Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-01-14
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Important Church Matters Discussed
 Vicar (Sanaral MuIcahv

Important Church Matters Discussed by Vicar General MuIcahy.
 Vicar General J. A. Mulcahy read the annual report of the finances of the church of the Immaculate Conception at the masses yesterday and it shows that the parish is in good financial condition. The receipts from all sources amounted to $lS,9I4 IT. Expenses: Land purchased on Farm street. $S, 900; orphans and poor, S2, 49S; work on cemetery, S3, ,0S9; St Mary's school. S, ,970; priests salaries $2 300; total sl3.S5 leaving balance of S5. O57. .17. The latter will be used in paying the salary of the organist, janitors, sexton and for coal The current revenue of the church was less than that of last year, but the success ful fair at City hall brought the annual income pretty near the usual amount
 In connection with the annual report Vicar General Mulcahy spoke of the pro posed new orphanage and nursery, to be located on the convent lot. H. said such home would give the parish an oppor- tunity to look after children between the ages of l3 and Is years. Between these years, he said was the worst possible time for children to be neglected. It is be- tween these years the orphans are com pelled to leave the asylum. Many mothers too. could leave their rhll ,ren at the home "AAO NACS lCN uOlldIS III uOluS washing and other work. There was a reason also for erecting the building near the school Many times an older, boy or girl is kept home to attend a younger brother and sister With such home the younger child could be left at the nursery while the older one went to school. He counseled the peo- pie, however. that each must lend help ing hand; that words would not build the home.
 Vicar General Mulcahy also comph- mented the present board of selectmen for their treatment of the parish. He said. however that one injustice was being done the parish. For town funerals to tine St Joseph or Calvary cemeteries the Immaculate Conception parish was al- lowed only g. while the Riverside Ceme- tery association was allowed 5 for the same identical work
 Rev Hugh Treanor of the church of the Sacred Heart read his annual report at the masses yesterday. Principal items of the receipts are as follows: Pew rent. S3.- 749 96; fair. S2, ,OO2 II; ten monthly col lcctions. ,373 5O; annual collection, $S7l 35; offertory collections. S273 IS; two entertainments. S4S7 70; Easter col lection, Sl34.2O. These with the sale of the old parochial residence and lot on Taylor street swell the total revenue to the sum of S11 791.25. The expenditures exceeded the receipts by about $7uO There was expended ln connection with the pastors new residence. S7.174.16 It.
 Pneumatic Wheels.
 When the first pneumatic sulky, with its 2S inch wheels, began to lower the trOtting records, thousands of horsCmrn and mechanics at one" began to reason that if there Was such advantage in the pneumatic tire ae to make the little wheels win what couldn't h,' done if the same tire wrr" plar"d on n largo wheel
 For uhviuu, rra~uns We shall never know how many experiments Were tried. Eut enough "i them haze come to light tu prove that the 2N inch wheels. which are universally u>cd today, wrrr not accepted blindly,
 Tn" question has been repeatedly asked Are not larg" wheels better than small ones, and. if Sc, how do you account for the present r'VolutiUn in truttiuG gigs,
 The answer k that large wheels are ccr- tainly better than small ones in theory and within certain limit, they are better in practice
 A pneumatic tire k cumpArativrly heavy and has required q tlrugrd metal tire un- der il which will weigh fully as much per running foot aS w"uld a standard steel tire for the same vehicle. And besides the smaller a pn,I.uutic tire is the more practical it l. tu make and maintain
 The pneumatic tirr k an adlantagc The small wheel k a disadvantage. From the advantages If "nv We subtract tho disadvantage, of the u:hcr and find that we have balance ill favor of that combi- nation-viz, 2S inch wheels and Ia. inch tires. s.-Hub.