Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-25
OAK VILE HAPPENINGS.
AN EVER INCREASING INDUsTRI-
 AL ROOM.

OakvilIe is Feeling the Good Times
 Large Shipments of Machinery Sin
 gle and Married Men to Play Ball.
 Short Notes.
 Oakville is in the midst of an indus trial boom which bids fair to bring the thriving little village into consider able prominence during the next few years of it's history. Never before has there been a larger amount of busi ness carried on by local industries than at the present time. All the shops are busy and new help has been secured from time to time. Even the local stores report much larger volume of business.
 The amount of business done at the Oakville station is what tells the story convincingly. About fifty per cent more freight business is done now than a year or so ago. The general amount has increased surprisingly. Both sides of the switches are almost constantly filled with cars waiting to be unloaded. Yesterday a large load of machinery arrived for the Oak fti1C ! III SOAAPohJs ~AAAOhS3 IhO AOt NSAC a 6,O0O pound main pulley and a three ton fly wheel for the new engine which will be put up immediately. A car load of machinery was received yes terday for the Missell Ice company con- sisting of pieces for a large ice hoist ing apparatus.
 A meeting will be held tomorrow evening at s o'clock inthe Union church of the standing committee and the so- ciety's committee to transact import ant business.
 Mrs Martha Painter left yesterday for vacation of one week at Smiths Point
 Eddie Beardsley has been spending a few days near Lenox, Mass, as the guest of his employer, MT Wake of Wa terbury.
 Attorney Thoms of Waterbury was in town yesterday. MT and Mrs George Hungerford of the Maple Grove farm left to-day on visit to their daughters in Westbrook.
 The pin room only, closed last even ing for few days in order to permit the installation of the new engine and other improvements.
 Miss Woodbury, a former school Heights, is visiting MT and Mrs Charles Graham.
 Mrs Frank Story of New Jersey is visiting at Charles Mosgrove's.
 Mrs John Rogers left to-day for two days visit in Ansonia.
 William Ney returned yesterday from Chicago and has taken posotion as platter in one of the Waterbury shops.
 The Baird Machine company shipped large machine yesterday to New York. The machine will be used for rolling piano butts. The single men and the married men will cross bats Sunday and try for baseball honors. The game will be held on Browns meadows and will probably be played in the morning as another game is scheduled there for the afternoon.
 l Ground was broken yesterday for another new house on Newton Heights Building operations have been unus- ually backward in Oakyille this sum mer, this being the only new house | started.
 Wells R. Hosmer. the well known l pianist and brother of Mrs A. A. Stone is now residing in Salem, Mass. l Stone. Therault and Conrad will play regularly with the St Joseph's baseball l team.
 Tickets for the al fresco fete can be purchased at Edward Babin's ice cream parlor.
 Miss Louisa Woodbury Of Springdaie is the guest of Mrs Charles Graham. MT and Mrs George Pullen are en- | tertaining out of town guests. l A number of young men of this l place went to Bantam last night to I try thpir lI1ck at fishing