Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-02
WATERFOWL JoTTINGs
Little Done at the Fire District Meet
 ing Last Night.

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 ing Last Night. An exciting and eXhausting meeting of the legal voters of the Watertown fire district was held last evening in | the court room of the town hall. E.
 N. Wheeler was appointed chairman
 and Frank Noble acted as clerk. It
 was first voted to appropriate enough
 money for a heating apparatus with | which the room of the Watertown fire department would be sufficiently heat
 ed during the coming winters. During the past winter, when the weather was severely cold, the rooms were as warm as a barn, the water freezing ill the steam pipes. Three hundred dollars
 was appropriated for this purpose, the | fire company furnishing one-third of this amount themselves. A vote of thanks, on motion of A. N. Woolson, was given to Buell. Heminway, H. Heminway and Paul Klimpke, for the sidewalks which they have built in front of their residences, for the use
 of the public. The next business was
 to instruct the fire district committee in regard to the making of a contract with the Watertown Water company
 for the use of their hydrants during the next fourteen months, commenc- | ing May list, 1901. A motion was made | to instruct the committee to make a contract for the hydrants, at the old rate, $20 per hydrant. Here Erastus Barlow arose, much excited, and eX-
 plained that it would be unwise to pay the Water company S20 per l hydrant, as we needed the money for other purposes, such as street lights, sidewalks, etc. He then motloned that a price of $10 be paid to the Of e
 by ballot was taken on this question and Mr Barlow's motion was carried. One of the members of the water com
 pany arose and explained that an offer of S1O would not be accepted, and therefore would be useless to oen- deayor to make an agreement on such terms. It was finally voted on a
 motion made by Ira c. Hofchkiss, to endeavorato make terms with the wal ter company at a price: not to exceed $15 per hydrant. It is not believed that the water company will accept this The majority of the voters of the fire district are not in favor of paying as low as $1O per hydrant, but think fhe price of the hydrants should be reduced somewhat. Last year the fire hydrants were not used once for fire purposes. MT Barlow thought that S1O was sufficient. Although we do need such necessities as sidewalks and street lights, we think the water com
 pany should be paid a fair price for
 the use of their hydrants. After $50 all stories were ruled out. The meet ing then adjourned to Monday even ing, April 9.
 Notes.
 Mrs Eli Curtfss, a former resident
 of this place, died yesterday in New
 York.
 The boy arrested here yesterday for
 setting fire to the woods was fined $l and costs to-day.
 Michael Sullivan has accented a position at the Taft school. It is reported that Homer Hemin- way has filed a Dill against the N. Y., N. H. and H. R. R. Go for coal which he lost during the rain storm. His coal pile is situated op property be longing to that company.
 Both of our local ice companies promise to do a thriving business dur ing the coming summer.
 Miss Marcy, who instructed the center school children in the Mystic Midgets,'' returned to New York yes terday.
 A runaway caused considerable ex- citement under the hill this morning. The team belonged to a Bethlehem farmer.
 Both silk factories continue to run overtime to fill orders.
 Watertown has been very fortunate thus far this year in regard to, forest fires.
 A 20 months old heifer of Mrs George Barnes had twin calves recent lY.
 Louis De Valte was arrested last evening by Sheriff Peck, as being one of those implicated in the setting of the woods on fire near the Wateryille road on Sunday afternoon. His trial was held to-day.