Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 10, 1910, Page 11

- or Speater | ‘of Williams Yor the| - and instructive papers e at. the cl session of ‘winter meeting of the Con- Society of Civil Engineers, held in North Shemfield ball, New Ha- ven, Wednesday. This session, which followed the business meeting of Tues- day and the annuai banquet of Tues- day night, was well attended and the 'tb:uperl presented were given close at- Benjamin S.' Hinckley, engineer of tests, for the New Haven railroad, was to read a paper on Problems Handled By the Test Department of a Large vy Corporafion, but Mr. Hinckley was un- Aar able to be presemt snd the paper was d@rectly read by J. Fredepick Jackson, secre- eystem. tary of the association. st Frederick L. Y.ord of Hartford gave the members ©f the association an interesting ta)k on Eight Weeks of Civic St 4.broad. His address was profusely Miustrated and was intense- Iy inter as it dealt with the beautifying of municipalities in Bu- ropean cities, which the speaker said were far in advance of this country in this werk, Mr. Lord’s trip abroad Wwas one of aboat 12,000 miles, he said, and took in some of the principal cities on the continent, London, Liv- erpool, Birmingham, in England. and Glasgow, Scotland. On the continent he showed slides from Hamburg, Bre- men, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Vienna, Bude Pesth. His pictures dealt with subjects related to the city beautiful idea. one which the speaker said is now heing considered by every city of prominence in this country. He show- ed verious styles of trolley waiting stations, lighting posts and poles. trol- ley poles, advertising kiosks in use in foreign cities, all comstructed with a view to beautifying the city. A paper on Dams Approved by Henry T. Potter, now deceased, was read by Charles E. Chandler, which entered inte the details of the con- struction of dams on the Shetucket, Quinebaug and Moosup rivers, work on which was supervised by Mr. Potte Some of the dams on the Shetucket ‘were built between 1860 and 1870 and are still amowg the largest in the state and doi usiness at the same old stand. }o materials used in their construc#ion were spoken of at length. Henry T. Potter of Norwich was the first ‘member of the state board of engineers from the Third congressional district. The appointment was an egpecially judicious one, as Mr. Pot- ter’s experience with important dams exceeded that of all other engineers in the district, and perhaps exceeded that of any othr engineer in the state. He declined to call himseif an engineer, saying that he was a builder of engineering works, He was, how- ever, a designer of engineering work and designed all his own work so far as I know. He is said to ha been foreman of a machine shop when he was 18 years old, and from building machinery he came to building mills and dams. Between 1860 and 1870 Mr. Potter designed and superintended the con- Struction of three dams on the She- tucket river, two of them about feet high, and one of them about 15 feet high, and the Housatonic dam on the Housatonic river, about 24 feet high. These dams are still among the largest in the state, the drainage are: at the first three dams being 459, 477 and 526 square miles respectively, and at the latter dam 1,560 square mil A Safeguard to Children. “Our two children of &ix and eight years have been since infancy subject te colds and croup. About three years ago I started to use Foley’s Honey and Tar, and it has never failed to and cure these troubles. It is medicine I can get the children to take row. W. It cures coughs, colds and croup, and prevents bronchitls and pneumonia. Tee & Osgood. - COAL AND LUMBER. OAL Ceal Success Comes in Cans, Bad Delivery Comes in Caw’ts. This deMvery question has grown very importent during the iast few years, for le do not buy in such Jerge quarntities, svhat they need they want quiekly. E. CHAPPELL CG. Central Wherf and 150 Main Street Telephones. Lumber febl0d J. A. MORGAN & SON Coal and Lumber Central Wharf. Telephone 884, dec24d The best to bs had and at the right prices too. Remember we always earry a big line of Shingles. Call us wup and let us tell you about our stock, H. F. & A. J. DAWLEY, movisd : Tdb State Association of Civil Engineers of Work of the All these dams were built on a rather poor gravel foundation. Stream flow data in this country were scarce in the ’60s, and only the smaller streams had, as a rule, been dnvebxod. Accidents occurred in the building of these larger dams that made Mr. Potter’s experience more valuable than it would otherwise have been. As the law does not require that members of the state poard of engi- neers should report their doings to anyone, there is no convenient way to find out how many or what dams have been brought to their attention officially. From such plans as Mr. Potter left among his papers. kindly loaned me by his family, sald Mr. Chandler, and from my own personal knowledge and from certificates on the land records of the various towns in the district, it appears that Mr. Potter had some official connection with nine dams. The first dam approved by Mr. Pot- ter was that at Greeneville in the city of Norwich, to take the place of the one uilt in 1830, by the Norwich Wa- ter Power company. The new dam was built in 1881 and 1882 and devel- ops the largest water power in eastern Connecticut. His second dam was on the Quine- ‘baug river in the town of Thompson, at a viliage called Reedsville. This dam has a timber rollway and a long earthen embankment, ovcr which a highway passes. v The third dam Mr. Potter was called to act upon was in Woodstock. A dam had been built without state ap- proval, in an improper manner. It was unable to stand the pressure of the wa- ter. Ten feet was added to the width u]t the base under Mr. Potter's approv- a His fourth dam was the new Slater dam at Jewett City, built to take the place of the one carried away in the freshet of 1886. It is a stone masonry dam, with granite face, founded on ledge rock and is probably the finest dam in Mr. Potter's district. Dam number flve was also at Jewett City, above the Siater dam. This new dam also replaced one that went out in the freshet of 1886. The sixth dam was at the Pachaug reservoir. taking the place of a wooden dam that had become rotten. Number seven was a timber dam at Moosup. Mr, Potter’s eighth dam was for a storage rescrvoir for water power in Lebanon, and his ninth and Jast dam was for the Ponemah water supply, at Taftville. Other papers read were Dams and Reservoirs Built in Connecticut Under Supervision of Nelson J. Welton. by Nelson J, Welton, The ‘Sea Wall in Connecticut, with Power Stations and Manufacturing Buildings, by George A. Orro The annual report of the retiring president, ¥ J. Easterbrook, showed the association to be in good condi- tion numerically and financially. The association now has a membership of 297 against 286 at this time last year and the finances are in good condition. Mr. Easterbrook suggested the estab- lishment of an association library and appointed .a committee to select an as- sociation pin, a committee to frame a resolution to present to Connecticut representatives in congress providing for an appropriation for a big testing machine, and a committee for consid- eration of law requiring a better prop- erty description in deeds. OPEN MEETING TO g ? QBSERVE LINCOLN’S BIiRTHDAY Sedgwick Camp, Sons of Veterans, to Free Burning Kinds and Lehigh ALWAYS IN STOCK. A. D. LATHROP, Office—ccr. Market and Shetucket Bta Telsphone 168-12. In recognition of the greatness of Abraham Lincoln, and of the magni- tude of his service to our country, and in accordance with the annual custom of the Sons of Veterans to observe Lincoln’s birthday, the membets of Sedgwick camp have arranged to hold an open meeting at the Buckingham ‘Memorial building on Friday evening, Feb. 11, at 8 o'clock. An appropriate programme will dbe given. Several well known speakers have ‘been secured for the evening and a well known orchestra will music. Sedgwick post, G. A. R. the Citizens’ corps and the Third and Fifth companies, C. A. C., will be present. isr A - CALAMITE COAL Well Seasoned Wood 58 T TR ‘QBITUARY. c. H. HlstLL #Mrs. Hart Talcott. Mrs. Mary Gray (Huntington) Tal- ocott, wife of City Marshal Hart Tal- mesday morning at 7.45 at her home, No. 118 Wooster street, Hartford. She had had attacks of heart trouble at different times and was stricken Wed- nesday morning after arising. She re- turned to her room and died soon af- terward. ‘Mrs. Talcott was born in Lebanon Aug. 13, 1836, a daughter of Deacon Eleazer Huntington and Betsy (Throop) Buntington. She was a direct descend- ant of Admain Scope, one of the regi- cide judges who condemned XKing Charles I to death. When Charles 11 ascended the throne and the regicides were obliged to flee, Adrain went to Holland, and later his son, William, emigrated to Bristol, R. 1., and changed his name to Throop, which has since been the family name. Mrs. Talcott was educated in the public schools of Already We Have Commenced-to Receive New Spring Patterns in Furniture. ‘The quality of stock and manufac- turs is guaranteed, and our past repu- tation vouches for the fact that our prices are might. We are in a position te save you money if you are prepar- ing to mewiy furnish a home. COME TO US FOR PRICES. M. HOURIGAN, 62-66 Main Street. cebra Building ARE YOU THINKING OF DOING THIS ? It o you should consult with me and gt prices for same. Excellent work at reasonable prices. C. M. WILLIAMS, General Contractor and Builder, 218 MAIN STREET. "Phone 370. DR. C. R. CHAMBERLAIN Denta/ Surgeon. the ladies 'academy at Bangor, Me. She went to Hartford to live in 1878 and had since made that city their home. Mrs. Talcott was a member of the ‘Windsor avenue Congregational church. Besides her husband she leaves three children, William H. Talcott, assistant cashier of the Scottish Union and N thonal Insurance company: Morton Taloott and LilMan G. (Mrs. Clement H. Brigham), all of Hartford. She leaves two grandsons and a grand- daughter, a sister, Miss Ellen B. Hunt- ington, of Lebanon, and a brother, William Huntington, of Hartford. The Valuable Glavis. ‘With all desire to be fair in com- dt strikes us that this portentious young for what we may call the prosecution, is making a rather feeble spectacle of himself in that capacity. Mr. Glavis seems to have been bitten with soht of rabies of suspicion of everybody's honesty but his oewn and Pinchot's, and that may account for the flimsi- ness of most of his testimony. Foven those who are hoping against hope that Glavis will yet blow to smithereens the adminstration that gevered him_ from the payroll must admit the ridiculousness of his mental exposure of himself last Monday. He adduced the important fact that he jani7a " - nfih‘l& ._.,. . once heard a b:mn named hGarzle say Stroet. he thought the reason why Garfield b Norwich, Gemm | /. not in Taft's cabinet was because of his antagonism to Alaska coal claimants. . The busy Glavis promptly embodied this precious tattle for Col- Her's in an affidavit; but he did not regard it as a reflection on President Taft!—Milwaukee Sentinel. "FUNERAL ORDERS _ Agtistically Arranged by o TR, Women to Blame. ‘Women are blamed by a Brooklyn preacher for the high divorce rate. We understand that they also are to be blamed for most of the es.— menting on‘the Ballinger investigation, | . Glavis, supposed to be the star witness | Have Many Guests Friday Even- | furnish | ©Cotk, of Hartford, died suddenly Wed- | | elor maids of the club are to be Lebanon and finished her education atl . State Board of Agriculture. married Mr. Talcott Nov. 20, 1862. They | PROBATE JUDGES. Judge Marvin of Hartford Elected President of Assembly. The Connecticut Probate assembiy held its annual meeting Wednesday in the senate anteroom of the capitol ai Hartford. The meeting was called to order by Judge Carrington of Winsted. The following officers were elected President, L. P. Waldo of Hartfor first vice presidgent, W. H. Burnham cf Hampton; second vice president, H. H. Woodman of Bethel; secretary and treasurer, Joseph B. Banning of Deep River. The following members were elected: | Elweyen T. Clark of Haddam, Oscar V. | Atwood of Brooklyn and Lewis B. | Hinckiey of Stonington. The committee on business appointed |is as follows: John T. Hubbard of | Litchfield, Curtis S. Bacon of Middle- | town and Oliver E. Getty of Danielson. | There was a discussion on the fees paid judges of probate. It was led by Judge Marvin, who took the chair when { he was elected president. There were thirty-four members | the assembly present. of Round Table Meeting. | For their first meeting thi | the Round Table met with Edwin | A. Tracy. No. 33 Spalding siCet, hav- {ing 2@ large attendance. “fie rollcall was an interesting featu, being re- sponded to by humorous anecdotes of month, Abraham Lincoln. Two meritorious papers were given before the inter- mission, and two other well written papers closed the evening. The pro- gramme was as follows: Maurice of Nassdu—The Lincoin of Holland, Rev. P. C. Wright; The Siege of Haarlem, Miss Eleanor Rose; On Dutch High- i ways, Miss 1. Angie Stanton; and Dutch Legends, Miss Jennie L. Case. Refreshments were served. At the next meeting in two weeks the bach- the hostesses. Through the perseverance of State Grange Master L. H. Healey, the ser- lvices of N. P. Hull have been secured to speak at two institutes in Conneeti- cut—one March 8 at North Haven, one March 9 at Willimantic. Mr. Hull is president of the Ameri can Dairymen’s association, also ma ter of the Michigan state grange. The state board through its secretary, Hon. I C. Fanton, will arrange remaining list of speakers. On Divorce. The following story is told by Harris Dickson in an article in Success Maga- zine entitled “The Negro's Idea of Mar- riage:” “Yas, suh,” said Unele Mose, “dat one-armed justice o’ the peace sho do know his bizness. Me an’ Maria went an’ ‘sulted him ‘bout a divo'ce. He says, ‘Co'se I kin make you a divo'ce. I reckon I can’t tie no knot what I can’t untie. It'll be kinder rough, but vouwll git unhitched, an’ dat’s what you want. ’Tain’t no use giwin’ a lawyer twenty-five dollars an’ payin’ a lot o’ cote costs on top o' that when I kin fix you up wid @ home-made divo'ce what'll last jes’ as long.’ Dat justice o’ de peace talked so sensible dat we ve him de job den an’ dere. Bless o’ soul, it didn’t take long. ‘Fine yo’ ands,” he said, an’ commenced to readin’ fust out o’ one book, den out o’ anether. I couldn’t make head or tails o’ what ’twus about until he hit same reading what he marnied us by— only he read dat part o' it backwards. When he got through he jerked our hands epart. *Now!’ he say, reel brief, ‘we comes out de same gate we went in at. I turn you lodse in the big road. right where I found you’ He charged us one dollar for marryin’ us, an’ two dollars for unmarryin® us. It was more irouble to untie a knot than ‘twas to tie it.” 1f this kind of a divorce suited Uncle Mose and Aunt Maria, it was their own affair. y thers wes no ene to ebject N t P Z : o o ostal Deficit Postmaster-General Hitchcock reports that the Post-Office Department loses $64,000,000 a year in the business of carrying second-class mail (magazines and periodicals). : v oA There is not a deficit of $17,000,000, as the department alleges, but actually a . surplus of more than $10,000,000, when the specific loss on free rural delivery is taken into consideration, and the de- partment’s figures of $64,000,000 loss on second-class matter are wrong by more than $60,000,000. THE SAT EVENING 7 - DAY i - Pl ¢ ¥ for February 12th devotes its editorial page to this subject, showing the injustice of the recommendation to raise the rate on all magazines and periodicals—but not on daily papers or the country weeklies. ! PP Ore fact: In the year ended June 3oth, 1908, the weight of second-class matter compared to 1907 decreased 18,- ooo,000 pounds. The postal expenditures increased $18,000,000. ‘There is some- thing in it besides second-class matter. Look for a dozen more facts in this week’s (date of February 12th) number of THE SATURDAY EVENING PosT.” Paid circulation this week 1is 1,575,000 copies The Curtis Publishing Company Philadelphia, Pennsylvania HOSPITAL FUND led for Work- Martin's bridge over the North river, Reau de Roscolla, built by Bishop | Vinet at a cost of $1,500,000, and the HEIRS TO $2,500,000. i Bishop | Meriden Relatives of Montreal iMight Easily Be Pro Want Family Property Returned. | site_of the beautiful St Laurent's ingmen and Their Families. | church in Montreal, and $100,000 in — The biggest suit ever started in Mer- | cash. | Speakiug of the Griffin nosjital, exnd iden, whiech involves a sum consider- The story as explained today by |the urgent need for more room at that ably over $2,500,000. is being brought | Attorney Mag starts when Jacques J. |institution, a Shelton manafiot:irer by Joseph Beaudreau, employed by the | Winet was bishop of the district of | suggested the following plan: af ever Meriden Cutlery company, on behalf [Montreal, rich through property left | workingman would do here as they do of the heirs of Jacques Jauvier Vinet, | by his mother, prosperous and famous. | in my home city,” he id, “taut is, a famous bishop of Montreal, who died | He broke down under a nervous strain |contribute the small amount of say f've and while in a very unbalanced mentai | cents yer week out of th pa,, for a thirty years ago, says the Meriden Rec- ord. Mr. Beaudreau, represented by At- torney I. H. Mag, is acting by an agree- ment for all the heirs, who are Faben Beaudreau, his father, for thirty-five vears a resident of Meriden and now a Cheshire farmer, Rosella Beaudreau of Waterbury, phia and Elphire Beaudreau of Monireal. ‘The Meriden claimant for the biz estate has been working for ten years to establish™ his claim and has at a cost of secured a list of twenty- nine ents in the ¥French language of wills, deeds, etc., many of them very old Apertaining to the matter) from the records of Montreal. The story on which the heirs base their claims involves one of the most prominent men in the Canadlan city and in the French Catholic church. 1t is full of interest. In the property involved is included Mgr. Bouejet, | hospital fund, no workingman nor his family need suffer for the cost of the best hospital treatment., That iu being done in England, and has been done for a number of years, and in my home the workingmen of the city have actually paid for the erection of & addition to one of the hospitals, wit! wards for both men and women, and have also contributed enough 5o that any workingman or his wife or Lis daughters have absolute free hospital service when it 1s needed by them. Al this has been done by the smail com- | tributions made each we ani whieh | bave not been missed by the givi e | Ansonia Scntinel. You Never Can Te.l. Who knows? Perhaps those fva tons | of cold storage poultry laid the 6,000 . 1000 cold storage eggs in that Jervey City warehouse.—Manchester Union. condition was taken by a brother bishop, and Hubert Pare, a prominent Canadian, to Rome to re- cuperate and at the same time to pa a wvisit to the pope. While on the jour- ney, thinking, eccording to an afidavit in a suit he later brought, he was sign- ing a will, he put his signature to a deed transferring his vast property to Bouejet and Pare, so Mr, states. Later, back in Montreal, after he recovered, he brought suit against his friends for the reconveyance of his property. Fate of Ultimate Consum The formation in Minneapoiis of a million dollar cereal combine to handle the breakfast rfood outpul Suggests the fear that the ultimaie consum “w ll] soon find himself in the latesr Gins% eating his boots with & few prunes on the side.—New York Evening Teie- the site of the present big Montreal | gram. | —— - postoffice, owned by the government, ot Ly ! | Of all Buropean countiries, enly Hol- to which the Me Six hundred Eunu are applied for {land has & lower rate of mor- on. tality than Great Brital riden heirs think thcyl famous &L every week in