The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-14
STRATFORD=F D=FAIRFIELD= SOUTHPORT
Daily ChtoncHngs of the DoIngs of Our Country Cousins by The
 Farmers Special Correspondent
BOARD OF TRADE MEETS
Most Interesting of the Organl-
 zatiOn Since its Inception
Special to the Farmer.)

of the Board of Trade held in the town
 hall last night was the longest ana most interesting in its history. Elliott w. Peck, the president, was in the
 chair and w. H. Hart was secretary.
 Judge Charles H. Peck reported that
 he had introduced bill in the Leg1s-
 lature to grant the Connecticut Com pany a charter for the extension of it's lines through South Main street to Lordship Park and across the mead
 ows to connect with its Stratford ave-
 nue lines through Hollister avenue. The mem berS of the board voted to endorse the project which Judge Peck
 assured the assemblage was asked TOT
 by the residents of the South End.
 The proposition to have the name of Stratford appear on the signs carried
 by the trolley cars came up, and Supt. Chapman'S assurance that the name would appear as soon as signs could
 be painted, was we'll received
 First Selectman Charles H. Welles
 and Harbor Master E,. H. Beers calleu
 the attention of the board to the prac-
 tice of the dredgers who dump the
 matter taken from the channel on the banks where it remains only long
 enough to be washed back into the channel again. MT. Beers said that
 the dredgers would in the future be compelled to take the matter outside
 the harbor
 The board accepted the invitation
 of the Pootatuck Yacht Club to hold it's next meeting at the club house on the Housatonic.
 The board voted to have repreSen- tation at the hearing on the proposed road, which takes place before the
 Railroad committee in Hartford next
 Tuesday at 2 D. m.
 Clayton K Blakeslee presented communication from the Automobile
 erect signs and guide boards through the town to direct motorists. The communication charged that men en-
 gagged in the work previously had been prevented from carrying out the plan. First Selectman Charles H. Welles
 said that he had never heard of any | interference, and that there was no objection as far as he knew. c. K: Blakeslee, Samuel w. Rubbell and 1 William H. Crawford were appointed a committee to attend to the matter. MT Blakeslee also suggested tha eSns to receive refuse be placed al different points about the center. The board voted to be represented | in the Red Mems souvenir book, anc the pictures of the officers were or dered.
 Samuel Grinrod, a resident of the South End. obtained the floor ane
 made a rambling address in which he
 stated that two factories were seek ing a location in his vicinity. He de- scribed an industrial railroad which fs proposed which will open up the coun- l try south of Avon Park to factories 1 Handy & Harmon of Bridgeport, re | liners of metals, is one of the firm which propose to build This com {, pany has bought tract in Strattorc | and the charter for an industrial rail road to their property has been grant ed by the Legislature. Grlnrod was allowed to speak, although not mem Der of the board He attacked the | town officials savagely and was called | to order several times. The matter | which he had to offer was worthy o1
 more temperate presentation.
 | The public improvement committee
 reported on the matter of house num- | bering, and the work will be com menced as soon as the necessary au- | thority can be obtained.
 | The. meeting lasted for three hours i and is considered the most important
 yet held by the board.
 | James Peet, who is circulating the petition demonstrating against the | buiIding of the new road along the railroad, is busy obtaining signatures to the paper, He announces great
 success, and says that he will go tC | Hartford at the hearing on the mat | ter next Tuesday and present hum | dred names or more against the pro- | ject. His petitioners ask for dou-
 ble track on East Broadway, which 1s probably just what the. Connecticut l Company desires more than anything
 else. The residents of Judson Place
 are fearful that objections by this ele- ment may force a track on their street
 but the petitioners deny any such in ! tention The town is rapidly dividing | on the subject and there will, be z lively contest both before the commit | tee and later when a town meeting is | called.
 The Stratford School Band will mee
 next Wednesday afternoon to have pictures taken to be used in the Rec Mems souvenir book.
 | The funeral of Charles E.. Gilber took place yesterday afternoon from his late residence in Judson Place Rev. E. c. Carpenter of the M. E
 church officiating. Delegations from Elias Howe Post, G. A. R., and iron Samuel H. Harris lodge of Odd Eel flows were present Deceased was z
 veteran of the Civil War and hat | lived in Stratford for 15 years, retiring
 after serving over 25 years with the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine | Company The interment was il I Park cemetery, Bridgeport.
 Miss Sarah A. Davis died at he
 home in North avenue, yesterday, aged ! TO- Deceased had lived in this towr for many years. She leaves a broth 1 CT, Edward B. Davis, of this town, an( a SiStpr living in Providence F