The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1891-06-19
LONG HILL.
THE MACADAM ROAD.

The contract for a macadam road on
the old Newtown turnpike, from the
south line of Trumbull to the head of
Long Hill street, was signed by the par
ties thereto, Monday morning and bonds
were given for the performance of the
work according to the terms and condi-
tons of the agreement. The contract
was awarded to the Pierce Manufacture
ing Co. of Bridgeport, represented by
Elmer w. Dewhurst and Charles e. Will
liams. The contractors are practical men
and will give the work their personal SUI
pervsion. The survey and estimates were
made by Scofield & Starr of Bridgeport,
who also prepared the profile and speci-
fications. The price to be paid the con-
tractors for the construction of the road
is $11 400. This covers everything drain
ing, grading, ballasting, rolling, ETC.,
with all the materials. The main eleva-
lions in the road will be cut down and
the depressions filled and brought to
grade. On about 1000 feet of the road,
which is wet and springy, a foundation
of rubble stone to the depth of eight in
ches will be firmly laid. Upon this will
be spread two courses of crushed stone
of different sizes and, on the top,a course
of screenings or gravel, each course to be
thoroughly rolled, the three courses to
be five inches deep, making, with the rub
BILE, Is inches. On the dry, solid por-
tions of the road, there will be no rubble
foundations, but, after grading, straiten-
ing and thorough rolling, crushed stone
and screenings will be spread to the depth
of inches, after rolling. The contract
provides for four rollings of the road at
different stages of construction, with a
steam roller not less than 10 tons weight :;
"a culverts or drains under and across the
the road at places necessary are also in
cluded and must be so constructed that
no water will be left standing in the road
side cutters. The work is to be complet-
ed on or before the first of October, 1891
so per cent of the estimated value of the
work done is to be paid the contractors
monthly; per cent of the amount of the
contract price is to be withheld one year
after the completion of the road and its
acceptance by the committee. During
, this time, the contractors must maintain
, the road in good condition and amend all
, defects. If, at the end of that time, the
road is in condition satisfactory to the
committee, then the sum withheld shall
be paid the contractors and their respon
: sibility will cease. The members of the
= committee to whom the charge of this
work has been intrusted have given il
: careful thought and investigation. They
: have made haste slowly, too slowly, per
haps, for the anxious public, but as fast
as the circumstances would permit. Ii
i has been their earnest purpose to avoiC
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lay in the construction of the road; alst
to put its construction into trustworthy
hands. These they think have beer
done; and they hope and trust that The
: work will be done satisfactorily to The
public and that the road, when complet
ed, will be a credit to the community
= through which it extends and witness
: of the faithfulness of its constructors
r Frank j. Squinoble is to be married tt
/ Miss Anna Mattegat, next Wednesday
b, evening. oath. They would be pleased t.
;, have their friends call that evening.
!. There will be Sunday school concer
f in the NJ. E. church, next Sunday even
= ing, 21st, commencing at 30. Singing
: and recitations by the school. Preach
f ing at l 30 p m.
Z. II. Tooles and wife of Ansonia art
; boarding at F. S. Shelton's.
. Austin Hall is building an addition tx
= his barn.
' w. B. Coan is getting his hay; he re
ports not half crop.
: John Lynch has bought a COW.
: Star of Pembroke circle, No. III, G. o
F., will hold their first picnic at Parlol
/. Rock, June %.
l Coughlin of Bridgeport is painting anC
: papering at E. M. Beardsley's.
= A baby girl has come to stay with MI
r and Mrs Fred Raspeighler.
, Fred Burton has been engaged by vii
= liams & Dewhurst as engineer for the
: stone crusher.
Charles Hawley is still confined to hi;
bed; he improves but little.
Walter Hawley and family of Bridge
port spent Sunday at Charles Hawley's
John Prindle and family and Mrs Mary
; Prindle called on old friends.
: Mrs Hattie Burroughs has presented
= Grace church with a handsome brass aims
. basin, in memory of her late husband
Edward B. Burroughs.
Thursday was the day set for opening
Parlor Rock with a picnic by the Unique
athletic association of Bridgeport. Pic
, mics booked for the next week: Satur-
ZOGIls SoL9 obICCU sShooI
!, Tuesday, 23d, Star of Pembroke circle.
c. o. F.; Thursday, 25th, Co. B., G. n
:. c.; Friday, Goth, Birmingham Congrega-
tional church.
: A lawn party will be given by the la
, dies aid society at F. S. Skeletons, next
Wednesday evening, 9th if stormy, 18th
Cake and ice cream, also strawberry
: shortcake from p m. All are cordially
!. invited. Everything will be reasonable
in price, as usual. 1t is desired that the
members be out in full force, as the re-
ports of the year ending June l will be
r read and officers elected for the ensuing
= year.
The periodical farce of raiding the liq.
: uor saloons in Long Hill was re-enacted
: about two weeks ago with the usual re-
suits, fat fees for the prosecutor and of
ficers, a considerable expense to the town
: and the uninterrupted sale of liquors by
the parties prosecuted. 1t has come to
= be understood by the sellers that these
raids mean money in the hands of the of
, ticials and, after handing over all they
, can raise, they will be permitted to go on
selling without interruption for a consid-
cradle time, until they are worth another
plueking. The rule is to begin by max
ing seizure of the liquors on hand and
then arrest the seller on another war
!. rant, thus making two cases out of one
,, and getting double fees. There are three
reputed sellers in Long Hill, all are
bounced upon the same day, tried, il
fried at all, at the same time and place
but usually things are fixed with the
: mere formality of a trial. Thus it will
be seen that prosecutor gets the modest
fee of $50 from this batch for one easy
days work; and the officers-well, they
are always very modest men they would
/. not take much. Every one of the num-
erous seizures that have been made in
Long Hill have proved failures and the