The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-01
NEWTOWN
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Newtown, Feb. AT its recent an
nua1 meeting the Newtown Water
company made choice of the follow
ing board of directors: G. B. Taylor,
d. c. Peck, w. j. NBeecher, Az j. Smith,
W. A Leonard l.. G. Morris and w.
made vacant by the death of former
director, w. H. Hubbell. The dfrec-
tors elected G. B. Taylor, president;
D. c. Peck, vice-president; w. A.
Leonard, secretary; L. G. Morris,
treasurer. Contrary to expectation
nothing was done to purify the waters
Pond which has been in an excurable
condition since last fall The patrons
of the company resorted to their wells
when the taste and smell of the ser
vice water became unbearable,- and
have suffered the Inconvenience and
expense of the dual service ever since.
examined samples of the water, found
the cause of the trouble and pointed
out to the water company officials
that the bad condition might be re-
moved at the insignificant cost of 81 Is
and the patrons looked for action that
would speedily eliminate the existing
evils But nothing of the kind was
done at the meeting and seemingly
will not be. The lure of dividends was
too much for the stockholders evil
IDENTIFY, for the senai-annual dividend
of two per cent. was declared and
thus ends the matter! unless some pro-
testing patrons register a skick'' with
the PuDlc service commission, OF ap-
peal is made to the State Board Of
Health. 1t was a fortunate thing for
all of the residents, however, that they
had the good hindsight not. to fill in
their wells when they put the public
water in their homes, and more fOrtu-
nate still that this section Sof Western
Connecticut had plentiful railfall to
rep1enish these wells or Newtown
would have had a hard time. As 1t
stands and is likely to continue the
public water is good only ito wash
-<,1S
has no appreciab1e effect on the bugs
and smells of the water unless brought
to temperature of absolute zero.
And the prospects for even inch of ice
seem now vanishing. But the public
generally criticize the short-sigfted
policy of the eompanyS and are dis
Besides a majority of its patrons
haven't even the sbuzz-wagon" to
turn the hose on. OF course the water
may still be used for fire extinguish-
ing. Yet at the rate of TWENTY-FIVE or
thirty dollars annually for each by
drant, that seems a costly luxury for
town. The apathy of the borough Of
hcials in the premises is explained as
soon as the personnel of the various
official borough boards is inspected
Any time during the history of the
renaissance of the borough. the roster
of borough statesmen would answer
as a roll-call for the Water company
meetings. And when the borough Of
fieia1s, and the Water company are an
interlocking system for the coincident
control OF both as at present. what
can the death public expect?
The many friends of Mr.. John r.
Heating of Mile Hill will be glad to
learn that he has recovered and gone
back to his position as head carpen-
ter with the Fabric Fire Hose Co.
Mr.. H. B. Read visited his wife in
Bridgeport hospital today, and reports
which is good news for her family and
friends.
Editor of Evening Farmer, Sir
The communication in this evenings
Farmer from a Sympathizer, urging a
protest against the injustice of exam
nations for honor pupils OF Newtown
High school stirs feeling of neutral
sympathy with pupils and parents
and indignation at the seemingly
hopelessness of protest. No one whom
the writer has asked knows who is
responsible for this change in pro-
gramme- Honor pupils or those stand
ing over ninety percent are long
existing country-wid army of indus
trious children who should rean the
reward of their hard work If the
rule was deemed necessary announce
ment should have been made at the
beginning of the year that there
would be. no exemptions. No reason
able person can deny this. The writer
has made appeals through our only
local paper The Bee on more than one
occasion. The same have been taken
up and urged by other parents and
those of children now grown and
through High school What has be-
come of it all? Was it only useful to
fill up the Bees columns? TO wf1oTT7
shall We appeal? Against whom make
a protest? The board of Educatfon?
The High school board? The Princi-
pal2 Whom? We ask and since no
apparent mutual interest exists LET
us force one to take root and grow
from now on. 1t can be done. let Is
hope, without school strike.-Mrs
Mary DAILY Corbett, Newtown, CT,