The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-17
WALLINGFORD HAPPENINGS
INTRODUCTION OF IMPO RTANT IM-
 PROPEMENTS BY THE GAS %.

Real Estate-The Proposed New Sewer for Elm street-Four Clam Bakes Baseball Activity-Mauy Personal Items-Two Impending New Law suits-offlcer Reilly's Return.
 The Wallingford Gaslight company is in- troducing the compression system In its plant on Washington street, and two i'm mense boiler plate tubes Sx30 feet and weighing ten tons each arrived here yes" terday from the Bigelow company's works In New Haven. One of Smedleys broad tire trucks weighing IA tons was on hand to cart the first of the tubes from the de- pot to the gasAouse. The start was made before noon, and at o'clock the heavy weight was safely across the bridge on Washington street. In Hall avenue, west of Cherry street, the wheels sank down in- to the roadbed and 1t was necessary to Jack 1t up to get 1t out. Heavy pieces of plate iron were put under the wheels On Wash ington street, at the bridge, the streets by the spectators and teams. AL the mar row span bridge over the gully on wash ington street d crowd gathered and nine out of ten were confident that the bridge would collapse by the great weight, but 1t did not and the crowd went away disap. pointed.
 1GSI6fuuyS T6COTutQ Fedl cnlutC tldhS- fers are: David Lecuyer of Yalesville to Tancrede Lecuyer, 20OX49S feet in Yales- vile; William F. Austin of New York to George scard, 221s acres on East Farms o,,
 The proposed Elm street sewer Is calcu- lated to largely relieve the Center street sewer during heavy rains by carrying away a large portion of the surface water that now has to go down through Center street The Elm street pipes will be large and are lower and will carry the water down to the brook below.
 parts of the town on Sunday, and large number of those who attended got wet from the numerous showers late in the ar- ternoon. don Athletic club team in that city tnls afternoon. Garter and Gardner will be Waiiingford's battery. ,,
 The bids for the Elm street sewer VIII be opened this evening. c,
 The Wallingfords will play the strouse' Adler SS Co. team at savin Rock on satur- day, August 2Sth; , ,oo, oroaoed as teacher at the Parker Farms school dis
 Frank M Tyler started yesterda.y, morn; m; children will remain here until about oc' 'oSi Mrs. Nj Nj. D. Parker and Miss Florence Parker who have been tne guessSs m snr,n En gfeid @
 Eddie De Mills has gone to New York to attend the wedding or ms slsler rli1u3 Ia.
 Miss Marion Norton has returned Irofn Percy Percy Hli has gone to Quonochontaug,
 Leonard Gilbert has gone on visit to Porter Miller of Bristol is the guest of his nephew, Fred Bullis.
 Miss Ethel B. Cotton of Washington, D. C., is the guest of Miss Mabel 0. Hall or North Main street. e
 Mrs. James suydam is home from 'a- MT. and Mrs. Frank M Barber have gone
 Frank Russell has engaged O. J; Dona- hue of Meriden as counsel in his sult against the Consolidated road for damages received at the Ward street crossing few weeks ago. . H.,
 smedley's heavy truck got stuck in the sand down on the road just below the Toelle boulevard yesterday morning, and was delayed there over an hour
 Papers were served yesterday afternoon in two suits of H. F. Hall against the bor- ough,-one for $3,Oo0 damages for the fall ure, as Hall claims, of the borough to keep its agreement regarding the opening of Valley street; the second is for $S,0OO for damages to his land by reason of empty ing into Northrop's brook. Both suits are returnable to the Superior court Tuesday, September 7th.
 town, will pitch for the Wallingfords in
 oficer Dan O'Reilly arrived home yes terday from a two weeks vacation which he has spent with his wife among the plea sant towns up in the Litchtield hills, and Litchfeld he tackled the champion of the town at checkers and came out victorious.
 Co., K started with full ranks on the 6:20 train yesterday morning for Mantle.