The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1891-07-24

scarlet fever, last week. 1t is worst in
the second ward, which includes West
End.
City Editor BOlande of the Standard
and wife accompanied the Saratoga ex-
cursion.
Eight acres of land on Burr road, in the
rear of the proposed suburban station at
West End, have been bought by Bradley
Nichols q Sons of the estate of 2. 7.
Barnum. The land lies between Fairfield
avenue and Burr road and in the path of
the proposed extension of State street
west.
A house on the corner of Central and
StratfOrd avenues has been sold by Brad
ley Nichols & Sons to the Newfield Meth
odist society. 1t will be used as a par
sonage.
When some of the new streets at East
End were laid out, some time ago, they
were surveyed and staked by civil engin-
GERS and afterwards worked. Now curb
anu oVUCI otIC bClhS 1dlu anu ulSC1cp-
ancy in estimates is revealed, for the cor
ner of one sidewalk, at the union of two
streets, comes in the middle of the street,
Is feet from where it ought. Consdera-
BILE amusement is had at the expense of
the surveyor and the landholder.
Charles Simmons, who has just closed
a successful season with G. w. Tator, has
returned to his home on Long Island, af-
ter a few days of rest with his parents at
Port Jefferson. He will engage on YES
sci that plies on the Sound, sailing from
different ports weekly, occasionally go
ing as far east as Boston.
After negotiations lasting for some
time, Bradley Nichols e Sons have
bought the old stone house near Boards
ley park, formerly owned by S. E. Dean.
There are 81 acres of land, three houses
and barn on the property. The two
tenant houses will be moved from Noble
avenue. The stone house, built by those
who once ran the Bunnell factory and
after whom Bunnell pond is named, will
be thoroughly renovated and an eight
foot piazza built on two sides. The
house stands high and commands a
charming view of the surrounding coun-
try. Though it has been disused for sew
eral years, the house was finely built and
needs only renovating to be one of the
fine residences of the city. AS soon as
improvements are completed, in a month
or six weeks, Warren B. Nichols will
make his home there. Then the larger
part of the land surrounding will be
thrown open to purchasers of city lots.
The land runs along the river, from
North avenue to the mills, then skirts the
pond to the lower end of Beardsley park,
running east to Noble avenue extension.
South, it runs to North avenue, leaving
but corner owned by e. N. Plumb. A
road is to be built from North avenue to
the dam, about 1900 feet in length and
near the bank of the river. From this
to Noble avenue, 600 to 900 feet away,
cross streets will be run. One of these
will be just at the foot of the park, CIV
ing new, slightly and pleasant entrance
to that part of the park. In considera-
tion of mutual advantage, Messrs Mich
OILS are to give the park people control of
the strip of land between the river road
and the river itself and this will be kept
as a sort of appendix to the park. 1t is
the intention of Messrs Nichols to induce
the Bridgeport horse railroad company
to build an extension from the present
northern terminus, at Main street and
North avenue, out North avenue to the
river and up the new avenue to the park.
The extension would be but little more
than a mile in length and would add con-
siderably to the revenue of the company,
especially on pleasant Sundays. AS it is,
the park is visited by hundreds and the
number would be increased as soon as
cars were running. This is one of the
feasible horse car routes to the park.
The view from the upper end of this ex-
tension would be wide and beautiful,
while the increasing beauties of the
Beardsley park are too well known TO
require extended encomium. The city
water flows close beside the property
and will probably be introduced into the
houses already built and those to be put
up, while it would be of advantage in the
park in various ways.
The West End Congregational church
will picnic at Beardsley park, Friday,
31st, going in buses from the church
On Colorado avenue.