The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1903-12-25
nectiOn with my other business A,

nection with my other business as
wholesale and retail LIQUOR dealer.
If the ditch got filled up on highway
water would overflow on to the Keat-
ing yard and empty on to Carey lot
east of her old house cellar drain.
Twenty-Five years ago [ have seen
foot of water in her cellar. The water
would back in from ditch on Carey lot
and set back into her cellar. Have
seen water leaking through her cellar
wall from direction of well south of
house. Have never seen water run
ming over a Carey lot except what
naturally would gather on the field.
Should think it would take four days
for man to lay over nor tn wall in barn
at cost of So per day. Thinks wall has
naturally deteriorated past few years.
If present ditch was filled up, water
would naturally run on highway.
Matthew Quealey moved into the
Heating house in, 1869. There was a
ditch next division fence at that time.
Helped build the wall under Keating's
barn on Sunday morning while l liv-
ed there. Water ran through sluice
way near Keating's corner. What
sluice would not carry in freshet leak
ed through stone wall. Lived there
two years. Daniel Keane, John Keat-
ing and Patrick Kelly helped build
wall. Worked at it on Sunday and
did not go to mass that day.
Truman Ormsby, a brick layer and
mason, examined wall under Heating
barn hastily. North wall is 22x7 feet
built dry and made of small stone. Is
in good condition to-day for wall
standing so long, Wall bulged four
inches at top and center. Bottom of
wall is of heavy stone and lying we'll
Bank against north wall and within
two feet of top. Open wall naturally
bulges through effect of frost. Wall
leans in. Would cost $12 to lay over
north wall as good as originally.
Might stand three years yet and mig ht
go down next storm. ] made hasty
examination because was ordered off.
outside, the wall would fall out. Did
not see any wash on cellar floor. will
give bond to take down upper half of
north wall and paint it for S12.
Thomas MalOney lived in Ketaing
house in 1867 and 1868. VIII en- the
ditch around Carey lot would not car
~ all the water, it would flood the
field.
W. H. Glover has been selectman of
Newtown and ordered culvert built in
1898. Water then ran south by side Of
lD1u anu ulUti6u CLlO WALL bU
not remember opening wall near keat-
ing corner. In 1898 road was flooded
and we ordered sluice cut to carry wa
ter off from west side Of road.
Miss Mary A. Mcnamara used to
play in this ditch in question when
she was a child. Does not know
whether ditch was natural or had for
merly been dug out. Knows nothing
positively about location of all SluiceS
opposite Carey property, but knows
there was Sluice near Keating's cor
ner and knows ditch used to carry wa
ter near division fence.
Mrs Johanna Corbett, daughter of
the plaintiff, says old sluiceway was
north of the present sluice and water
ran from highway through fence oppo-
site and spread out on Carey lot. We |
used to slide on ice formed by this over
flow on Carey field. Never was water !
flooded into our cellar and never was |
leading from our cellar on
to Carey property. | heard Mrs Carey |
call Mr. Quealcy to dinner while he was
digging the ditch. The present drain |
from cellar runs from northeast corner |
IF cellar east and then south of barn. |
There is a fontpath running east from |
house and south of barn. The water
that gathers around the house runs
east Of driveway and straight into the
orOOk.
The evidence was closed at O'Clock
md Attorney O'Neill argued for an
lOur and was followed by Attorney
Attorneys Murphy and
beecher will be beard by Judge Downs
n bridgeport. next week.