Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-15
CITY NEWS.

s1 knee pants soc, half dollar ones 25c at Upson, Singleton X Cos. The board of finance will meet at o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
 A son was born Monday to MT and Mrs William Fitzpatrick or Pleasant street.
 Mrs w. N. Holt and Miss Mary l.. Latta of Raleigh, N. C., are visiting MT and Mrs John Whitehead of Arci street.
 Waterbury enjoyed rattling good shower yesterday afternoon. It looks very much like another down pour this afternoon, but it has not come out yet, although 1t appears to be almost here.
 Last evening about 1e:39 the fire department was called by Box 263 to Santoro Brothers block at 32 Abbott avenue. Mrs Simon Risberg while lighting a gas jet held bot tie of gasoline too close to the jet and the liquid took fire. It burned her face and hands consider ably and did some damage to the wood work before it was extin- guished. The loss was slight.
 The annual report of the United Gas improvement Co has been filed at the town clerks office. Thomas Dolan of Philadelphia is president; Samuel T. Bodine, Randall Morgan, Walton Clark and Lewis Little, vice. presidents: Lewis Little, treasurer; James Ball. assistant treasurer; w. F. Doulthirt, secretary; w. H. May shall, assistant secretary. The diree- tors are Randall Morgan. Rudolph Ellis, William Wood, c. A. Griscom and NJ. l.. Clothier, all of Philadel- phia. William Baeder & Co-Wi.- liam Baeder, New York, president; Louis Friesner, New York, vice president: Charles H. Dubois of Ho- boken, secretary and treasurer. The officers are the directors.
 Albert Doerler, a youth aged l6 was arrested this morning by Detect i've Colesanto as he is wanted for rum ming away from the county home. The boy did not really run away from the home but he left position which the home authorities secured for him on a farm in New Haven. The boy claims that he was not treated we'll at the farm and that his employer was never satisfied with his wrok. While in this city he has been in the employ of Sake & Floto and was do- ing well. He was giving satisfaction to his employers and was SD pleased with the position that he is begging the local police to leave him here.
 The opinion of the city attorney relative to divisional fences. submit ted to the board Of public works last night, Is interesting. In brief. 1t states that the board has no authority to settle differences between property holders regarding the location of fences. but after the boundaries have been established and one or more par ties wants fence and the others do not. the board may, after looking over the ground, order a suitable fence erected and if one of the par ties neglects to do his part of the work then they have the right to have it built or repaired as the case may be and place a lien on the property for the bill. In other words. where two persons own a strip of land abuttinE on each other each has to pay half the expense but the board cannot act utiI the line Is agreed to.
 Will the name of SarsfeId street he changed7 That depends. Some folks who live on what they caiI Sarsfeld street were told last nigSt that the street they live on has no name at all and the matter was re- ferred to the street committee with instructions to look it ID. It is also charged that sink water abounds ia abundance in that neighhorhood. This is something for the sanitary inspector to look after and no dousf he vfll see to it The name of the street vas the subject of Judge Cow ellis most eloquent speech when he uss in the board of aldermen. lie considered it a very zrproDrisrs name for anv thorouEhfsre hecsuss he linked it with that of many SOL diers Hho n1arrhe1 and fought with the Union forces clear up to the gateS