The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1891-09-04
aEwTowH, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1891.
BRIDGEPORT.

Recent rains have somewhat increased
the water supply of the city, but it is still
necessary to run the pumping machinery
Of the hydraulic company "a hours day,
seven days a week. All the boilers at
the pumping plant are in constant use
and any accident by which one or all of
them should be crippled might deprive
the city of water for days.
A large addition has been built at the
works of the Malleable Iron company.
Merely as passing instance of what
Contractor Arthur w. Burritt is accus-
toned to do in the way of hustling, it
may be mentioned that he built two
story brick factory, 50xl00 feet, at Carl
ton Hill, near Passaic, N. j., in just six
weeks.
Workmen of A. w. Burritt began, this
week, to tear down the old brick factory
of the Star shirt company on Golden
Hill, to prepare for the large new fac
tory, four stories high, which he is to
build for Hutchinson, Pierce & Co. of
New York. The work is to be finished
by November 10.
Repairs are made on the Adams Ex-
press rooms at the station.
Wheeler block has been painted.
w. G. Taylor of the Standard business
Office has visited in Norwalk.
There is trouble in the Vitrifed pipe
company and part of the owners, f. w.
Smith and Gould Brothers, have enjoined
the others, j. b. Gregory, M. S. Austin,
L. M. Wilcox, claiming illegal sale of
stock.
An elegant $25, 900 house is being built
by the Savage & Smith building company
for Judge b. A. Hough of Danbury.
The house stands on slightly eminence
and will be one of the handsomest in the
city.
Miss. Emma Lamb started, Monday, for
Boston and will visit in Washington, N.
j., and elsewhere.
Miss Frances Graham Blush of Fair
field avenue is home from Sheffield, where
she spent the Summer with her grand
mother, Mrs Graham.
Mrs Frank c. Fuller and daughter AL
ice of Fair Haven have visited her moth
er, Mrs Jesse Rev of Black Rock avenue.
Warren Brook, who has been in the of
flee of Architect A. Ii. Beers, is to enter
the High school to fit himself for college.
Charles Mueller, draughtsman for Ar
chitect Warren r. Briggs, left for New
York, last week.
Two new houses have been raised and
enclosed near the East End horse car sta
bles.
The Post is to be published after Sep
TENDER 10 by the Post Publishing Co. the
Hills brothers, George w. and Henry NJ,
taking City Editor F. w. Bolande and r.
N. Blakeslee Of the Farmers business Of
flee into the business. Mr. Bolande is to
be the Posts editor and, thus equipped,
the penny evening daily ought to contin-
ne to boom in circulation, as it will be
sure to increase in progressive excellence.
Thomas Hickey was fined 81 and costs
and David Brennan forfeited a $40 bond
in the city court. They were express
men who did not regard the lines set for
them by Station Master Hunt.
Rev James l.. Brodie of Salem, Mass,
preached at the North church, Sunday.
For almost the first time since the office
was established, the building commission
ers granted but one permit at last weeks
session. This was a four-family house
on Madison avenue for Mrs Margaret Bo-
land.
Col Stevenson says that he will run
excursion trains to Manhattan beach and
other New York shore resorts, next sea-
son, via Hawleyville, Wilson Point and
the new Long Island route that is to be
opened on the 10Th.
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