Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-17
CITY NEWS


one brother and two sisters, Alderman
John J. and the Misses Margaret and
Ellen Brophy. The funeral will be
held at 8:30.o'clock tomorrow morning,
with mass of requiem at st Francis
Aavfer's church and interment in st
JOseph's cemetery.
G. r. Bannon captain of the police
department fell from a trolley car at
West Main and North Willow streets
Saturday night dislocating his shoulder
and receiving a few bruises on the
face. He was taken to the office of
DR. Poore where the dislocated Shout
der was put back after which he was
| removed to his home on North Willow
| street.
| The funeral of Fred Tocchio took
| place yesterday afternoon from the
| family residence on High street, with
| service at the church of Our Lady Of
Lourdes by Father Karam and inter
| ment in Calvary cemetery. The bear
ers were Charles Bauby, Joseph Or
! lando. Charles Schulz, Emanuel MAJ
zini, George Bauby and Antonio Ber-
toldi. There was large number OF
floral tributes
The first vice-president of the Inter
national Association of Tube Workers
of America is in this city for the pur-
pose of forming the tube workers Of
this city into local union. An open
meeting of all the tube workers in this
city will be held on Wednesday night
at 7:30 in Buffers and Poiishers' hall,
at which time the first vIce-president
will have something interesting to say
about the benefits to- be- derived from:
organization. A union Of tube workers
was organized in Torrington last week.
People who are throwing stones at
Mayor Kilduff because things are not
booming in the old home week bust
ness should bear in mind that the
committee named by the aldermen to
start the ball rolling consisted of
Mayor Kilduff and Il. O. Goss, chair
man Of the board of aldermen. If
the committee is not performing it's
work it was appointed to do, why
should Kilduff be kicked while his, col,
league is let go scot free? Is Goss so
insignificant beside Kilduff that no
body notices him? Guess nit. The
two Eds stand about shoulder to Shout
der anyway you look at them so that
the man who sees one but fails to no.
tice the other should lose no time in
calling upon the family optician and
have his eyes fixed.
Life is being made weary for the
non-union men by some young men
who ride on the trolley cars. They re-
fuse to pay their fares, ring up fares
and stop the cars by ringing the bell.
On Saturday night the conductors on
the Oakville line had hard time.
There were about 100 persons on one
car. The conductor succeeded in col
lecting about twenty fares and yet
about 100 fares were rung up. On
car coming from Naugatuck last even
ing there were about ninety passen-
gers. So many fares were rung up
that the conductor fixed the box so no
more could be rung up. Then the pas
sengers refused to pay unless he rung
the fares UP. No more than thirty
passengers paid their fares. The nom
union conductors are indeed having a.
hard time of it.
Some time ago the Democrat re-
marked that the lake in Forest park
has been raised so high that many of
the paths around it were obliterated
and walking in many places was not
only a difficulty but also dangerous.
All the danger spots have been rene
died and great changes and improve
ments have been made. The main road
has been raised two feet or more and
the stagnant water that was con-
slant annoyance in many places has
been dried up The roadway east OF
BeHevieW has also been raised many
feet, so that there is no longer any
necessity of climbing into the brush on
the hill at that point to get around to
the waters edge. The Improvement in
this place is all that could be desired,
and in view of the fact that the work
done was not compulsory those who
visit the park and like to sit by the
water ought to be thankful. The paths
further south toward the dam have also
been improved and there is no moro
danger of slipping into the water. For
est park Is unquestionably the breath
ing place of the city. It will always
he more popular than Hamilton park,
for it has the attraction that inlanders
like more than anything else, boating.
There is merry war on among the
provision dealers at the freight yard
of the Highland division and unless
the row is settled soon somebody win
get hurt. It seems that Lilley, Swift
& Co own to the middle of the spur
track abutting ON the Valentine Boil
property, and leased a right of way
over the track to the Cudahys, Car
rolls and others. who found it a great
convenience until the other day when
Mr. Boil built platform out to his
line, thus rendering it impossible to
back down to a point where the Cud-
ahys or anyone else can make use OF
the spur track. It is understood that
the parties paid Lilley, Swift & Co
large sum for the privilege of using
the track. and now that the Bohls have
blocked the way by utilizing all their
own land for purposes of their own
the holders of the leases are in guam
dary TO know what to do. At present
they are obliged to haul their goods
from cars left standing on sid1ngs
some distance below where MIR Bonl
has built the platform and it IS under
stood that this is about as good as
they will be able to do unless the lAl-
leys and Boh1s, get together, something
it is said which is not likely to hap
pen right away.
The Upson JeweIry Co can sell you