The Newtown bee., 1904-10-21
Ten Pages.
LITCHFlELD COUNTY.

Al AllNIlFlEl-ON NOOlN Ee
 wooDBUR-s wOoDBURY SOON TO BE LIGHTED BY
 ELECTRICITY. The electric light plant of the Ore naug Investment Go. is now nearing com pie tion, and it will be but short time, apparently, before light will be Some months ago the Orenaug Invest ment Go. made contract with the Woodbury and SDuthbury Electric Railway Co.,, to build the necessary storage and distributing reservoirs and power house and machinery for mak- ing the electricity. The officers of the Orenaug Investment Go. are: Presi- dent, Judge Arthur Warner; vice president, w. l.. Judson: secretary and treasurer, B. s. Boyd. These with Wallace Proctor constitute the board of directors. In company with Treas urer Boyd of the company the editor now half filled with water. The land for the storage was bought of David Somers and George Bacon. The reSer- voir will flood 32 acres of land, and will have capacity of 55. 900, ,O0O gal Ions of water. It is ideally located, and the writer is enthusiastic over the proposition. There are two small streams flowing into the proposed res ervoir, while the drainage from the adjacent hills will be extensive. The contract for the two dams was award ed to the Seymour-Clark Hills Co.,, of Springfield, Mass, the work being in charge of H. G. Clark, member of the firm. The dam has core of boul- der concrete running through the cen ter, with earthen entertainments either side. At the west of the dam isa spill | way of B feet in width. Just east of David BacOn'S barn it was necessary to erect a stone wall and embankment about six feet high and l50 feet in | length. The land for the lower or dis tributing reservoir was acquired of | Henry Salmons and George Bacon. This is located on the site of an old pond, the main embankment of which Still exists. This will flood two and one-half acres of land and will have a capacity of 2,OO0,0O0 gallons of water. The latter dam has not been closed in yet and good sized stream was run urday, the time of our visit, enough it | is said to run the electric light plant. The power house was built by W. G. Ward, genial Woodbury contractor, who is always hustling somewhere. The contract for the mason work for the power house was in the hands Ot that reliable WOOdbury mason, w. w. | WeltOn. The power house is "A P feet. William P. Cahill, an experi enced electrician, will be in charge of the power house and electric work The dynamos and machinery are now in the building and are being set ir place. The Warren Electric Manu featuring Co.,, of Sandusky, O., fur nished the electric switch board. Il is divided into two parts and is mod ell of it's kind. The Holmes & Blanch ard Co.,, of Boston, Mass, had the con tract for the wheel, governor and per stock. The dynamOS were furnished by the Warren Electric Manufactur ing Co., The Woodward Governor Co.,, of Rockford, H., furnished tht governors. The gate valves were sup piled by the Ludlow Valve Manu featuring Co.,, of Troy, N. Y. The con tract for the poles and wiring has beer let to Nutting & Goodwin of Litch field. The fall from the distributin, reservoir to the power house will b. 192 feet, through a 14-inch pipe. Tn proposition as a whole is one that ap peals warmly to careful investors ii Woodbury, and judging by the value placed on water and electric ligh stocks in other towns, in two years i will be impossible to buy share 0 the stock. Local croakers, who talke' a good deal when the enterprisin& men were trying to start the thing are now quieted. Instead they ar enquirlng when they can have a chanc of taking a little stock.
 THE REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL CON MENTION.
 The first convention to elect a nomi nee for the republican party, in tn new 32d district, was held Wednesday October 12, at Woodbury. There wer two prominent candidates for tn nomination, Hon Thomas D. Brat street, present senator. from the got } district, and Dr William J. Ford c Washington. Senator Bradstreet wa chairman of the committee on Citie and Boroughs and Dr Ford chairma of committee on Public Health an . Safety. The senator's coadjutOrs wer in evidence early and labOring Strenl ouSly during the entire session and
 was not until the last vote was count l ca COulO ne De sure Ol UDc result. l II feature of the convention was upo the number and personal of the Roa
 bury delegation. Roxbury had former ly been in the 18th DistrSct and CT joyed the privilege of but two del'
 gates to their senatorial convention'
 whereas the old 10th District had a
 ways allowed equal representation
 The new 32d District ruled for equ; r. representa- tion of four delegates. RO!
 bury had six candidates and muc
 time and figuring was necessary befor
 the degat tiOn was decided upon. Whe
 the final vote was taken MT BraC
 street had 25 votes and MT Ford |
 Thus MT BradStreet was re-nominate for election.' Frank TurkingtOn (
 Morris was chosen chairman of tn
 meeting and MT Munson of Wate
 town clerk.
 LOCAL CITIZENS SHOULD BE PROUD c
 THIS ENTERPRISE.
 2, e The progress in the electric ligf
 plant seems slow to some of the peOpl
 who are waiting almost inpatient
 for the lights. Yet much has bee , accomplished and the end is near. Th
 two dams are completed and tt
 storage dam fast nearing full water The penstock is begun and only wal
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