The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1891-12-25

&scribers represent that the urgent needs OF
Southport require that the Elwood crossing
4 be properly constructed and drained; that,
las at present left, it does not conform to the
forder of the railroad commissioners and is q
public nuisance and that the railroad com
Epany apparently proposes to do nothing fur
ther with it. wherefore we request your
committee to take forthwith such steps as
may be necessary to require the said COM
pany to properly finish and efficiently drain
the same. We also represent that the reason
able convenience of those who viii hereafter
use the new west bound station in said vii
lage unquestionably requires that a road be
opened back of the Elwood place from the Ell
wood road to said station and from said sta
ton easterly to the highway in front of the
property of William A. Disbrow and we &C
cordingly request your committee to take
such steps as may be necessary to procure
the opening of both OF such hfghways.-lJo ohm
H. Perry, George Buckley, Henry III. Perry,
Charles c. Perry, e. G. Sherwood, }. III. Wood,
Henry Banks, A. B. Sturges, G. IL. Osborne,
oliver Buckley, Oliver T. Sherwood, simon
Banks, Winthrop II Perry, Benjamin a1lli, A.
Bulkiey, Robert 2: Wakeman, William H.
The committee referred to in the petit
ton was appointed at town meeting
held in 1888 and their duty was to meet
the railroad authorities and agree upon
some plan for eliminating the grade
crossings of the town. The members
were the late Selectman Edward Haw-
kins, George Buckley, Simon Banks and
DR. Durham. An attorney says: "The
committee were not appointed for any
certain time, but were appointed for a
special purpose-to devise some plan for
doing away with grade crossings and
not to oversee the work and accept the
crossings; that can be done only by the
selectmen or by town meeting. The
committee could abcept them, if they
had been especially authorized to do so,
The railroad takes the ground that they
have complied with the order of the Su-
preme court and, therefore, have done
their duty. Some lawyers say that, as
the court ordered the company to build
the Elwood bridge, without specifying
how it should be done, that there is no
redress.-Miss Lizzie Treadwell died in
New York city, Thursday, December
II. The funeral was held in. Trinity.
Saturday at 2 p m; Rev DR. Guilbert and
Rev Mr. Embury of New York officiated.
The interment was in Oak Lawn ceme-
tery.-George Perry and William Pell,
who are at school in IawrenceVllle,
spend their vacation in town.-Miss
Waterman is home for the holidays
All the doctors in town are busy attend
ing grip patients.-The contractor is
pushing the work on the rectory cellar.
"A number attended the Damrosch con-
cert at Bunnell's, Tuesday evening.-A
railing of some kind should be placed at
both ends of the platform of the south
bound station, or where the platform
crosses the ElwOod crossing and one at
the Carpenter avenue crossing. Should
a person fall over either crossing, severe
injuries would probably follow and al
so suits for damages.-There was fine
skating, last week.-The BEE wishes all
it's readers very Merry Christmas
Mrs Paul F. Munde and daughter of
New York city have been guests of Mrs
E. T. Wells.-Milton Lacey is home
from Amherst college for Christmas va
cation.
Mrs Elijah Gray, who has been quite
sick with bilious fever, improves but
slowly.
Reports continue to come in from the
Mt Wilson mines. The vein from the
upper level, from which over $25, 900 has
been shipped, this season, has been
reached by cross cut at lower level,
and a body of high grade ore struck that
assays $500 per ton. 1t is expected
that next season shipments will exceed
800, 000.-The post office and meat mar
ket are Hastily decorated with Christmas
greens.-Mrs William Elwood is sick with
pneumonia.-O. Il. Sherwood is to re-
model plans for his new house and will
have it ready for figuring on before long.
Mrs Arthur Banks is sick with scarlet
fever.-Howard Wakeman has let the
contract for his new house to Dickinson
of Bridgeport. Six figured on it, North
rop Bros. coming second.