Morning journal and courier., 1885-01-06
NEW ROUND HOUSE
Just Completed En Hartford For The
 Consolidated Road.

The new round house of the Consolidated railroad at Hartford is 430 feet long on the outer curve, and the tracks for the locomo- tives are 62 feet long with pits beneath 45 feet long. It is heated by steam, and steam pipes encircle the pits under where the loco motives stand, so that it is an easy matter to ''thaw out" any engine coming in covered with snow and ice in the coldest weather. The pits are well drained. The floor of the house is of cement mixed with fine screen ings from the company's stone quarries, making the floor almost as hard as solid stone and the building is easily kept clean. Notwithstanding the many doors and win dows and the ventilators over the smoke stack of each of the twenty engines, the house is amply warm on the coldest days The building is fre-proof, there being no
 wood in it, except the doors, window castings, and the planking on the iron rafters furnish ing foundation for the slating. The loco
 motives are run out of their places tracks concentrating at large turn-table in front of the building, which is itself very solidly built, the pit cemented and drained and the
 masonry founded on solid rock. The build ing was designed by Vice-President E M. Reed, and the details of construction have | been under the charge of Superintendent C.. $. Davidson of the Hartford division. The New Board of Relief. The new Board of Relief met and organized yesterday, electing Thomas O'Brien chairman
 and Ezra B. Dibble secretary. They will now sit daily until Jan. 24, including every We'd | nesday evening
 STATE CORREsPoNDENCE NaIIinsford. The Grand Army fair at Stoughton Mass, | in which so many here had tickets, held their | drawing on December 27. Over 30 tickets were held in this town, but none were lucky ones. The capital prize of S1 ,000 was drawn | by the ''Go as you please club'' of Man chester, N. H.
 | Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Herskell~are visiting at
 Mrs. Herskelrs home in Newburgh, N. Y. | Mrs. P. McKenna has been in feeble health | for several months, and few days ago Dr. 1 Bacon, of New Haven, was called upon and l he at once said that she was troubled with an | ovarian tumor. He came up on Friday after
 noon and assisted by Dr. McGaughey per | formed an operation, removing a tumoi
 larger than a hens egg. Mrs. McKenna was doing we'll aiter the operation, and it is | hoped that she will soon be we'll again. | The amount of town orders paid during | December was $3 3515. 13 and the amount paid
 out on justice orders S5047.
 | "Bellina," the female mystery, has beer | exhibiting in Town hall on Friday and Sat
 urday.
 The colored jubilee singers, who held al
 entertainment in Town hall on Sunday even
 ing, had large audience and were the best l troupe that ever came here.
 The board of relief began their sessions il | the new court room this morning. l Sheriff Warren was in town Saturday
 summoning witnesses for the Johnson murder | trial which takes place in New Haven this | week.
 The members of the Arcanum club were handsomely entertained at Buel's on Saturday
 evening by the president of the club e. W | Hull.
 D. E. Morris has sold his house and lot o1
 the corner of Ward street and Whittelsey
 avenue to Stephen Holland.
 The borough officers meet again to-mor
 TOW evening (Tues6ay).
 Hon. L. NJ. Hubbards family was increased
 to-day by the arrival of baby boy. 1 Ian |