The Newtown bee., 1890-03-21
Eewtown to try Macadam.

ReWtoWn to try M2cadam.
 Saturdays special town meeting ap- propriated $4O00 to macadamize the road from the North Center school house to the Newtown station on the llousatonic road and $500 tp gravel the road from there to the Hook, and appointed l.. B. Booth and D. G. Beers to act with the selcctmen in eXpending the money, in the following resolutions offered by l.. B. Booth:
 Resolved, That committee of five be and arc hereby authorized to eNpend il sum not exceeding $lOO0 in macadamizing the road from tue intersection of the Hanover road at the head of Newtown street to the Newtown depot the IIousatonic road, said road to be not less than l2 feet wide. And said commit tee arc further authorized 10 cNpcnd Il sum not to exceed S5O0 in graveiing or macadam- iztnG such portions Ot the road from the said Housatonic road depot to the Sandy Hook bridge at the Mantle mills as they deem nee essary And that the sclectmcn be three of the committee
 Resolved, That the committee be empower ed to borrow the sum of $i5 % to pay tor the
 
 The petition for this meeting was sign ed by these citizens: NJ. J. Houlihan, W. J. Beecher, E. F. Hawley, w. A. Leon ard, Oscar Pitzschler, Hiram Merrill, James Egan, John B. IIubbell, L. C. Morris, Dr l.. b. Wilcoxson, Daniel Camp, J. NJ. Turney, NJ. F. uoulihan, r. Mclnerney, r. Ready, 1. W. BriscOe, C. II. Peck, Aaron Sanford, r. F. keating, NJ. J. Cavanaugh, C. F. Beardsley, W. l.. Terrill, Patrick Cannon, NJ. J. Bradley, w. J. Dick, !. II. Blackman,i l.. B. Booth, l.. J. Hall, C. w. Bradley, C. E. Taylor, w. II. Hubbcll, Philo Nichols, Rev F. Donohue, Rev J. D. Kennedy, Patrick keane, Griffin r. Lillis, F. Sanford, Eu- gene Bulkley, Carl Kelly, r. r. Keeler, Hon 5. r. Glover, l.. C. Harper, Timothy Costello, James II. Warner, A. F. Clarke, Minott Augur, Charles E. IIawley, Ed ward Taylor, f. w. Wilson, Jerome Jud- son, A. W. Bassett, John Schumacher, Patrick Campbell, Wells Bros, R. N. Betts, Jr, NJ. B. Terrill, Thomas Keane, Edward Troy, W. B. Sniffen, Samuel C. Bull, A. w. OTgleman, C. l.. Bostwick
 The meeting opened with remarks by w. l.. Terrill, who said that material for repairs had been exhausted on this road, the banks having been cut nearly to the walls. Travel over it has increased over three fold in 2l years and 250 vehicles 90 over it daily. His plan was to fill in the road with rocks from the Street to the Hook, cover them with gravel foot thick, gravel the road to the Hook and provide proper outlets for the water to run off from the road. An amendment was offered to the warning for the meet ing, but this was withdrawn as improper. c. w. Bradley offered a resolution to macadamize from the North Center school house to the depot, but it called out so many codicils, as Chairman c. IT. Peck joeosely suggested, that it was fin ally withdrawn and recess taken to prepare a substitute. MT Bradley spoke in strong terms of the disgrace that New town had such poor roads, mud being re- paired with mud and of the economy that 1t would be to build good roads. Select man w. II. Glover gave the plan of B. D. Pierce, Jr, in building roads, which is to round up the road, cover it with crushed stone twelve inches thick and roll it down with n steam roller, the outside expense of which would not be over S2500 mile The stone could be got from the ledge near J. A. Blackman's tenant house or l from that on the Mt. Pleasant road near Mrs Quinn's, benefitting both roads there He said that four inches of stone was never heaved by frost. Mir Bradley thought that it was time to begin some where on our miserable roads, of whose mud he was ashamed. After the meet ing adjourned, Selectman Glover made q statement of the towns indebtedness We now owe SlS,000, have voted $300t to bridge the Pohtatuck and $500 fol macadam and gravel, on which the town pays per cent. interest. He favored is. suing $25,000 in bonds, which he fell sure could be placed at 5 1-2 per cent and save interest money.
 W. II. IIubbell raised the question dur ing the meeting whether 1t was legal tt go outside of the warning, by extending 4 the repairs up the Street to the Nortl Center school house and asked if this was not borough road. Chairman Peck con sidered the point we'll taken, but l.. E
 Booth and others thought best to go or under the warning and then, if necessary call another meeting to confirm it's act ion. Selectrnan Glover said that th, town cared for the borough roads. Nov if Newtown would abolish the road con tract system and get T stone crusher t, furnish crushed stone for all parts of tn, town, we might have good roads in time