The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-09-11
WALLINGFORD HAPPENINGS
ACTION LIKELY REGIRDING a
DANGEROUS CROSSING.
some Miniature Indignation Meetings
The Identity of the Man Kennedy
Killed In Virginia Not Yet Established
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LEFT for Virginia.


Killed In Virginia Not Yet Established
LEFT for Virginia.
Saturday afternoon and evening up
town there was quite number of ami
mated indignation meetings ON a small
scale held. The source of the COM
plant was the quality of the electric
light poles which have been placed
about the streets and which the dis
satisfied ones claim are not up to the
standard and should not be placed in
position about the principal streets Of
the borough. The claim made is that
the poles are crooked and of inferior
quality. Some of the property owners
on Main street are indignant that such
specimens are to be allowed to be put
on the streets. If the poles are not of
the quality prescribed by the contract
now is the time to have the matter
remeded.
The Wallingfords went to Windsor
Locks Saturday and We're defeated by
score of 25 to 16.
The game between teams from the
Simpson Nickel company and Simpson,
Hall. Miller & Co. resulted in a victory
for the Nickel shop team by a score of
25 to s.
Saturdays recorded real estate change
was Carrie Richards to Nellie Bennett,
a lot 45x100 feet on the west side of
town.
Raymond Claim, who went to the
Klondike, is now working at his trade
of engraving at Shreve & Co. in San
Francisco.
A specimen of the White Elephant
brand of potatoes raised by George
Beaumont weighs pound and nine
ounces. The Beaumont brothers are
noted for potato raising. This season
George will harvest over 1000 bushels,
Albert about 800 and Llewlyn about 200
bushels
All who desire to be made voters this
fall should hand in their names to the
registrars, who will be in session from
s to o'clock in the selectmen's office
to-day.
Mr.. and Mrs G. H. Rowden sailed
from England on Saturday for New
York.
Acting Warden Backes received last
week couple of notices, one being
from the railroad commissioners and
the other from Vice President John NJ
Hall of the Consolidated Railroad COM
pany both in regard to the Ward
street crossing. Attached to the copy
of the petition sent to the commission
ers and which was returned here was
this order:
State of Connecticut, office of the
railroad commission, Hartford, Conn.,,
September 6, 1899. Upon the foregoing
petition it is ordered that the same be
heard a the passenger station of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford !
Railroad company in Wallingford on
Monday, September IS, 1899, at 1915 |
a. m. and that notice thereof be given
to the petitioners and to the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad |
company, by Henry F. Billings, by de-
posting in the postoffice in Hartford, |
postage paid, true and attested copies |
of said petition and of this order adj |
dressed to the warden and burgesses of |
the boroughof Wallingford Wallingford, |
Conn, and one to William D. Bishop, |
,Jr, secretary New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad company, !
Bridgeport, Conn. on or before Septem
Der inst. w. F. Wilcox, William o.
Seymour, o. r. Fyler railroad COM
nissioners. The foregoing is true
copy of the original petition and order
of the notice for hearing. Attest, Hen
~ r. Billings, clerk of railroad com
missioners.
The following is the letter that Act
ing Warden Backes received from Vice
President Hall of the Consolidated rail-
road:
New Haven, Conn, September T.
1899. Hon. George w. Backes, warden
Wallingford, Conn. Dear Sir: My at
tention has been called upon several
occasions to the Ward street crossing
in Wallingford, and upon investigating
this subject I am convinced that some
protection ought to be given al that
crossing. I desire to take this matter
up with you and your people in a per-
fectly friendly way, and, therefore,
would ask if you think the installation
of electric bells at that point would be
satisfactory to your people. | think
we might arrange petition drawn for
better protection, and then agree on
some order to be issued by the railroad
commissioners by our mutual consent.
II for any reason you think a gateman
stationed there would be better than
electric bells possibly we might agree
upon such protection. Awaiting your
reply, am very truly yours, John M.
Hall, vice president.
DR.. w. S. Russells little daughter
Eleanor is suffering from a fracture of
her left arm, the result of fall from
her bicycle.
Saturday morning Postmaster Charles
S. Hall received a letter from Berke-
ley Springs, West Va, notifying him
that man named Thomas Kennedy of
Wallingford. Conn.,, had been killed by
the cars on the Baltimore and Ohio !
road at that station, but contained no
further particulars seventeen-year-
old son of Thomas Kennedy of South
Orchard street left here on his wheel
about three months ago and his where
about since that time has not been
known. John Kennedy, a brother,
started early Saturday evening for Vir-
ginia to learn whether or not the man
killed was his brother Thomas. Post
master Hall sent 2 letter Saturday noon
for more particulars and will no doubt