Morning journal and courier., 1894-05-17
WALLINGFcRD.

The ladies connected with the Village I'm provement society are earnest in their en desvors to have the public streets provided | with g auitable sprinkler and have raised
 about S200 for that purpose and hope that the board of burgesses will accede to their request for an appropriation of $150 to make up the amount required. The fol lowing petition will be presented to the board at it's adjourned meeting tomorrow | evening:
 To the . ,S Court of Burgesses of the Borough of ! The members of the Village Improvement so- ciety desire add to the alterations of waliing- ford in some practical way. | has been urged | that in no Hay could they so satisfactorily ac- matic watering of the central streets, They have | obtained estimates of those experienced in the w,l warrant the purchase of new cart
 of large capacity and will cover the months To th.t end they have c rcuiated a pa. per among the citizens of the borough on Main
 and Center st strests. e They fpd that sqsh sub
 ton to yoar board askiDg for an sppropria5ion @ i propriation, not that it is the duty of the bor- l ongh to prevent the constant clouds of oust
 blowing into the faces and clothing of its cit |
 tions of the town, but thy de em it clearly with
 in the province of it's du ies to preserve the best most continually travelled and therefore the most expenstveiy maintained. Is is sef.evident
 any or Vstols fnoaSv f today, that the clouds. of macadam dust blown constantly from Cedar stree, add more in one month to the cost of it's maintenance than a full years wear of traffic over properly sprinkled surface. They hops therefore that you will take prompt action upon this petition which will war immediate nurChaSA 0nff7fa ah oo materially 10 the summer attractiveness and comforts of our borough that from this year The Village Improvement society. MRS, JULIUS MALTBY. Sec. Commander Carter and twenty-five
 members of Merriam post, G. A. R., of
 Meriden, came down here last evening to attend the anniversary of the W. R. O. A large delegation from the Meriden and
 Middletown W. R o. were also present.
 There was large attendance in Odd Eel lows' hall where the festivities were held and the evenings entertainment was & very enjoyable one to all. Past Commander Horace A. Nettleton, with wife and daugh- ter, Mable, came over from Waterbury and were warmly welcomed by their many friends.
 The Simpson "Hooks" will meet this evening to take action on turning out Memorial day.
 W. Young's barn on North Farms was burned to the ground Tuesday. There in the Hartford company, agency by H. L. Davis.
 Health Officer Hoadley of New Haven was here yesterday and with Dr. Coudert visited Muddy river on @ tour of investiaa- ton. Tho condition from a sanitary view was not favorable one.
 N. J. Redmond and Al Hall went over the line of the water main to Paugh pond yesterday and found four leaks east of the borough line, the worst one being in the swamp south of Harry Somers' place, be- yond the Air Line railroad.
 The Mccormack Heating company has been awarded the contract to lay the ,OOO feet extension of the water main to the North Main street cemetery. The bids were: Mccormack $299 50, N. J. Redmond & Go. $317, Strauss Brothers $3S5.
 Tho Strauss Brothers had bad luck in | moving the big boilers of R. Wallace & | Sons. One was loaded on the big wagon 1 yesterday and. drawn by eight horses, 1 started around the east side of the depot | to go by the way of Hall avenue and Wash- | ington street to avoid the car track in the center of Quinniptac street. The wheels | cut through the crushed stone and sank | into the earth, causipg the boiler to roll | of, breaking one of the axles of the wagon. The boiler remained east of the depot all day. Strauss went to New Haven after one of Smsdlsy's heavy trucks and to-day will carry the three boilers to their desti. nation if no more i'll luck bsfalls. One boiler lies on the ground near the car where ls fell owing to the breaking of the hoist. Ing apparatus. The boilers weigh sleven-| tons each.