The Newtown bee., 1877-10-04
TIE WATER MEETING.


 Thursday night of last week quite number of ladies and gentlemen were present at Snniord's Hall to hear the re- port of the Committee on water supply, and to listen to the addresses delivered by Mir. Hull of Bridgeport, and Mir. Il. o. Warner of New Milford. Considera- ble delay WAS occasioned by the non,ap- pcarance of n gentleman who had prom ised to preside as chairman, and the pro- curing of secretary It was arranged, however, that Marcus c, Hawley, Esq, shouldpreside, and Major c. T. Greene was selected as secretary. These prelim- inaries having been completed Mir, Flaw ley stated that he was not prepared to give anything like an address, but would state briefly the object of the meeting, and we subjoin his remarks, which were as follows:--
 "Ladies and gentlemen, we have called you together this evening for the purpose of laying before you matter ot vital importance to this community one no less than an actual necessity 10 our village--that of a good supply of water to this town. But before doing so we have taken pains to obtain the services of competent engineers, in whom we could rely (and whom you will have the pleasure of soon hearing), to make q careful survey and present at this meet ing their report It may be forestalling their communications if in brief 1 should state that to our committee their report is entirely satisfactory
 "It is hardly necessary that I should show you that this town has long sui, fered from an insufficient supply of wa ter: your own needs at the present time are too well apparent At this moment nearly one-half of our cisterns are empty and our wells are daily giving out. Should fire occur in our village under these circumstances there would be no telling the amount of loss that would most likely occur. But were this not the case that it was required for domes- tic purposes, the ad antages and secu- rity from fire would be worth double the outlay projected
 'sThe self-appointed Committee who have thus far taken action in this matter have done so for no special interest of their own. What has or may hereafter be done is for the mutual interest of all An opportunity will be presented before the close of this meeting for new Com mittee to be appointed, who, it is hoped, will push this matter to its completion. It is earnestly desired that the organiza- tion of the Newtown Water Committee date from this time, as it is proposed to have the sane incorporated at our next meeting of State Legislature. It is pro posed to start the Newtown Water Co. with cash capital of $5,O0O, divided in to 800 shares of BIO each; and am pleased to report that lb0 shares have al ready been subscribed, and all that is now required will be a united action on the part of our citizens, and we can se- cure this great blessing. You will now listen to the report of our engineer, B. H. Hull, Esq, of Bridgeport"
 Mr. Hull being introduced, stated in a somewhat matter-of- fact way the impor' tance of having good water supply for the town. He gave the following as the estimated cost for all purposes in supply ing the borough with water:--
 Constructing reservoir with gate
 house, s1,6O0.OO 9 400 feet of 6-inch pipe, 1,66O0O e,eoO A" q" 1887. % 6 fire hydrants, at $45 each, 27000 Engineering and land damage, 33OO
 Total, S5,0OO0O The elevations and distances he gave as follows:--
 ELEVATIONS. FEET, From fence post at the east corner
 of the Street, at south end
 of village, to height of wa
 ter in reservoir, as located, 1677( At Marcus c. amley's, Ss14 " Edward Clark's, 97.W l" Dicks Hotel, 707( " Liberty Pole, 517( !" Head of the Street, 3oOC
 DISTANCES.
 From reservoir to head of Street, 2,40I " Dicks Hotel. 4,70t 1" NJ C. Hawley's. 1 90i
 " Edward Clsrk's 5,00'