Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-21
FATHER DUccAN's WILL.
Exscuters Will 10 Authorised to Car.
 " out Its psovisions.

" 0st It's rsovisions. { The late Father Duggan of St Pat ] rick's parish will be dead ten years , next November, and at that time, ac- cording to his will, his executors will
 be authorized to take steps for the es.
 tablishment of library in connection
 with St Patrick's parish or in some other part of Waterbury; also a protec. i tory or asylum for boys in some part
 of the Hartford diocese. There can
 be no doubt but that the library will
 be located ill this city, but there al,'
 pears to be some question as to
 whether the protectory will be here
 or in some other town in the diocese.
 and for that matter some say that the
 Naverian protectOry already in exist ence at Hartford is the institution,
 but nobody knows-Outside the bishop.
 who is exccutor, and is the sole judge as to where the protectory shall be To-
 cated, it's scope and so on. At the time of Father Duggan's death his estate
 netted S34 546!O4, and this invested iu- diciOusly for ten years probably
 doubled the sum total and may have
 done considerably better than that. Of
 dent to litigation, but they were not
 heavy. probably not over $5.000, so
 that the fund at the present time must
 be large and it is likely that both pro jects provided for in the document
 will be taken hold of in the near fr-
 ture
 I Brooklyn would like to have the lir brary in that district and if is also claimed that no more desirable site could be chosen for the protectory for boys than Town Plot, where it is quite
 evident that Father Duegan intended to do something of that sort, for he
 made several purchases there some time before his death. Most of. the land Was intended for |: park. which he intended to present to the city gov crnment. but there was more than
 that in his plans and 1t is safe to state
 that had he haen spared up to the present time there would rra a park in that part of the town, Town Plot would he dotted witlr~the residences of thrifty citizens, the trolley cars would run clear around to West !1ain street and an asylum for boys would be one of tue attractions some place in that section. But that's another matter. The question people are ask ing now is were will Father DugGan's exacntor establish the library. in St Patyick's parish or the Immaculate Concention? Where will the protec- tory for boys he located. in Waier- bury or some other place in the dio- Casa? The person who would answer these nneries at this date would in terest almost, as many citizens as one would hv sit'iNg the report of the sne- cial committed on assessments to the paners. JN ..'- 7 ?
 The changes that have taken place since the death of Father Dngean and the ones now under way prove that hn was no dreamer. He realized that these thinoS were bonnd to come and many who needed not his counsel with
 .afarance to purchases of property wish now that they had done so when they see nrnDerty that they parted with for little or nothin" hringinc big sums of money. It is surprising what cllanups 2 few years bring in thrifty community like Waterbury. Mh,X.; 1t seems but yesterday since Farther Dnp"an and F. A. Smith stood on South Nain street. opposite what is now WaShinotOn avenue. and talked of a street alon" there and a brid"e to connect it with Rurnham street. Many ridicnI,d the prOnositon and said that the conditions would pot warrant the outlnv for the next half century. But this kind of talk didn't deter Father Dug~an from advocating his ideas in season aud out of season. and in the end he won out and lon" before he died D.Aonle who took sides against him saw their mistake and wore can did enough to admit it. At the nres- ent time. with the possible execution of a cross street from Bank street to Penedict. and this is coming. every thing Father Duggan prOphesied is in the works and peXt season gangs of men will be pushing them to compile tion and when they get through the face of Waterbury will be changed so that Father Duggan would hardly know it if he could return and take a look at it.
 Father Durgan had plans under way when death claimed him which would have given the Brooklyn dis trict Il great boom. but if it gets the li- brary and prOtecto:y even now the people will be about as we'll provided for as any of their neiehbOrs. With the Chase park. the Ducgan prOtec- tory and library. the elimination of all the grade crossings of the COnsolidat- ed road. the Naugatuck river still with them even though it may be come the property of q private corpor- ation: churches representing all Chris tian creels. two splendid public schools and couple of private educa- tiOnaI institutions. q delightful Gods Acre." a goodly share of public jn'- provements and many natural adv@1' taees not shared by other districts. what wonder is il that folks are be. ginning to say that after als there was lot of truth in Father Duggan'S con teutiou that there was something moi.a than poetry in the immortal lines of Bishop Berkeley which begin.
 Westward tht course of empire takes
 its way. and which the first pastor of St Pat rick's 50 frequently quoted from the altar with view to encouraging pe0- pla wiio had got the notion into their l...I. that ro,l fSfafa fl tIiat mart uf