The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-14
FOX ANNOUNCES
 CANDIDACY FOR
 MACD0NALD'S JOB
Fairfield's First Se1ectman to Rely
 Upon His Proven Efficiency
He Has Given Fairfield and Southport a Splendid System OfRoads-TO Have Substantial Backing.

Charles s. Fox, first selectman or
 Fairfield, is candidate for appoint
 ment as state highway commlsslohef
 to succeed James H. Macdonald, the present incumbent of the office. Mr' Fox stands upon the record he mas made upon the roads in Fa1rnelo' which are acknowledged to be quite the best in the state. There are 10" miles of highways fin the old Revo- ' lutionary town and they are an ex- ample of what country roads may De and should be. And the Fa1rnelo I highway budget has been strIc.,S l limited in amount, so that the eAcoL lent highways of the town are ihucn
 more the result of personal skill ana | superintendence than or the la'lsll expenditure of money; The candidacy of MT. Fox is sald to have the support of ms 1t; Ieliuw; townsmen, including many mutt millionaire automobilists who i've m Fairfield and who have observed wlth Ia keen eye the deficiencies Of the highway system of the state.
 MT. Fox's highways are in sucn eA-
 celIent shape that they have even been made the subject of a letter or commendation from the highway
 Commissioner himself, and MT. Fox now has this letteE-
 | In their ideas of how hignWays
 should be created and maintained
 MT. Fox and the present incumbent
 i of the office are not in accord Mr. Fox, after an abundant experlehce' T believes in oil and plenty of It.:
 l MT. Macdonald has used oil very r sparingly and apparently has little . confidence in it. The result Of the 8. two methods is illustrated by the un- e travelled surfaces of the highways m - Fairfield and the travelled, stone GOV $ cred surface of the state highways IT +brouphout Connecticut. d MT Macdonald has continuaily 1t built highways, while little or noun
 ing. has been done or e 10 S.1n aea hean built II |. The result ts that the state IS hl!es e with short stretches of road wh1cf h. have been allowed to go to plece t. and which cannot be put into snap IS without an expenditure aiIhosI eqoh se to the original cost
 MT. Fox believes that it is mer
 waste of tax payers money 10 pun pun
 expensive roads without taking stSp
 to keep them up after they are pun
 and he knows by experience tnat
 renair in time on a highway save d. nine repairs made after the road ha Iy been torn up. |: ne Perhaps there are no highways l of the state that s,dars are more capacity ar tha he those of Fairfield, which take a. yer large local automobile traffic and ea addition all of the automobile tram i'd between New OEk anu DoS1Oti' Lo MT. Fox has been five years iie member of the board of selectmen a Fairfield and three years first seIec ne man an office to which he mas pee lIe chosen repeatedly in the face or w. w. very large Republican pluraiity, IL oH Fairfield is one of the Repupi1ca lse strongnolds of the state.
 CT, MT. Fox was four years ago cal 'el didate for sheriff. He carried Bridg No. mort and made the best run that na ,se ever Leen made against Sheriff Hay be lev until the latter was beaten III u it. nresent contest by Chief Vollmer III Norwalk.
 ance He commands the respect al es- ffection of all who know him. F ,is- has a record as a student ana lir- athlete and spent some time Tn U Lrs | study of law under Governor 6ai ing win. the latter being an Instructor ast inc Yale Law School. He possess fin that rare gift called executive ab1u 1u- and his friends believe that ne Wou of uae the great resources of the sta or- employed by the highway departme nrt to the best advantage Tor the sta
 the tax payers and those Who
 the highways. ,,, . ,rs Mr. Fox's candidacy VIII nave ,,,,e support of many powerful men ID his own party and out of It Tn fa
 field county and throughout Conn.
 ticut. Petitions are being clrculat in his behalf and strong represen anu tions in favor of his appointment Y seu sm be made to Governor Baid"h WI