The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-19
wALLING F0RD.

The Board of Burgesses Meeting Last Night-HOme from Cuba Death of station Agent c. ", Cook of Naiesvu, o--Was a Railroad Man for Forty-five Years.
 The regular meeting of the board of burgesses was called to order last even ing shortly after o'clock. Every mem Der of the board was present, The first business was the report of Bur- gess Kimberly on the gas house ques- ton. He stated that he had held a consultation with w. J. Leavenworth president of the gas company, regard ing the complaint made of the stench coming from the gas house and recona- mended the laying of closed pipe out into the lake. He stated that MT. Leavenworth was favorable to the idea and said that the matter would be at tended to as soon as the ground was in condition to work. Burgess Kim berly also stated that he had had a conversation with Superintendent Lane in the matter, who said that it was intended to arrange some method of burning up the refuse from the gas house, thereby doing away with the offensive smell. The report was &C., cepted and the committee continued. Warden Morris made Q report of his conference with the water commission CTS and said that the commissioners were not in favor of paying D. w. Pat ten the proposed $40O to settle up the claim, as the probability was that there would be no necessity of using the pumping station this year at least, and that there was no just claim on the part of Patten for damages, as he had sustained no damages that would war rant any claim for such an amount. The report of the warden was accepted and the warden was continued as committee to confer with the water commissioners regarding the increase of facilities for the supplying of Paugh pond with water by gravitation. It was voted that the warden be and is hereby authorized and empowered to borrow of the Middletown Savings bank sum not to exceed S10,000 at per cent. interest,""
 The usual bills were ordered paid.
 The matter of repairing the water pipe at the water tank on Colony street was referred to the warden with power to act.
 The matter of the claim of Mrs. Os- borne for damage to her sidewalk by the recent storm and the claim of J. J. Hayden of William street by reason of back water in his cellar were dis cussed, but no action taken.
 The matter of the claim of Henry Parrey of Washington street for dirt washed away in rear of his house was also discussed and dismissed, as it was decided that the gully in question was a natural drainage for flood water and had been for 200 years and was at the time he purchased the property.
 Adjourned.
 OTHER NOTES.
 There was but little interest mani fested in the voting on the $70O appro- priation to complete the Wallace hose house yesterday afternoon and evening. There were only eighty-four votes cast and all were in favor of the appropria- tion.F
 A license was granted George Corsack to exhibit wax figures and pictures in Fagans block on Colony street for one week upon the payment of $5.
 Officer Dan O'Reilly and Charles Knowlton, driver for N. F. Ingraham started yesterday morning for New York state to get the horse thief who is in jail in Mt. Vernon. Last evening the two were in Yonkers, N. Y., and telephoned to Ingraham that the stolen phaeton and harness had been recov- cred and also that several other stolen horses had been found at Yonkers and vicinity in which the gang, of which Powers is a member, were concerned, and it was probable that Powers would turn states evidence and get out of the scrape himself and that the prospects of ever bringing him to Wallingford for trial were decidedly dubious.
 One of the peculiar features of the voting on the $7O0 appropriation yester- day afternoon was the fact that the necessary oath to the box tender and checker was not administered by the warden until 7:45, just fifteen minutes before the box was closed, when it should have been done before the box was opened at 3 o'clock. Never mind, everything goes during the present ad- ministration.
 The water pipes in the second story of A. l. Martins house on Church street