Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1901-04-25
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Edward s. Tweedy is at his home
"Tweedonia" after several months So
joufn in st. Johns Hospital. Yonkers,
with an injured knee pan.
l.. Everts of Newark, n. ]. is the new
superintendent of the j. Mallinson
Shear Company. Mr. Everts comes
highly recommended, as an efficient
workman in the shear business.
Mrs Levi Drake is in Holyoke, Mass.
visiting relatives.
Mrs Volmiller is at her home in the
village once more, after a stay with her
daughter, Mrs George Hughes since last
fall.
Hattie Monroe has left her position
at @ A Miller's, W hich she has held for q
number of years. and gone to Kent.
Robert N Cochrsne is in Bridgeport
this week visiting his daughters.
DIR and Mrs Arthur NJ. Pratt and fam
lily are Waiting at the home of Milton
Pratt at Deep River.
Mrs Harrison b. Ives of Goshen is
visiting her brother, DIR John W. Ives
here during the absence of DIR Pratt's
family.
R F. Smith was'away during the lat
ter part of last week.
G l. Listmann and Eugene Cslkins,
were home from Winsted over Sunday.
The general condition of the roads OF
our town is far from good. Complaints
are numerous. No one seems satisfied
with the present regime of affairs.
year ago last fall the town voted to dis
continue t..e contract system, vicious
method of working roads by which 8
man did five dollars worth of work and
received in return twenty dollars worth
Of taxes As a rule the contractor did
as little as possible and considerably
less than needful and expected 10 re.
ceive far greater remuneration for his
work than he had actually expended
time. This scheme was abolished not
withstanding the vociferous protests oil
a large number of those that held con-
tracts. The town officers have been
making road and by the appearances oil
things making due allowance for the
unlocked for deluges of Nature. The
last condition of affairs is extremely
worse than the first. Usually about
election time there is hurried attempt
to please the various localities in town
and then until the next year nothing
more is done. One contractor with ten
Italians can do more road work in this
town in two months than has been done
by the combined efforts of the select
men during the past two years in repair.
ing roads, and the work will be better
done. 1t would seem that the only
reasonable way out of this road making
business would be to give the contract
of the working of inc roads OF Cornwall
to contractor who understands road
making, for specified sum. Let him
work them subject to the satisfaction OF
the board of selectmen; not do day or
two of work and then stop. but MAKE
ROAD and continue until he has decent
roads. This shilly, shally, now q day
and then day. does not make road and
it costs the town more money than ii
person had charge who gave his time
entirely to it. Let us hear from the
other correspondents in Cornwall, and
from our citizens, on this road question.
Beecher Sage and family of New Bos-
ton have occupied the cottage on the
rocks, Mr. Sage having the contract OF
loading d. Tiffany's lumber in cars.
here.
Volney B. Gushing gave his address
on the Saloon vs.. Society at the chapel
on last Wednesday. MIR Gushing is an
excellent speaker and holds his audience
in a remarkable manner. He is to be
congratulated with the fair and logical
manner in which he treated the saloon
problem.
Ellen Cochrane is IN Lime Rock.
NJ Yanushwetz was in town last Week
representing the Hartford One Price
Clothing Company.