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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1922_12_27 Town Board Minutes (2) Meeting of the Joint Town Board TOWN OF MAMARONECK, held, December 27th, 1922. The meeting was called to order by Supervisor Burton at 10.00 P.M. PRESENT: Supervisor Burton, Justices Boyd, Collins and Shafer, Town Clerk Sherman, Counsellor Gamble. The minutes of the meetings of December 6th and 20th, were read and upon motion approved. Supervisor Burton reported that the plans for the additional cost of the Weaver Street improvement had been app- roved by the Board of Supervisors and he further reported that the takings along the Highway will be taken in a few days. The Supervisor spoke of the need of lights on Chats- worth Avenue between Glen and Forest Avenue and upon motion duly seconded, it was upon ROLL CALL, RESOLVED, that the Supt. of Highways be and he hereby is authorized and empow- ered to direct the Westchester Lighting Company to install three street lights on Chatsworth Avenue between Glen Road and Forest Avenue. A communication from County Supt.of Highways, Charles McDonald was received and read enclosing application of the Westchester Lighting Company asking permission to open the con- crete pavement on Palmer Avenue and also enclosing a bond in the amount of $5,000. The permission to open the roadway was granted and the bond was ordered received and placed on file. A communication from the New York Inter Urban Water Company was received in reply to the letter sent by the Clerk demanding the installation of water mains and hydrants along Hillcrest Avenue, Garden Road and Chatsworth Avenue, stating the terms upon which the said installations would be made. Whereupon the following resolution was presented and upon ROLL CALL, was unanimously adopted: WHEREAS, the Board has heretofore adopted a resolution directing the New York Inter Urban Water Company to extend the water main through and along Chatsworth Avenue south of Forest Avenue, a distance of 1142 feet; and WHEREAS, the water company has refused to lay said extension unless the Town under- takes to guarantee a grows income of 25% of the estimated cost thereof for a period of ten years; and WHEREAS, the cost of excavating the trench for laying said main along Chatsworth Ave, has been estimated at about $1,500.00; and WHEREAS, it is the sense of this Board that it would not be advisable to undertake on behlaf of the Town to guarantee the water company any income in view of the order granted by Mr. Justice Seeger, directing the water company to lay other mains in the Town of Mamaroneck, upon the same state of facts as exist in the case in question; and WHEREAS, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has unanimously affirmed the order of Mr. Justice Seeger; and WHEREAS, this Board has been advised by Counsel to lay the mains and install the hydrants in Chatsworth Avenue and seek to recover from the water company the amount it may be compelled to expend in the per- formance of such work after the refusal of said water company to do so; and WHEREAS, this Board is of the opinion that an emergency exists and that it would be for the best interests of the Town to have the water main along Chatsworth Avenue south of Forest Avenue extended forthwith, thus providing for the installation of two or more fire hydrants along said highway, Now, Therefore be it RESOLVED, that the sum of $1,500.00 is hereby levied and assessed against the tax- able property of the Town of Mamaroneck lying outside the Villages of Larchmont and Mamaroneck, and collected, for the purpose of defraying the cost of extending the water main and installing fire hydrants along Chatsworth Avenue south of Forest Avenue according to a demand heretofore made by the Town Board upon the New York Inter Urban Water Company; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Supervisor be and he hereby is authorized and directed to cause said extension to be made according to the demand heretofore made by the Town Board upon the New York Inter Urban Dater Company, at a cost not exceeding $1,500.00 and to Pay for it out of any moneys in his hands not otherwise appropriated. Upon motion, the meeting adjourned at 11.00 P.M. Frederick M. Sherman Town Clerk.