Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-28
CITY NEWS.

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 A son was born this morning to
 MT and Mrs John Savers of Ayers
 street.
 Miss Josephine Morrow of Jersey
 City is the guest of Miss Tillie Myers
 of PA South Elm street.
 List of advertised letters: Mrs Jennie M. Candee, Mrs Robert Johns-
 ton, Smith Murray, Emil Pukallus,
 Miss Maud Redfern, Miss Helen Still son, Miss Julia Sullivan, Timothy D. Sullivan CD, G. Frank Burgess.
 The December criminal term of
 the district court will open next
 Tuesday at 10 o'clock, but in all
 probability will adjourn a week or two to give those interested an op-
 portunity to settle their cases.
 The subject for the sermon at the
 Third Congregational church on Sun
 day will be Reverence" At the
 close of the morning service there
 will be Sunday school. The subject
 for the evening service will be The
 Folly of Atheism"
 -hio hdi sal CI I DldhSSlee, WuD
 was formerly a Miss O'Brien, has
 brought suit for divorce against her husband Charles P. Blakeslee The couple was married on September 6 eight years ago and soon after Blakeslee left town. He is now SUD- posed to be a resident of Bakersfield, Cal, where most of his people are living.
 univerSalist services tomorrow at 1O:3O a. m., Rev W. F. Dickerman, D. D., pastor. Subject of discourse. The High Church Movement" Bible school and kindergarten at noon. 7:3O p. m. an illustrated lec> ture on the Vatican and it art treas ures. Place of meeting, corner North Willow street and Wildwood avenue. All are cordially invited.
 There was very little business for the city court to-day, the only party requiring the attention of Judge Burpee being Michael Meyers who was charged with vagrancy. He was given thirty days in jail. Albert Gunner got out his revolver yester- day and shot cat belonging to his neighbor Ernest Vestering. He paid s10 for discharging fire arms within the city limits.
 The chemical engine answered a l still alarm this morning for brush fire off Plaza avenue. There was no damage, but people who live in the neighborhood got bad scare and hope that in the near future the city will have an official whose duty it l will be to call around when a brush | fire starts up and find out who is for the trouble The de- l partment responded to an alarm yes terday afternoon on Bergen street, where Mrs John Kelly accidentally | tipped over lamp. The thing to result in big blaze, but the family got busy right away and clubbed it into submission before it had chance to do any harm. Lamps will be upturned as long as such things exist, but it is different with brush fires and it does seem that somebody is shirking his duty in allOwng so much deviltry to go on at great risk of life and limb without even inquiring why this is so or making the slightest effort ta locate the offenders.
 How many people ever stop to realize what a progressive period this is for the city of Waterbury? It is almost remarkable The city, which for years has been regarded as moving no faster than snail in the matter of improvements. is sure Iy making wonderful strides if one Is to judge from the size of the con- tracts which the city is working on and others which are soon to be given out. The preliminary work of he mammoth sewage system, which will cost upwards of three quarters of a million dollars. has just been much work has already been done on Library park. mill ion dollar improvement. The board Df works recently recommended a new reservoir. another million dol lar contract. These alone, not to mention the amount of street paving he city has done the past couple of years and that which it is planning. will undoubtedly convince the tax payers as we'll as the rentpayer that is in the center of the circle.
 The commissioners of the depart- nent of public works have been won- lering whether they can use some of he water bond money for the pur- ,ose of cleaning the basin of the Prospect reservoir and making such as are necessary at the Iast Mountain reservoir. For some unknown reason the opinion always prevailed among the officials that the roceeds of these bonds could not be sed anywhere except at the Branch, ut an opinion of the city attorney ust rendered states that the pro- eeds from these bonds can be used n any place where it is found that he outlay will add to the water sup ly of the city. This is exactly what he commissioners want, because it ill put them in position to do with the out east water lants which have been neglected or many years. Many never knew he value of the East Mountain Ource until this season. It is about he only water the city has had that ; fit to use for the past three lonths, and the water committee hould see that it is kept in the best ossible condition all the tme. for obody knows when it might he eeessary 10 look to it again as the