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‘Truth above all thaws.”
FRIDAY. AUGUST 25, 1893.
[Entered in the Post-Office. as a Newspaper.]
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Alleged Cost of Water. '
[Sentinel hxclus1ve l
A. H. Camp. secretary of the Board of Water
Commissioners. gives the following from a
' sworn report of the Board. It shows the cost
of repairs to the 'borough system of water
works. including the salaiy of the superin-
tendent -
Year September 30, 1887, ' $683.28
Year Septemberao .1888. Times
Year September 30,1889. 113.02
Year September 30, 1890, 1.63.40
Year September 30, 1891... 123.90
Year September 30, 1892,; -. 846.17
4,559.78
Total for six years, 759.95
Average per year,
It is just such insincere and deceptive
statements as the above that destroy
all public confidence in official or
“sworn reports.” The GAZETTE was
discussing the question of the entire or
total cost of the Borough water system
and compared it with the‘reported far
less cost of the South Norwalk system.
Now let us see how fair and honest
the above figures are. Mr. Camp’s own
salary is $850 per year ; his “superinr
tendent’s” salary last year was $512.90,
and his helpers were paid $160.23, new
materials, freights, cartages, etc., cost
$173.04 more; $157 was paid for horse
hire, used along water pipe lines and
so on. 80, leaving out Secretary Camp’s
hard earned salary, we have a total
paid by the Borough, outside of the
$846.17 paid by the Water Commission-
ers, of $1,003.17. Here is no record of
engineer and the many other expenses,
such as shutting ofi‘ and turning on
water, care of reservoirs, etc., which
- we will wager Secretary Camp a shore
dinner (and that will cost something)
together with his Board of Water Com-
missioners, will aggregate nearly the
sum total delusively given out to the
Sentinel as the whole of our water sys-
tem expense for last 3' car.
Why is it not wiser to deal honestly
with the public? Surely the Borough
tax payer has a right to know what his
agents are about and how his money is
disbursed by them, without quibble or
evasion. You can’t deceive the people
if, you would, and just now our Borough
tax-payers are in no mood to be plied
with “cooked" statistics. Too much of.
that sort of thing has been indulged in
already. ' '
History Repeats Itself.
“Twenty years ago the times were
hard in this country and many business
' concerns came to grief. But after
' looking up the statistics the New York
Journal of Commerce asserts that in
some respects and in some parts of the
country, these present hard times are
harder than the hard times of 1873.
The total number of American busi-
' ness firms in that year was about 600,-
000; now according to Dunn 1b 00., the
total is about 1,100,000. The number
of failures 111 that year was 5,183; ag-
gregate liabilities, 8228, 000, 000. The
number of failures in the first six
months of the present year was 6, 239;
aggregate liabilities, nearly $171,000,-
000. The number of failures reported
in the past ”six weeks is 2,667; aggre-
gate liabilities (estimated) over 880,-
000.000.. That is to say, 1893 has al-
ready beaten the bad record of 1873,
with four months still to be heard from.
Of the failur'és of twenty years ago,
1,188. occurred in the state of New
York, and 644 in the city of New York;
the aggregate liabilities in the city
were about $92,000,000; in the rest of
the state, nearly $14,000,000. During
the first half of the present year only
351 New York City firms failed ; aggre-
”gate liabilities about $18,000,000. The
total number of failures in the state
was 749, representing about $34,000,000
of liability. The figures from Pennsyl—
vania in 1873 were : Failures 576, lia-
bilities $31,000,000. The number of
Pennsylvania firms going to smash in
the first half of the present year was
479, representing about $16,000,000.
Clearly New York and Pennsylvania
are not taking the brunt of the hard
times this year as they did in 1873. ’10
find the worst of the present mischief
you have to go to the younger states,
stretching away across the continent to
the Pacific.
It is a fact worth noting that the per-
centage of these Western failures di-
rectly traceable to the prostration of
the silver mining industry is compar-
atively small. The temporary paralysis
' of the iron industry—mining and man-
ufacture-counts for a great deal m01’e
in the chapter of disaster.”
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Reminiscent Outing.
Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Nichols, accom.
panied by Rev. Mr. Selleck, made on
- Friday, an excursion to ~Bedford, the
scene of the early ministerial labors of
the former’s honored father, Dr. Sam.
'uel Nichols. The drive over Parker’s
Ridge and thence across the romantic
Indian game pound brought the party
anon to Bedford street, at the lower
'1 rid of which is located the fine old .
w E E K L Y ' E 0 RW A L K G A 2 ET T E ' _ 5}.—} _ .
Judge Benjamin .131...an mmestéad
Here the party was welcomed by Ben—
jamin Isaacs Ambler, Esq; and his
very agreeable wife of the Norwallt
Phillips family, and the time spent in
their company was only too short andp
its memory will not soon pass out of
mind. The drive was then resumed
until the ancient St. Matthews church
and rectory, formerly the incumbency'
of Dr. Samuel Nichols, now watchfully
and happily cared for by the .Bev. Lea _
Luquer, was reached. Thete was a
brief halt at the parish cemetery where
sleep Judge and Mrs. William J ay, arid
afterward a most charming call was
made at “Candatoe” the home of the
Jays. Mrs. Hon. John Jay ind her
daughter received the visitors upon a.
verandah, the view from which is pe'r-'
haps unexcelled by that from any coun-;
try seat in the land. Five hundred
acres comprise the magnificent Jay do-
main, which was originally purchased
from the sachem Catonah by at: ances-
tor of Chief Justice Jay, the grand-7
father of the present distinguished cc-
cupant of the manOr, whom last week’s
visitors were saddened to find some.
what an invalid, but whom nevertheless
they were privileged for a few moments
to converse with. The mansion’ s paint-
ings were shown the callers by Madam
Jay, in which gallery of high art and
merit indifference is impossible. The
portrait of the Chief Justice by Hunt-
ington, and that of Alexander Hamil-
ton by Trumbull, are of rare finish and
worthy a pilgrimage to behold. Ste-
phen Van Renselaer by Stewart, and
Gov. William Livingstbn‘Tthe father-
in-law of Chief Justice Jay) as a boy,
President Timothy Dwight, Mrs. Chief
Justice John Jay, WashingtoniAdams,
and J efi'erson,are very clever. «-Th¢se and
several other historical charac‘tersforci-
bly portrayed look dewn :‘iipon' you
from the walls of this elegant and re«
markable establishment and made the
visit to it one of rich enyqyment An
attendant very politelytook; some of
the party through the library, appart-
ments in which one could wish long to
remain. The chair in which the im-
mortal American statesman,_’John Jay,
died is preserved in the libriary.
Leaving Candatoe a (trip, ‘pf about
four hours ended a day of'giibLt‘able de-
light. 5,, ,
A RAGING GYLLONE
Wind, Rain and Hail DeStroys Pro-
party in Every Direction
Trees Uprooted arid Véssels Torn
from their Anchorage
The fiercest and must {:destructive
wind and rain storm of years, visited
this section about ten o clpck last night,
and raged with unabated 'fury up to
nearly nine o’clock this mornin As
wires are down in every direction, and
-- trains delay ed, we are able, at this
writing, only to give details of local
happenings. The loSSes on the water
and along the shores must be something
appalling, while great damage has been
done to buildings, crops fruit and '
shade trees all about us. Docks have
been swept, low lands submerged, cel-
lars deluged, roofs. hitherto tight, so
torn and rent as to- flood many resi-
dences. The roof of one of the Clark
cottages on Prospect Avenue was so
damaged as to let in such a body of
water as to cause negro carpets and
furniture. The highways in all direc-
tions are obstructed by fallen trees and
branches, and railroad. embankments
in many places on the Consolidated
are reported washed away. and seriously
damaged.- ' ' '
AT Norman];
The wind blew at a terrible rate and
the rain came down in terrents all
night. Awnings _ were__.wh_ipped into
shreds and large shade gases and many
fruit trees blown down or uprooted.
Some of the houses rocked like cradles
and the occupants sat up in mortal fear
that they would topple ove’i. Electric
light, telephone and- telegraph wires
were broken by falling trees. On Wall
street there were two live electric wires
down, one of them becommor attached
to the iron railing. on the bridge charg-
ed the same with electricity and a lad
.who happened to be passing this morn-
ing, placed his hand on the rail and re-
ceived a slight shOck.z_ He acted as sur-
prised as if someone had given him
a circus ticket.
Another electi‘ic light wire fell near
Adams Bros. store, and a horse belong-
ing to the. South: Norwalk. Beef Co.
stepping on it was thrownto the ground,
but escaped injury Mr. Adams went
out after the accident and cut the wire
in two, with a cleaver.
Large and valuable Shade trees in
front of the premises of T. S. Vander-
Ward Selleck on. East avenue were
blown down and “for a time blocked
travel on that thoroughfare. Jarvis
Kellogg suffered the lbss of a large ma-
ple tree and a peach. tree laden with
fruit at his home' on Center avenue
and the awning in bloat .of his store
was torn. to pieces“
The limbs of trees on Elm street,
School street, Beldeni avenue, etc. .,
were snapped off and scattered about
the street. A tree near Grace church
was blown over and A. G Betts of the
GAZETTE office reports the loss of a l
hoef, Charles F. osborne and George ;
"glad, not only that we can
pear tree- that was Well- filled with fruit.
A stately elm tree on the William
the‘HenryZKellogg places: the foot of
Spring Hill. Auelm tree in front of'
Franklin avenue was blown down. A
man’s gallery and the floorsflooded with
"water.
O.U. A. M. hall was broken into frag-
night the wires became crossed by the
gale and the fire alarm bell was rung.
One hundred feet of fence in front.
of Selectman Daskam’s house was
razed, and a hickory tree on Union
Park was snapped' in two. ,
On the new road leading from Winni-
pauk to Belden Hill a large tree blew
. directly across the street blocking trav-
el for some time. Travel was also
blocked on the New Canaan road by
the falling of a tree in front of the
Tindall property.
There was an extraordinary high tide
and the piers were flooded, but the
damage done was nominal. Several
boats anchored near the bridge broke
from their moorings and drifted down
the harbor.
Seymour Curtis has a gang of men
removing the fallen trees 011' the bo-
rough t oroughfares, and hopes to
have the streets 1n a safe condition be-
fore night.
AT SOUTH NonanK.
The storm in South N orwalk was the
worst that has been experienced in
years. All along the wharfs‘ the damage
has been great. Nearly all of the
yachts anchored on the east side of the
channel parted their anchors and drift-
ed across to the west side, where they
are pounding against the docks. Among
the yachts that were blown across were
the Nellie, Ibuiltitmyself, Gertrude,
Julia, Three Brothers and Beatrixt.
covered with water and many yachts
are high and dry on the shore. The
damage to the shipping will no doubt
be great. The City of Albany and the
Sylvan Shore remained at the wharf,
deeming discretion the better part of
valor. Skifi‘s in large numbers broke
loose and were blown across the river.
Fred. Coleman’s awning succumbed
to the elements and was entirely des-
the Mahackemo fruit store.
The tramway cars came out on time,
but were unable to get beyond the resi-
dence of T. S. Vanderhoef’ 5 until late
in the morning, owing to the line be-
ing blocked by zstalling trees. .
dence of Andrew J. Crofut was blown
down, tearing up‘the terrace and con-
crete walk. Over in James H. Knapp’ 8
yard the pear trees were scattered in
every direction, one in falling carrying
away the front fence of the property
next door.
A tree in Dr. Benedict’s yard was
also blown down, as was one in the
Seymour lot opposite.
The cars of \the horse railroad were
stOpped in front of the residence of
Mrs. Hannah Hill, on West avenue, by
» the falling of trees opposite, which car-
ried the telephone and electric light,
wires down with them. By the use of ‘
an axe the wires were cut and the cars
continued on their regular trips. ‘ ‘
The up trains from the West were all
delayed by the reported wash out of:
the tracks near Port Chester.
The flats all around Wilson point and
the tracks on the dock were sub-
merged, but no damage of any conse-
quence is reported.
At Wilson Point Cove, the skipJack
Curlew, Capt. Oscar Mills, came ashore
and stove a hole 1n her side and filled.
A sloop sharpie belonging to Capt,-
Walker and W. H. Thomas’ yacht were
also beached by the storm.
‘At Gregory s Point no damage was
done by the storm excepting a small
portion of the dock, which was washed
away. The road leading to the point
was submerged by the tide, but no dif-
ficulty was experienced in getting to
the hotel.
AT New CANAAN.
Many trees have been blown down
and stripped of their fruit and branches
and roads washed but no very serious
damages are reported. No train left
the depot this morning for Stamford,
owing to a reported bad wash out on
the Consolidated tracks at Mount Ver-
non.
' _AT Wnsrronr.
Trees were blown down and in several
places, across the highways.
mendous tide flooded the beaches, ves-
sels dragged their anchors and several
bath houses are reported as washed
away along shore.
that never leaked before let in water
like sieves and considerable damage
done to ceilings and furniture.
New York,
August 21, 1893.
Good goods,and your money
back if you want it : that is the
bread and butter of good store-
kecping; but the jam--—every-
body likes jam-«is handy loca-
tion, pleasant. surroundings,
and courtesy.
.Yes, courtesy especially in
business. That boys clothes
for instance, or your own ,don’t
pop right out of our stOre clear
to where you live. You hays
' to come or write; and we feel
all themore kindlytoWard you.
.or have taken the trouble to
ant for you as we can, and are
serve you safely, but that you
enjoy it as well as we.
finding all the Other men’s and
boys’ wearablesa-hats, shoes,
‘negligee shirts and the rest.
ROGERS PEET -& ~CO..
drer:I miles of fNewYor ct
r nce,
BROADWAY {Warrem
STORES,
Mitchell place. on the Rocks road was -
razed as was a large hickory tree on '
the residence of Joseph Beagan on :
hinged window was blown in at Read- _
A large pane of glass in the - "
merits by a gust of wind. During the -
The entire west shore of the river is
troyed as was the awning in front of_
A large elm tree in frent of the resi- »
j : Our 81. 59 Wrappers,
Good Waists up frOm
ABOUT SUMMER WEIGITS
IT’S TRIS WETGHT.
::We’ ve Still on hand too much? Summer stock. ” . l l
They’ll have to be sold this season, so we’ ve put ~ ‘ ' ‘
the price way down. There are some beaut1es
among them
Our $1.°9 Waists now 690
Our 82 98 Wrappers, £11.13
. 19c . ' .
Men’s silken finish balbriggan shirts and drawers, at I. ..
noly 490 each; were 690 each.
Men’s colored balbriggan shirts and drawers, 39 Cents ,
‘ ~ were 50 cents.
Broken lot men’s colored medium weight shirts and ' . ».
drawers, at 330; were 50 cents.
Our 500 line men’s fine silk neckwear, any style, at
only 37 20. ' g
Big line of men’s domet working shirts, at only 190.
Boy’s domet outing shirts, at only 190 each. ' '
Ladies’ full regular made balbriggan hose at only 100 g
a pair.
Ladies’ and children’s silk Windsor ties at 12§c
Our $1. 75 negligee shirts, this sale only 980.
Men’s fancy bow ties, three for 190, worth 1220 each.
One lot silk gloria umbrellas, in 26 and 28 inches, for
980 ; worth $1. 50. g
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Ger. Main and Wall Streets, %
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SEASONABLE GOODS.
TTISTTTH “T HYATT
2 Géiette Burldrng, Norwalk. I 7 .1 .
WE HAVE COMMENCED' OUR E!
'ANNUAL MDSUMM H SAL
0F SEASONABLE Goons. EVERY DEPARTMENT REPRESENTED. - Y El
Ladies’ shirt Waists. . ’ '
Shirt Waists made' 1n silk, lawn, sateen, percales and cambrics at prices never
before known. Note the prices: A good plated waist for 19 cts , a regular 500
waist for 3731:; a fine percale waist. never sold less than 75 cents for 50 cents;
All of our fine lawn and sateen waists reduced' in the same proportion. 6'
Silk Shirt Waists.
Silk waists, in China, India and Sarah in black and colors, all reduced' m price:
$5 silk waist for $3: $6 silk waist for $4. 50; $7. 50 and $8 silk waists for $5. 50.
Gentlemen’s Outing shirts.
We have decided to close out our entire line of gentlmen’ s outing and neglige '
shirts, and' in order to do it We have made just two prices on them and will sell
all of our cheviot, percale and madras shi-rts, regular 75c and $100. goods, at 500 , _
all of our finer goods. in Oxfords, mph}: and French. flannels, regular price
from $1 to $1. 75—we will close out. at 75c. ; . . _ '
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The Leading Dry Goods Store,
TRISTRAM a HYATT
2 Gazette Building
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