The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1890-08-29

representative of Connecticut division,
l.. A. w.
C. T. Beardsley, Jr, is making plans
for new building for S. w. Gledhill, to /
be built on Union street. 1t is to be of /
brick, four stories high, and will be 43
feet front and lis feet deep. The build /
ing will have stone trimmings and will be |
used for storage and light manufactur-
ing Real Estate Record.
Miss Ava A. Jacobs, bookkeeper and /
cashier for II. n. Ayres, the popular
shoe merchant, has enjoyed vacation at
Willimantic.
Joseph Ii. Lutz, the genial Wall street
druggist, has enjoyed a weeks outing.
accompanied by John A. Burr, the baker,
in the beautiful White Mountain region.
Mrs Lutz is at her usual Summer home
at West Baldwin, Maine, in sight of the
White Mountain peaks.
We notice that the daily press of
Bridgeport are i'll a controversy over
some ruling of Acting Mayor Bostwick
We don't know anything about politics,
we presume it is just as the daily papers
say; but we do know one thing-Mr
Bostwick is interested in the business
prosperity of Bridgeport and is not
afraid to invest his money there. So let
him live. That is the kind of men that
make cities Real Estate Record.
A reporter who inspected the plans
for the new county home for destitute
children, as drawn by A. Ii. Beers, was
struck by the appropriate design, plain,
substantial and not unduly costly. TO
the $4,000 appropriated by the county
for this purpose, the town of Norwalk,
in which the new building will be locat-
ed. has added another $1,000, to cover the
cost of the site, etc. Twelve Thousand
dollars will be devoted to the building,
which will stand on slightly eminence,
commanding an excellent view and Sc
curing healthful air and good sanitary
conditions. The building, of palette
brick laid in red mortar, is to be trimmed
with brown stone and will have slate roof
and galvanized iron cornices. 1t will be
43x99 feet, two stories high, with a light
and airy cellar and a roomy attic. The
principal entrance, in the center of the
front side, will have granite steps; over.
it will be 'Children's home" The rear
entrance, directly opposite, will have
wooden verandah. Staircases are so ar
ranged that the so children the home is
intended to accommodate may pass up
and down stairs without coming to the
front of the building, where the matron
and assistants will have their rooms.
On the first story are to be the office. re-
ception room, sewing room, play room,
dining room, kitchen, halls, front and
back stairs. On the second story, four
| large dormitories for the children, 20 of
whom are to be put in each room; three
rooms for matrons, separate bath rooms
| for matrons and children. Two rooms
for servants in the attic, besides large
store room. The cellar will contain the
laundry and the heating apparatus, the
first story being warmed by the direct
and the second by the indirect system of
steam heating. The interior of the build
ing, which will present d neat and really
comfortable appearance, will be finished
in whitewood. The plans and specifica
tions, Mr. Beers said, were ready for
| those who wished to estimate upon them
on Wednesday, 9th land I'm in it my
SELF he added.
Miss Flora Suckley, saleslady for the
Copeland Brothers company, is to wed
William Richardson, long the Atlantc's
night clerk.
Peter Wilt, genial engineer for Vince
lette Brothers, lumber sawyers, has
been on a short vacation. +
Mrs S. B. Lendeveg, who resides in
the northern part of town, is with rela-
tives and friends in Wayne, Mich.
The Graphophone works have shut
down.
A number of Texas cotton plants have
been set out in the yards of the House
corset company, which is to experiment
upon them with new machinery.
A new street, parallel with Fairfield
avenue,is being cut through property at
West End recently sold by Bradley
Nichols &c Sons to Youngs & Warner.
A house has been moved and the new
street partly opened. 1t will connect
with the street being laid out through
the Worden property. o
DR. Eugene Bouton, the new superin-
tendent of Bridgeport public schools, is
a native of Jefferson, Schoharie county,
n. Y. and is 40 years old. He has
taught in many places and has an excel
lent reputation for thoroughness and
careful teaching. He is, moreover. of
pronounced literary attachments and has
written and published many articles in
prose and poetry.
Mrs A. n. Curtis, who has for several
years conducted dressmaking estab-
lishment at the corner of Myrtle avenue
and West Liberty street, will, Septem-
Der 10, open dressmaking parlors in the
building of the d. NJ. Read company, I'M
der whose supervision she win work
Since the inception of the Bridgeport
silk ribbon factory, whose business
Brundage, Fletcher & Harrow are now
successfully conducting at Worden ave-
nue., the BEE has noted the construction
of factory, the setting up of machin-
cry, the commencement and steady in
| crease of business, the orders for new