The Newtown bee., 1892-12-23

Qay, DecemD6f IL. MrS " eeQ came to this city from New Canaan, and has re- sided here for many years. She was a faithful and consistent member of the North Main street Methodist church, ,and | will be greatly missed. She leaves a husband and son and daughter.
 The Christmas exercies of the B. H. s. will be held on Tuesday, December 2O A fine program has been prepared, of music, declamations and essays. POINTERS FROM THE WEEKLY RECORD. The railroad question is the topic of the day in Bridgeport. From center to circumference it is the burning question on everybody's tongue. Not only the new terminals in this city, but the recent changes on the Housatonic road, now the Berkshire division of the Consolida- ted, are everywhere discussed. Bridge ports pride has been touched in the re- moval of the Housatonic terminus to | New Haven, but this city is too vide | awake to let the possible de1ection of |
 terests. Bridgeport is too important a
 center and furnishes it's only railroad
 too much traffic to allow the road to neg l lect it's interests. Most people scout the idea that the
 company has any serious intention of
 abandoning it's present layout and going
 around the city to the north, notwith-
 standing the survey has been ordered.
 The damage to property in the vicinity
 of the present depot, should such course
 be adopted, would be very great, but there are many who believe that it would be fully made up as far as the city at
 large is concerned, by corresponding
 gains in developing the northern section
 of the city. The plan recently adopted
 for raising $l5, 1000 for general im-
 provements on the road will insure
 Bridgeport an early solution of the rail-
 road problem, if only the city and road
 can get together and agree on plan for
 getting rid of the grade crossings.
 The past season has been rather
 hard one on some of the builders who
 have not much capital back of them.
 Like all cities that are growing rapidly a large number of carpenters have gone into the building business, many of them
 without the capital and experience nec-
 essary to make the business Success.
 The result has been 8 ruinous competi- tion which only the best equipped, most
 experienced and energetic ones could withstand. Many have gone to the wall
 some of them owing to an unfortunate , chain of circumstances and others, we are sorry to say, have gone in debt ss ;, far as possible, and then decamped with bills for lumber, hardware and hell un- : paid.
 W. r. Banks, the architect, has estab-
 lished an office at No. Sanford building
 and is now preparing plans for house i near Old Mill Green for J. Ktcher. Il j. will be of wood faced with brick, some e thing new for Bridgeport. Contracts - not let.
 =, In this connection 8 gentleman re
 marked the other day, himself one of the
 most responsible builders in town, tha O ''the day is coming and it is not far dis
 tant, when all business must be conduct :. ed on a basis of cash or equivalent secu e rity. Undeserving parties are given un Il limited credit and when they try to rur
 business successfully and fail, they art . helped on their feet again only to repeal | the performance later on. It is no kind ness to give man credit under these circumstances.'' Undoubtedly it would > be better all round if all business were u transacted on a cash basis, but with com ' petition so strong there will always be someone ready to sell to rrespon sible A parties.
 " Mir Banks will also get out plans fol l. a new business block in Bethel for c. c Durant. It will be built of wood, about l.. 70 feet square, and will contain five l. stores, four tenements and probably all r opera house or hall.
 a E. A. Hodge is making plans for and l. will build a six-room cottage on Seaview
 avenue for A. Gasperine. MT Hodge is
 also building cottage at Black Rock
 for Niels Hansen and has work we'll along I on Mrs Palmer's house at the Park and c. o. Sniffen's house on Grove street Henry A. Lambert is planning 12xl4 , addition to the residence of Mrs Kate
 Heating on Beach street. Contracts not Q let.
 g Joseph A. O'Brien has made plans fol 0 repairs and additions to L. B. Sterling's s livery stable.
 W. W. Cowles & Son are doing the
 mason work on Warren H. Lamson's
 houses on North avenue.
 - Architect Joseph w. Northrop has s made plans for large addition to the - residence of D. w. Thompson at the r Park, to be finished up in hard woods s and cost about $2500. Charles E. Brown n will do the carpenter work and O'Brien Q & Schindler, the mason work. James Spargo and D. F. Bogey are :, :, building cottages on Denver avenue to : cost about $2000 each. Mui1head & Morrison are doing the carpenter work, Frank Juckett the mason work and M
 R. Leavenworth, the plumbing. f The commissioners have issued the l following building permits; A. J. Cable : and J. T. Sterling, Colorado avenue 7 frame house, 32x45, cost $400o. George n Schindler, Prospect street, frame addit- ion, cost $200; Niels Hansen, Black 6 Rock, frame dwelling, cost $500; t Thomas Calef, 610 Main street, frame ad
 dition. l4x33. cost $250; ". H. Nichols.