Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-13
BROOKLYN BRIEFS


 Mrs Julia Murphy of Bank street is spending vacation at Block Island.
 The funeral of Mrs George Acker- man took place this morning, with in- torment in Calvary cemetery.
 James Mitchell, William Hurley and William Murphy left today to try their skill angling at Bantam.
 Andrew Broderick of Riverside street is home, after a vacation spent at the Pan-American exposition and other places.
 The friends of W. T. DisIey are talking of entering him in the race for the office. of alderman in the Third ward, with John McNitis as one of his running mates.
 Things look favorable for the pro- posed boulevard on Riverside street, from Bank street to the Watertown road. The hearing last night before the bureau of assessment developed nothing new, so that unless something unforeseen turns up the chances are that the work will be ordered done this year.
 The electors of the South Brook lyn school district realize the need of enlarging the school building and get ting another teacher. but owing to the fact that the district is poor and she likelihood of some changes in school matters after consolidation the people have decided to allow things to remain as they are for the present.
 When the board of public works takes an outing to consider petitions for electric lights, it should not fail to visit the corner of Washington avenue and Lafayette streets, one of the dark est spots in Waterbury. The neigh bors have petitioned for an electric light there, and the city could not place one where 1t would be of more l service to larger number of people.
 Many of the priests of the city | paid visit to the Rev Father Sauru- saitls last night at his new home on John street. Among those present were the Rev Fathers Gleeson, Sulli- van, Curtin, Flemming, Fitzgerald, Kenney and Broderick. Father Sau- | rusaitis was handsomely complimented | by all for the work he has performed l on behalf of his people since he came | to this town and all wished him many years of health and happiness in the new rectory.
 The Hygeia club will hold clam l bake on Hellmann's farm on Septem-
 Der l. The Hygeia is political asso-
 citation composed of the nabobs of the
 third ward and quite a few notables
 from other districts .It is said that | the outing will be the biggest affair
 of the kind ever held in Waterbury l and that the man who does not receive
 an invitation to be present might just
 as we'll make up his mind that he will
 not be in it when the time comes to | make up the slate for the ward tick | cts. So that it behooves the would be politician to get there supposing he had to work his way in with fence l ticket
 When the Railroad Hill people pe- | titioned for the widening of that street \ many said that the thing would be pushed from one place to another until
 the petitioners would grow tired of | inquiring after it, and then it would be dropped. This was mistake. Mayor Kilduff took hold of that in a l business-like way, and while all that l the place needs has not been done, still I such Improvements as has been att l tended to are a big benefit to the
 neighborhood. Two teams can pass at | the narrowest point ill the street now
 with perfect safety, a feat that the most reckless would not, have at tempted before the changes were
 made If the city would keep at this | spot for a couple of years, doing about
 as much every year as has been done this season, the street would be in as
 good condition at the southerly end as it is from Washington avenue to where
 it narrows off.
 Contractor Chatfeld is making | good headway with his contract for the construction of storm water con duits in Green street and Poplar ave-
 nue. and when the work is completed the system will be great benefit to ! property owners in that district as
 well as money saving scheme for the city. If the board of aldermen 1 does not block the board of public
 works ill it's efforts to continue this
 work in Brooklyn, by the time the bad I weather sets in the place will be so | we'll supplied with storm water con- duits that a large share of the danger from damage from surface water will be removed and for the first time i'll
 their lives people will be able to retire l at night with the assurance that their l yards and cellars will not be deluged before sunrise The disposal of sur face water is a big problem in this town and will cost vast sum of
 money before the system is completed
 in Brooklyn, to say nothing of the
 other districts.