Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-14
BRooKIYH BRIEFS.


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 Misses Katherine Mary and Mar garet Shannahan, visited Camp Cole yesterday.
 MT and Mrs Arthur Seward of Highland avenue are entertaining friends from Winstet.
 The Brooklyns will have day of tomorrow as there is only one game scheduled in the City Amateur league.
 Four urchins broke window in the Lithuanian saloon at the corner of Bank and South Leonard street last evening and got away, notwithstand- ing the efforts of the proprietor to capture them.
 The Strikulis meat market will be cleaned out to-day also. This store always did a good business. but the owner recently was taken sick and had to be removed to hospital In New Haven. Since that time the bus mess has not been taken care of and as result the creditors shut down on him.
 Tt is said that if it were not for the strike of the bricklayers and ma sons that Mir Atwood of Watertown, who owns the property at the corner of Bank and Porter streets. would have built a fine block on this site during the summer. But because of the differences between the contrac- tors and their men the proposed building was abandoned.
 The store conducted by A. Hakin on Bank street opposite the Duggan school is closed as the result of an at tachment by Constable Hoppe. This makes the second big store in Brook lyn that has been closed this week. The claims against Hakin amount to about S150. $100 which he owes the Silver Bros of Hartford. the other $50 being due to D. E. Carroll. The store conducted by Hakin seemed to be mp to date in every article. having soda fountain, an ice cream parlor and a new piano. It turns out that the pro prietor owned none of these and the creditors will have poor chance of getting their money if they depend upon the stock that is left in the store. The contents of the store will be re- moved to. Blakeslee's storehouse to- day.
 This morning about o'clock 1t looked as If there was to be some ex- citement over in Brooklyn at the Ha- kin store which was attached by Con- stable Hoppe yesterday. Edward Mail- lard, who works for the Connecticut Railway & Lighting company, went over there to take out the meter which the company has in the store. But as is the case when store is attached the keeper, who happens to be pretty stocky fellow, refused to allow Maillard into the place when the latter made known his errand. At first the employe of the c. R. & L.. Go thought the fellow inside was only joking, but when the fellow on the inside stuck out his chest and said no one was to enter the place Mail lard got up on his ear immediately. When Hopes man, who had the up- per hand, saw that there was trouble brewing he quickly locked the door and all that was left for the meter man to do was to stay on the outside and tell the fellow inside what he thought of him.
 -A very enthusiastic meeting of the Brooklyn and Town Plot Improve ment committee was held in the Ly- ceum last evening, the best feeling prevailing on all sides. If there were any sore feeling among the members, 1t certainly did not show itself and the meeting of last night should lay at rest all those stories about there being a split in the committee. The members were pleased O hear that the mayor had communication fin which was outlined extensive improvements for this section. It asks that the fol lowing improvements be pushed along: the viaduct from Riverside street to the new station: the Liberty street extention; the widening of Meadow, Grand and South Willow streets: the proposed extension of Jackson street and the straightening of Bank street, which has already been discussed before the board of al- dermen. Although these matters have been touched upon before and the committee has spent some time dis cussing them. bigger effort then ev- CT will now be made to have them pushed through. The proposed exten- sion of Clark street over which the Town Plot people and the Brooklyites had slight disagreement was dis cussed. The new part of the street will be fifty feet wide while the width of James street and that part of Clark street, which is now built will be left to the judgment of the board of public works
 On motion of Attorney James NJ. Lynch the following resolution was unanimously adopted:
 Whereas. The Connecticut Railway x Lighting Co. desiring to extend It's tracks within the city limits. publicly promised through its counsel. that such improvements contemplated the construction of line on Town Plot in the near future. and
 "Whereas, The said company does not appear to be willing to enter into any agreement to carry out such promise. hut appears desirous of be- ing relieved from it's obligations to Town Plot residents. therefore he it "Re solved. That we. the members of the Brooklyn Improvement com mittee in meeting assembled. express our pleasure at the sturdy stand talk en by our city officials upon the latest proposition from the said company. and we hereby renew our demands | for the extension of the trolley ser. vice through the Brooklyn and Town Plot districts. and urge the mayor and members of the board of aldermen to continue in their present commend. able attitude and thus compel the said trolley company to make some remuneration to the city for the many vanuable privileges conferred upon I by the public"