Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-24
CITY NEWS.

Miss Emily J. Smith is the guest of her cousin, Miss Nellie Salter of Meriden.
 Irving A. Messenger of Marion ave- nue has been spending the past three days in New York city on business. ?
 Mrs Julia A. Messenger of Canaan has spent the past week at the home of her son, Irving J, Messenger of Marion avenue, Morningside.
 Alderman Gallagher has called a meeting of the taxation revision committee for Wednesday night, Sep tember 30, in the aldermanic cham Der.
 P. J. Meehan, who was formerly yardmaster at the railroad yards in this city, and who was transferred to Hopewell, has been transferred back to Waterbury and is now at his old position.
 twill the city fathers have any more outings to the reservoirs this year?" is question now being ask ed by people interested in the pro- posed $1,000,000 dam. Nobody knows, or if he does he is keeping it to himself, but perhaps the alder men may decide to look over the Cooke street reservoir before the winter sets in.
 Chief Snagg and his auto had an other cillision yesterday. While round- ing the corner of West Main and Leavenworth street the machine col lided with a bottling wagon from Thomaston, and while nobody was hurt and nothing seriously damaged, it was close call, and shows the necessity of extreme caution, espe- cially in turning sharp corners.
 John O'Brien, 16, son of Patrick OBrien, died to-day at the home of his aunt Mrs John Lucid, 219 South Main street. Besides his father he leaves three sisters, Margaret, Helen and Loretta, and one brother, Mar tin. Funeral Saturday at S:30 to the Immaculate Conception church. Interment in Calvary Cemetery. The deceased was an employe of the Scovill Co and was popular and well liked by his shopmates and all oth- CTS who had the pleasure of his ac- quaintance.
 John J. Quilter and Miss Dora M. Durke were married at St Mary s church, Yonkers, N Y., at 10 o'clock yesterday morning by the Rev Fa- {. ther Curtin. B. M. Quilter, a brother of the groom, was best man and Miss Josephine T. Donahue of New York city, cousin of the bride, was bridesmaid. The bride wore a gown of white point de spirit and white picture hat. The brides maid wore a gown of white batiste with a white lace hat. After the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served at the home of the bride on Ash street. On their return they will reside at 226 North Willow street. The bride was a former em. ploye of :ne Waterbury Clock Co and the groom is clerk in the To- cal post office.
 A man who knows something about engineering says he has been giving some attention to the water question and wants to know why il would not be good plan to work the present basin at the Branch res ervoir to twice its size and thus dc away with the cost of putting ur another expensive dam. This, ht says, can be done for about s300,. 900 and would yield almost as much water as you can get on the othel plan for s1 100000. This looks all right, but if the gentleman is z practical engineer he must know that the Wigwam da has its limita tions and 1t Is doubtful if 1t wal intended to withstand the pressure that double the amount of watei which the reservoir now holdl would put upon 1t. In any case i is worth passing along.