The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-28
Fairfield County News.
Verdict for Defendant


 A verdict for the defendant for costs was rendered at Danbury. Thursday afternoon by the jury in the case of Alexander Mangani & Bros. & Co.,, against Herman H. Kellner. The plaintiffs sued to recover $500 for work for which they claimed they were ln- sufficiently paid. It was admitted that plaintiffs and defendant entered into a contract on June 2, 1909. where. by the plaintiffs were to erect dam On stream on the property then Howard B. Scott. who presided said the jury would have to determine whether the plaintiffs stopped work when ordered to do so by the defen- dant Or whether they ceased work of their own accord, after they realized that they could not complete the con- tract for the stipulated sum they were to receive. Judge Scott also said that
 the jury should determine whether or not the dam was So situated that there might be loss of life or property in the event that the dam broke down. He said that the plaintiffs could re- cover if there was no danger of losA of life or property under a breaking of the dam. even though the plans and specifications were not approved by
 he said if there was danger If loss of life and property and also if the
 plans were not approved, the plain
 tiffs could not recover.
 Norwalk-New Canaan
 Two firms of engineers have sub- mitted approximate estimates of the
 cost of the proposed Norwalk-New Canaan trolley line. One estimates the total cost in round figures at s1fU,- 900, and thinks its net earnings should be more than six per cent The other put the net earnings at 4.S per cent. | The length of the road will be approx | imately 6.25 miles, the elevation of New Canaan being approximately 3S0 | to 400 feet greater than that of Nor walk.
 i Found on Track.
 The body of Charles Godfrey Of Saugatuck, was found on the tracks l near New Haven Sunday morning. ! Norwalk and was not seen or heard | of by any of his friends from that I time until he was found by the crew l of freight train dead on the tracks I near Woodmont. How he got to l Woodmont, or why he was there is | not known.
 1 Thown From Wagon.
 Charles H. Brundage. iiad a narrow | escape from serious injury or, perhaps 1 death at Danbury last week when his | wagon was struck by a trolley car 1 Two of the wheels of the wagon and | the thills and crossbar were broken, | freeing the horse. Mir Brundage was 1 pitched headlong against the vestihule | of the car, his arm breaking through l the glass front. He hung to the car until it stopped otherwise he might have fallen under it and been crushed l by the wheels. As it was he receiv- ! ed a long cut under one eye from the l broken glass and one arm was sprain- l ed. It is supposed that owing to the l fact that the rails were wet and slip
 pery, the motorman was unable to
 stop in time to prevent striking MT ! Brundage's rig as it crossed the track. To Electrify the D. & H.
 A plan to electrify the Danbury df- | vision of the New York, New Haven 1 & Hartford railroad is on foot. The
 route will be the same as present ex-
 cept for an additional track. The ad- | ditional right of way for ihe extra l track has already been secured. The
 blue prints of the proposed road show
 no grade crossings, all having been
 eliminated. The road will run through | the business center of Norwalk rather | than under Wall street.
 1 Carnegie RenewS Offer
 Andrew Carneeie has offered the
 city of South Norwalk S20,0G0 for a
 new Carnegie library. The probabil- ities are that after talking the matter