cost
$1,000 more. The matter was refer
red to the highway committee for in
yestigation The formal report was
as follows:
His Honor the Mayor and Members
of the Common Council:
Gentlemen:
ed by the Manhasset Mfg. Co. and
John o. Fox & Co. under date Of
March End, 1920, fpetition is attach
ed herewith would say. that we have
carefully considered the matter and
find that 70 complete the work on all
The streets asked for in their petition
would entail an expense of about $685.
600. This, however, does not include
the expense of sewer asked for on
South Meadow street, which would
amount to about $4,000.
We believe that it is necessary to
make some improvement on some of
the streets mentioned in their petit
ton, and we, therefore. recommend
through a special city meeting, we ask
FOR an appropriation Of $l0,673.70
for improvement Of Monohansett
street, Jefferson street, and portions
Of South Meadow and Canal streets.
the Improvement 70 include laying of
drain, curbing and cutters, grading
and top dressing Of roadway, the lay
ing Of sewer pipe across the canal on
South Meadow street when the new
bridge is built Also. to include the
reimbursement Of the MaEhaeset MFG
&c. for expense of $673.70 for laying
442 feet Of sewers on Middle street
We do not recommend the laying eff
sewers on South Meadow street. as
asked for, at this time.
HIGHWAY COMMITTEE.
J. 9. Johnson
s. NJ Wheeloek
J Otis Fox, J.
In MAKING the report, Alderman
5ohuson said that the request raised
serious problem and that the com
nittee had held several meetings to
consider the matter and had come to
the conclusion that part of the work
should be done and recommended that
s1o.673.7O be appropriated to curb,
gutter, and grade streets and parts OF
streCts as above.
It was also stated that of this APP
propiiation $673.70 was to reimburse
the ees....any TOR money spent on sew
a, extensions under an agreement
that the company would be 50 relm-
bursed
II was brought before the eouncil
that a new bridge is to be built by the
town over the millrace on South Mea-
dow street and that te provide FOR the
future "A sewer pipe should he IN
stalled while the bridge was being con
structed. To take care Of tins mat
ter the motion was changed to include
the installation Of the sewer pipe IN
addition to the other work.
II was stated that about S609 would
come back to the city AS the COM
pany's proportion Of the cufmng eN
pense.
II was brought before the council
that petition from ahuttefs en-
Woodstock avenue, west ct the 1ath-
obe cemetery. asking for an extension
of sewers, was before the council ana
the cost of the extension was estima0
ed nc $500.
Alderman Johnson asked If, at "a,
time the sewers were Installed, ul'
reason that sewers We're not iald u
this section Was because the abutteF'
thought that they would have to paA
for II ana opposed II. iiN SsN'
there was good state road there
now and it was not good time 70 az
The work. He thought that a repre-
sentative from that section appeare'
before the council at the time, sayns
that they were well provided Tor ah'
opposed the laying of sewers there.
City Engineer 6. W, Perry state'
that this was so. He also said tina
two houses near the junction o
Woodstock avenue and Providence
street were in bad sanitary condition
He said that sewage was running OF
the top of the ground and that Their
was bad stencil, lie said he ha'
personally called the matter to the at
tention of the health officer.
Ii was voted 20 lay the matter o.
the table until the next regular meet
ing.
The council then took up the day