Connecticut western news., 1915-02-18
MAYOR R0RABACK AGAIN
Contest for Chef Magistracy of the
 Fire District.

The annual meeting and election of the Canaan Fire District was held i'll Town Hall, Saturday afternoon, with an astonishingly large attt ndance as compared with any former election. The answer was found in the fact that a contest had developed over the choice of warden, Henry R. Whitford having entered the race, with a following which. numerically, would have swept the slate clean, at any previous meeting of the District; but the present warden J. Clinton ROraback, having become appraised of the new candidacy, met the revolutionary force with larger one. and overwhelmed it, two to one. The vote, on informal ballot stood. Rora back, 36; WhitfOrd, IS; Charles C. Smith, 2. On motion of George Fuller the informal ballot was made formal, and Warden Roraback thanked the meeting for the honor of re-elec tion and proceeded to the election of the other officers.
 John $. Reed was unanimously re. elected clerk, treasurer and collector.
 Auditor, Allyn Fuller.
 Executive Committee, pr. F. H. Lee, Charles G. Smith, George W. Ford, George s. Fuller, A. L. Hugins.
 Board of Relief, John B. Reed, George Mather, F. F. Stevens.
 Voted that tax of 2 ] mills be lai1, payable May l, 1915.
 When the matter of renewing the contract for electric lights came up il was explained that certain changes are ill contemplation by the lighting com pany. involving change in the style of burners. and that the company is not ready at present. to make new con tract. The meeting voted to leave the matter for settlement, to a special meeting, to be called when the com pany is ready.
 The question of extending the sewer system to Bragg street elicited some little discussion. MT. John B. Rec explained that the extension would cost about $2, 800, and there were onl, three families on Bragg street wh would connect with the sewer. Unde. the present charter. he thought, tn sewer could not be extended to take iI "Peaseville. " and he asked if anybody present represented that section.
 MT. Fuller stated that he, with MT Smith, as committee, had investigated the matter of sewer extension, and ij was found that the cost would be ap proximately S2, 900 and the rentals, ill cluding such families on Railroad street as might connect with iU, would amount to only about $90 year. The extension would have to run through Dr. Camps meadow, and the right of way would cost $500.
 Dr. Lee said the extension must not be viewed with relation to its advisa- bility as a ''paying proposition" it could not be expected to be a paying proposition, except in so far as it would be a measure of health and safety. The conditions in Peaseville, are un- favorable from sanitary viewpoint, and sewerage is desirable.
 MT. Lansing moved that the matter be referred to a committee of three, to be named by the Warden to consult with and advise the residents of Pease- vile as to the desirability Of that colony being embraced within the limits of the fire district, and the course neces- sary to pursue in order to be so joined, and that the matter be deferred until the special meeting agreed to in the electric lighting matter. It was so voted.
 On motion of MT. Fuller it was voted that the treasurer be authorized to pay the water company for the three hy. drants-at the lumber yard, town hall and school house.