Morning journal and courier., 1884-11-08
RoARp OF sELEcrmEN.

Looking After the Town ROads-A Contract for Strengthening West River Signed-BiIIs Approved. A regular meeting of the Board of Select
 men was held last evening. Present, Select
 men English presiding), Reynolds, Tyler, Faulhaber, Feldman, Beecher and Treat. The Committee on Roads and Bridges yesterday visited the roads in various 1ocali-
 ties and recommended that Franklin street crosswalk on Main street, west side in West vile, be repaired. Also that the Harrison
 Pond road in Westville should be widened and that trees and fence posts be removed as eneroachments; also that the culvert on Pine
 Rock road be removed, and the road top dressed and repaired instead. The recom- mendations were adopted.
 The counting-house desk and screen for | the town agents office was reported as near ly completed.
 The interest on East Chapel street draw bridge assessment against Patrick Hogan was abated.
 It was voted to place Stone street in West vile in good repair.
 A petition for conservator over Anna McDermott, an insane person sent to the re- treat for the insane at Middletown, was signed
 The committee on the strengthening of West river reported that they had signed a contract with c. w. B1akeslee 6 Son for the
 work from Whalley avenue to Martin street. It was voted that a committee of two be appointed to take an inventory of the town property at the old and new farms. Messrs. Feldman and Tyler were appointed such committee.
 Mr. Feldman inquired if there was not some way that persons dependent on the town for support could be given 4-Irv a4 E01aI quarries or elsewhere, where. they could earn at least 75 cents per day, with steady em- ployment. If persons employed could get any better job, then it would be their privi- lege to leave. The matter was laid over until next meeting.
 Bills were approved as follows: Assessors, $951.05; outside poor, $508. 15; roads and bridges, S2, 189.21; new farm, $167. .34; in- terest, $3, 800; alnshouse, $330. .59; tax ac- count, $15, ,005.50; construction, $37. 50; sa- laries, $679. IA; election expenses (registrars, &c.), $4, ,0S5.38; general account, $136.
 The registration of the wards this year will cost $5, ,378 on the basis of last year.
 Of Interest to Catholics.
 Father McGivney will go to Thomaston, Conn, next week to take charge of the new Catholic church there. He was in Thomas ton Thursday for few hours, the visit be- ing in compliance with the bishops request to take formal charge of the parish. The ap- pointment was very unexpected. It will be followed by several other changes, one of which includes the formation of a new parish in Mhat section. Heretofore Thomaston pastors have had in their Jurisdiction the missions of Watsrtown and Terryville, two small hamlets adjoining the main parish, and they went there every Sunday to celebrate mass. By the recent order of the bishop these two parishes, which of late years have been growing wonderfully, the number of Catholic inhabitants now being very large, have been consolidated into one parish, and the pastorate has been given to Father Zones. He was the first assistant of Father Gaffney, who died recently at Thomaston. By many it was thought he would become the pastor at Thomaston, but the bishop has ruled otherwise and given him charge of the newly formed parish. Undoubtedly be- fore long there will be Q handsome church building erected by the Catholics of Watertown and TerTyville now that they have become distinct from Thomas ton. The fact that the bishop has made these changes will necessarily greatly reduce the labor of the Thomaston priest, and nearly so trying as if he had the two missions to look after as did Father Gaffney. It may be that the bishop will decide not to have any assistant at Thomaston.
 Father McGiyney's successor as pastor of St. Mary's has not yet been announced It is said that Father Murray may be the one.