The Newtown bee., 1902-08-29
CALCULATIONS:
LITCHFlELD COUNTY.
 NEW MILFORD.

IMPROVEMENTS AT THE WORKS OF THE
 BRIDGEPORT WOOD FINISHING co.
 People who have not visited Still River lately will be surprised at the magnitude of the Improvements being Finishing Go. in rebuilding it's plant. The main factory is 2O5x5O feet and is in the hands of Booth & Wilson. Their foreman is Harry Burgess. There is a boiler house of brick construction. 22x33, and wing for the wheel pit and carpenter shop on the southwest corner. The main building has im- menSe timberS in it and the frame is now being placed in position. A hand some office building, two stories and half, is being erected on the high ground near the highway. It has brick foundations and is being built under the direction of the companys head carpenter, James Mullins. The old house, which stood east of the office building, has been moved by Wallace Va south on the hill, and has been built over into two fine tenementS. MT White is also doing an extensive job for the same company at their Branch vile plant. The company have also had a new barn erected, 3Ox35 feet, F. E. Rowe & Co. of New Milford having this contract. Manager Breinig is to be congratulated on his energy, for he will have one of the most complete plants of the kind in the country.
 EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE
 ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT.
 The New Milford Electric Light Go. are laying out extensive improvements at their plant near the Housatonic river. Manager l.. P. Giddings is hav- ing installed 15O-hOrse power water wheel. It weighs about 12 tons and is tremendous affair. It will be the largest wheel in the Housatonic valley and one of the largest in the state. In putting it in the company have built three cOtfer dams, two being washed away by the freshet. The wheel was made by the Chase Go. of Orange, Mass, and takes the place of two smaller wheels: The work is being done by that millwright expert, s. R. Hill. The Improvements will cost in excess of $3. 1000.
 A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER NOT BALK
 ED BY A CLOUD BURST.
 0. H. Slocum, a popular drummer IcpFcSeuOIHk E. D. 1JcpeW ~ OO. Ol New York, had a hair-lifting experi- ence while coming through to New Milford from his home at Pawling, N. Y., the day of the cloud burst at Sher- man. He went across great waShOuts and four bridges that were said to De impossible. Coming to the first gully he went back and borrowed couple of plank, and by unhitching his horse got him across, and later pulled the carriage over. He went across the bridge near Gray's blacksmith shop in Sherman, which was said to be unsafe at the time. He says he is not ambi- tiOus to repeat the experiences of that day. Those who know the genial Slocum think he would not be baked by anything-ire, water or smoke. He saws wood. WORK BEING RUSHED ON THE NEW
 BOOTH & BENTLEY STORE.
 c. P. Bentley, of the c. H. Booth & Bentley Co.,, has been in New York a number of times of late selecting fur niture and fittings for the new store, which is going to be one of the most attractive in Western Connecticut. MT Booth is not sparing money to make it as complete and attractive as can be. It looks now as if the store would be ready for occupancy by October l, or very soon after. Manager Giddings and H. D. Hine were engaged on Mon the new building. Meanwhile the la dies are finding some tremendous val ueS in dry goods at the store further up Bank street. The increasing sale of the Queen Quality shoe proves it to he a winner in wearing UualitieS and