Norwalk started. boldly
of, the new year. last
the first session was
._ , working in harmony.
,, not fit of business. including
1.-'tbe mayor’s message.
in meat of. committees and
,, ttention of the city fathers
it one hour. the meeting ad-
list before ll o'clock. 1
Messrs r1111. Wright.
woll. Bosch and Thompson.
erk Jooepb R; Taylor and Cor-
‘ oun'gel John H. Light were
their tests when Mayor Cava-
ed the meeting to order at
rot business. was .the read—
FIRE POLICE I GT‘ OFFICERS.
1 ( south Norwaik Members Cheese I.
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Mayor Charles L Glover, of the City
of Norwulk and the 1903- council took
their oath of ofiice last MCI“; and di-
rectly afterward held the first regular,
meeting of. the year Mayor Glover.
who has served the city four years
faithfully as Its chief executive. began
his fifth term. The only membe'r of
the 1902 council on the board is Lewis
J.Reynoids.
It), the council, whioh Is
in todays Sentinel, will probably be
read with especial interest. as it deals
considerably with the issue of the day
—~division or consolidationwand'clear
ly reveals his stand in the matter.
A great amount of interest centered
oil at its first session. A peculiar fea-
tune of last night’s meeting was the
fact that the mayor was called upon to
cast a deciding vote just five times.
and he commented on the fact and said
'. it was too bad the council could net
, Councilman Poul moved
'ument be accepted. pieced
printed with the annual
. This was promptly voted.
in B rd proceeded to the elec-
o Merit onicia‘ls. Etch candidate
open by ballot The first office
filled. was that of city clerk.- Jos-
‘T yior, the present incumbent
" chosen for this position.
see 113 fly out of the six ballots.
Th‘ six! ,
president of the coun-
seal llg hree votes. Councilman
One blank ballot. For
boy Chief D. W. Harford. the
ohmbeat received the six
1 corporation counsel.
Light received five
one blank ballot. James
or present collector of assess-
unanimously re-chosen to
II“. meeting of the de-
her. The officers
Chief engineer, 1) W.
Ssistant. E. W Clark;
taut. Rufus J. Smith 0n
‘ 0 cost a ballot for each
This was done.
made announce-
be of the following
1 year.
iii Wiif iiodwell.
Light ads Wat's, w. R Thompson.
Xiity' 1.3a}! Sup es and Repaire—
Clarion Wood.
John Johnson of Hartford.
'owing‘éoi‘llcers of Old Well.
proved .Order of Macabees.
, detailed t evening by State
den Johnson. of Hart-
,tion took place in
F In hall. Washington
,. der. George W. ing-
{ ileutenlnbbmmander. Oscar 0i-‘
;. record it ,, and finance keep-
' normal. George
II! Alb Aura-t Day-en
1. , . William Shaw
,nahaniil‘rst on r f‘theguo'rd. Julius
V. Becker; Mound officer, 'of the
ward. Erodes smart; sentinel.
Thomston mush; 11:11:11.1. Oscar Nic:
nelson. physician bruit. C. Shel-er.
romStritford are
moi oyster shop‘
All the men have
dipper: were are
ore of the‘ ooltsndor
to mtb no writer
elect its own ofl‘icihis. Mayor Glover
cast the votes which made John J
Walsh the city' S corporation counsel
Martin Kellogg street commissioner
and superintendent of sewers, Patrick
J. Slattery lire inspector. William War-
den member of the board of relief and
Joseph J. Cahiil superintendent of the
cit' a fire alarm system
e hardest position to fill was that
of corporation counsel, which required
twenty- -two ballots when there was
the tie between John J Walsh and At-
torney Leo Davis. Frederick E. Lock-
wood and P. J Siattery were tied for
the office of fire‘ inspector after six
ballots.
About the biggest fight was expect
ed by many to be over the position of
street commissioner and superintend-
ent of sewers. though the reporters
had been told that it was agreed that
there were to be four votes for Mr.
Kellogg, four of the councilman hav
ing been won over to his side. The
ballot. however, told a differoiit story.
Mr. Kellogg. on the first ballot having
received two votes. George H. Ward
well two. and Nicholas Martin two
The tie between Messrs Martin and
James Sutherland and William War
den were the candidates tied for the
oflice of member of the board of, relief.
The election of Joseph J Cahlil as
superintendent of the fire Alarm sys4
term was not much of a surprise, as
he had been recommended by the tire
department at their annual meeting.
, it was generally conceded that Leo
Davis would be elected to the office oi
city clerk.
Continued on Sixth Page.
130HUMAN DEFEATB BYINGTON.
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1 Match Game to Bottle an Argument
Played It the Warwick Hotel.
Charles Schuman and Everett By~
, . ington. members of the Norwaik Fire
‘Ln‘st film by state can...
Police. played a match game yesterday
afternoon at the Warwick Hotel to set
tie an argument to decide who was
the best player. The game was a close
one and was won by Schuman by the
score of 100 to 94 the contestants play-
ing on even terms. John Slottery ref-
ereed the game and Chauncey Pl
scored. It is said that between $00
and 876 changed hands labels among
the spectators as a result of the game
it is thought that Schumau and Bring
(on will, shortly play another game.
. 00111. nAisco invov'msoam. -,
dump of ’2 Announced Tod- by the
Denim in the Norwal s.
The price of coal in Tho Norwaiiu
was advanced this morning to 810 per
too. The reason given is the sobrcity
f of the anthracite article. 111.11 freight
rates, slid the combine of independent
operators. an Account of Which appears
In anoth'or column today.
ANDEBWO EORFIITID $10 BOND
111-11. Augustus Andrews. who liver
in 11 little house a shortd
low the Standard Oil wor
Wilson Poiht road. can
walk nature: 111va
:pl’aint to ti ief
,m‘zummmm
Mayor Glover' 11 message 1
rinted in full ‘
in the appointments made by the coun.
Kellogg developed on the second bai .
amnion 121111. the clerk lot
to Oil-IT
Roy Adamo for Ca (sin.
The annual election 0
his officers were chosen to serve dun
Ins the ensuing your: ‘ .
Captain—~Leiloy Adams. .
First Sergeant-«Albert Coutu.
Second Sergeant-viii A. Baker.
‘ Secretary~Albert Berg. 1
Teasurer—«Rufua J. Smith.
aldaon, Albert Berri.
invitations to attend service in St
Joseph's Church next Sunday evening
and to attend the annual ball of Put-
na‘m Hose Company Friday evening
were read and accepted.
GOLFAX ENCAMPMENT OFFICERS
Annual Election and Installation Held
Last Nio ht.
Colfax Encampment.i.0.0.i1‘.,elec
ted and installed the following oilicers
iast‘hight:
C. P.~Jesse 0. Seaman.
S W..—-J H Brown.
H. P.——James-H. Wilmot.
J. W.——-Eari Themes.
Treasurer—Frank E. Carr.
Scribe—John H. Batterson.
' First Watch-A A. Hodshon.
Second Watche-yTheodore Tobey.
Third Watch~flichbrd Preece.
Fourth Watch—F. G. Benedict.
Guards to Tent--Willln1n Q Mer-
riam and Claude Raymond
l. S.-Chnrles Dibble
0. S.-—S. G. Silllman.
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ARIONH SOCIETY'S ELECTION.
Charles Waiters Chosen as President
of the Organisation.
The Arion Singing Scoiety. judging
from the annual election held last
night is perfectly satisfied with the
present odicers, for they were all
unanimously reelected as follows:
President—Charles Walters.
Vice-President-August Roettecher
Corresponding Secretary -— Henry
Krieter.
Financial Secretary—Gus Kocour.
Treasurer—~Henry Fresh.
Trustees-Psul Berg, Jacob Schaub
and Carl Schaub.
querade ball Monday ovoninz, Febru-
ary 2 in Arion Hall and A. Roettecb:
or. John Nongebauer. J. Thornstensen.
F. Beckman and Henry Froeb were ap—
pointed a committee to make the nec-
essary arrangements. .,
THE CATSOAT VERA’SOL‘D.
The catboat Vera, which won seven
‘0611 out of twenty- one races in the 21-
foot class in Stamford waters two sea-
sons ago. was 'sold at sheriff's sale
‘11 Stamford Saturday for $205 to
'loorge H. Riddell. a manufacturer.
The boat was sold to satisfy a lung
nent obtained by a Philadelphia sta
*ionery dealer against Mrs. Mary C.
lmart the wife of Captain Smart U
S. A. who is now in the Philippine ls-
lands. The craft was built originally
,fOr Mr. Tryon. a well known New York
landscape artist. After beating every
thing down east she was purchased by
A. M. Bradley. of Stamford. who used
her for two years and then sold her to
Mrs. Smart.
The above. taken from the new York
Tribune of Sunday. will be of interest
to the members of the Norwalk Yacht
Club as the Vera has called in oven!
1f the club’s rosettes. When owned
by the Bradley boys. of Stamford, she
won a cup in a regatta sailed by the
Nor-walk Yacht Club. The last time.
however. she sailed he she was best.
on by Samuel Lyrics in is Little Joe.
V.) M. C. A. BOYC’ DEPARTMENT.
All of the seven boys who were dele-
«tea to the recent boys’ conference
at New Haven have volunteered to
nerve on a boys' work committee
51nd tastiest evening and organised by
ilsctiug Marvin Van Keuren as chair-
mam Ind J. Morris Hatchmon as see-
‘e
The first thing unaided upon was the
holding of I cannibal social on the
first asturday arching in February.
started by else one liedmeu as
«plain of the mods and Howard Got»
ham or canals of the use. The
mutual will cloud? March lat with a
handset.
rue meeting mourned on nest
Monday a f p. to. when it is expected
that the auditory committee 11111 meet
them and further plan for “it work. 1
The new Bible lIlls“ will hold its
O'clock the gymnasium elm at If
.Tli‘ero
lire
the (South
Not-wail: Fire Police was held last on 1 ‘ 1‘
ening in their rooms Over the library 1 1,1
in Washington street and the follow- "
1Trustees-LeRoy Adams. F. 8. D011. 1
it was voted to hold the annual mas-1,
thing yet put;
mouthful? contest was also I
lit
lint motion on illiteracy moraine at The
om loo ' lib.
individual commercial centers.
, believe now that We were mistaken.
. , , ‘11 con
. recent communication that. no matter
what tl'orm of vornment we. misbt
have. there won u always be them logo
11
There is one form of government on-
I tier which these conditions would not;
manufacturing ll
It‘ll .
i,
within the. it,
think would it
out. They
tain factory
the only proviso
amount onstoclt
The Norw piles; ' her
of the company J “es E. Mitchell and
L. A. Damaidviile fh 9 opened an of-
lice in the Messianic in tile Hamil.
ton block, south lMeln street where
they are ready to how the article they
intend to manuflt‘oturs to anyone.
The article in “gills nature of 11 pe-
culiar buckle. wit it‘ Mr. Mitchell has
had patented. ,
yet seen on the mill-hot. the gentlemen
claim. and is be mode that it can be
fitted to” north! from a heavy
strap. to the lilies , dress and will
held without _or moi-tins in
any way the” which it is at
tached. 'i‘h
tongue and
gentlemen clot
Io already picked
log to buy a cer
fdr their business
sing that a certain
11
They
state that ill,
in Newark, building Already
put up .1161 (booth could commence
. days.b11t‘ they
‘re desirable lo-
cation. They
lug willing
either, .in No
East News .
They auto y
a doasn or fifths men on the start
and that mostly local help could be 1110
ed. if they can get the factory and
the stock they state that they have
the machinery ready and it could be
shipped here so that work could be
commenced in two weeks at the lab
est. The buckle has been on the mar-
ket only two years. yet sold already in
all the large cities of eastern Massa-
chusetts and in this piste. There
are 48 different stylesmnnufnctnrer.
all of which can be seen to good ad
vantage in the office in South Main
street.
The company at present is incorpor-
ntod under the laws of the state of
New Yorker the Unique Buckle
Manufacturing Campany, with a capl-
tal stock of 850.000. fully paid 111 and
non-assessable. The organizers state
that it is their wish to increase the
stock of to “50.000. 350.000 of which
shall be preferred 7 per cent. stock
L. A. Domainvilis is given as creel»
dent of the company, with cities at
200 Broadway.
RIV. MR. IILLOWO RESIGNATION
Will lever Hie connection With
Grace Church Parish. May 15th.
The vestry of Grace Church con-
vened It the coil of the rector. last
night. and discussed business of lul
portsnce pertaining to the parish The
rector Rev. J. McClure Bellows. much
to the regret of all. ushered his res-
gnation. to take effect tiny link
No action was taken and a parish
meeting will he called neat. month in
accordance th the requirements of
the canons of a church. to not on his
resignation.
The financial Account of the church
no road at this meeting and the pole
loll was found to be in good condition.
not only financially. but in the mar-‘0‘
Iii departments of its active some
loony friends of Air. hollow-
of hi I resignation
j 1 their factory
nth Norwalk or
slam in seaweed. f"
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.. whole town into one city.
lit is unlike anything *
’ employ
““1 atouomo
obtain and that is. consolidation of the
By right
and by might, if such consolidation
were effected, the seat of government
would he 80th Norwidk. and this be»
ing accomplished, it most certainly foi-
icwt that with one already dominant
commercial position, together with the
prestige influence and convenience of
being the seat of government we would
naturally absorb practically all of the
trade and commerce of the present
two sections and Norwaik as a Ilnan-
cisi and commercial center would in
_ the near future be but a memory. We
earnestly suggest to the people of Nor-
walk that they consider this continy
1 ,gency most thoughtfully, and see If.
after all, South Norwalk Is not doing
a most friendly act in proposing a di-
vision which means simply individual-
ity and which retains for each section
its identity as a governmental. com-
mercial and financial center.
mp nruunnNT
So. Norwnlk, Jan. 5.11903.
——NOTICE.
As a niimbei of my patrons are un- .
do: the impression that i have sold
out i take this means of stating that I1
am still in business in room 10, United
Bank Building
WILLIAM S. WILCOX.
nonwauoe NEW cn-v cacak.
Sketch of Attorney Lee 011le. Who
Was Chosen Last Night.
Leo Davis. whol was elected to the
city clerkship by Norwalk’sllaoard of
Councilmen last evening was born in
New York city. June 30.1872 and has
resided in the Town of Norwaik since
1874 being a resident of East Norwalk
since 1897. He commenced his edu-
cation in the South Norwalk public
schools and graduated with the class
of 1889, he then took up the study of
drugs and graduate from New York
College of Pharmacy 11 1892. but later
studied law at the Yale law school.
and was-admitted to the bar in ...115.
the same year in which he graduated
and immediately entered the law of-
fices of Hurlbutt It Gregory. When
Mr. Gregory retired from the firm the
one name becatnt Hurlbntt A: Davis. in
189i} Mr. Davis was elected a member
of the East Nomik school committee
and is new chairman of the board and
is also secretary of the Eust Norwaik
Fire District Committee. He is also
post master of Old Well mugs. No.
108. F. and A. M.. and past high priest
of Washington Chapter. No. 24. it. A.
M.. and secretary of Old Well Hook
and Ladder Company. South Nor-
walk. in 1901 he was admitted to
practice in the United States District
and Circuit Courts.
THEY PAY 0476.
last Saturday afternoon Attorney
ohn O'Neill of W bury. of the law
firm of three tim "that name paid
the sum of “75 for the chores In ac-
tion in the estate of Esther Sanford.
Attorneys Show it Nicholason. ren‘
resenting the administrator applied
to the probate court for their sale for
the purpose of finding out if there was
any value in them. The attorneys at
for the amount aimed. Whether the
papers held by the former sdmiuistro
tor of the eotate.Mrs.Ma1-y E Wright
8111111: are worth the amount paid in.
is a matter for the future to develop. 1
The Attorneys O'Neill have obligated
themselves to pay the debts of the so
tats if they desire to get a clear title
of a certain piece of property which
Chef have accepted in payment for
the r legal work for Mrs. Smith.
KILLING Till OLD TOWN 600".
Mr. Editor: With the new year
comes a town mail to kill and cook
the old town goose. . nsolldation has
been a tough old hi .and will be hard
to digest. Now is us one how Non
walk will fly away 1with the 11th
has of feathers and a big to: rate.
Donkeys have kicked our the wall
curb and the sheep have dropped into
the wall. The 111.10qu leaves the
mom to be ii to the hill
offline cart. New. start up the!
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y 11-1-
l‘tho an}: gnaw.” and allure
oaths-1W-
ors around early to pot up'thsxrioo.
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‘ Ill hull Harwell
Gentlemen:
Fully realising and deeply appreciat-
log the significance of the compliment
the citizens of the city have paid me.
it is with some fear and trepidation
that i enter upon the duties that the .‘
office involve. The nomination came
to me entirely unexpected, with “no ex-
perience, and with little political silli-
lotion—whens surely that would lead me
to hope that the Democratic party
would select the tor a caudldat‘e. The
call, however, came. 1 appreciated it
as a great honor then and lappreciate
it as a great honor now.
it is the custom of thosewbo have.
honored the city in the capacity of.
mayor to present what has been term.
ed "a mayor' s message" What i hove
to say at this time scarcely reaches
that dignity it is my purpose to --pre
sent only a few pertinent suggestions
that might if cal ried out. prove of hen
slit to our city. hoping that later i may
be able to present a message.
Condition of Our Water.
The condition of ourwater idle ques-
tion that has most’interested our peo-
ple during the past. year. We have as-
surance of our water «commissioners
thatthey have procured a supply; of
good, wholesome water.
greatly benefit the quality of our pres-
ent supply. While It is a decided step
in the right direction, 1 would recom-
mend that the city go a step further
and procure a filler ,
Superintendent of Public Works. 1 _
i would recommend that we discon-
tinue the present system of caring‘for
our stream, believing that‘we could
manage the department more economi-
cally and to better advantage by what
has been termed by other cities a sin
perintendent of public works.
would have charge of the streets, side:
walks and sewers.1 Our present sysr
tern is an ideal one if our city were
always fortunate enough to and three
men who would work in harmony. but
unfortunately for the city. this is next
to impossible. So I Would recommend
that we put this department in charge
of one man and hold him responsible ‘
for the condition of our city.
Our Financial Standing.
it might not be amiss at this time to
owe the figures of our financial stand-
ing, in view of the statements that
have been made during the controver-
sy regarding the division of the town.
Our city debt is as follows:
Notes due to Water Commis-
sioners,
Notes due to bank.
Bonds:
Original issue,
Commercial.
Library.
024.500
43.050
$90,000
020.000
011.000
3115.000
Notes, 68,150
Total 3183.150
included in above bonds are $32. 500
belonging to the electric light plant.
also 380,000 for the commercial elec‘
tric system Also included in the note:
are 813,000 issued by the city for the
electric light plant. making altogether
165600 of the 3183.160 which belongs
to the electric light plant.
As we all know. our electric light
plant shows assets to cover this debt.
0111' water works show the fonowiug
liabilities and nuts:
Bonded debt. ”91.000
Floating debt. 55.000
Resources:
Total estimated value of water
Works .1111 real estate. “08.227. iii
bearing surplus of 0187. 237. 51
Our city trousers" report for 1003
will show a surplus above all liabilities
of this luciudin our
water work- one 'eiootric' light pen
W
Continued on Wood rm.
POIITIONI FOR ONADUATII.
While away am his vacation
George W. Milo, instructor in log-
any at the Brown Business ego.
made ammonia with the meme-
eastern nib
notes of this
logo nacho
not of one of the lam
beds or which the
“pertinent at the
@esosflioruoduiialtu
9M. ihlif Wilt“. Wild”
MM
which will ‘
who,
8240.000 I
matters pertain
the city. and call 01
subjects likely to co 9
for their consideratio
posed of «according
ment.1
This is one was that
liberty of addressing Toll , .
casion, hoping you will 1 " '
What i say should app
being presumptuous on
‘The office to which '
elected and the duties yo are
tering upon. is one of gr ‘
bility. as the interests and
the community you rep
pends. to a certain extent
wisdom you display in con
city' 3 affairs, and dispo’s‘i
lous matters that win come
for your consideration. .1
Careful Conduct of A 1
You will undoubtedly have
one requests from individual
titions from Neighborhoods for
alterations and improvements.
1 here no doubt you would lit
grant but it will be necessa
fuse many and grant only thou
lutely necessary. for the reuse
the extra cost wduld inc
tlon; and you will very soon
the present rate only pays.
most economy. just the pro
see of the city as they buy
for the past year or two. 1, 1 ‘
the business affairs of
W,
To err may be hung bu to 10
is not. '1
and general housework.
Elmwood Ave
wamedmxrnm‘nuosio it,
people for dry goods. Liberal ‘ -
Apply at once with referenced
perintendent. The Howlind
‘.o, Bridgepbrt Conn. '
WANTED—«WOMEN OPERA”
on split straw.. Men‘s hots
work and good pay.Con19 at
g} Mark 11 C9" 316 Ogden at. No
WANTED—A GOOD.
honest American boy id to
for general ofllco work. Moo
at figures and boys A, good,
school education. Apply at sites ‘
W. Mansfield. Toouot Loon i1
tor Co, Ssugatuob. Ct.
WANT£D~A 3300ND
cash register in 8001! order. ,,
Register core of Goblins ‘
WANTED—«NIGHT HAN TIE
steam boilers; also two good
green houses. Apply, lion lion
Boom. ‘ ‘
WANlewA dial. T0
er’sl housework, , ,ot .8
silicone. so. “WWII” ,j
Norwalk Chronicler