The Newtown bee., 1894-05-11
WATERFOWL.

WATERTOWN ENTERS THE ROLL OF PRO-
 GRESS1ON, APPROPRIATION FOR NEW
 TOWN HALL, FIRE DEPARTMENT AND
 NEW STREETS.
 At the special town meeting, held Sat urday, at l p. m., William H. Beers was appointed chairman, E. H. Mattoon, our genial town clerk, filled his accustomed place. Charles Mattoon offered the fol- lowing resolution, which was adopted: That more convenient accommodations are needed for town hall purposes than our present hall affords" This resolution did not draw out much debate, as the passing of it did not commit the meeting to anything definite, but when the tol- lowing resolution was offered and put be- fore the meeting, the opposing parties clashed: "That the town of WatertoWn purchase of the First Ecclesiastical socie- ty of said town a piece of land near and back of the sign post, being 60 feet wide and extending from highway to highway, as offered by vote of said society passed March }, 1894, for the purpose of erecting a town hall thereon and that the town of Watertown proceed to build new town hall thereon, according to plans and specifications presented herewith, not to ! exceed the cost of ST., 300. And tsat 1 the sum of $15, ,000 be and is hereby ap- | propriated to buy said land, build, warm, l light, seat and complete said hall and l that w. J. Munson, Buell. Heminway, A. l N. Woolson, c. B. Mattoon and K. B. | Lockwood be a committee to build said l hall and carry out said vote and plans. l Also that the treasurer of the town of l Watertown be authorized to borrow all
 or any part of said sum of money neces- I sary to carry out said vote." This reso- ! lution, if passed, carried everything neces- ! ord hn If,tt, | of building of which the town has long
 needed. The opposition, led by Cur l tiss B. Atwood, made an onslaught on | the resolution which was feared by the
 advocates of the new hall might endan- I ger it's passage. The champion of the I new hall and framer of the resolution, A. N. Woolson, answered the arguments of l Mir Atwood in very forcible and con- vincing,manner. After a lengthy debate.
 in which many of the lesser lights spoke
 for or against, the previous question was
 ordered, showing SS yeas and 42 nays.
 This vote was by ballot. The committee appointed at the meeting of the fire com
 pany on the previous evening, then iEl-
 troduced resolution asking for an ap- propriation of $1, POO for purchasing a fire apparatus so as to more successfully combat future fires. The appropriation
 was unanimously granted. The selectmen
 brought before the meeting the layout
 of a highway at Oakville of the land ot Joel H. Davis and wife and Lewis B. Newton, which was accepted. Damages
 of $1 each were allowed Messrs Davis
 and Newton and benefits assessed to
 Davis and wife $250. The meeting was
 one of the largest. and best conducted il
 many years. Good feeling prevailed and
 the witticism passed from one speaker tc
 another, merited general applause. The
 doings of this meeting, if carried out as intended, will benefit our beautiful viii
 lage beyond conception. A public hal
 large enough to accommodate Water town audiences has long been d necessity Hurrah for the new Town hall and the
 Watertown Fire Department!