The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-18
STAMFORD =FAIRFIELD= SOUTHPORT
Daily Chonic|ngs of the Dongs of Our Country Cousins by The
 Farmers Special Correspondent
TO BRIDGE THE TRACKS
Movement on Foot to Get a Crossing From Stratford Ave nue to H0llister Heights
Special to The Farmer.)

Especial to Ino dIHCl.J
 Stratford. July 1S-The building of a high board fence along the tracks of the New Haven road at St. Ml- chael's cemetery will shut off com munication from Stratford avenue to Hollister Heights except through the viaduct at Bruce avenue. The cross ing of the tracks at this point IS dangerous in the extreme. There have been many accidents and more mar row escapes there. As the Heights is building up rapidly the danger will be increased as the number of people who wish to take this short cut grows larger There is now no public cross ing between Bruce avenue and west Broad street a distance of about mile. Residents of Hollister Heights are already discussing the matter and it will probably result in petition for an overhead crossing somewhere along the line so that residents may reaohs,St raf ferd zasenNe without cross ing the tfaciss afTsgrade. Some ad- vocate a foot bridge as a temporary relief to be afterwards replaced by wagon bridge. That the railroad means to prevent further accidents at this point is evident. It is impossible to prevent people from crossing the tracks as1 long as there is no simpas> sahle ba-rier.~ Hs long as they cross there VIII De constant udHSer-W VI oCCi- cent.
 \ nearing before the railroad com, nlittee of the Legislature will be held this afternoon at the Capitol in Hart ford on the proposition to build a new road along the railroad from Main street to- the Ferry Road. The select. men sf the town, and a. large number of1 NftSzenS iptere sfed sAnt the~.matter s pr0fana. cpAE Xvi il:arte nd -r1f Ihe prom ises of both sides of the ques tion make good there will be lively session. x A week ago dog was run over by a trolley car on Main street near Judson place. While, in itself, this fact sis not of absorbing interest still it suis0 esulI sin tke sofyingN much discusse&ssp pfBh8erHu di V6nlyes; in this State 'andscounty NBat also the whole world over. The carcass Of the dog was not removed from the road and buried but lay there and was run over by the passing stream of motor cars until it was flattened out into broad sheet and firmly incorporated in the macadam pavement. That spot is the finest piece of pavement in the, State. It reSistS wear does not ravel and effectually holds the dHst It is believed that there are dogs enough in the town to cover all the streets and it is believed that they would be of more value there than running about the streets. Edward Dufour who made the discovery is thinking about copyrighting the idea and origi- mating a new pavement to be called the dog goned indestructible road dressing warranted to last forever. He proposes to bring the matter to the attention of State Highway Com missioner Macdonald and obtain his endorsem ent. .fF
 Frank Sammis is urging the resi- dents of the. town to scrape their elm trees with g hoe within the next few days. He has demonstrated that little work of this kind at this time Will destroy millions of elm tree worms and go far towards exterminat-. ing the pest which has destroyed many of the handsomest trees in the town. The worms are now seeking a place under the rough bark in which to hide while passing through the pupa stage of their existence. RemOv- ed from their hiding places the pupa soon die without any further treat ment. It should be remembered that every one of these pupae destroyed means hundreds less worms to prey on the tree next season and by thor ough work the pest may be externin- ated in this way alone without the necessity of spraying which is much, less effectual. The work must be cone. however, in the next few days to be of practical benefit.
 Newton Reed is driving high stopping trotter recently purchased as a driving horse.f
 Waiter CBolivar) Park has been in town several days on a furlough wear ing nifty yachting suit and a smile that won't rub off. He is "bosun'' of 9 big steam yacht and says that he is enjoying his position to the utmost
 ". 4 Hubbell recently lost big wallet containing tickets and other matter appertaining to the drawing Of the Paterson. automobile to be giv- ea away by Okenuck tribe of Redmen on the occasion. of it's fifth anniver- sary. The tickets will be of no value . to the finder as the numbers have been taken out but they are of value to Okenuck tribe and it is hoped that the inder wiH returH Ahe wallet to it's owner
 Arthur Kopp danced around town last night and asserted positively that his leg was not broken when he fell out of a wagon at Paradise Green the other day.
 The Assum bakery building is rap idly approaching completion and enough of ft-can now be seen to in- dicate that it will be a credit to the town. A few more such buildings on Main .Sstree t-5sAe6lild d crennove0: the wild west .appearan6e. of Main street and be more in keeping with the fact that Stratford was settled more than 200 years ago and was really emerging from the embryo stage of it's exist ence.
 Mir. and, Mrs& George Roberts of Barnum avenue are rejoicing over the arrival ofs son s.i and I heir at their
 .Bluefish weighing from a pound. to three pounds are being caught by trolling off the mouth of the river and on the Middleground. Numerous boats are out daily after them and the catches have been satisfactory so far