Morning journal and courier., 1883-08-02
Inspecting the Layout.

The Line Of the Hartford and Harlem
 Looked Over by the Railroad COmmis-
 sHOners-NO Hearing Yesterday-TO be
 Resumed This Morning.
 The railroad commissioners assembled in the Superior court room. yesterday morning at 10 o'clock. Before taking carriages to ride over the proposed route from the Ham den line to West Haven Center, MT. Doolit- tie, who appears for a number of citizens in Wallingford, among them being John Cook, William R. Cook, Turhand Cooks family, MT. Prescott and David Hall, offered map, showing why some modification of the route of the road through Wallingford was neces- sary. He could not say exactly what W. Jones of Wallingford wanted in the matter, and had advised him to have other counsel that the farmers did not want a railroad within sixty feet of travelled highway.
 s. E. Baldwin said that protecting board fence could be built
 MT. Doolittle said it was worse for drivers of horses than no fence. Horses would not be so likely to be frightened if they could see the trains.
 AA4eSSOA win was about to mention his arrangement for the personal inspection yesterday of his route between the Hamden line and the 1ow= est point in West Haven, when Lawyer Ham ilton began to propose motion for the ex- clusion of Mir. Baldwin from the carriage of the commissioners, or else to have repre- sentative of New Haven's interest go with them. All this was cut short by one of the commissioners who said his body would ride only with the engineer. However, there was some other makeup of the party. At first it was calculated to have J. B. Sargent, Corporation Counsel Driscoll, City Engineer Hill and Hugh Daley go ln one carriage. This was changed by having Mir. Hill ride with two of the commissioners in large carriage, containing also Mr. Bald win, his clerk and Engineer Bryson of the road. Mir. Hamilton found room in one car riage for Mir. Nash of the Bridgeport Stan dard and others, and the party was finally made up, MT. Doolittle, Mir. Webb, Henry D. White, Frank Bradley, Engineer Morse and one or two others finding places in another carriage. Before starting it was decided that the inspection should begin at Hamden. MT. Doolittle gave notice that he should want stoppage made on the high hill at Whitney vile. This was agreed to all around, com missioner saying that if there were localities to which special attention was desired, they would allow of stoppages.
 These men drove over portion of the route it is proposed to run the Hartford and Harlem line, should it ever be built. They began at @ point near where the railroad is expected to cross Whitney Lake, hard by the iron bridge, and followed the line through Hamden, through the western skirts of this city and then to the western limits of the borough of West Haven, going over the en- tire course without stopping for dinner, and getting through about 8 o'clock. They GOV cred about seven miles of the proposed line, although their windings in and out of the various streets must have carried them many miles further.
 This morning at 10 o'clock the hearing will be resumed in the Superior court room, and if not concluded tomorrow it will have to go over until September, as the. commis- Sioners have other engagements for the re- maining days of August.
 Big Fire in Danbury-A $1OO,OOO Loss
 Dexter's hat factory in Danbury was burned Tuesday evening with contents. The loss ia nearly S1OO GOO mart iallv insured