Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-17
JACKSON STREET TO-DAY
Everything nsing Lsvslad By O'Brisn
 conssrnclien Co.

If you care to have look at Brook
 lyn as you used to know it a few
 years since, make trip oyer there as
 soon as possible, else the opportunit; !;
 will have passed for all time. This is
 especially true of Jackson street ana
 that district east of Riverside street to
 q point south of Simon street and west of Wagner alley, where the !. J. OBrien Construction Co Is leveling Ieverything before them and making such progress that in few days more one wouldn't know be ever saw the place. Tha fates were kind to the old residents of Jackson street in calling them to their reward before the com Ing of the O'Briens and the demolition or their homes, which was commenced with vengeance yesterday. It isn't many years ago since the 0'Briens would have met foemen worthy of their steel if they dared enter Jackson street and undertake to rage one of It's modest buildings. but to-day things are different. The original settlers are nowhere In sight and the only persons still on the ground have no sentimental. interest in the place and are clinging o their homes with no other end in view but simply to save paying rent as long as possible, But they will have to move on pretty s0on or take their chances of having the buildings pulled down over their heads, for Jackson street is doomed and before tue sun sets Saturday night the last of it's old landmarks will have been wiped of the map of Waterbury and natives Of the Brass city returning to spend the Christmas time under the parental roo. will look ill vain for sight of the dozen or more cheerful cottages tha. stood there for over half a century and which for many years were the homes Of some of the most respectable fam lilies in the community. There is big demand for wood and the mad scram Die going on among the women folks and youngsters to get hold of choice pieces would lead one to believe that there was bound to be a free for all fight every minute. They speak in q foreign tongue and people who drop in 10 see what is going can only stop and wonder and listen and then guess at what it all means, for nobody appears ~ " obit No as to why the place is being turned upside down.
 Oyer across the way. near the bridge that spans Bank street, Thomas Kelly. the baker. keeps watch over force of men at work removing MT Kelly's barn to make way for the double track that runs clear through his property. Mir 1 Kelly was not so particular regarding what became of the timbers after he | had inspected them carefully. It ap- pears that somebody is said to have | deposited pot of gold somewhere in | the old building and MT Kelly is mak- ing an effort to locate the treasure | while the structure is being taken down
 The same upheaval of things that one sees on Jackson street is noticea ble along Riverside street and Washington avenue, and standing on the latter roadway looking toward the I.urritt foundry one not aware of the facts would suspect that the place had been visited by terrific cyclone. Really this is an era of eyolutions in BrooklyD which a very large share of people who reside in other parts of the city know little or nothing about