The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-16
WALLINGFORD HAPPENINGS
FIFE WATER COMMISSIONERS AN
 NU.IL REPORT.

NU-IL REPORT. Preparations Making for the Borough Election on Saturday Death of Mrs. Aida l.. Larson Occurred Yesterday Comings and GOings of We'll Known Citizens.
 The annual water commissioners re- port for this year will say:
 "In accordance with the established custom of reviewing the work of the past year in presenting the report of the board of water commissioners, we re- spectfully submit the following: During the year the four-inch main on South Elm street has been relaid with six inch, and a six-inch main has been laid through Wallace street. This improve nent gives fire protection which has heretofore been inadequate in this sec tion of the borough For the same req son siX-inch main had been laid under the Quinnipiac river north of Watrous company's dam. Other extensions of mains have been as follows: High street, 715 feet of six-inch; William street, $50 feet of six-inch; Ivy street, 600 feet of four-inch; Franklin street. 429 feet of four inch: East street, 157 feet of four-inch. Four hundred and fifty-seven feet of four-inch on Hall avenue has been replaced with siX-inch. The lengths of mains as stated in last years report are twenty-one miles, 1,7O0 feet. This did not include the new main laid in 1892. Taking this into account, there is a total of twentysix miles, 2,429 feet. The total number of services has been increased to 1,157. During the year two suits have been brought by the New Haven Water company against the borough-one to obtain an injunction preventing us from taking any of the waters of Muddy river and the other to restrain us from diverting the water shed through the canalinto Paugh pond. The first case has been tried in the su- perior court, but as yet no decision has been reached. The water in the pond is very near high water mark, but this fact must not lead us to believe that the supply from this source is adeauate. During the past two years the rainfall has been nearly twenty inches greater than the average for the last thirty years. With the increase from the Hor- ace Austin. farm our total water shed at the pond is about three-fourths of a square mile. This will yield 750,O0O gal Ions per day, during a year of average rainfall. Our present consumption is about 1000 gallons daily. It is there fore obvious that with our increasing population we are rapidly approaching a point when it will be necessary to in crease our supply"
 Yesterdays recorded real estate transfers: Harriet E. Austin to Samuel and Elizabeth Norris SS 12x156 feet on Church street; James Morse to Victor Eckar, 25x150 feet in Yalesville.
 John Hull will be the nominee for bor- ough clerk on the democratic ticket, so it is said, and if G. T. Jones declines to accept Isaac w. Bull will be the candi- date for warden.
 The democrats are putting in great work preparatory to the borough elec- ton on Saturday, and are holding meet ings every evening in their headquar- ters in Leighton's block. They are con- fdent of carrying everything.
 The probabilities are that there will be but very little change in the republl- can ticket to be nominated on Friday evening over the ticket of two years ago, and will include Henry B. Hall fol warden, with Fraray Hale clerk and Charles Tooth, W. I. Todd and J. E Downs burgesses
 The Wallingford polo team comprises Dawson and Devlin, rushers; Jordan center; Kennedy, half-back and Cur ley, goal
 Hall & Elton company let up on nigh work this week to give the men rest but will probably resume next week, as orders are coming in so fast that theA cannot be filled unless overtime i< made.
 Patrick Coughlin, aged seventyfoul wears, died late Monday night. Th' funeral will take place at 9 o'clock this morning from Holy Trinity church.
 Mrs. Aida l.. Larson, wife of Ottt Larson of South Orchard street, diet early yesterday morning, aged nineteen years The funeral will take place oi Friday afternoon at ? o'clock. Buria in the Center street cemetery.
 The high school department will b. closed on Friday to enable the teacher to visit out-of-town schools.
 The armory has been fitted up in first class shape for polo, and the openint game was played there last evening.
 Court Windermere, A. o. F., will hay its annual concert and sociable in tn armory next Wednesday evening.
 The borough voting list, now com plete has 1,526 names.
 John Lockert of Company L, who ha been quite i'll with typhoid fever, wa out on the street yesterday for the frs time since his illness.
 The polo game played here last nigh between the Walingford and Ansoni teams resulted in a victory for the for nner team by the score of 13 to $. Th stops were. Coughlin of Ansonla J Conley of Wallingford 26.
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