The Newtown bee., 1891-08-07

library and the following list
posted in the post office:
c. O. Jelliff & Co. have Pruyn potato
digger on exhibition at their store. Call
and see it and enter your order for one.
BREAKwATER.
Since passing from the control Of Mr.
Osborne to that of its new owner, Elwood
S. Hand, Osborne's point, or Breakwater,
as it is now to be known, is undergoing
many changes and still more radical al
terations are to be made in the near fu-
ture. Approaching the beauties of the
scenery of the Connecticut coast of Long
Island Sound and desiring to build
house for himself and his family, Mr.
Hand wisely chose Southport as the
most attractive of the villages along the
Sound and as offering the location he
most desired. He, accordingly, bought
eight acres of the heart of Osborne's point
and has been, since its purchase, perfect
ing plans for the building he wished to
build upon it. Architect Wilson Eyre,
Jr, of Philadelphia was employed to
draft designs for a structure which should
be thoroughly unique, should harmonic
fully with the surroundings and should
also meet the desires of the owner. Mr.
Eyre visited the spot, noted the broad
sweep of the waters of the Sound in front,
the breakwater and mouth of the South
port harbor close at hand, the sheltered
cove, the spreading acres of the tract, the
grove at the rear and has drawn plans
for a mansion which will fully meet all
requirements and will be a most desira-
BILE addition to the INTELLECTUALLY beauti-
full homes along the Sound. Situated on
the summit of a slight elevation, short
distance from the entrance to the grounds
it will command a beautiful view of the
Sound and will be of itself an object of
interest to passing voyagers. When fin
ished, the main dwelling house will be
44x76 feet, the exterior entirely of rough
field stones and single; a low, rambling
structure, with multiplicity of roofs.
On the water side will be a spacious We
randa Back of the dwelling proper will
be observatory, a wooden tower reach
ing upward 40 or so feet. Here will be
the ice house, the storage tank for water
from the deep artesian we'll and the wind
engine for pumping. In the rear of the
observatory will be court, unroofed
but with walled sides, extending to the
barns and stables at the extreme end, 300
feet from and at right angles to the front
of the dwelling. The latter will reach a
height of two stories; but nowhere else,
save at the observatory, will the building
rise so high. Around the house, the
grounds will be laid out in tasteful de-
signs. At present, however, all is in
embryo state. Actual work at the found
ations of the house has been going on
only since July 4, where G. z. Williams
of Bridgeport assumed charge as gener-
al superintendent and has been pushing
on with all speed. Fully 60 men
are employed under the
different contractors, all of whom are
doing their work in a manner highly
creditable to themselves and pleasing to
Mr. Hand. Charles z. Chapman of
Saugatuck brought the experience of
years, to aid his complete equipment
of tools and machinery and has done the
excavating for the cellar and the found
alton walls in little time and acceptable
manner. c.. E. Squires of Norwalk has
charge of the mason work and his repu-
tation for substantial, well-laid walls
will not suffer. The simple fact that
Robert Birch, Jr, will do the carpenter
work is sufficient to say that it will be
we'll done. E. N. Sipperley is sinking
the artesian we'll and Sipperley's wells
always spout for themselves. Aside
from these, the contractors are all South
ern and Western men. Rock is found
underlying the surface of the ground
and deal of blasting was necessary for
foundations. In all cases, the walls are
founded on rock, even though it be 10
feet below the surface. 1t is generally
of mica formation and Contractor Chap
man removed tons upon tons before the
cellar could be eXcavated to the required
depth of eight feet. At the ice house,
where the we'll is being sunk, BLUSH
gray rock of the hardness of iron was en-
countered and it is through this that Mr.
Sipperley is persistently pounding his
drills. The frame work of the barn and
stable has been raised, the foundations
laid for much of the walls outside the
dwelling and small portion of the outer
wall of the structure put up. 1t is OF Or
binary field stone, such as are built into