The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-19
NEWT0WN WILL WELCOME NEW INDUSTRY SOON Voters iTs Special Session Ac- cept Proposition By Un-
 anilnouS Vote. MINISTER'S APPEAL
 BRINGS UNITED VOTE Opposition to Electric Lighting Plan Waged By Danbury
 & Bethel Corporation.
Especial to the Farmer. )

Newtown,. July 19-The special town meeting called on petition of twenty citizens, e9nibodying the de- sires of the board of trade to ercour- age the manufacturing industry in Newtown, occurred Saturday after noon at the town hall. Notwith- standing it was a special meeting call ed in the heyday of having, the largest number of farmers and out of door workers seen in recent times, turned out to favor the prop position of the Electrical company to start business in Sandy Hook.
 The meeting organized by naming ex-Sheriff A B. Blakeman as chair
 man and after approval of the warm ing, P. H. Mccarthy presented the proposition of the company as ar ranged between the board of trade and Charles S. Cole and Julius Hart wig. It's reading was greeted with applause, and the resolution second ed by 8 dozen voices. Manifestly, it struck the assemblage as proposi- tion generally advantageous for the whole town and specially interesting to Sandy Hook, the manufa curing section.
 Briefly, the company offers to light the state road from the Sandy Hook station of the Western Division of the N. r., N Fl. & H. R. R., along the dangerous right bank of the Pohta- tuck stream through the village of Sandy Hook to the station of the Berkshire division at Newtown with forty-ffve lights of forty watt, capac- ity. or equivalents. paying all costs of the equipment, and light and main tadning sanfe for 9. period of ten years upon the payment by the town of $1,0O0 a, year on the first of October in each year. and the company pro- pose to establish it's works in the old reclaiming plant of the Rubber company. and employ a force of oper- atives with a, weekly payroll of $1,O0o as a minimum, with the belief that tads plant will grow and absorb oth- CT idle shops on the banks of this stream which is renowned as a water privilege.
 The proposition seemed like the handle of a 1ug.-all on one side and in favor of the towns the ques- ton was called for but the chairman allowed sufficient time for proper op- position and digestion. The only op- position was by President Sanders Of the Bethel and Danbury Lighting Go which furnished Newtown borough with electricity, who claimed the new company's offer. if accepted, would conflict with their charter rights. There was much discussion, partdci- pated in by J. Mess Ives of Danbury, counsel for the Bethel and Danbury Lighting Go. and W. c. JoEnson. cash fer A. T Reynolds of the Savings bank, and others, pro and con but at the right moment, psychoIogical1y. Rev. Timothy J. Lee struck into the debate. His epigTanatic speech put a stop to all discussi on Gentle men," he said, you believe the prop osft1on of Charles s. Cole and Julius Hartwig of the local company is for the benefit of the whole town, as do, believe they can do what they of fer. Now it is up to us to give them the chance. If the law is against Don't waste time, do the work that is clearly in your power to do. Grant the concession
 A chorus of calls for the question, pun ctuatad the applause at the end of Rev. MT. Lees address, the ques- ton was calmly put by the chairman and over two hundred representative registered and affirmative. with not one dissenting vote.
 The Electrical Battery and Special ty company is a new company organ ized by Charles s. Cole and Julius l Hartwig, ct a1., of Newtown, Conn. with a. charter which permits a.-cap- italization of $85O,OO0. They pro pose to install machinery to the value of $1O0, 900 at the outset, and have orders ahead which will engage the employees for two years For business reasons, MT. Cole refused to disclose the exact nature of these naAnuf actur- I ed goods, but it is we'll known that there Is unli1nited capital in the fam | fly. Bridgeport, DanburY and New Milford were competitors Eors their To- cation in these places but MT, Cole favored the town of his adoption in making first offer.
 It is thought bys our. people gener- ally. that the town made no mistake in Saturdays action