Connecticut western news., 1888-03-14
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Coa>ting is getting rather thin in this village. It is a good thing Quite an accident lappe ,el last Thursday some of the coasters ran int, Mrs John Per- kins and broke both bones of oue limb below the knee.
 There is talk of having :, creamery in Lakevillr. 1 hope it will be success
 Mr. Orvillr Bradley and wife met with quite all accident last Tuesday. The axlrtree broke and split Mir Br.lley out aud he got q good shaking up, but for tuuately no bones were broken
 HOUSAT TONIC R4ILROAD METERS
 1t strikes us as rather an unusual p 'oceeling for an individual tn rush hls complaints, if he have any. into the newspaper b fore he presents th..lA to proper authorities, who have the power to rertify grievances If they are worthy of iteration. It looks as if com
 
 complaints and therefore dare not go to headquarters with them, or that he imagined it would make him more cnn- spicu'us If he could pur-uale some enterprising newspaper man to publish them S., with the article that recently appeared in local paper concer ing ,j,I, II. .,1 traius on the Danhury aul Nnrwalk branch of the Housatonic line. We have heard of no wide spread lissati~ faction in regard tn this matter, excepting that as in the Case of all railroads whose trains have been more or less delayed by ice and snow in an unusually severe winter The trains on the Cons lilatel roads have been delayed quite as much Us the Hous,,tonic freight boat, and the delay uu the Danhury and Norwalk branch Is as much due to them as to delays on their own at. The Norwalk Sentinel says Tuesday morning last the blat train from Wilson's Point was here waiting f IF the Harlem River train l on the Consolidated at 7 o'rlnck a. m. ! amt wa> still waiiing at '. 45 ;l. III more | than five hours, and the Harlem River | train had not arrived at that time " | Therefore it will be s.'-n that the delay is mt entirely uue to the Wilson P ,1nt | line. General Manager Stevenson Is labnring hard to accommodate the pat | rnls nf the Hou>atoni.., and at the same time be Independent of other lines. Ehi~ week work has been commenced. at 1 WIlsrns Point to largely increase the facilities of handling freight there. The pier wiIl be extended into the harbur 300 feet and it's width will b. 50 feet i rhe tracks will be 80 arranged that cars can be run into bargrs and taken direct. Iy tn pier 40 New York city. New iarges are b-ing bnilt for the line l When all these Improvements are in full operation the li,e will be +qual t.1 any for tran>p ,rtatinn facilities, and freight can then be delivered in Dan- bury at an hour that will satisfy all. il the con ectlnls on the other roads are made. The hat manufacturers do nnt nny one days supply at 8 time The ,'!>ter men may ,lo that kln.i of busi- ness, but they buy their supplies at Ml
 
 the complninant~ ? The hat mannfac- tnrer~. 1t Is reasonable to suppose. would have gone to headquarters first. It must be the oyster dealers and there art. not enough of them iu town to pay for an extra train for their accnlnnl,la. tio,. Tu- article in the plai 1t set torth must have "rigi 'ated in the gll,w. ing of a r-rort-rs empty stomach for free oysters The general manager of i Il. HMlS;lt,llc is doing all in his power 10 make hns road a model one, new -ngines and cars have been ordered and Nill be placed on the line about the first of June. We say to the public, be patient, all the great improvements con. tempIat'u cannot b.. completed in an hour, but when once carried out, there IS risk in & yiny the public will b. entirely satisfied.
 Hat CTS g'"ls come to Dauhnrv by the Adams express company, via c ,u. >ulitat.d read tu South Norwalk, all, tu save rxp.nse, by the freight train u, tl. Danburv and Nnrwalk road that shouli arrive at 6 o'clock d iii. But n> has been before stat-.l, the delay occurs on the Consolidated Toad and 1t Is Il, waiting for them that in most i,l>tlnrt.s calsrs the late arrival in Dlnburv. | 1t l~ the lhns express company wht cnmplaif,, let them hir.. an express trail tn tak., tl.-se goo tu Dlnbury or put tn. bl;lme on the Cun>oli late,l r.n.d where it belongs - Danbury Democrat March 3