Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-12
CITY NEWS

The Waterbury Business college it now located in it's new quarters in the Jones, Morgan Co building. ,s
 John Clohessey, treasurer of the Catholic Benevolent Legion, has re- ceived a check for $3, GOO for Julia All man, widow of the late David Altman.
 Jansina, the 8-years-oId daughter of Mir and Mrs Fritz Hauser of 127S East Main street, died yesterday at the Wa terbury hospital. The funeral will be held tomorrow. saH
 At a meeting of the board of public works last night it was reported that the work of removing the spring house on Farm street and covering the well to the street grade was completed.
 The Aid association of the Water bury Manufacturing Go will give the first Saturday half holiday excursion of the season to Savin Rock on Saturday, August 9. People going on this ex- cursion will have six hours to see the sights at the Rock or in New Haven.
 List of letters remaining unclaimed in the postoffice: Joseph Bassett, Miss Mary Bowman, Thomas Clarke Carmine DiIuca. Eazear Langlois, John Morley Miss Lena Platt, A. Margaret Philpatt, Mrs Edward l.. Reynolds c. H. Reed @, Harry Tooker, Mrs M A. Ward. Mrs Garry Woodworth.
 Rev Benjamin F. Root off1ciated at the funeral services for the late Mrs Jeanette Cargill at Hall Memorial chapel yesterday afternoon. The bear CTS were James Callan, Eugene c. Adt, c. Y. Kent, H. Wildwood, Adam Ca1lan and Joseph Greer. The interment was in the Masonic plot in Riverside ceme- tery.
 The wife of some ingrate called upon the board of charities to-day and asked to be sent to her former home in Ger many. She was a bright appearing young woman and looked as if she had seen better days. She was dressed just as one often sees q woman cos tuned when attending to her house hold duties and stated that the gar ments were the only ones she had when the man who had promised to be her companion through life disap- peared. The woman will be cared for.
 WaterviIle will be in it's Sunday at tire tomorrow night and people from all parts of the town will call up there to see how it looks at it's best and at the same time show their appreciation of the settlement of the strike and en- joy ride on the trolley cars for the first time in half a year. The princi- pal attraction, however, will be the lawn fete given by the trolleymen on Sc MichaePs church lawn and dance in Pythian hall, the proceeds to go to St Michaels parish fund.
 Property owners on Luke street who are finding fault because some one is said to. have plans under way for a building which will extend to the street line should have talk with the owner of the lot and see if they cannot convince him that it would be to his benefit as we'll as others to keep back a few feet He has room enough in the rear and if he leaves all his spare land there he will wish bye and bye that he could pick up a portion of it and put it between his block and the street There is not a man in Waterbury to-day especially on the outskirts. that has built to the walk, but will tell you that it was a mistake and that he would gladly pay handsomely to be able to remedy the v 0s many others. did not give the subject much thought and probably might be willing to comply with the wishes of all those who will be his neighbors and his customers too. perhaps, when he gets his building up and opens his new store. It is not at all likely that the gentleman wants to have anybody regard his building as an eyesore and a Anfyr 4o -l1-- 4 it might not be a bad plan to have a committee wait upon him and talk the question over in friendly way. Good might come out of such course and it certainly will do no harm.<5 Some of the residents Of Town Plot | were at the meeting of the board of 1 public works last night thinking that some action would be taken regarding | their application for the layout of a street to their homes on Highland ave. nue, but nothing was done in the l matter. So far as one can see who l is not familiar with all the details this is another case where some real estate speculdtor got the hiplock upon several uns1rspecting victims. They | have homes, but, as one of them said they cannot say that they have any | way of access to them without going round the world When a man makes 1 up his mind to buy building lot he should have his eyes open and make sure that it fronts upon a street owned by the city instead of on a private
 way which is apt to be shut off any l time when the property changes hands
 Or somebody gets out of sorts. There 1 is more deception practiced in the sale of lots than most people suppose 1 and as a result the city is constantly in hot water with people who pur
 chased lots in out of the way places
 and put houses on them and late1 learned that there were no proper en
 frances to them. People who do no know a public street from a private way should drop into the city clerks office and find out before plankins down their dust It is very import | ant that one should know this and ye
 very many intelligent folks never give | @hnx