Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-08-11
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The big automobile boat Sybarita, owned by w. Gould Brokaw of New York, was in collision with an un-s known schooner two miles west of Cornfleld light, New London. early yesterday. the Sybarita being disa- bled. She was lowed into that port by the steamer Yuma and will be re- paired there. The principal damage is to her machinery.
 With the removal of the shells from most of the wharves along the Quinnipiac, Fair Haven. repairs are' being made and some small building operations will be carried on. Con- tractor William filling is piling at H. c. Rowe & Cos plant and F. Mans field X Sons wharf, which gave way under the weight of thousands of bushels of shells. and these docks will be put in good condition.
 All departments of the Seth Thom- as Clock cor'pany of Thomaston will reopen on Monday after a vacation which began July 26. Several i'm provements have been made during the shut down and as the business outlook is brighter than usual 1t is expected that the factories will run full time instead of five days week as was the schedule through the summer.
 Graham Thompson, the Plantsville horseshoer. is mixed up in a peculiar horse deal in Southington. He pur- chased a horse recently from a Meri- den man who said he was conserva-! tor over young man who owned the animal. Now the young man hadi appeared upon the scene and had the horse replevined. An attempt is be- ing made to settle the case as Mir Thompson was in no manner to blame.
 A petition is being prepared by the property owners and residents on the banks of the stream which flows through the yard of the Excelsior Needle company, Torrington, asking for an injunction to prevent the draining of oil and gasolene into the stream. A few months ago the gaso- lene caught fire and an explosion caused considerable damage. A sec ond fire on "Wednesday was extin- guished by the company's apparatus before any damage was done. The petition will be presented to the health officer, the state board of health and the board of warden and burgesses.
 The William Fould & Co baper mills of South Manchester are to be enlarged and Thursday the contract was let for the new mill that is to be built there It will be S5 by 100 feet and one story high and will be built of brick The new mill will be To- cated close to the mill built last year. but will be operated indepen- dently of the other. having a separate set of engines and boilers. The ma chinery has been ordered and the building will probably be ready by November 1. C. O. Treat and E. l.. e. Hohenthal have the contract for the work, the former for the brick work and the latter the wood work.
 A resident of Bristol who wrote re- gently to President Mellen of the New York. New Haven & Hartford Railroad company. asking some ques- tions about the contemplated electric service between there and Hartford. received a letter yesterday morning from the presidents secretary which sheds a new light on thesquestiDn of the service between that town and Hartford. Mr Nellen's secretary said that the president had nc thought of running the trolley tc Bristol" which apparently means that the much talked of overhead trolley system that was expected be- tween there and Hartford is good way of. Bristol people had anticf- psted having a better service thar that offered by the dinky trains. but it apparently vfli not come for some