The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1890-08-08
FRIDAY, AUGUST s. 1890.
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George u. Beers Is in the law office OF
Mr. Summer, prominent corporation
counsel OF Knoxville, Tenn.
Five sharks were seen by party OF
ciammers, last week.
As announced, last week, the New Ha-
ven firm of X. Redfeld Il Sons has OBJ.
tained the contract for furnishing crush.
ell stone for the macadam road between
Southport and Fairfield and Is to com.
plcte the work by October /, although
no forfeit Is stipulated IL work continues
longer. The road will be 20 feet wide
and there will be first layer of stone
not larger than two and a half inches,
about i've inches In depth; this will be
covered mn inch deep Ivy inch stones and
screenings, with u final top dressing.
Redheld Ia to dump the stone In the pre-
pared roadbed, the town will pay for
spreading IL and the whole will be well
rolled down by the bridgeport roller of
II. ID. Pierce, which has been engaged by
Redheld, his own being In Danbury.
Redtield's contract price, though under
Is not stated by the committee, who mere
ly say that the stone is paid for by the
cubic yard, that Redfield's price was the
lowest and that about 5000 yards will be
required. Redileld, who, 1t will be re-
membered, was In charge of the Consoli-
dated roads quarry at Fairfield when
stone ballasting was going on, has bought
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fine quarry of hard stone, near. the Fair
field station, from the Trubee family.
This rock closely resembles trap and Is
so hard that 1t will not readily grind to
powder. Redheld said that he would at
once open the quarry and put an engine
and one, possibly two crushers ut work,
hoping to begin to haul broken Stone
about August Is. Southport teams will
probably be employed for this. The
road roller will also be put at work soon
to smooth out the road for the stone.
The cost of these improvements, includ-
ing sewers (Which cost about $4,000 will
be not far from $4,000. OF this, $4,000
was raised by subscription and is ex-
pended under the direction of the COM
Frederic Bronson, T.. Il. Monroe, Ii. n.
Wakeman, Selectmen Hawkins, Jennings
and Jennings. The town Is to bear the
remainder of the cost.
During the cooler months, two meet
ings of Fairfield council, No. 1913, o. U.
f., are held monthly, on the first and
third Fridays, in the basement of the
Methodist church; but, during the Sum-
mer, the second meeting is discontinued.
The council, which has been organized
but little more than year, is in IL flour
lshing condition and already has over 40
members, with constant applications for
membership. At the meeting, Friday
night, 4. J. Fallon was initiated and two
more applications received.
Freight depot quotations: Red onions
So, white 81, yellow 81 10 to SO, potatoes
~. Good bunch carrots are in some de-
mand and are worth about 81 u dozen.
Henry ID. Archer, who can make har-
ness as well as he can superintend the
freight depot has finished fine single
harness for j. V. Ryder.
Mrs w. ID. Waterman is in Westport;
Warren Waterman has started for Gram
berry lake, New York State.
Howard A. Knudson, wife and family
of New York are boarding with Carpen-
ter Robert Birch.
A. g. Pricken has returned to Torring-
ton to work for the Alvord & Spear Man
ufacturing Co.
Rev Mr. Burr of Massachusetts, son OF
Rev DIR Enoch Burr, well known to many
of the older people, preached in the Con
gregational church, Sunday.
Henry Fancher, who has been with j
IL. Wood for q number of years, has lef
and will open grocery in his new build
ing near the Fairfield avenue crossing
West End, Bridgeport. Mr. Benson take
his place at Mr. Woods.
Charles Jennings & Sons schooner
White Rock, which was run down ant
sunk a short time ago, has been raise,
and unloaded. The coal, while too mud
dy for house use, Is not damaged for en-
glne purposes. The schooner has bee
towed to Port Jefferson and Is at Haw
kins's ship yard, where the hole in he
side will be repaired, new main sail ad
ded and her spars spruced up.
Jesup wakeman has visited friends /
town.
Simon Banks and DIR May have bee
heard from at Washington.
Extensive alterations are to be mad
In the near future at grade crossings !
Fairfield. The overhead bridge at Rec
fields crossing is nearly completed an
stone IL being drawn from Southpor
station TO the Jennings crossing, about
mile below the station, where the high
way IL to be carried over the track. Pre-
parations to put in a similar bridge a
Lacey crossing are going on and plan
are out for great changes at and near tn
Eddy crossing. As It now stands, tn
bridge on the Greenfield road does no
cross the track at right angles, but, !
plans outlined are carried out, the bridg
will be put at right angles and the roa,
altered, forming, with the present road
triangle. The company is quietly a
ork trying to secure land on both side
OF the present tracks and manifests adls
position to do the fair thing.
Raspberries from John III. Sherwoo
and blackberries from Andrew Jenning
have been feature in the local markets
FAIRFIELD.