The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-01
RESIDENTS VOICE
PROJECT PROTEST
Public Works Board Hears
Complaints of Night
Work on Sewers
WATERVILLE

A delegation of Thomaston ave-
nue. residents representing Grace
Methodist and st. Paul Episcopal
churches and other residents Of
the street between Homer and
Manville streets visited the Board
of Commissioners of Public Works
last night to protest the continue
ance of work on the Thomaston
avenue until the late hour each
night now being adhered to by the
contractors. The delegation consist
cd of Rev. Milford B. Simonson,
pastor, and Benjamin w. Johnson,
Samuel Butcher and George Horn
becker, trustees of Grace church;
Rev. Raymond M. D. Adams, rec
tor, and Wilfred e. Pierpont, ves-
tryman of St. Paul's church; and
property owners Howard Grilley
and Richard Minniman.
It was pointed out that there
is tremendous amount of noise
from power-hammers, excavators,
from $3.50 q. m. to 11.30 p. M,
and 1t was requested that some
relief be afforded, sufficient at least
to permit a reasonable number of
hours, free from construction nois-
es to enable residents in the vicin-
ity to secure good nights sleep.
Attention was also called to the
fact that the excavation has caus-
ed undue blocking of the street
and serious interference with water
services to some houses.
The delegation also asked why
they should not be permitted to
make their own sewer connections
from. the lateral to the houses, II
they secured properly qualified con-
tractors to do the job. They claim
ed that several contractors were
wiling to do the work for a figure
considerably below that which 1t
has been said the city would prob
Since the Thomaston avenue
protest is out on contract the ques--
ton raised by the delegation did
not properly. come before the
board of works but were matters
to be passed upon by the city en-
gineers department. Mr.. Root, as
sistant city engineer, and Executive
Secretary Kelly discussed with the
delegation the various objections
and complaints raised.
1t was explained that the state
highway department had requested
the city to rush the sewer project
with all possible haste so that the
state might not have any chance
of loosing it's part of federal funds
to be allocated for the paving con-
struction which will follow. The
CITY had therefore required the
contractors to work until 1900 p.
M. In view of the fact that the
program appears to seriously dis
turb the rest and peace of mind of
the residents in the area affected
some seriously i'll residents in the
district, Mr.. Root stated. that he
would endeavor to have the con-
tractor start work at 900 a. M,
and quit at 1000 p. M. The other
inconvenience referred to were
stated to be normal construction
difficulties about which little can
be done.
The engineer and executive Sec
rotary in discussing the matter of
procedure to be followed in maxi
ing connections stated that 1t was
a new plan for the city to have
the contractor make connections
from the carrier to the curb. 1t
seems wise to proceed with the
plan since past experience has
proven that property owners. as
individuals prefer to take care OF
such matters when most conven-
lent to them. This usually means
that connections are made by a
number of contractors, most OF
whom operate at different fares.
This would mean a lack of uni
formity in the settling of the filed
trenches and might seriously COM
plicate the spread of laying of the
permanent pavement by the state.
Again 1t is necessary that every
POSSIBLE precaution be taken to
guard against damage to the thir-
ty-six inch principal water main
from the Wigwam reservoir under
which all sewer connection to the