The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-09

| tAOh1A CAPChulLdiC Ok p401fVV tO finish the work there of whicl the towns expense is $4,173.5O. of this last figure $2,400 is figured for
 EZRA hiring of town trucks and $337 for the compressor but the sum of about $1,446 is for mater ials, etc.
 This makes the total cost of this l job more than $18,OOO. When ques- | toned MT Bloom said he did not know why the project should be so | much more than 1t was originally estimated and said the state office in Hartford will protest on this point when he presents the new es- innate, prepared by Borough En- gineer Robert D. Beardsley. to 1t for approval.
 Mir Beardsley had little to say about 1t but MT Groh explains there is much excavation work necessary there than was at first thought necessary. This was first set at 1900 cubic yards bu it will be necessary to do 5000 more cu- bic yards of this.
 And because. of the lack of ma sons for EZRA work, it looks as
 though 1t vii be necessary for the town to hire more masons or this and the High street projects. Mortar OH High Street The High street project will cost the town more than originally thought because there are not l enough fiat stones available to
 form the wall so that it will be stable and mortaring it will be
 necessary. MT Bloom said. This is expected to add $3,90O to the ma J terials cost but it will result in a savings to the town on truck hire,
 he pointed out, as 1t will speed up
 the work and the job will be done
 quicker.
 The Coen street extension job would cost total of $9.100 of
 which $2,400 would be the bor- ough's share. Of this $1.896 is to
 be for rental of trucks and the compressor and $423 for mater ials. We must have a cast iron | agreement without question" oh | the matter of trucks on this job, | MT Bloom asserted. He indicated | the town must rent or buy trucks | saying 1t has not enough now to do 1t. ..,..
 Warden John Sheridan pointed | out that although the board of
 warden and burgesses had approv- ed the project they did not know | there would be additional truck l expense. which it is estimated
 would be about $1,S0O. Because the High street wall is blocking ! to TAnn ct rnEidnnf q | autos to High street, the town would either have to construct this extension. which Is expected to be generally useful. or build garages for those affected by the wall. In the estimates prepared there was work for two trucks for 300 hours. It is expected two trucks would be required. The warden said he could not sign anything of this nature which would affect the town so much without the approv- | al of the borough board. It would l mean excavation of 1400 cubic yards of earth. The board finally approved the estimate with Ad- | ministrator Harris Whittemore signing 1t and left final action to | the borough board.
 | Dunn Avenue Job Estimates include oiling work | figures on the Dunn avenue job.
 This project would require 40 la
 borers, one dynamiter and three | masons, according to the new fig
 ures. The problem of how to satis- fy the claim of the owner of the
 McEvoy property there for wall
 instead of grading of his pro- perty was discussed lengthily. The
 owner first agreed to having the
 town grade it but later changed his
 mind and demanded a wall. Bor-
 ough Engineer Robert D. Beards-
 ley said.
 MT Whittemore pointed out
 there was scarcity of masons, at
 first stating he did not feel like
 approving this new estimate with the number of masons available at the present time. The few EZRA masons available are urgently
 needed on the High street job. he
 said.
 l John J. German suggested ce-
 ment wall be built and no masons would be required but MT Bloom
 said 1t would be cheaper for the | town to hire mas0ns than to build | thIs wall. It would be hard for the | town to get regular masons at this time of the year, MT German and
 Mir Whittemore believe.
 | The original estimate of $4,S34 has already been spent on this pro- | ject and the borough is about $250
 fin the red" on 1t now. Mr Bloom
 estimated. After MT Sheridan had agreed to the town hiring the ma
 sons, as it seemed the only way | out, MT Bloom said there were not
 enough trucks on the job now to
 handle the number of men there.
 There were 23 men. foreman and two trucks there yesterday.
 Only Five Trucks l Mir Whittemore pointed out 1t
 was no use for the board to sub
 init more work for approval which
 called for trucks as the borough
 only has five trucks. There are
 230O yards to be excavated from Dunn avenue yet.
 Attorney Joseph E. Talbott made
 the winning suggestion which solv- ed the problem by advising two
 shifts of men be used, having them
 work six hours Q day five or six
 days a week according to the number of hours coming to them.
 There will be a shift from 6 a. m. | to noon and one from noon to 6
 p. m. It was at first thought neces-
 sary to have the street department
 agree to a similar plan and War
 den Sheridan said he thought the department would be glad to co-
 operate but this was later found not necessary.
 The two shift idea will eliminate
 the need of more trucks. Attorney
 Talbot pointed out the trucks are not being used to full advantage now but will be under the double
 shift plan. He said he thought
 many workers would be glad to
 get off in the afternoon. The board
 approved the estimate then and
 the warden and MT Whittemore
 signed 1t.