Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-16
SIM0NsvILLE SIGHTS
One of the Coolest rlaeaip Town I4andsomo Home of ro,nali,,s .sacv.

Handsome Home of Cornelius 1sacy.
 Simonsville is much frequented these evenings by people who like to get out of the crowded parts of the city for an hour or two and enjoy ride or walk through this delightful suburban district, which is well supplied with great variety of handsome shade trees, pure spring water and just as good roads as can be found in any part of the state. At present the gardens are in full bloom and almost every fam fly has a good supply of vegetables growing in the rear of their houses. As a rule the buildings set in a consider able distance from the streets, leaving spacious lawns which show unmistak- able evidence of great care on the part of the owners or occupants. At pres ent the place is redOlent with the scent of new mown hay and every man who owns patch of meadow land appears to be taking advantage of the favorable weather to get the grass down and slowed away ill his barn. Most of the residents keep horses and many have I COW or two so that it behooyes them to lay in q fair stock of hay, for it is a costly article when one goes to the feed stores to buy it. To all appear ances SimOnsyilIe is q very desirable place to live in and yet one is surprised at the number of houses there on which For Sale" signs are displayed. But the same thing is true of nearly all the suburban districts, though it is said that fewer of the real old timers leave Simonsville than any other section of the town The original settlers or some of their decendants are there still and all appear to be comfortable, not wealthy. perhaps. but possessed of enough of the things of the world to render living about as pleasant as peo- pie can expect it to be in q country like this where rich and poor are con- stantly engaged in never ending race to get ahead of each Other
 The man for whom the place was named. A. B. Simons is still prom inent fin the district and lives in q handsome residence on Chapel street While he owns half the side of the country, so. to speak. still it looks as if some of his neighbOrs will soon dis pute his right to be classed as the Iarg- est real estate owner fin that section. go that no one need be surprised if at 10 distant day the genial A. E. Simons should be deposed as king of the dis trict and some one else installed in his stead One of the handsomest homes in the whole district. one that has few superiOrs in any part of Wa terbury, so far as natural advantages go and it is not lacking in artificial grandeur. either in that of Cornelius Tracy of the firm of Tracy Brothers r. f- rtTn S.ffr faFh ground overlooking n veritabIe forest of giant timbers and within hearing dis tance of the music of q charming brook which tumbles and losses over huge boulders and at times makes so mucl tumuIt that one would feel almost jus tified in chasing it among the mighty water courses of America. It is cer- tainIy a beautiful stream and might rightfully be termed the Niagara of SimOnsville.
 The first annual lawn party of the Echo Drum corps will be given on "Wednesday evening. July 24, at Sim Onsville hall. Tickets will be twenty five cents.
 What the district needs most at present is an engine house and the extension of the city water mains so as to insure protection in case of fire. The destruction of several buildings belonging to A. E. Simons and others few years ago was q serious blow to Simonsville and it is only now that it appears to be recovering from the bad effect the catastrophe had on the whole place.
 David Hull has started the wood r.s.. just south of the drug store. It will be one of the finest buildings in that part of the town and will add consider ably to the appearance of things in that neighbOrhoOd. It will contain two stores, which it is said will be occupied as soon as they are ready to move into. The upper stories will be used as tene- ments. This part of Simonsville is fast becoming quite business center.
 Tn a short time. so a Democrat res porter has been informed, Thomas II. Hayes, one of Watcrbury's progressive business men, will erect a handsome villa contiguous to his extensive ice plant at Pearl lakes. and wiH reside there, q part of the time at least. and when this comes to pass it would be difficult to tell who will be consider cd the first man in Simonsville Seriously. the place is keeping abreast of the times and if Mir Hayes decides to build q private residence there 1t will give the district an added stemulus which will greatly enhance the value of real estate and give people who have been holding onto large tract of undeveIOped property for years a chance to dispose of 1t at fair price Already some of the streets arc supplied with city water and points not reached by the mains are we'll provided with an abundant water source in the shape of large wells which never fail to meet the de- mands made upon them at all seasons.
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