The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-16
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John Beattie. the wealthy Leete's Is- land quarry owner, made a formal de- mand on Town Agent Hugo yesterday morning for the payment of the esti- mate claimed to be due him in the con struction of the sub-structure of the Grand avenue drawbridge. The esti- mate, which is the last except the final fifteen per cent, which, according to the contract, is due when the tempora- ry bridge has been removed, amounts to about $7000. Town Agent Hugo re- fused to pay the estimate. MT. Beattie thereupon demanded to know the req son why the money was being with held, and was informed by the genial town official that inquiry must first be made to ascertain if the money was due from the town. Contractor Geary, who built the Grand avenue bridge over the Quinnipiac river, recently assigned a portion of the money due him-the last months estimates from the town and city-to MT. Beattie. The city honored the assignment and paid Beattie. Yes- terday he presented his bill for the towns share and was refused payment. Town Counsel Goodhart, who was in the town agents office when MT. Beat tie called, said that the town was not disposed to pay the bill at present, as it was understood that he had an ad- ditional claim.
 There were two hundred pupils in at tendance at the Boardman high school yesterday. The pupils from Webster, Dwight and Winchester schools who passed examination for H. H. s. are attending Boardman, there being no room for them at the high school, the latter being now overcrowded.
 Dr. c. A. Lindsley, secretary of the state board of health, in his monthly bulletin says: ''The monthly report for August has been received from every town in the state. There were 1,237 deaths reported during the month. This was twelve more than i'll July and 4O7 less than in August of last year and 193 less than the average number of deaths in August for the five years pre- ceding the present"
 The steamer Margaret sailed yester- day for New York and from there she will sail to Florida, where she will be engaged as an excursion boat during the winter.
 The civil service commission will hold a meeting tomorrow night and will ex- anime forty applicants for appointment on the police and fire forces.
 Clintonville is aroused. A number of business men from Meriden were in Clintonville on Tuesday looking over the old paper mill near the railroad station, formerly used as a card fac tory with the intention, of buying the plant and establishing a box factory for the manufacture of wooden packing boxes.
 Mrs Thomas Burke of 91 George street, who took laudanum while de- spondent Tuesday evening. and was taken to the hospital, was much better yesterday and will be discharged prob ably to-day.
 The Hillhouse High School Athletic association on Tuesday elected Prin- cipal Scudder honorary president, he having declined to accept the office of president on account of his position and the short time he has been here. MT. Hackett, the former president, was re- elected; MT Sumner '98 was. elected vice president; MT. North '9S secreta- ry: Mir. J. P. Cronan '9S, treasurer; MT. H. F. Burgess '9S, football manager, and c. H. Bradley '98, football dele gate. A large number of new members were elected.
 Director Beecher of the public works department put several men at work yesterday afternoon on the principal streets, clearing away the refuse that has accumulated since the cleaning work was stopped for want of money. After the board of finance has directed that the money be borrowed a large gang of men will be employed all over the city cleaning up the streets.
 The great success attending the free fireworks display at Savin Rock this season has prompted the Winchester Avenue road to arrange for another. Ii will take place on the ball grounds this (Thursday) evening, beginning al S:15 o'clock.
 The vote taken by the Foot Guards at their last meeting, resolving not to have an outing this fall, may not be final A new trip has been proposed by several members and 1t is possible that meeting of the company will be called for tomorrow night to take action on 1t. The proposed journey includes a visit to Old Point Comfort.
 The electric yacht Utopian, belonging to John Jacob Astor, while on it's way yesterday from Newport to New York, stopped at Gainesville bridge to get her storage batteries charged with electric ity from the New Haven Electric Light colnpany's plant. She is a superb piece Of marine architecture.
 At the meeting of the school visitors of East Haven Tuesday night several new text books were adopted in the schools. They were Whites Elementa-