The Newtown bee., 1902-05-16
COUNTY.
NEW MILFORD.

THE TEMPORARY CITY ON THE PARK.
 A stranger stepping into New Mil ford, Monday, might have imagined that he was in the midst of booming | Western town, to see the small stores springing up on all sides. The writer counted about 100 men welding the saw and hammer on the temporary going up on the Park. 1t was a busy scene and spoke volumes for the energy and recuperative pow CTS of the business men. Driven out of their places of business in night they did not sit idly down and mourn, but hardly before the ruins were cool men were at work clearing up the rub bish, while the owners of the building lots were figuring up their losses with the insurance adjusters, and one or two had begun to figure with contractors on blocks to replace the buildings des- troyed. Hardly an unharmonious note was heard. The writer did hear of one on two citizens who looking through the scenes with narrow, disjOinted and selfish spectacles, had the temerlty to raise an objection because the business men were building on the Park If this is really fact that such persons exist (hard to believe) we should advise them to read over again the Golden Rule, and endeavor to get out of the control of notions that are not credit ivin in, frightened New England town in the 2Oth century.
 LARGEST TEMPORARY BUILDING ON
 THE PARK.
 The largest tempoary building on the Park is that of w. G. Barton, the hustling dry goods merchant,:who has had building erected, 20xS0 feet, on the north side of the park, adjoining the sidewalk MT Barton was in New York, last week, and selected fresh, up-to-date and desirable line of dry goods, and will sell at the same favor able prices what made his old Bank street store so popular. MT Barton will be ready for business in earnest by the time THE BEE appears, which car ries with.it his cordial invita- tfon to the public to visit his temporary store. There will be the usual Barton vel come, and people have come to know this is cordial and sincere.
 THE BOOTH & BENTLEY CO.'S TEAPO-
 KARY STORE.
 The enterprising Booth & Bentley Co. will have very comfortable and de- sirable quarters for their temporary store in the residence of 0. H. Booth on Main street. The three parlors on the :ground floor are being fitted up with shelves for sales rooms, while a portion of the piazza is being boarded up. It will make cool and pleasant place for the shoppers, and Manager Bentley will see to it that attractive values are offered to the visitors. On Tuesday the Booth & Bentley Co.,, and c. H. Booth personally on his build- ings destroyed, made satisfactory set dement's with the adjusters.
 KINNEY & CO.,, GROCERs, TO RETIRE
 FROM BUSINESS.
 The longtime and favorably known firm of Kinney & Co.,, grocers, who were burned out last week, have de cided to retire from business. COllec' tor of Internal Revenue w. F. Kinney began business in New Milford, NOvem Der, 1875, and two years later Henry Kinney became member of the firm Collector Kinney, in speaking to rep resentative of THE BEE, spoke witt evident emotion concerning the mat , ter. He said: "It was no light thing tt give up business in d town he had come to love and was closely identified witt , in many ways. But he thought he hae come to a parting of the ways when i
 was advisable to retire from his posi-
 tion at Hartford or his business, ant he chose to give up the latter"
 FRIENDS wORKEDvAL1ANrLY TO SAW r HIS PROPERTY.
 The loss of Frank Evitts did not be gin to be what it would have other
 wise, owing to the energetic work of
 few good friends. When it was see thot tho ctoro ho occ,1niod waS SI1ra f.