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"i’llli, fl’enna’a‘yaad
, clam or the owner Norwaik, ut
labi‘j‘t’tight’a town naming in the Nor-
walk Opera ileum. voted down the
projection build two" ball by a
vote oi atleaat five-tonne. The eon-
mdmm-vummuum
“departure time to run the town in
debt (50:000. aa taxea are already bur.
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The meeting was one oi the largeat
ourheidin’tltehiatorybithe town,
lolly 1.090} peraoaa crowding the hall
to ita limit, while a hundred or m
whoatt'allvtodtogalnentrame were
obliged utter to atand in the‘lobby
oatitaetkedemortomrett-pud
.‘a neon, ’l'itelaaioritrtook the n:-
ifli m Ail lettin- of the town.
evea'tothemoteruralnietrkmwm
nurture-med lnviaetttwaaareo
rearntatlve town _ in every
“madcap“ ,7 maaliarge
an! 1 , money anu
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“0i eoto'ae you w about“ were
one in the gallery.
"Milled." cried another.
air. Smith then mile matter to a
vote. and bank 0’ a charaa oi
"Aye-'7 on both um He decided in
favor oi Ir. ward. llia daeiaion
waa . y doubud.
AW al W no better re-
sell, and a rising vote waa railed tor.
liany were ataadlag and all were
counted tor Hr. laonard.
“Now. it than eluding in the buck
don't equal. they will alao be counted
again," admoniahed the town clerk.
Albert Baaadera oi Graniteville.
mooted thatall beaaked term by
ralalng their haada.
it won laally decided by u riaing
vote that Air. Inna-rd waa duly elect~
ed. AI be mounted the olatiorm ev-
erybody warmed up by cheering.
lilr. Leonard denounced that. the
town hoaaeneeetioa wrap the ilrai mat~
ter to come heiora tile meeting.
"We want it! We all want
shouted a eborna oi voiced.
ntnormrou nmwoucuo.
Atmeyrllevi Inner then present.
ed a roadaiion to the elect that the
"aeieetaleu be authorised and directed
wantinemilfloiawwn ballet
aeoatnottoeaeevdlfl.m.m theme
at the prudent utreetm and wording
to plan now in the or»
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iir. Worler'e reaolutioe Waa maid-
edaadheproeeededtoapeak noontbe
Ila laid lie believed there
waaaodilereaeeoiopinionaatoihe
oi a new town ball. but it
memoiwhetherormitem
Wtobliidoleat the present
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SEES? MEETINGEVER‘HELD
_ Them Ably, Forcihly and Good Naturally W by M by m m m M w m
. . Attorneys Warner, Walsh, Seymour and Lockwood on One Side,
: , afibyilenerali’reat, levers. Palmer, Golden. Ferris, Donovan,
Acton on the Other. ,
that in the near tuture it will be expe-
dient to divide the town. 1 am inclin-
ed to believe that i iavor that plan. it
thetowa homeobouldhebuiltou the
propoaed Iliii llill aite. thin part oi the
ion will have to pay ior it. and that
abould influence the vote here tonight.
I don‘t think any one in Norwalk
would oppoae ouch a oourae. The site
la convenient even ii the town ia not
divided. l am told the aeleettnen hove
received on oiier iron: a reliable con-
tractor to put no title propoaed build-
ing ior $45,000 and that he will give a
bond iur its completion."
Selectman Ilerrill here introduced
Architect Beers, who explained the
plane. '
. ublow many people will the aauembly
hall aeat?‘ aalad Attorney John H.
“Alma. It.” waa the reply.
“now many ream?” queried Jere-
flab none-u
. .5“! don't new,” raaoonded the arch-
iipet. ”here an the plans; you an
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"He «at» tat-ow" remarked Al-
MW ”Amanthatean't tell
at: may mean It‘deahnod la a
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Icmwaatheneatapaaker
bake them. in said he took
fir gm M bloating no one
modal may!” irom all aer-
tiua. and manned oi men to whom
he oneatioa oimatlou in an import-
» one. “i believe." he continued.
“that there to nothing on important or
the proper timing mid expenditure oi
“bite motley. Committee allover
New England are completely alopping
over. it i may one that inelegant ea-
preaaion. We are eonatontiy doing
what the man did who had to tor a
wardrobwapent it all upon a but and
walked upon hta uppera for the real
oi the year. That la ion! the aituation
we have beiore ua." llr. Palmer did
not think the town van in any finan-
cial rondition to warrant the expendi-
ture oi 050.000 ion! at preaent. and or
W the opinion that good ruada
were oi more value and uaed more by
the taxpayers vthan a new town hall
would be. "ii you borrow money tor
a town hall do you know what you are
doing?" aaked Ilr. Palmer.
"it ehowu tor itaeii." naid some one.
"The arithmetic man alwaya uhowa
up at the» taeatiuga. Mr. Warner
inat aid the nine thing." waa the m
aponae.
rigor" are the biggest More in the
world. if you want to make them. It
we need a town ball ever an tnurh thin
in not the time. to build it. an bruineaa
does not ,iuaiiiy it. lurk at the butti-
neea oi our intrioriea. llmv many are
vmnt’.’ l m airwkhoidera oi many
oi our limit induatriea dreamt. iiow
raany ore rationed with the r-m'dition
oi bualneaa? ilrrn’t all gr. tip. it you
want to til-prove there iaeta lnat get up
and tell metro. How many oi the em-
ployeea get aieady wort: at ateady
wane?
"You are the one who broke than
no," remanded wrote one bar-it by the
door.
"i have long enloyed the reputation
otheifloneoithemoat .aapopnlar
new in town. but none only «unlov-
eea will any that i did not treat them
iairly." .
"laitheatioraaiogodeeperiato
debt? Down in iioath limalk we
have been do“ a little delihmahiwg.
and ap town you are not hehladhaad
in matter at debt. Gentle-ea. do
. , a“ . . arbor-Hindu
ll. rams ram run than:
leettn'. i150; 'i‘own court. ”’0: Pro-
bate Court. 8800. "Then. it we build
neeeaaary accommodation," aaid lir.
Warner, “ior the retorda, it will add
add me more." .
Mr. Golden replied that he waa go-
ing to make a statement that the rent
GENERAL miner's FIGURES.
Brigadier General ituaaal hoot waa
the neat speaker. lie aaid he believed
that Iir. Warner had clearly elated the
cane as to neeeaelty. the time to build.
and the matter of being able to niiord
such an expeuae. On September l,
1896. said lir. Froat. the aeleetmen re—
portednnetdebtoiWMlliJndBep-
tember i. 1397, a debt oi ”80,900. in
one year we had lnereaaed our indebt-
edueaa 820.000. and now we were naked
to add, to that debt. 850,00 more. "la
not. 820.000 in one year aufleient." he
aaked. “to add to the indebtedneaa oi
the town. the large debt oi South Nor-
walk and the enormoua oi Nor.
walk?" Ir. Proat argued it waa
the tnxea. and many oi theae were out
oi employment beoauae oi the idle iac~
toriea lie qoeationed the dealrabillty
oi the alto. He believed the town
would be better 0! win. clean in aoma
central part oi the town. aueh an the
club honor. or Iiaaonle building. where
a vault could be built. He did not be-
lieve in the expenditure 0! “0,000 to
rave luat em a year. iibieh war in
reality nlltthe town could save in reu—
tale.
OBST'RUCTING PROGRESS.
Attorney 3. it. loekwood aaid he did
not believe in obatrnonng progreaa. I!
we keepatiLinatoadoiltavingthi-ae
idle iaewrlea in South Norwalk. they
will all go.
"That'a Bill lieKiaiay all thumb."
and a vine. _ at} l“
more. to. ”RM . ,4. .
{nit altogether
the hard tin-ea that dear-rad iiorwflk.
but it waa became the people would
notletiactrn'ieaeotaehareandoppoa-
ed every improvement. He believed
that u town hall would help the town
in growth and proaperity. , Ii'r. book-
wood gave an an liluatrntion the tear-
ing up of the Wall atreet pavement.
and naked how many would go back to
the old rolrblea again.
SOUND BENSE FROM hilt. mums.
Frank A. Ferris united how a new
town hall that would accommodate
only live or air hundred voters would
do for a meeting like the timeout one.
when fully nine hundred people were
prearnt‘.’ lie until he was my to see
any notional ieellng t-rop out. an be
looked iorward to the time when there
would be a Greater Norwalk. Relev-
ring to hir. Warner'u etatement as to
a diriaion 0i 9‘" town. he raid that
Mr. Warner had taken the bull by
the horns. but no it was a mild and
gentle one he waa not very badly
hurt. Mr. Warner looked iorward to
n time when there would be two Nor-
wnlke. ii that won no. he aold. ilouih
Norwulk i-crtainly had no great inter-
eat in the matter. on when the time
came waaik would hare her mom
town hall and would have to pay inr it,
and ii it waa voted the taxpaym oi
Norwnik were voting to my ior it all
themwlvea"
VAVOREI) A MlilWAY BITE.
John ii. Seymour awoke about Nin-
walk'a nAlural advantagea and iurmw
it brilliant future tor the town. lie
raid that when areaponalhle ilrm like
it. i’. Flower & (‘6. utml ready to inke
Norwaik 3 per rent. bonda there waa
little ream ior Mutilation. lie he-
ileved that many tintea it waa easier
to do nubile work in hard timed than
in good timea. He argued that the
town bouae would ire worth the mon-
ey expended at all times. an the town
would loan limiting. lir- urged the new
tlorr oi a mu honae. but mooted e
midway rite. luring the matter to be
decided by a mmmiitee. lie uttered
this an an amendment to air. Warner‘e
mainline/but it won ruled out oi or-
der under the all. and on drum.
or mnlllltitiAt. VALU‘.
lbeii iiill elated that Iir.‘l.ockwmd
bad aeetned to think that a new torrn
hail would draw iattoriea. ’in all hie
«whorl-atone! new tar.
torieatheaaeathaoiatowahail had
never been mentioned. but lnnniriea
were alwaya made about the ladehterb
near. tax rate and valuation oi any
any. ilr. iiili raid he reveredawihb
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The “roommatwu
! live to one.
witlaadah‘adg
the poor men who paid the burden oi journment taken undinanwm
nightulo'cloek. *' .3; ~-~
lttookiotn'aeaelalm‘raodbotlille
'i‘rarnwavandtbelflllaeiom
loath ilorv
modatethepaogh,
walk contaminant ‘
Hall. The-rayon ails-m 0!
m ehiei m were; a rea-
olatba meant”
part iew weeka.
in each M. ”Id ‘1"
paid.
'Another matter lrmht up won the
employment by the name manuiaetur-
era oi li- biaggie hiagner at pirlring
‘daga" imm hata. doing the work that
men iormerly did. Site in train to be
the only peraon oi the oppuaite on
who baa ever attempted thla work. but
periorme it an well aa any oi the men
and at a canaiderably lower aeaie oi
it waa derided to moral the
company to diaeontinue her services: in
wagon.
thin line at work.
'irytbalonavwaa Cold.
Manager Gardiner. oi the Norwnlk
Opera llouae, mated thia morning that
the reaaon the Opera iimree war» on cold
or laat aunt's town “hunting wan on
amount oi a bum ntenm pipe on the
The damn woa repaired iriitt
stage.
downing.
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Marvel” Yellow Him.
Merino City. Feb. zwmmt I’.
Graham. rlainilng to he an ”I‘ll-lint“
who awindled New York and New .ler‘
m enoltaiieia out oi 32M” in a halo
of a aoo-eaiatent phoeohate urine in .
the estate oiilaaara. has leit the roan:
try and there in good rm to believe
he baa gone to Alaaka where detmivea
will iollow hint. an be employed nearer
oi high Iieniraa curtain in entrapplag
lilo victim.
warmth-how.
rm rm. no. 2-1». m m‘
whiehwaapredietediortodaykatiaoi
arrived tiria morainaaad there were
iew indieatioaa nt ita era-lag. At
a. In the thermometer regiatered ll
' om am- 1
ea. aad clarion William. two eta.
pioyeea oi 'i’be Croiut a Knapp earn.
pony. who were rharged with workim
overtime. The men are atilenera. and
to catch up with the ordera have work-
ed after 6 o'clock several nighta the
The reaoiution pre-
vailed. and a fine of m wan lmpoarrl
probably be
ao-eadtheebniagoitbaeaaoludae
lnrakaeka‘eltbeattorauairthey
wwareaty toyrooulwltlthelrari
I'MIIdmmintho
Feb. S—‘i’he lien-er, m oi the
Portland-Alana line on her way in At
an anchored on late inland and
rescued the paaaeagm oi the wrer-kod
Corona. who were not taken all by the
Aiki. The new waa choppy and a trail
. brew wan blowing truth the dirertion
oi Dixon's entranre, but the tranaier
oi men, women and children and per-
aonai bongo waa made with expedi-
tion. One oi the ahip'a iroata whit-h
war in charge at the aerond odicer oi
the Oregon driiied about iour milea
down the atraita and was not pirked up
ior nve houra. The ooeupantr. aever-
al men and lira. Ed. Footer and a
babe. aolered considerable irorn the
mid and were well nigh «haunted.
. About ility oi the (batman oaaeengern
(were let! on the island. They would
not an on the Oregon nnlm ('upiatn
luggage. mills and animala. do it
would take neural daya to get all the
and aboard. Captain Stephens would
not rompiy with the mneat. The new
pie leit on the ieland are well united
with prod-lone, lento and bedding.
They will probably atay there until
Iaonte boat romeo along and plrka
theta up . '
MI mean.
lever-l ban-brad in a man-
, file-weevil!» Iaea,
nor-tome, him. rob. 1-4 local
para-nun irala iron Iitoaehaal. on the
Southern dirt-loo. Mon and llalne
railroad. waa atrnrk in the rear and
W at the Winter liill atation
thi- wrorwiag by a train iron (W.
and never-i peranaa were injured,
m eertowaly. The another ot thoae
who were hart aalrieltlr to be giyea
medial attendaaew in reported no It-
“ termini ltiaaaldthataevavatwhh
arrived atiaor rule and hraieaa were
able to rare tor iketwanlrea until they
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Stephen- wooid agree to talu- all their ? registered 20 degreea below zero.
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wnk. Elia private aunt-y m
mam berm Ir.'
(lrahie and Cashier Quinlan ol. the
Cheniieal bank. but he did not how
how large anamount waa involved.
Orderadto m tla M
Shanghai. Veil. 3.~’l"he China lia-
ulte aaye the Britiali Indian. Austral—
ian and Purine anaa‘luaa have been
arreded to be ready to rot-blue the
fleet in thr- iar eaat. 0.1““: the
Brilinh admiral a Ian M oi rop-
ing with "any combined. mating
Britiah policy." . '
Widow Zero.
iiorkvlile. (loan. Feb. dwiiaat night
was the «olden oi the your in thievi-
rinity. in thin city the thermometer
in
Bolton. t'ovmtry and other neighbor-
ing iowna l0 degree-a below won com-
mon.
loflronadaiorflrlnnualm
New York. Web. flywl'renident Wil-
liam. oi the chemical bank. raid it»
day that nothing had been ioand to
Notify the book to begin a criminal
action agaiaat Caller Milan. Keith.
ertlableorfiiivarmufioflm to-
day.
Waahlngton. rob. M Iii-a
haa neat to the nubile mrwilieea
oitheiienatennd "Mahdi prepar-
N by Col. Young. the acting auperln-
taadeat oi the Yellowatoae National
Park. iov an eaieaaioa oi the "write at
that naervatlon by about 3.000 equate
alien.
Queen-town. Feb. Isa—taming ven»
brightly. Akita eoilwlatiwaa blow-
iag. Tbeureataarraradaaliy ailing
elear. meow-twine”
keeaowraaebadthetotaleiitim.
To LET-«ilemnd door oi are"
with city water, at 5‘ m,
Mn at”.
Thomas B. Smith. no the
Elli Norwalk.
or Patrick Heckler,
Worke.
room. steam heat.
both. Enquire at
0M. Wall-amount. ..
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