Morning journal and courier., 1880-07-29
Chipping and Laying Red Sand-
 stone.

CAthOAC 1Ne1OEAhASOOEy k1O1n0 HUT A1OS 3
 on Fair Haven Heights-Father Hard
 ing the PhilanthrOpist-His Activity,
 Energy and Devoted Interest in the
 Work-Snags Which Have Hindered-
 Novel and Interesting Way to Find
 Water.
 The stone masons are busy chipping and laying stone for the building in process of erection on Fair Haven Heights, which will be one of the structures for the Catholic Re- formatory Home for Boys which Rev. Father Harding, of the St. Francis Orphan Asylum
 is to build at his own expense and give to the diocese. Rev. MT. Harding is on the grounds every working day giving his close attention to the work. He laments in witty way the various interruptions which his benevolent enterprise has suffered. First, the reverend gentleman says, he bought the land and paid for it, and with the plans for the buildings obtained, proceeded to work, hired or con- tracted with masons and had commenced taking out ktone-he had number of tons taken out-when suddenly to his surprise he was informed that a strip of the land pur- chased was claimed by other parties. He bought the land of MT. Shipman, who lives in house under the bluff, and who is, by the way, now very sick and not expected to live. He then suspended operations and obtained the services of City Surveyor Fowler, whose examination resulted in assigning the strip in question to the claimants. The priest then let that matter stand and began the work of getting out stone again at another point, changing his plans so as to have the building in new location, out of the way of interfer- IL TO.-4 1o 1o1 hardly got out dozen tons of stone when to his surprise new difficulty appeared-there was another strip in the purchased land claimed-some twelve feet, we believe, near the edge of the bluff. To get around this snag he started anew, commenced all over again and is now proceeding undaunted, cheerful, energetic and nimble and active and ten anywhere to be found.
 The strip above alluded to is a wedge shaped piece about 294 feet in width at one end, and narrowing down to point 'Fas fine as a razor," as was remarked, at the other. It lies to the northward There is also some claim as to a roadway through the tract pur- chased for the asylum, which Father Hard ing jovially declares is getting things down to an extremely fine point, and he does not see how it could ever be worked into a roadway except at an outlay of many thousands of dollars, as much cutting and blasting away of solid rock is required to get it into any kind of shape, and besides all that, he adds, there is natural line for roadway at the base of the bluff which would exactly meet the pur- pose, while as to the other, Sure it is not wanted in the least" The speaker showed us over to the roadway and, much amused, asked if that path through briars and weeds and over rocks could be called roadway. ''That, y he said, 'is another one of the conundrums which have been asked me-" as he hastily led the way over bushes and brambles My line extends from these, D pointing to near the edge of the bluff to that line of hemlocks. 'I gave up when the surveyor decided against me. There is the stake he drove in for my guide. But am a peaceable man, and though I had paid for the whole, I began anew. But another thing, MT. Reporter" said he, 'fwhen paid for my land I supposed the deed would call for five acres, but it don't pan out but three acres. However, there's enough of it. Isn't it fine spot? It wasn't worth much until we began work here and then it began to grow valuable. By the way, wish to speak of the courtesy of Mir. E. Edwin Hall, who lives just over there'' (pointing down among the trees below to the roof of Mr. Hall s residence.) "I have found him a most admirable man, and one who has the true spirit of gentleman. But here, '' continued the speaker, 'T must show you my well. It was surprise to everybody when they found that I had struck water Most folks are happy when they strike oil, but was happy when I struck water. I must tell you about it. In wandering about here with the project in my head of building this re- formatory. I had some trouble, let me tell you, to find out who owned this land out here-I noticed that there was water issuing from the base of the bluff. Now, reflected, the water comes from above and it takes its start from the bowels of the bluff. Now the bluff is one hundred feet high. I figured it up and concluded that l would find water about 75 feet down. l found the well borer. How much will you do it for?' said I. Five dollars a foot, said he Go ahead said l. That well has cost mo $500, and it's worth money to this section. Come and take a drink He led the way over more underbrush as quick as o lamplighter and down @ path some dis tance to the rear, where Michael one of the workmen, was seen near the well. He had just taken out pail full of clear cold water. Let's taste of it, said the clergyman and the water was tasted and pronounced fine. Sorry we've not something else to offer, said the clergyman, ''but look" he continued. 'I knew just where to have the well sunk for the water. How did I know? We'll" Chere he snapped of forked twig from bush) ''this was the way Out West we take a piece of the locust, but here took the wild cherry. I held it in my hand tightly, so, and walked around holding it, l until at last the twig began to try to work out of my hand and made itself felt as if trying to get to the ground. Then I knew it was pointing to the place for water, and there I | sunk my well, and the water is splendid. It IS not wltchcraft nor Spiritualism it is a law in nature" The speaker was pleased as he unused over the trans action. Here the clergyman branch ed off into a new subject, but returned to say that when the reformatory was built there would be an open walk to the well, open to everybody to quench their thirst, and no doubt many would come that way to see the buildings and the pretty landscapes to be seen from the bluff ''Come this way" said the guide, land look off the battlements "
 
 narrow spiral stone steps in the base of what is to be the main tower of the building in process of erection. Standing on the top of the walls, now up about ten feet from the ground, the priest pointed through the leaves of a copse overhanging the bluff to Mt. Carmel, lying blue and hazy in the distance, and then to New Haven and adjacent territo- ry, of which glorious view appeared. The priest then took us to the corner stone, which lay in the undergrowth where 1t had been clipped and fashioned, and lies awaiting the inscriptions. The bishop would probably lay the corner stone in September, Mir Hard ing said The plans were shown. They have been changed to meet the changes made ow- ing to the land boundary questions. The building which is now being erected, and which stands on the brow of the bluff, will be for the Faculty of the institution. Some distance back, the clergyman said, would stand the Academy building, and further back, on the rear of the tract, the reformatory. The building would be open not alone to Catholic boys, the priest said; any boys needing reformation could come there and find home and good care. It's blessings would be as free as air-as free as the water of the well which had cost him $500.
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