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Advises Norwalk
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Complete Report for
. P u b l i c Utilities——
System Worth $625,-
movements
Thc First District has one of the
fluent water systems i_n the. state.
It you don‘t believe this statement.
just stroll into the “'uter (‘onnnis-
Ilonorl' office in “'11” street some-
time and ask Commissioner litiwnrii
J. Finnegan. .
.Not only are the l"ir.-=t District‘s
{our rclcrvoira of prnr'ti-n‘ll utility.
but they are real hennty spnis. 'i'hcre
isn't n prettier plnee within it rea-
mble automobile ride of Norwnlk
thln Brown's rt‘st‘rt‘oir which is 10—
c‘ted at Lcwlrlmrn, N. Y.
“I wonder if the taxpayer of th»
dlltrict know that the “Jill‘l' system
which they own in north “121.419.-
698 '3" askmi ('(llllllllhb‘l‘llii‘i‘ l‘inni LTJYI.
who, by the “mind's Him the cirri;
of the wuter i-mninissinln-rs' affirm
"I feel that. ii \tllliltl l-«- :1 lilluhly
good thing if (\‘t'ly i‘l'_-llltlil, nnnl
tnxpnycr couhl vim: the l-osorxnirs
in our system :iliil h“ I- i'm' thv-nls- lvcs
what they are. 'i‘li-z infill-st one in
reach in llruun's.
Report (‘mnpll-it-ii
"W e have just (‘nlnplt lrol our nn~
nuni report for tho l’lii-liv liihlm.
Commission nt Hurtful-ii." i-untlnn-
ed Commissionrr Finnrgnn. "This
report contains some iniclw‘s: 'tn‘
data. For instance the iv-ivi-ri
shows that tliori- are four l‘I'S' rx-un-s
in the First District t-_\':~‘ltlll uhiih
supplies about 12,000 pv‘opir‘ llll'liltl-
his the Third District. The hurt-t-
ent of these l‘t‘Sf‘l’\0ll'H is llrnwn's
which had :1 Capacity or 201,3uu,ono
gallons. (lruppes, which is the sc-
cond largest. is lmniwl in va m-
!!an and has a capacity of “1.7!”.-
600 gallons. Scott‘s in vaisivm'n,
N. Y.. holds fitti'itlfiml gulluns of
waters while Spring Hill. thr- Hill:lll~
cat. has a. capacity of only -i,.’.im,nim
gallons.
Four llvmnolrs
"The tour l'elu-rvoirs arc lllll‘l‘r
locking; that is. one. cmptiv-s into an-
other. For instance. til-0th; (‘lli-
ptien into Brouns and the latter into
Gruppes. From (lrnmms. lmwnrt-r.
there is 11. direct in inch innin \xhit'h
leads along llivrrsivle nvcnuv. it“.
lid?! this. (lruppcs is i'lillllf‘t'll'Wl \\ illl|
Spring Hill by n l3 inch inllin: this
main supplying the humus in'luwen
the two reservoirs. \\'i~ use “hill is
::ll:}lrllt' taught liltllllni: in any of lllt‘
known as the purification system.
That is cholorine is midi-Ii in the “ll.-
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ter to purify it. Once every month
the water is analyzed by‘tho sta‘fi:
laboratories at. New Haven“.
“What does it cost to supply the
district with water? “’0 have tig-
ured it out as shown in this report
:ntfllSA‘Q a million gallons. This.
however. does not include the inter-
est on the. outstanding 8420.000
bonds against the system. This
brings the cost up to $40.23.
lmprogcmcnts
"During the your." went. on Cam-
missioner Finnegan. we laid 7.319
{i‘t't of new water main. There is
in use today 182.045 feet of main.
During the year we abandoned 1,050
feet and took up 628 feet. “'0 add-
ml two fire hydrants in the year
which brings the total of fire hy—
drants in use up to 243. Seventy-
four new houses Were supplied with
water making u total number of 2.—
7-1: being fed by water from the
l‘irst District system. The system
today is about 66.2 metered.
There. are 1638 meters in use: 50
of which \w-rc installed in the post
war. The total operating revenues
for the your amounted to $53,050.10
while the operating expenses were
$13,549.99. This would leave. the
not rm‘vnue nt 330.500.“. However,
with the munch-n1 tux; the, interest
on lIOli'lS and the nloncy pimrcd in
the sinking fund. the net revenue is
i"llli,'(‘il in $Cl.l§2.17.
“Sini .» \n- illiltl" our nnntlni l‘f‘l‘nll‘l.
inst Angtlst. illlil'li has llt‘tli :ii'l'nm-
piir-ill‘si. “3,! have cmnplhtmi laying
thi- {I'll inch lnnin fl‘nm lil'mi'l intn
.‘iJm :lrwt. \lv lnnv cmnpi'tmi
l.|_'.li‘_: 70‘! l‘i-(t of six inch main uu
thv t‘Lnt- r nwnuv rxll-nsinn so th.il
St. Mary's horn0 and the “‘vst llovki:
now have high \ruirr
lirlwui'v‘. \Vo- ll.‘l\l' l:linl 700 (out
ui‘ xix lnvh main from Smart avenue
n.< strut . xivnding west
;.'in: fifl'ill houses which
by the Sc-
lumi b" i Iluli
.2ml :5; x:
.ml sum»!
in rv l‘l‘t-li'.‘ riy {slipplll'd
4(lilil illrll'il‘l.
(thN' l'i~liing‘
\'-ii known tlmt we have
.’I qnirwi iifty iii-rm: of “:1-
t-r sh: .1 :.v llrmxn'n' rcsvrvoir. “'1'
liill‘l‘liJF'll this in 1‘35“ “'0. “ant to
inrrirsc lhv capntity of the body 01'
\'.'nt‘ r.
"Naturally, i'unelluiui Commission-
"1‘ i"il:lni..ln. wv ink.» lnvnsurrs tn
priv-nt imilntion of the rvecrvoirs.
'i‘hrru l.l one thing thlit we dun‘t
:lil'rw ulnl that is swimming. The
Sllll" luw lll'()\l(ll‘S .'L stiff 1n nulty for”
“l‘ 3,.
l"=‘v ntiy
l'l‘Kil"“ll'2". Tliv rmvruiirs are in-
‘-lltl'l"\l il:lil;.' lny Silpvi'intr‘ndvnl
Hurry Km n11."
This: (“maul the inlerrio‘w. But
the runnnisainlivr forgot in mention
tilllll' thin: that the interviewer hup-
[\(llt‘!l in know. And that is that
ll‘.('ri‘ i: Ll'ltlll i'ishim: in every one of
the l‘i-lii‘l‘vwli‘r'. l'o H'h, piclu‘rei llllll
b.1119 lllvllillhl in the wilt-'1‘ ownul liy
ill" ll"‘ll'll'7 Illi|l flkhllll! ill ulnlweii
hut [H‘I‘llll\'1\lf‘n llliiP‘l Uhluinnl
i'rmi thw l‘elnznlwiv-n-‘rs.
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Fulani DATES
'STAMFORD Feb. 7.—
thn Martha. Ker-haw McDonald
the plnlntift', in a. counter divorce
suit against William McDonald“
Stamford. began telling the oces of
Warner in Superior Court in Bridge-
port yesterday she became so mixed
that her counsel, Arthur D. Austin.
was compelled to say: “This is as
good as Mark Twain." The Referee
rctorted with the remark that it
was chaos.
-Mnrtha McDonald is I. negross
and was bringing a. counter suit for
descriion. cruelty and adultnry
against her husband whom she now
alleges is living in Stamford. She is
the mother of four children. two of
whom bear the same name Jospe-
hino. “limit the referee had failed
to fathom the real ages of the chil-
dren and the date of the desertion
or her husband. he called Mrs. Ker-
slmw. the mother of the plaintiff.
SIBK WOMAN
MAMAPPY
Entirely Restored to Heal
by Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound
Mart. Texas— ‘ ‘I have taken Lydia
E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Corn
to build me up u
was all run.
ing the Vegetable Com
on me tryingn bottle 0 it.
cine :ielped me from the first, and
best of all is that I can even sew
again without that awful, nervous
feeling I was used to having. And I
used to talge c ing spells, with such
a blue feelingl t I cannot. explsin.
Now all that as left me. I feel so
cheerfu and I have guned in weight.
sleep we 1 and eat hearty. Gill 1 wish
I bad words to e recs wint this
medicine has done or me! I an n
housekeeper and do everything from
the sewin to the wnsbmg now nnd
it doesn’t urt me. You my use my
letter in any rray you wish. I will be
glad to hel an suffering woman to
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her children to Referee Donald T.
the referee and. ‘ ‘. ' ~
,“Weli then it must» ha" been
More " she replied. .
But. we're not; there/either." the
rotor-en put in. .
"Well. my ow." the witness ro-
plied "it was or Sunday"
When she was asked how old
Jooephlnc m ". six or seven. 1
an't just remember." she replied.
"And when wu she born." ya.
the next, question.
"Sometime last January," she rc-
plied.
“(SKI-ED “"0 .
ASKING DIVORCE
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STAMFORD Feb. 7.—
Cnrrie M. Snekenberg or New Ca-
naan. in pleading for a divorce from
John A. Snekenberg in the Superior
court in Bridgeport yesterday lie-
tore Referee Donnfl '1‘. Warner. tes-
tified that she had been tickled so
cruelly by her husband that she had
lost. 40 pounds in Weight.
She asked for n divorce on , the
grounds of intolerable cruelty. and
said that. for the lust five years her
husband'jihcd formed a habit ot’
digging his fingers deep into her ribc
and tickling her. of slapping her on
the back until she cried, and of hit-
ting her on the knee.
Frank \‘allendor of Brooklyn. N.
Y. acid that he had often witnessed
these acts or his sister's husband
and that on several occasions Suck...
enberg had come over to his house
when he and his wife were in bed.
and tickled them until th
turn him out of the house.
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CHICAGO._ Feb. G—The, xnidland
must. give its artists greater recog-
nition also file heritage from the
pioneer’s pen, pen l and brush
showing that the mi die~wcst has
all the material necesscrv for the
novel, the drama. or the character.
painting. 'will be lost. declare nrt
folk and promine'ntly interested
friends here.’ ‘ , .
Midland landscape. its people and
atmosphere have all that: is required
for great. beauty in expression. they
say. but because there u u _ back-
ward response to his work. the east
is annexing the western artist.
Authors. painters. architects. mu-
sicians and sculptors from the mid-
dlcwcst. said to bo unnpprecinted in
their native fields. are poiuted out
by these people as reaching tame
and success in the cost. in an envir-
onment where there is more encour-
ngomc-nt and recognition in their
products.
"\Vp do not believe this situa-
tion to he min of higher literary or
art intelligence among eastern peo-
pic but rather to an uncultivated
sense in the‘people or our section."
said an authority in art circle here.
“We know that. midlanders appre-
clam natural beauty, 'our open
expanses are too full of it not to be.
observed. in: it appears that when
.3y had toit ilnds oxpgj‘ssion‘ iri book. painting
or etching. the significance
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