Morning journal and courier., 1892-10-05
THE LITTLE TOWN MEETINGS.

THE LITTLE TOWN MEETINGS.
Further of Interest on the Subject
Ins aud Outs In Hamden-NOrth
Haven and East Haven Business
Meetings-Featureso of Special Inter-
est in Voting Contests in Various l
Places.
The additional returns from the October
town meeting bring out number OF
special features of interest beside those al
ready given In our long list of reports from
towns yesterday.
The fight in Hamden was characterized
by apathy. The democrats won, but take
no especial pride in it as the election was
determined by purely local features. The
town is democratic town as party num-
bers 60, but is very frequently carried by
the republicans over local issues and has
had republican town officers for the last
few years. There was no great stir made
among the republicans to re-elect the old
republican ticket for selectmen, and so the |
democrats won and now new men will |
deal out the town patronage and furnish |
days jobs on the highways to Tom, Dick |
and Harry, beside administering the more |
important work of the Office. The first &c
lected, Mr.. Horace johnson, has been for |
several years counted on the republican
side by many, or regarded as having
strong leaning that way. He is pros
porous, active and enterprising young
farmer, we'll educated and capable of well
managing the towns affairs. At the pres
idential election the Hamden republicans
rather expect to be heard from and put
Hamden in the republican column Of
towns. Those elected in Hamden Monday
were as follows: First selectman, Friend
g. Peck, d.; second selectman, Horace D.
johnson, d.; third selectman, William F.
Downer; town clerk, Ellsworth B. Cooper;
assessor, g. F. Benham; grand jurors,
Henry Tuttle, d.; George L. Clark, d.;
Harry Woodruff, T.; oonstables, Timothy
Conroy, d.. Charles Male, d.; CIV. Visel,
d.; @. P. Dow, r.; John Moutte, r.
Do1Nas AT NORTH RAVENS TOWN MEETING.
MoNTowEsE, Oct. 4.-The annual town meeting
| Of North Haven occurred yesterday, as reported
| In the returns to the COURIER. The principal
officers elected were L. Peet Tuttle, town clerk;
R. T. Linsley, E. NJ. Hemingway and F. e.
Jacobs, selectmen; E. D. s. Goodyear aud Ben.
3. Q. Terrill, assessors; N. D. Forbes, J. b.
Biakeslee and ". a; Robinson, board Of relief; J;
visitors. At the town meeting in the afternoon
twelve mill tax was voted. Thirty-six weeks was
Memorial hall to be used BY the village i'm.
provement societies free Of expense. It was
voted to mac ia portions of the highway
town turnpike. on the main road west of the
river, and in Montowese also to put top dressing
town line on North Quinnipiac street to the Four
| corners. 1t was voted to abandon a certain I'M
| used highway to Peters Rock and lay out new
| highway through the Esterwood land to Peters
Rosk at the discretion Of the selectmen II was
voted to appoint the joint board of education a
committee to make arrangements to celebrate
| Columbus day. October 81. The meeting was
| very protracted but harmonious.
MAD1soN's NOTES.-THE ROAD ON THE BEACH.
The annual town meeting was held on
Monday and the republican ticket elected
throughout, the average vote being forty
democrats to one hundred and six repuh-
the road on the beach, from the new road
to the west wharf, and also to build a road
from the foot of Wall street to the sea. A
vote was also passed to consolidate the
school districts.
The officials elected are the following,
being all republicans:
| Town clerk-Samuel H. Chittenden
SeleetmeamEdwin MungeP Arson Norton
epts toSsn Genost fH cb;++
den, James L. Parker, Francis A. Kelsey
| Constables-J. Samuel Scranton, Frank c. Bart
| lett
Registrar of voters-william B. Champion
Board of education for three years-Francis A
| Kelsey.
Assessor-Dwight S. Wheedon
Board of relief. Sherman, Charles S. Red
| field.
Grand jurors-George NJ. Champion, Washing
Auditor town accounts-Joseph D. Kelsey.
Democrats necessarily elected were Davis
w. Smith, selectman; John Scranton, con.
| stable; do, registrar of voters and the fol
lowing:
Board of education for three years
Webster D. Whedon.
Assessor-Alfred B. Scranton.
Board of relief. Monroe Hall Edward
N. Willard.
Grand jurors-J. Monroe Hall, J. Myror
Hull.
: Auditor of town accounts-Webster D
Whedon.
EAST RAVENS NEW TOWN HOUSE QUESTION
At the town business meeting at night II
East Haven, D. W. Tuttle was moderator
The most important business considered
was in relation to the new town house. L
was voted to empower committee con
sisting of Albert Forbes, Henry T. Thomp
son and S. Walter Chidsey to erect
l building at cost not exceeding SO, 900
| and to borrow money for the same. Thi
, vote settles the vexed town house question
A tax of eight mills, the same az las
year, was voted. The indebtedness of tn
town is $6,131. so, and the resources are
Cash in the hands of the treasurer, 81, 179.
81; uncollected taxes for 1889, $176. IA
= uncollected taxes for 1890, $293.72; un
: collected taxes for 1891, Sc, 400 81. Thi
| leaves net Indebtedness of 50, O60. 60, bu
/ deducting $1,000, the insurance on tn
town hall destroyed by fire, the sum O
$500 remains on the wrong side of tn,
a town ledger. When the So, 900 is expend
ed for new town hall, the entire deb
will be nearly $4,000.
IN DURHAM.
The entire democratic ticket for tow,
9 maj GRITTY, excepting First Selectman Olive
? D. Hubbard (dem.) had over 100, and Mer
Q win (rep.) less than SO.
besides the reelection of Town Clerk G
T. Hemingway, Mr.. Hemingway havin,
having the happy faculty of being yer,
popular man all around and on all sides
the following were elected: John s. lyle
and w. S. Chidsey were elected selectmel
:. elected John Jackson. Last year the dem
- ocrats elected two selectmen. Others elect
ed were:
Treasurer, Ebenezer Gilbert, d.; assessors, Ar
u | drew j. Grannis, r.; Charles L. Davis d.; cor
| stables, William g. Chidsey, Walter ]. Potter an
Luther Pratt, r., and Eugene 8. Thompson, Ja
Q | red b. Heming way, Henry c. Prout and one ott
6 ord.
JoTTINGs.
New Milford threw the largest vote eve
polled at town election, and the demo
cratic majority was greatly increased.
Washington went democratic as usual.
Roxbury cast large vote, making
t small democratic gain.
g Preston and Montville, usually demo
!, cratic, were carried by the republicans.
Putnam changed from license to no II
t cense and Windham and Stoninpton from