Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-19
ROAD TO MTDDLEBURY.
Said to BE One of the Finest in This
Part of the Country.

A couple of Waterbury men who
made trip to Middlebury yesterday
afte- con claim TINT tce ctty fathers
canBor do too much to improve the
road leading to that fashionable sum-
meT resort and want half dozen cleo
trio lights installed along the way
when the state road is finished to the
Waterbury town line Among the
ideal summer residences contiguous to
Quassapaug lake are those OF the
Wlhittemores OF Naugatuck, Irving
Chase and Thomas Kelly OF Water
bury. The Whittemore road, so-called,
is aboutas handsorneadriveway as one
couid see in any part Of the country
and is kept in 'bang-up" condition,
all the way from his residence clean
into Naugatuck. After reaching Mid
dlebury by way of the Whittemore
road from Naugatuck and returning
along the other route one feels almost
ashamed to acknowledge that he is
resident of Waterbury and naturally
asks the question why Waterbury
should have allowed Naugatuck to get
ahead Of it in the matter OF making
suitable drive to Quassapaug. It
looks as if immediate needs, no mat
ter how pressing, in the thickly settled
districts of the city could well afford
to wait until so much OF the Middle
bury road as is located in Waterbury
is put In shape so that automobiles
and rubber-tired coaches can spin over
1T without risk to the rubber or giving
the occupants the slightest jolt. Let
us get together on this point, even
though we continue to war over cam
GSdates for the mayoralty nomination.
The cost to Waterbury Is but a mere
bagatelle, just one-third the sum to-
tai What does it amount to? Why,
the chairman OF the board OF aldermen
said the other night that the vote au-
thorizing the appropriation of $4,000
for good roads was simply a matter
of detail, so you can see. as the wo-
man said when she bought something
she didn't want. it is dirt cheap, and
if we don't take it somebody else
will.
But never mind about the roads. 1t
Is worth treat to journey to Quassa-
paug, supposing one had to foot it all
the way along the worst road that is
in the world. The owners Of the diff
ferent homes that skirt the lake are
all democratic fellows. and while they
are Justly proud OF their homes and
grounds they are by no means hard to
approach and one looks in vain for a
"keep off the grass" sign or anything
else which would lead him to believe
that he had reason to expect other
than a cordial greeting should he hap
pen to meet the lords of the domains
or any member of their households
while passing through their neatly
kept lawns, taking peep at their
sheepwalks, viewing thier vast henner-
les, looking at their cows and horses,
or wondering at the dispatch with
which hay is cut down and gathered
into the barns. IL was while thus
occupied that the waterbury tourists
met Thomas Kelly. who owns the
Fem place on the main road and run
ming back to the lake. Mr. Kelly Is
about the same every day sort of gen.
tleman at his mansion at Middlebury
that he has always been about the
streets in Waterbury and after spend
ing half hour In his companionship
the party left, vowing as they went
that If the rest of the people OF that
charming spot possess even half as
much magnetism as Mr. Kelly does
the City hall will be moved to Quas-
sapaug any day they say the WORD.