Connecticut western news., 1907-10-31
MANUFACTURERS LOOKING DESIRABLE LOCATIONS SHOULD OPEN CORRESPONDENCE WITH CANAAN BOARD OF TRADE

E. E. Merchant has leased rooms in a portion of Miss Carrie Knickerbocker' s house and expects to move to-day. He will reside there until the completion of hls house. ..s..
 The Norton building on West Main street, formerly occupied by THE NEWS and now occupied by Decker 6 Alvord, is to have a new front. The glass, doors and other material have arrived and a decided improvement in the appearance of the building will be effected.
 Mrs. w. H. De Forest, missionary of Sendai, Japan will speak in the Pil- grim church Monday, Nov.4 at 3p.m. All interested in the subject are invited to attend. She speaks in the Salisbury Congregational Church Tuesday at 3 p. m and on Wednesday at the same hour in the East Canaan Church.
 Rev. E. O. Gillette went to Norfolk Tuesday to take part in a conference on the theme "The Minister and the Country Church." The middle class of Hartford Theological Seminary also at tended the conference. Rev. J. 0. God dard of Salisbury also attended the meeting and spoke on the subject.
 The public service commission in the Second District of New York has granted an application of the New York, New Haven 6 Hartford Railroad Company to purchase additional common and pre- ferred stock of tho Central New Eng land Railroad Company which the for mer has operated under stock control for several years. There was no opposition to the application.
 School Notes T
 Miss Lockwood, and Miss Kasson from Sheffield visited the school in Ca- naan Monday. . ..#'s ,s
 From forty pupils registered in Miss Roraback's room, the attendance last week was 99 per cent. ss
 In spite of the unpleasant weather this week the attendance has been good throughout the building.
 Miss Ferris, the teacher in the first grade spent Saturday at her home New Milford, returning Sunday morning.
 Water Stopped the Plant
 The high water in the Housatonic river put the Berkshire Power Compa- nY's plant completely out of business Tuesday afternoon and as we go to press it is still idle. The enormous volume of water below the dam produced back pressure on the water wheels which destroyed their power therefore Canaan, Sharon, Norfolk and Millerton were without light and power. ... 2. Electric Service in Danger ... N
 The high water caused some anxious moments for the Berkshire Power Con- pany Tuesday. The enormous pressure of the millions of gallons of water in the Housatonic river which were flowing over the dam, began to eat away the bank at che west end of the dam and it required some prompt and vigorous measures to prevent the bank giving way. Many loads of stone were dumped in and the danger temporarily overcome. The Invisible Invincibles .e ...
 The "Invincible" basket ball team, composed of Canaan ladies, was invisi- ble Monday evening, the date set for the first grand scramble for the ball, be- cause there was no ball to scramble for. It is ordered but went to Cannon, Conn. or Canaan, N. Y. or Canaan, N. H., or New Canaan, Conn. or some other spot At any rate it didn't reach Canaan, Conn. And we further understand that the team will be invisible to spectators for some time to come or until the ladies have acquired what they consider suitable proficiency III the game.
 Board of Trade Meeting
 The Canaan Board of Trade held a meeting Saturday evening at the law offices of A. T. and J. H. Roraback for the purpose of formulating request to the New York, New Haven 6 Hart ford railroad to run the Great Barring ton-Pittsfield local train between Ga naan instead. Every member present favored the idea and J. H. Roraback and N. Watson Hardenbergh were ap- pointed committee to formulate a re- quest to be sent to the railroad officials Wallace Garfield, John $. Reed and Harry M. Doty were appointed com mittee to confer with the people of Ashley Falls and Sheffield and obtain their cooperation. It is an assured fact that no difficulty will be encount- cred ill securing this cooperation.