Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-19

burned meeting in the council cham Der Tuesday evening, approved a~bond issue of S271,000 30 year, five per cent refunding, Gas and Electric bonds at par with accrued interest, for the purpose of taking care of the indebtedness incurred by the city in improvements made at the municipal gas and electric plant In addition the council approved a plan for the establishment of a special sinking fund to meet the ultimate maturity of the bond issue.
 The finance committee reported at the meeting that they had arranged for the sale and delivery of the bonds to FL dredge & Company of Boston, Mass, subject to the approval of the council The finance committee also suggested | the establishment of the sinking fund. Under the approved plan the mayor. city 1 treasurer, and president of the board of Gas and Electric commissioners are des- l ignated a board of commissioners to be known the "195t Sinking Fund Com missioners." Under the approved plan the city treasurer will annually, until the maturity of the bonds pay over to the Sinking Fund Commissioners the sum of s5,0oo to te placed in the sinking fund and managed as sinking fund un- der the state laws and subject to the
 state laws for the investment of trust funds. The city treasurer is designated as treasurer of the sinking fund.
 Other matters, that came before the council were hearing on the accept | ance of Hedge avenue and a hearing on | the establishment Of a sidewalk grade on
 Prospect street
 Street and Grade Earrings
 The council was called to order about
 S.15 o'clock by His Honor Mayor Herbert
 M. Lerou. The Hedge avenue hearing
 was first taken up. Dr. Edward P
 Brewer, one of the property holders
 strongly urged the acceptance of the av-
 enue. He. said it is to the interest of
 the city to develop city. streets. Hedge
 avenue, he said, is laid out and graded
 and there are now on the avenue sever
 houses on which taxes are paid. Although
 the owners pay taxes they have no fire
 protection, lights, or anything else which the city property owners have. The street is already severed. It seems to me in the interest of justice and the pro
 gressive policy that the city should ac : cept it. said Dr. Brewer
 Charles Barnes, another property hold CT, coincided with Dr. Brewers views A. no one else desired to be heard the hear l ing was closed.
 The Prospect street grade matter thel l came up for hearing. Councilman Ed
 "dId CIoOnS Su.5SeSteO that the GUY en
 gineer place or exhibition the plans o the project.
 City Engineer Palmer exhibited tn plans and explained them at some length Il He spoke of the beautiful church whicI . St. Mary's Church corporation is erectin on the corner of Central avenue am | Prospect street. The grades of tn
 church, he said, are to match the Cen
 tral avenue walk. There is a rising grad ! up Prospect street from Central avenu f and this would mean that the rear 0 the church would be lower than the side Y walk on Prospect street He spoke c , the original plan which called for side , l walks to be relaid between the line c ! the property owned by Mir. Downes an . that owned by Mfr. Sullivan. a Mir. Palmer said that to those who reT
 resent the city 1t seemed better to mak
 a finished job and complete the grad
 ing through to Hickory street Micha, u Campion asked the city engineer whs , change the latter plan would make i l. his property. MT. Palmer said ths t where Mir. Campion now has three ster
 leading up to his property from the sidt
 walk he would have ten. It develope
 that Mir. Campion's property would |
 seven feet above the new walk instea i. of two as 1t now Is.
 n Corporation Counsel Higgins aske IT James Purdon, another owner affecte t if he was willing to sign waiver of ar If l possible claim for property damages tn; .e might arise if the city engineers pls ,t was carried out MT. Purdon said S. would not sign a waiver.
 in MT. Purdon said that the first pla
 which Father Keefe had talked ov,
 with him was satisfactory, but if the pls
 should go through to Hickory street Il
 change would result in damage to
 property in a substantial sum. a- Speaking to Michael Campion Mir. Hi ne gins asked him if the city fixed the TO; a. and sidewalks if he would be willing le sign a waiver to any possible proper r. damage. MT. Champion, like MT. Purdo e' said he would not sign a waiver if t as plan was carried through to Hicko
 street.
 Mayor Lerou asked the city engine if the project could be carried out
 the first plan Cthe plan acceptable ,- the property holAers). The city engi ,t eer said there was no objection to t - plan only as to the appearance of
 work when finished.
 ,s' Mir Higgins asked Father Keefe if [ ,E ,,e first plan was satisfactory to him \ ,i Campion and dr. Purdon were satisA U" said Father Keefe. So were we. Fatt
 Keefe said that he had followed t p city engineers advice in the matter. e went on to say that if the second pl would result in damage to the proper i1 ne of MT. Car1pion and Mir. Purdon tt ~ he wanted to do what is right in { a1, matter.
 eS Mayor Lerou questioned Mir. Palm as to the cost of the project to the c S i under the second plan. MT. Palmer ss ,u - it would be about s4,5o0. This, he sa ~ did not include sidewalks, curbs, retai , ing walls etc He wouldn't care to ado 1a the first plan.
 n, How much, roughly, would it cost ' replace the sidewalks, asked Mir. H ,+ gins.
 ..u MT. Palmer answered that he had f -t ured an estimate of the cost of tle si ~ walks, curbs, retaining walls. and SO ,a steps to be built and that it would an between S2.5o0 ard s3,000. sa That would bring it in the neighborhc of S7500, said MT. Higgins.
 = Alderman Murray asked the city 4 .i' gineer if the first plan would leave 'E grade any worse than it is now.
 Palmer said 1t would, in appearance.
 don't know whether it would or T on- said Alderman Murray.
 W. You mean the grade can't be any wo on, than 1t is new, asked MT. Highs. 'n- Yes, came the answer.
 or Father Keefe said there had been So iss talk about the laying of sewer. iss sewer involved he said. is private. us- will have to improve it blt, anyn lnd It will not involve any extra expense all MT. Purion or MT. Campion either un
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