Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-01
COMPLETED THE PURCHASE
Clty Now Owns About 25O Acres aft
 NlgWam ReSaryoir

-'' ->o" o"HS About 2oO Acres at
 Nigwam Reservoir
 me city has completed the purchase ol two pieces of property at the Wig "am reservoir fronting the old valley turnpike, which brings the number of ~cres Ill the tract belonging to the city Up lo apout o2o. One of the pieces pur- thaseu thls week belonged to Clark S. and Antoinette l.. Woodward, and consists of forty-six acres with dwell ing house. barn and other. buildings. lEe other addition was purchased from George k. and Cecilia Wedge, and in- cirueS eight acres. with house and pafh The only other intended pur- chase by the city there at the present | tune IS an acre or so from Dan Wood ruff. and this has been secured. but the deeds have not yet been signed There was nothing between most of the property and the reservoir but the road. which will soon be discontinued. and in any case the city needed the property as a sanitary precaution and for the clOSeness of the outhouses OH these properties to the water has al ways been q matter of much concern to the water board. Besides this, the land had to be bought in order to raise the dam.
 One of the parties interested in some Of the property, Mrs Lucinda Newton, who has passed her 9Sth birthday. de- lighted Mayor I\ilduff and City Engi- neer Cairns. who called at the house to get the deeds signed. Mayor Kill duff says that Mrs Newton appears to be in full possession of all her senses.
 can read without the aid of spectacles and appended her signature to the deed in steady legible hand. which
 would compare favorably with the best efforts Of many people who make i living at the business. She has an abundance of beautiful black hair and eyes that dance and glitter as though | they still possessed all the fire and
 vigor of youth. She is a brilliant con
 versationaliSt and can discuss topics | of interest in q manner which shows { that although she has almost reached
 the century mark. she is still abreast 1 of the times. not only things Of local 1 interest. but on matters of national i'm 1 portance Indeed. she displayed such | knowledge of these matters that May
 or IIilduff and Engineer Cairns. clever l fellows as eyerybo knows them to
 be. were confused at seme of her
 questions and marveled much how one | who is almost as old as this republic | could be possessed of such a wonder 1 fully retentive memory. She Is 1ull
 of animation and enjoys timely joke
 as we'll as she used to in the time Gf
 her girlhood in the district school at 1 Northlield. where she was born and reared. though the mayor and the en- gineer are of the opinion that Mrs l Newton must have received higher education than che would expect could
 be obtained in the village schools or ! that day and time.
 The people about the reservoir ac 1 cuse the city of Waterbury of convert
 ing that place into Il wilderness ana
 claim that q human being will be soon
 q rare bird in that section. Already.
 they say. almost all the old neighbors
 have disappeared and the place has De-
 come so lonesome that the birds, foxes. | squirrels. rabbits and other denlZens or i the woods appear to be monarchs or all they survey and look un-n the oc- ! casicnal wayfarer who happe-> afs-E
 there as an intruder. so that soon man
 will walk the city's forests at the Wig wan reservoir at the peril of his life.