Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-03
CITY NEWS.

stationary temperature.
 son was born to Mir and Mrs John Hickey of Hopeville last night.
 The bookkeeping class of the Catholic .Women's association will not meet this evening.
 Matthew Dorn, father of Mrs Marcus Hellmann of Grand street, died recently at his home in Bavaria.
 A five years old son of Prompter Uffen- dale died last night at the residence of his grandfather, Edward Tyrrell. Franklin square.
 An encouraging sign of the times is the continuous rumble of machinery and the busy jostle of the employees at Benedict X Burnham's rolling mill. from ' o'clock in the morning until 10 o'clock at night
 D. F. Kelly and James S. Carroll of this city were among those who urged the pas sage of the arbitration bill, before the labor committee of the general assembly yesterday afternoon.
 The pupils of Miss Emma Mccarthy s room at the high school building who are to graduate at the opening of the April term have presented their teacher with a handsome painting of George Washington.
 The selectmen are not going ahead with the contract for putting in an illuminated clock in the city hall tower. Mayor Xiii duff informed them this morning that it required his sanction and he advised them to wait for time.
 The Washington school will send these pupils from the seventh grade to the eight grade at the high school building at tbe opening of the April term: Annie Scully, Mary Baldwin. Mary Cur!ey. Nora Sullivan, Joseph Mccarthy. John O'Brien and Eugene Moriarty.
 Mamie Horan, who disappeared from her home Monday afternoon, was seen on Baldwin street yesterday and later on the Watervllle road in the company of young girl named Altman. 4 policeman said this afternoon that they had located the girl. but as they had no warrant for her arrest | they had not taken her into custody. new station of the New York tS New England railroad will probably he built at Waterville during the summer. It will be | located on a fiat piece of land above the present station, and will probably be com- l pleted by fall. Supervisor J. ii. Smith, of the road. said to-day that without doubt the station would be built. Beyond that | statement he was non-committaI. Frank Stinson and Burton Richardson. two Winsted boys, were prisoners at the station house last night. They were ar rested in Cheshire yesterday. and brought t. this city last night by Chief of Police Saunders of Torrington. As there was no 1 train for TorrIngton Chief Egan held the boys for the night On Saturday they ran | away from their homes in Winsted, hired a team at Jones livery stable in Torrington, drove to Bridgeport, from there to New Haven and then to Cheshire. where they tried to sell the rig and were arrested | One of the boys was taken sick in Cheshire and had to have medical treatment. While the public misses the pounding of the fiat wheels on the trolley cars, yet we have not met any one who regrets the ab- sense of the unearthly sound which the cars kept up all winter. We have not a flat wheel on any of the lines to-day, said Superintendent Shephardson this morning, ''and by the time we have our stock wheels in think we will have enough to guard against the recurrence of such an annoy ance for the next ten years" MT Shep- hardson remarked that there were times when he would rather walk than ride in one of the cars. Many of the wheels are new. but as many Of the old ones as can be sanded down and made even will be used again.
 big bundle of A. P. A. papers was re- ceived at one of the local railrord stations to day from Boston, addressed to promi- neDt temperance advocate in the north end of the city. Recently this man was endeavorlDg to secure the cooperation of prominent Catholics, for a concerted action against the llquor dealersr. If those so called temperance reformers would ex- punge from their hearts the intense hatred they nurture against their Catholic fellow citizens they might hope for united action on the temperance question. But so long AS they talk temperance from the platform and then secretly connive at the destruction of meu who do not worship at the same altar with themselves there is not much chance of an alliance between the two clements.
 At meeting of the committee on public lands and buildings held last night Agent Thomas F. McMahon and Selectmen Brooks were instructed to find out what repails are needed in City hall and report at the meeting to be held April 12. Agent McMahon was also requested 10 call for bids for putting down new floor in the corridor of City hall. The meeting voted to award the contract for putting illu- minated dials on the City hall clock to the Standard Electric Time Go, Tracy Bros to
 
 of which the town pays half and the city the other half. were ordered paid T. F. McMahon agent City hall, SIP 50; United Gas X Improvement company, gas bill, $6s 30; George E. Judd, insurance on City hall $75; T. J. Moran, insurance on City hall. S75; ]. H. Loughlin, salary as janitor S15; and Samuel Clark, services on stage at dances and fairs as required by insurance policies, S46.5O.
 Ata meeting of the committee on addi- tional water supply last night the monthly bills amounting to $4,066 94 were ap- proved. A bill of Chatfeld & Chatfeid of $21 against the Inman Brothers Con- struction Go. also one of Ryan & Fitz- maurice against the same firm. were placed on file. The city engineer said he thought the claims already received will exceed the $5,OO0 percentage retained. Town At torney John P. Kellogg's bill of $500 was referred to the city attorney. H. NJ. Rig ney offered $2O0 for the buildings at the West Braach, but as they are not yet for sale the clerk was instructed to state this fact to Mir Rigney. In answer to a ques- tlon as to how the committee on additional water supply owe the water board SS4 = 43, Mir Cairns explained that the expense was incurred in making connections be- tween tue Olu ana tue new mains It cost $522 p to make all the necessary conDec- tions, but this expense was offset by $437.- S4 worth of material. F. P. Barrows drove into hole on the Thomaston highway in the Gatfney section of the pipe liue receiv- ing serious damages. He sued the select men of Waterbury. but they desavowed all responsibility. and notified the water com- mittee that the city shall be called upon to see to this matter. The city will look to the contractors for a settlement of the case Two men drove down South Main street Monday evening with all possible speed lnrn A All .s. l. 4 L.