The Newtown bee., 1889-09-27

IorCnlgh5 ID Deiawafe county N.ssf
 George Gilbert, who arrived from Min- nesota, last week, is at F. .Jennings's.
 Hail < Booth have added q veranda to the home of Misses seeley. They have also repaired the buildings Of Bennett Seeley.
 Black A. Van Vert has added II new drilling machine to his shop.
 Edward Payne of Gilead spent Sunday at A. Van Wert's, with his daughter, Miss Gertic E. Payne.
 PLATTSVILLE.
 Miss Augusta Kuehn of Bridgeport is with her brother, A. F. Kuehn.
 
 EASToN.
 MILL RIVER RESERVOIR AND THE NEW
 ROAD.
 Under the guidance of Almon H.. French, BEE reporter made tour of the Mill River reservoir and an inspect ion of the dam, last week. Mir French, whose pleasant home is at the upper end of t'he pond, has entire charge of it and it's environs, so far as the Bridgeport Hydraulic Go. is concerned He makes the rounds of the reservoir once or more daily, in his boat and reports to Super intendent George Richardson weekly. With the reporter in the seat of honor, he pushed off from shore and, with the aid of q homemade sail, dashed merrily down the long and narrow pond. On the west side is the new road, whose construction was so long mooted ques- tion, finally settled by the courts. Wake man Bradley has the contract for build ing 1t, but has been so hindered by wet weather that it is doubtful if the road can be completed this Fall. He carves q roadbed out of the primeval forest on the hillside skirting the pond, rending the trees and the earth with dynamite and utilizing the stones and rocks to build retaining wall on the side nearest the water. Twelve bridges, some of wood and some of stone, are required on the road, which is q mile long. At the southern end, the eroad crosses the stream below the dam and joins the old high way. This lower part was fully graded and the abutments for the bridge laid, before the freshet, which cut deeply into the bank and carried away part of the road. DuIing the Winter, the timber between the road and the pond will prob ably be cut, to lessen as far as possible the quantity of leaves falling into the stream.
 Although narrow, the pond is scarcely less than 25 feet deep and has bold, pre- cipitons banks. Part way down, where the rocky banks approach quite near, is the site of q former dam, where Pcrter's mill once stood. Not far below were the dilapidated houses used as sleeping apart, Iments by the Italian laborers, about which there was at one time so much dis cussion. They have long since been re. moved. Still further down is small picnic ground, with rustic seats inviting ly arranged. Just above the dam, Canoe brook, on which rumor says another dam will shortly be built, comes in from the northeast.
 Much has been written and said about the dam itself and it's leaky condition The dam still leaks certainly; but noi one-tenth as much IS when first com pleted, says Mr French. At this time the water was several inches above higi water mark, but the dam leaked only along the lower courses of stone Il trickled through in many places, but dit not spurt out as formerly and the entir, leakage could apparently be accommo dated by a three-inch pipe, possibly smaller. In the effort to stop the leak the water company banked up the dan l with earth and placed a quantity of ston, on this earth; but the water percolates through all, though in decreasing quan titles. It is said to be the intention, mex season, to remove these stones and dis down close beside the masonry of th' dam, filling the trench with clay iron the clay bank in the vicinity recently ac quired by the Hydraulic Co. This, it i hoped, will effectua1ly stop all leaks. A full head of water has been runnin, through the 24-inch pipe to Bridgeport all Summer, suppl ying nearly the entir western part of the city. At no time this Summer, has the water been nor than eight inches below high water mari and at that time the dam leaked scarcel, any. During the heavy freshet, the wa ter rose between two and three feet ant dashed over the spill way with the roa and foam of miniature Niagara.
 The lake is full of fish, including pick erel, roach, cells and others and man, I good catches have been made, this Sum mer. The number of visitors has bee surprisingly large and it will doubles greatly increase when the new road completed. Mir French and his boat have been in active requisition for fishin, and pleasure parties, and a thriving bus l mess could be done in Summer wit boats to let. And, in Summer, the ssMoon [lightson the lake, Z under certain circum ! stances, is just too lovely. That is we've been told so.
 1 Mrs Arthur Gilbert has returned fror N q visit with friends in York State. Apples are said to be only an ayerag ! crop, with but few cider apples. Man
 were shaken off by the strong winds ( last week and were at once rushed int