The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1888-12-07


sey and Ohio. In July, 1887, the firmre-
moved from its former rooms n the Wal.
Ter building to IT. present location. Spec
ial attention isgiyen tothe ceustructid
Of water works dama fRetc. an plans am
peciicationssfor cpbfpn, wocl&n, pape'
and Touring stills, rlilroads, farms AMI
estates are promptly and accurately sur
veyed.
The Bryant Electric Co. has its ef3ice'
in No. 20. 1t Is scarcely more than q
month since the system was first brought
to the notice Of Bridgeporters as some
thing in which they had an interest and
the dials have but just been hung. About
80 are already engaged and it is conf
IDENTIFY expected that the number will
steadily increase. w. G.. bryant, the To-
cal manager, has had four years. expert
ence, three in Waterbury as snperintend-
ent of electric lighting; the previous
year was spent with the Thomson-Ho us-
ton SYSTEM Fifty clocks can be placed
on a circuit and as many circuits estab-
lished as necessary. Each clock is con-
nected with the big clock in the office,
called the master clock; as the second
hand of this clock marks the Goth sec
ond, the minute hand jumps ahead to the
minute mark and SO does the minute hand
of every dial connected with it. This
master clock is regulated by electricity
and corresponds, to the fraction of a sec
ond, with the time ball in the observatory
at New Haven. The dials are made in q
variety of shapes and sizes, with or with
out frames and rent for ~ to $50 more
per year the average price here is about
80. Besides the ordinary wall or win
dow dials, mantel clocks are furnished
for home and office use. The system in
use is the Warner central station system
of standard electric time. Besides this
work, the Bryant Co. manufacture and
deal in general electric supplies, etc.
Mrs Alice A. Calhoun, who has been
in Bridgeport about.a year and a half,
has her studio in rooms ~ and %. She
gives lessons in drawing and painting
and has painted many pictures of merit,
which, when exhibited In New York and
elsewhere, have ELECTED deserved praise.
Many of the paintings on exhibition at
her rooms are for sale. The branches OF
art in which Mrs Calhoun has achieved
special success are fruits and flowers,
still life and animals.
Rooms % to %, inclusive, are occupied
by Perry & Perry, who carry on an ex-
tensive law business. John H. and Win
throp H. Perry, the present members OF
the firm, came here in January, 1887.
This firm is the last of series Of firms,
extending back for 40 years, when Orris
s. Perry and A. b. Woodward formed q
law firm in .Norwalk. A. b. Woodward
and J. III. Perry succeeded them, follow
ed by w. and J. H. Perry and by j. III.
and w. II. Perry, who removed the bus
mess from Norwalk to this city. John
H., whose residence is In Southport, is
fayorably spoken of as candidates for
speaker of the House in the next Iegis-
lature.
On the highest floor, in rooms 20, 80,
81, F. w. Smith, Jr, may be found. He
is successor to the firm of Smith g Hub
bard, patent attorneys and has continued
the business in his own name since Jan
uary /, 1888. He has associates in Wash.
ington, New York, Danbury, Meriden
For ID years he has been engaged in thii
city and has carried on a thriving bnsi
ness.
Rooms Is and IL are devoted to- Com
pound Oxygen, the specific for consump
ton and lung troubles, which has beer
before the public but comparatively
short time.