The Newtown bee., 1901-08-16
moved from Humiston's flat to George Robinson's cottage on High street.

A GENTLY ED.-CONNECTICUT
 R. AND L. CO.-sALE BY THE HON
 NICHOLAS STAUB OF NEW MILFORD. | According to report Hon Nicholas l Staub, of New Milford, has recently | of valuable water privileges | n the HOuSatOnic river to the Con- 1ecticut Railway and Lighting com oany, thus giving this great corpora Iion control of practically the entire length of the Housatonic river so far IS damming privileges are concerned.
 The New Haven Leader says: The pOrate name under which the men in- terested in the Connecticut Railway and Lighting company have for several years been quietly securing property along the HousatOnic river preparatory to building great dams which will con- fine the water and develop power for other purposes, electric lighting, etc.
 In the HOusatOnic river above Derby are some of the finest water privileges to be found in the whole state of Con necticut. The power which can E. be- generated there is practically unlim- ited and if it can be transmitted over long distances without too great loss of efficiency many of the independant power stations which now dot the Southwestern quarter of the state are bound ultimately to disappear,
 In 1893 group of enterprising men, foresaw the possibilities of the situa tion and secured valuable corporate rights. The charter was amended in 1899 when the privileges conferred were expanded. The company now has the right to erect dams across the HOuSa- tonic in the vicinity of Oxford, South ford and Bridgeport, and to do every thing necessary and convenient for the development and utilization of the water power. It is authorized to exercise the right of eminent domain for the purpose of securing land which is essential to carry out it's plans for building reservoirs. It is empowered under certain conditions, distribute electricity through Hartford, New Haven and Fairfield counties; to oc- cupy the public highways, and to con- Struct and maintain wires, poles, con- duits and structures and fixtures: This extract from the cOmpanyS charter shows the broad highway rights that the corporation has secured: "When it shall become necessary or convenient in the construction of the work au- thorized by this charter to alter bed or course of any road or public highway said corporation may change the bed or course of any such highway, and such change of road or highway shall be to the reasonable acceptance of a majority of the Selectman of the town in which such road or highway is SC altered to the reasonable acceptance of the majority of the selectmen of said town, the same shall become to all intents and purposes part of said road or highway so altered or chang ed."
 The minimum capital stock of the Housatontc Power company is $3oo, oo( with authority to increase it to $1, ,OOO, GOO. Half of the shares issued may be cumulative preferred stock with divi- dends of not less than six or more than eight per cent. Authority is conferred on the corporation to issue bonds tC l the extent of one-half the amount actually expended in acquiring req estate rights and in the construction of it's plant. Special provisions are made for the company to sell out, fol it to absorb other corporations ane for it to consolidate with other com panies. The financial features of the charter are as broad as could be wished for.
 The company has been working very quietly, and the A. M Young syndicate which controls the corporation hal been formulating far-sighted and far been making preliminary surveys fo the location of dams, for the ascertain ment of the storage capacity of reser vOirS and for determining the genera possibilities of the situation. All thi
 has been done so quietly that few peO pie have known what was going on.
 1t is understood, moreover, that tht company has been acquiring directl
 and indirectly the land rights that ar
 necessary for the cOnSummation of it
 plans. The aggregate amount of req
 estate that it will be necessary to Ot
 tain in order to carry the company
 purposes to their full cOnsummatiOn i
 large. The negotiations have beel going on for considerable period, an'
 the company prefers to secure it
 by resorting to condemnation pro
 ceedings.
 Itmay be be assumed that the Housa
 tonic Power company will work in thu
 closest harmony with the Connection
 Railway and Lighting company, other
 wise known as the Connecticut Trolle
 trust. The purpose undoubtedly is t.
 have generated on the Housatonic
 large amount of the electrical pOwe
 now used by the trolley combinatio
 for the propulsion Of it's hundreds o
 cars. The trolley trust has acquired
 large number of traction properties i New Haven, Fairfield and Hartfor
 counties, although it is not so prom
 nent in Hartford county as in tn
 other two. Its cars may be seen f ! r1 o1l 1,o for hot
 Hartford and Stamford. It is gradl
 ally expanding. It is steadily buyin
 up existing systems and building ne,
 lines.
 As the result of the approval of tn
 combines latest plans by Judge Gage
 of the Superior court Waterbury wi
 soon be linked with New Haven b
 electric railway. When that is ae
 cOmplished one may ride in the con
 pany's cars nearly all the way froI
 Waterbury to Stamford. The onl
 break in the continuous trolley lin . will be short stretch between Sey mour and Naugatuck. Plans are ms turing for trolley connections, over tn
 trusts lines, between Waterbury an Hartford. The compan is about t bury system to Watertown. Tines facts merely suggest, but do not con prehend the varied activities and con prehensive plans of the Connection Railway and Lighting company. It notifications, already great throug the three principal counties of tn commonwealth, are steadily extent ing. Waterbury Republican.
 Among those enjoying a sojourn a
 MT and Mrs J. R. RObinsons in Merry
 all are MT and Mrs Sheldon Hendrick
 of South Carolina, Miss Birdie Roth
 of New Milford, and MT and Mrs Orl Cook and baby of Bridgeport.