Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-03
BROOKLYN BRIEFS

--AndreW Frederick of Riverside street spent Sunday at the shore.
 Michael Madden, D. J. Mccarthy, John Kelly and Fred Lallier are spend ing few days in New York.
 Many persons visited St Patrick's church on Saturday and Sunday and gained the indulgence of the Por. tiuncula.
 Mfrs Martel of Washington avenue and her two daughters. Misses Helen and Margaret, will leave Thursday for Atlantic City.
 The Misses Mary Bakerick of James street and Lucy Wallace of North Leonard street spent Sunday in New Haven.
 --The trolley cars are not doing rushing business in Brooklyn, as any one could see last night when the con- ductor and motorman of the 1O:45 ear stopped at the Highland division cross ing and amused themselves printing names on an aluminium machine. There were no passengers on the car so no kick was registered.
 The committee which has charge of the arrangements for the grand carni- val that will be given by the Brooklyn Athletic club from September 12 to 19, will hold meeting tonight. The com mfttee intends to make the carnival the finest ever given by the club. There will be round dancing each night. A handsome prize will be given to the lady and also to the gentleman selling the most tickets
 "A lawn party will be given by the n4 nS.x al. the church lawn Tuesday and Wednes- day evenings of next week The lawn will be handsomely decorated for the occasion. It will be brilliantly illul minated with strings of electric lights and numerous Chinese lanterns. The place will be enclosed with canvas. The entertainment will be furnished by talent from New York. Tee cream and refreshments will be served.
 South Brooklyn folks feel that they have grievance against the city gov ernment and desire to make another ap- peal for share of the public funds which they believe should be spent in their district They claim that the street from the end of the city line for a distance of several hundred feet is almost impossible during the winter time and that people on their way to work have to abandon tRe road and take to the lots. They think that there Is no part of Waterbury where DOT tion of the state road funds could be spent to better advantage and want to remind the board of public works that they should be pleased to have them in quire into the merits of their case be- fore deciding upon what shall be done with all the money belonging to the state road appropriation. It is true that the residents have no automobiles or other fancy vehicles to roll over a telford road, but they have what is far better. They have large number of women and children who travel that road several times a day, year in and year out, all of whom suffer much for three or four months every winter on account of the condition of the street. All they ask is that the matter be in- vestigated. If the board goes down there they claim that they will see the necessity of ordering something done before leaving the premises. One cleo tric light was placed there this year, and the people are thankful for that, but hope the city fathers will not think that is all they need. They want two more lights, city water, fire hydrants
 
 no means least, telford road or some other kind of treatment for that street which will render 1t passable to T an and beast
 The street department has three big jobs on hand in this part of the town, and while all of them may not be finished this year. still the work will have reached a stage so that but little lp iy. season. A massive retaining wall is being constructed on the south side of Edward street and people who take q peep at it and do not know the place wonder what 1t means. They will won- der more when they learn that the grade of the street will be on a level with the top of the wall and that 1t will be necessary to construct a wall on the opposite side of the street, too. but 1t will not be as much of job as the one now nearing completion. Al ready the city has laid water main and put sewer in that street, and side walks have been ordered laid and will be constructed as soon as the street Is worked to the established grade. All tho stone used in the big wall was blasted out of Drawer street and this of itself proved great blessing to peo- ple who have been trying to get rid of the boulders that blocked the way The other two projects are the grading of Fourth and Fifth streets. Work is now nearing completion on Fifth street. and as soon as this is out of the way operations will be commenced on Fourth street. The streets were laid out fifteen or sixteen years ago. but owing to the steep grades no adminls- tration cared to do anything with them and they remain there an eyesore and detriment to the whole district from that day to this, and probably nothing would be done with them this season either if somebody hadn't registered a star kick and demanded that the streets be fixed. Anyway the work is being done and when 1t is finished. the streets curhed and guttered, the grades will mot appear half as sharp as one would suspect by looking at the ground when 1t was in such a condition that yz an1x xxrf<y ,&sr&