Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-09-04
NAUGATUCK NUGGETS

The Naugatuck band will give prom tomorrow night in Columbus hall.
 The Consolidated baseball tean will play the Terryvilles in that place next Saturday.
 There was a large attendance at the show in the opera house last night and all who attended seemed to be well satisfied.
 The work of tearing down the old freight house was begun this morn ing and the work of building the foundation for the new passenger de- pot will be started just as soon as the old station is taken away.
 The funeral of Miss Amelia Schaff. CT was held this afternoon from her late residence on Meadow street, Rev Sherrod Soule conducting the funeral services. 1nterment was in Hillside cemetery.
 The Maple Woods and the Cherry Streets will meet next Sunday in An drews lot, and play the deciding game for the championship of the borough The Maple Woods have won three games from this team this year and the Cherry Streets have asked for one more trial.
 Contractor John J. German is put ting Sokoloski's hall in readiness for next Sunday when mass will be cele- brated there. To-day he is moving the altar that stood in the vestry of St Francis church to the hall, where he will put it in position and it will be used for the first time next Sun day.
 The work that has been going on in the interior of St Michaels church is now nearly completed and it is ex- pected that services will be held there on Sunday, September 15, but the regular opening services will not take place until Sunday, September 29; this day being the feast day of the patron saint of the church and also the feast of All Angels.
 The old railroad bridge over Long, meadow brook is being torn down, now that the track has been shifted over the arches that have been built recently, and many of the older in habitants of the town were heard to remark to-day that the old bridge had dollars worth of business pass over it and had existed during the time that the place was growing from a village to what it is at the present day.
 The warden has ordered Contrac- tor Johnson to fill in the excavation for the storm sewers that have been opened for some weeks on account of not being able to get the pipes and as this is one of the busiest thorough fares in the borough the action of the warden will be approved by most ot the citizens, even though the first mistake was made in allowing the street to be opened before the arrival of the sewer pipes.
 One of the most complete surprises of the year was sprung last night when the resignation of Burgess P. E. Freeman was handed to the clerk of the borough. There are many reasons given by those who claim to know why Mir Freeman should resign at this time, but only those who are in innate with him can state the real reason. It has been hinted many times during the past few weeks that he was thinking seriously of doing this, but no doubt at some later date satisfactory explanation will be made to his constituents why he fail ed to serve the full term to which he was elected. At any rate, the board loses one of its ablest mem- bers and the second ward loses a val uable representative, for his only aim was to give to the community the best that was in him without look ing for returns.
 The regular monthly meeting of the board of warden and burgesses was held last night All of the members were present. The reports of the health officer. chief of police and fire chief were read and approved. Mrs Ida Trowbridge was ordered to lay sidewalk on her property on Aetna street on or before October l5, 1897. The property owners on Spring street were given a chance to express their opinion as to whether or not they wre in favor of having sidewalks in front of their property. P. ]. Bren- nan was the first to speak and he was in favor of them was were also the McDermOtt families, who own prop erty there. but the majority were Op- posed to the laying of walks inIme- diately. Andrew C. Brennan spoke for all the heirs of the estate of the late Andrew Brennan and he was Up- posed to the idea unless the borough would reset all the curbing thst would be disturbed along the line where they would grade and as the board wouldn't agree to this he opposed the measure. as did August Weber and several others. The hard voted, how ever. to notify the property oUncrs on Spring street to lay a curbing in front of their property on UT before October 15. 19O7. and to lay a Side walk not later than June 1. IaslS. D. r. Mills appeared before the board and asked several questions about various things and seemed to bs sat- isfie1 with the answers he received, as he soon after left the room in smiles. The board voted to grade Johnson street. Goodyear avenue and Curtiss street as much as the appro- priatiOn for these streets would aI- low. The committee on the fountain, the passway from South Main street to Central avenue and fire horses re- ported nothing doing thus far The borough attorney reported that the board couH order that those d,szs