Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-08-18

A regular meeting Of the st Thorn
as Cadets A. A. will be held tonight
at 7:30.
John Wallace of South Leonard
street is enjoying vacation at the
seashore.
| William p. McGrath OF Bank
street has returned from weeks va
cation at New London.
The family of Patrick Hickey OF
Lafayette street have returned from
a vacation at the seashore.
Constable Il. j. Donahue, william
Rafferty, and John Fody are enjoying
a vacation at Atlantic City.
THE Misses Agnes Loefier OF
Washington avenue and Mamie Latt-
Ter of South Main street are enjoying
a vacation In Morris.
The Misses Deborah Brennan of
South Fifth street and Julia Blans-
field of Burton street are spending a
few weeks in Lftchfeld.
Commissioner ID. J. Mahaney OF
the board of public works and his
family returned to-day from d pleasant
soJourn at Meadows End.
The banns OF marriage between
John Cronin and Miss Mary McGrath
were published for the second time at
st Patrick's church yesterday. s
There will be meeting or the
Third Church Gymnasium club on
Thursday night The quarterly cleo
ton Of officers will take place.
The Misses Mamie and Emma Kat
zing. and Clara jackson of James
street, Marion Hunter of Alder street
Marie Cobleigh OF Washington avenue,
and Katherine. Selby of. South Main
street are enjoying weeks outing at
Fairfield
Anthony Griskowski OF Green
street met with a very painful acci-
dent this morning while at work at
the Holmes, Booth e Haydens con-
Germ His right hand was caught In
| the rolls and was severely crushed
ance.
Charles Meyer Of Bank street
and Mrs Jacob Mitchell OF West Ror-
ter street went to New York on, Satur-
day to meet Mrs John Brown Of Clark
street, who was due to arrive in New
York to-day from n trip to Germans,
where she has been visiting for sew
eral weeks.
The resident OF Town Plot and
the West Side Hill sections OF the city
want the trolley and want It badly.
Therefore the Town Plot Improve
ment club has become very much in
terested in the matter ana is circulaf-
ing a petition which will be present
ed to the trolley company lin the
course of few weeks, asking that
the trolley lines be extended to those
sections. 1t is proposed that the troll
ley, At extended, shall run on d mum
Der of the streets in those sections.
the petition is receiving numerous
signatures and when 1t Is time to
hand in the petition 1t win have one
or the largest lists of names attached
4 to It that was ever attached to petit
ton I'm this city. All the residents
are interested in the matter for the
trolley is badly needed In those Sec
tions and would be great benefit in
more ways than one. Hans Raslnus-
sen. who is greatly interested in the
petition, said this morning: ssrhe
trolley is badly needed In those Sec
tons, as may be seen when one looks
EoverI the territory. At present the
residents of those sections have mach
difficulty in getting to their places or
Unemployment. The trolley would he
q great benefit and the traffic would
be large. Tt would pay for itself i'm
a very short time. There are thou
sands of acres Of valuable land in
that section which would receive a
/ great boom If the trolley lines were
extended there 1T Is said that a.
trolley loop should be built connect
ing the Oakville and the Bank street
lines. The loop would connect with
4 the Oakyille line at Robbins street
and would pass over or cross Myrtle.
Staryiew, Oak Hill, Belleview and
Ledgeside avenues onto Highland
avenue along Town Plot, crossing
/ Fox, Chapman and Clark streets, and
connect with the Bank street line.