The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-07

A short and tame session mark l ed the September meeting of the | board of warden and burgesses held last night in the borough :. court room. Warden Harris Whit temore, Jr, presided at the session.
 Only once during the meeting was there any real action such as has marked the meeting of the board in recent months. This was when Burgess P. August Johnson again brought up the matter of the borough repairing the gutters and curbing on Grove street.
 Burgess Johnson has been bat 1 ting to have the borough make re- i pairs to the gutters and curbing for the past two years, claiming that the borough should do the work at no expense to the property owners as the job was not done right originally.
 The previous board of warden and burgesses made an offer to the property owners to stand half of the expense of .his work but they turned 1t down.
 The present board has aired the matter on several occasions and at the last meeting suggested that the property owners stand a part of the expense and the borough the balance.
 This offer was also turned down. Borough Engineer Charles D. Cur tiss has since prepared plans of what 1t is proposed to do to rem edy the present condition. It is his proposal to reset the curb and un- derdrain it. There are, two propos- ais one to use cinders and fine gra- vel as drainage and the other to install a inch tile pipe under meath the curb.
 These plans have been submitted to the property owners on the street but they are still insistent that the work should be done at no expense to them. When Burgess { Johnson brought the matter up again last night Warden White more asked him to have the pro- perty owners submit 8 proposition to the board, either rejecting the offer made by the board to stand 60 per cent of the cost with the property owners standing the other 40 per cent or accepting it. In the event that they refused the offer he suggesed that they submit their proposition to the board in writ ing.
 Burgess Johnson was of the opinion that the matter could be settled right then and there by the 1 board without having so much talk and discussion over it. But the board passed the matter up again.
 The board briefly discussed street work and other projects.
 Warden Whittemore was empow- cred by the board to negotiate with the state highway department for the erection of a new bridge on Rubber avenue near the Milville store. It is expected that the pres- ent bridge will be replaced by one of cement. Money for the work will come from the state aid road fund, the borough having a con- siderable credit with the state at the present time.
 The board will cooperate in the collection of taxes that have not ] been paid in several years if the discussion that followed the sub mission of the report of Tax Col lector N. Hadley Cox materializes.
 MT Cox's report disclosed that ] he has collected the sum of $325,- 1 765.98 in taxes since taking office. During the month of August his collections totalled $S2,925.47. $12,- O1O.97 of thissamount was for back taxes. Warden Whittemore re- marked that the collection was not as good as last years but the peo- pile had shown good cooperation. 1t was stated that there was a large amount of taxes owed the borough over a period of many years. Tax Collector Cox stated that property owners had shown good cooperation in trying to take | ~l1I Tracy Noble suggested that a list of persons owing taxes for number of years be submitted to ] the board. This list will be made out and the board will go over it. The board accepted an invitation from the Naugatuck Hose. Hook and Ladder Company to attend their outing and clambake to be held at Osborn's Glen on Septem- Der IS.
 Borough Attorney Dalton will be asked to submit an opinion to the board relative to having vendors take out licenses to peddle in the borough. He said these vendors take a lot of money out of the bor- ough that would ordinarily go to local business men and yet they pay nothing for teh privilege.
 The board referred a petition from residents of Dunn avenue and streets off the New Haven road for improvements to the street. com mittee.
 The borough clerk will request the New Haven Railroad to fix the rails on the siding which crosses Maple street and entert the plant of the U. $. Rubber company and the Connecticut Company to fix their rails on Main street.
 4 request brought in by Bur gess Johnson from property own CTS of Neagle street asking for im- provements was not acted upon. | Warden Whittemore said he would | not favor doing. anything on the | street teh way of accepting 1t as a | borough street until 1t was placed | in better condition than 1t is at | present. He said he would not fav- or accepting 1t and placing the | burden of the expense on the bor- | ongb.
 The monthly reports Of Borough l Clerk Lingenheld, Tax Collector N. Iindiey Cox, Superintendent Of Streets Anderson. ichief of Police Atkinson and Borough Treasurer !! Oconnor were accepted by the
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 Dr H. If. uorton, Emil Mann. weller, cnrl v. Thompson and charles r. lodenbach are in at. tendance at the state convention of inc republican party which opened in New Haven yesterday ]