The Newtown bee., 1894-12-21
Affairs About Town.
THE SPECIAL TOWN NETTING

ROAD VOTED.
 The Brick Building will still do for tn offices of town clerk and judge of pro bate, the old lookup is considered . pler ty good shelter for tramps, and the pro posed re-Opening of the old roadwa, from near the residence of Mrs Joh | Clark at the Hook to near the resideDc of the late George Katzmeyer on Walnu Tree Hill, will take place, the selectmel tc see to the work at cost of not ex ceeding $500. Such was the decision O the epecial town meeting held at tn, Town hall on Saturday afternoon at : the absence from town of Town Cleri M. J. Houlihan, Assistant Town Clerl Frank Wright called the meeting to or der and read the warning. Charles Fl Peck was chosen for moderator of the meeting. For special town meeting il was big one, nearly all of the town fathers being present and large number who were not old enough to have arrived to that distinction as yet. Chairman Peck called for the first business, which according to the warning was as follows
 To pass and vote upon the advisability of re moving from their present sites and dis town known as Is the aBTick d Buiidins. and and Lock Up" and to pass upon the question of
 
 judge of probate and a suitable place for Q 'LOck Up."
 Attorney w. J. Beecher took the initi- alive and stated as there did not seem to be much of disposition to express an opinion on the business before the meet ing, he would take the task. He explain ed that at the last annual town meeting the same question was before the house, but from lack of the knowledge of the probable cost of the proposed changes to the Town hall, the motion was lost. He went on to explain that the present of fees for the work of tAe town officers were entirely inadequate and called upon the selectmen for & report of the esti. mated cost as given them. Selectman w. H. Glover stated that Hoyt Bros. of Derby had looked over the work propos- ed to be done and had estimated that the Town hall could be raised four feet, the earth work excavated, two rooms. one for the judge of probate and one for the town clerk, 20x30 to be added, with a good vault, ia room for a lookup, and steam heat be put into the building at an expense of S3500. To get the question rightly before the meeting MT Beecher offered the following resolution:
 Resolved, That the selectmen be and they are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to build on addition to the town hall, on the north side ot the same, of sufiic- tent dimensions to make suitable rooms for the use of the judge of probate and the town clerk and other town officers, and vaults for the records Ot the probate court and town and that the vaults be in the rear end of said addition; and that they fit up quarters in the basement of the town hall to be used as lookup; and, when completed, that they sell at public auction the present lookup building and brick building.
 G. w. Bradley stated that he was op- posed to the resolution on the ground that he did not think it good business policy to plunge the town into debt any deeper. Mir Beecber thought the time had come for the enlargement of the town offices, and thought instead of going to the expense of S3500 to raise the town hall the town had better build an addit ion to the north side of the Town hall on the towns land, suitable for the offices, as suggested by his resolution and the expense would only be about 5000. MT Bradley moved an indefinite postpone ment of the matter but his motion was lost.
 T. J. Corbett then offered the follow ing amendment to Mir Beecher's resolu- tion:
 Moved, that the selectmen's report of esti- mate be accepted and that they De instructed to proceed at once to carry out the provisions
 
 them to borrow any money necessary to car " out said instructions under estimate.
 Messrs Beecher and Corbett argued on the amendment, MT Beecher preferring the addition at the cheaper cost and Nil Corbett preferring the estimate as given to the selectmen, stating farther that as MT Beecher had no estimate on the ad dition he proposed he could not tell with certainty what the cost would be. G. w Bradley was not in favor of the addition to the north of the hall for looks sake and Norman NOrthrop expressed his mind il favo- of cheaper way out of the difficul ty and stated that he did not like the ides of having the Town hall as a refuge fol tramps. Austin McNerny upset thu equilibrium of the meeting several time by some funny remarks, which however did not in any way bear on the busines before the meeting. The question on NJ Corbett's amendment to the original mo ton was at last called for and a vot. taken. It took division of the hous and Messrs c. B. Johnson and Johl Blackman were appointed tellers. I'm vote resulted in loss of the amendment b, vote of 70 to 60. The original motiol was then voted upon and overwhelming | ly lost and vote taken to indef1nitel, postpone the subject.
 The next business brought before tn house was as to the advisability of open ing the ''old highway" from near the res idence of Mrs John Clark in Sandy Hoo district to near the residence of the lat George Katzmeyer in Walnut Tree Hi district. The report of the committee look over the road was read and was s follows:
 Your committee appointed at the last ann, al town meeting to report on the highws leading from the residence of the late Geore | Katzmeyer and to terminate at the residenS of the late John Clark beg leave to report thl the committee have been over the route ar find what appears to be an old highway; il we approximate the expense of putting u same in good condition to be e500. provide the land is donated free to the town. All , which is respectfully submitted. Newtown. Conn December :. 1894
 William H. Glover, Timothy Costell
 Charles E: Beers, selectmen oi Newtow
 G. w. Bradley offered 8 resolutis
 which was put in shape after some lit
 discussion and inquiries as to the necf
 sity of the road and the cost of the wor
 The resolution as finally passed was
 follows:
 Resolved, That the eelectmen are here
 instructed to lay out and build highway
 on the route su5mitted asked for by the pei
 clasR in % sandy T HooS e districf % to near ne the rs dence of tho late George KAtxmeyer in "
 nut Tree Hill district in Newtown, and born
 money if necessary to pay for the same, 1
 cost not to exceed e500 for layout, right
 way and cost of working.
 This was the only business acc0mpliI
 ed in the two hours or more that
 meeting was in session.
 THE aRAY's pIAu SCHOOL Mxxfua, Il
 The school meeting held, last Sat-
 day evening, which was to have settl ithe Gray's Plain school fight, has or
 made the fight more complicated .
 plunged the district deeper into the mi
 The facts are these: Gathered ct schQolhQpea 1t 7.30 oscl0ck, 8Aturd