Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-15
SIMONSvILLE.
Many Improvements Looked For-Wa-
 ter Pipe Laying Progressing.

ter Pipe Laying Progressing.
 It is understood that James Cough Ian is about to take advantage of the permission granted him some time ago by the city to extend the~water main through his property off Chapel street during the present season. If this be true it is certain that a few houses will be erected there in the near future. It is very desirable residence. section and needs nothing but the presence of one or two tenement houses to prompt others to take hold of the place and locate there permanently.
 Will A. D .Simons ever rebuild the houses that were destroyed by fire a short time ago? is a question frequent ly asked by people who pass by the spot where once stood several neat. cot tages, all tenanted by good citizens who worked in the different factories. So far nothing has been done in this direction, but it is not unreasonable to assume that the man who gave such an impetus to the building boom il, the district that bears his name will some day decide to build up that street again and give it the self-same signs of animation it wore in the past.
 Property owners in Simonsville, as we'll as people who have occasion to pass through that district, and the number is large, hope the seleetmen will spend little money on their roads this season. Some of the roads in that section are in excellent condition. notably Chapel street and Piedmont street, but there is little if anything to be said in praise of the rest of them. The roads through Mohawk park are sadly in need of repairs and unless something is done with them in the near future it will be difficult to get over them. Edgewood avenue and Sylvan avenue from the city line to Piedmont street and the Pearl lakes road are full of ruts and require i'm mediate attention. There is room for improvements, too. about the square in the vicinity of the Baptist church. A few dollars spent there would add considerable to the looks of the whole place This is becoming quite a bus mess center and already boasts of well equipped markets including a first class drug store.
 Edward McAanns is making com mendable headway with the laying of the water pipe in Chapel street and if the. weather holds out good a short time longer the job will be completed. While the small pipe which is being put down there wll be great acconlo- dation to the neighborhood,. still it is far from what the place neds. and it is a pity, seeing that the ditch was opened. that a large main was not laid so that the people could have ample fire protection as well as water for domestic use Simonsyille is growing rapidly and in the 2aIliral order of things the place will soon be provided with city mains and probably the smaller one will meet the requirements of that street for the present.
 It is estimated that there are more horses in this part of the town than in any other section outside the center. The animals are good, bad and indiffer- ent, some of them worth considerable money, while others would not bring very large sums if put under the ham, mer at F E. Benham's. But such as they are, they serve a good purpose to their owners and there presence makes things lively aboiit all the time at the smithy on Baldwin avenue, where the village blacksmith, Fretler- ick Gandee, does a lucrative business attending to the needs of their hoofs and other things in his line While his shop is not located under ia spreading chestnut tree" it is very convenient spot and the proprietof can entertain horsemen in royal manner and also do as good a job as the best of them. He is an old time Waterbury blacksmith and can relate anecdotes of yotaries of Vulcan that have piled their trade in Waterbury for the past forty years and over.
 John Hickey, the well-known Edge wood avenue dog fancier, is the proud owner of the handsomest litter of col lie puppies ever seen in the city, and he was kept busy yesterday exhibiting them to people who called to see them. The dogs have a pedigree as long as a. clothespole and will net handsome sufn for the owner. MT Hickey also owns few very fine St Bernards and one or two cute little Irish terriers. The latter were brought over here a short time ago and could not be bought at any price. The place is peculiarly adapted for the raising of animals and fowls, and MT Hickey keeps a large variety of such stock. It is q rather | bleak place in winter, but from now until late into the fall it has many at fractions which the more thickly set tied sections do not enjoy. Tn sum- mer when the woods are in bloom it is the trysting place for 1ilyriads of wild birds which make the welkin ring with their me1odious songs. rem dering it one of the most charmed spots in town, and more than makes up in pleasure for the many hardships en- dured in getting to it during the severe WeatherN