The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1912-03-12
Stratf0rd
TREE WARDEN LALLY PLANS
TO MAINTAIN SHADY STREETS
Expert i'm Tree Culture Would I'M
mediately Fill Up Spaces Left
By Removal and Death.
Especial to The Farmer)


James Lally is removing the big trees
which formerly shaded Broad street
but are now dead. Last year the
tree warden removed more than
twenty-five noble elms which have
died since the elm tree beetle got busy
In this vicinity. He will remove as
many more this year. At this rate
the shady streets of the town which
have been the pride and comfort OF
the inhabitants for centuries will soo,,
be only memory. 1t is estimated
that over 200 trees have been remov-
ed from the streets during the past
five years. Warden Lally can easily
predict how soon the streets will be
exposed to the burning rays of the
sun in the summer and the scathing
northwest winds in winter. He sug-
gests a remedy which will be boon
to coming generations if the present
residents, of the town will adopt it.
He proposes that the town make an
appropriation for 100 trees each year
to take the places of those removed.
He promises to plant the trees so
they will thrive and be source Of
pleasure. The. plan will insure sue
cesSion at a very small expense and
100 trees distributed about the streets
every year will make a surprising
difference in the appearance of the
town in ten years. After that period
has elapsed there will never be a lack
of shade as the number planted can
be increased to keep pace with the
new streets opened as the town
grows in population as it surely will.
Well shaded streets will be an in
ducement for the better class of res
idents who are seeking please mt
homes, It also means that if the
town is careful of it's general appear
ance property owners are likely to
follow the example and vie with each
other in making their holdings at
tractive. The plan is worthy of con-
sideration at the next annual town
meeting Or at any special town meet
ing. The next few weeks will be the
proper time to plant shade trees.
George T. Jewell, town treasurer,
yesterday, received a check for 3d.
so from the office OF the con-
amount due the town of Stratford as
its share Of the income from the state
school fund. Towns are allowed $2.25
for each child of school age. This
was one of the features of the public
school system originating In this state
and it was a part of the plan by
which the general education was in
sured all over the state. AS the state
increased in population faster than
the school fund the difference was
made up from the general funds Of
the state. This year the school fund
amounted to only $112,576.S4, while the
amount paid out to the towns is
$575. 522.24.
The work of changing the doors Of
the public halls in the town builo-
ing to comply with the law will be-
gin, it. is announced. when the wealth.
err gets warmer, when the carpenter
gets time, etc, which provokes the
inquiry as to whether the carpenter
will require as long to make the
changes as the iron monger has to
make the iron stills, to wit; seven
years. It. is possible that boys now
playing marbles in front of the town
hall will be hoary headed grandfath-
ers before the changes are made and
the resolution of the voters in town
meeting assembled will have gone out
of the memory Of the oldest inhabi-
tant. 1t looks very much as if the
will of the voter was a negligible
quantity in Stratford as we'll as in
other parts of the state. The breath
less rush with which modern events
the breath of the old timers and
makes them wish for the good old
times when men were more moderate
in their movements. Some of tbs
mathemat icians of the stove club
| have figured that if it takes seven
years to. make a door sill it would
take seven centuries to build a town
hall.
Mr.. Work of Madison, N. J., is the
guest Of his son, Horace, who is tu-
toring with Rev. Prof. Arthur Shir-
-ey in preparation for college. Mr..
Work and his son are enamoured
of Stratford and believe that it is
| one of the most desirable places Of
residence in this country.
On Sunday morning Christian Frick,
foreman Of the gang which is remov-
ing scrap iron from the Consolidated
boneyard at the gravel pit, discovered
that nothing but ashes remained of
the shanty used as shelter by the
| men and as a store house for tools.
Whether the men left a fire in the
stove on Saturday night and the
building caught from it or tramps en-
| tered during the night and set the
place on fire is not known. The dam
age is small and confined to the tools
used in the work of breaking up iron.
| The Shanty was built by the men
from materials at hand.
Rev. James Garris of New York is
| conducting a series of revival SER
vices at the First Baptist church on
Lundy's Lane. The services are at
| tracing large attendance nightly
| and the interest is unusually pro-
The Ramblers basketball games will
| be resumed on Thursday night.
c. A. Hebbard, who left his family
| here a year ago and went to Los An
geles, Cal, hoping to escape tubercu-
| losiS with which he was threatened, in
a recent letter to Mrs. Hebbard states
that he is rapidly recovering and is
now robust 4nd strong. He is much
pleased with the climate which he
says is delightful. He is now able to
| pick oranges from the trees and enjoy
! the other delights of that grateful
| climate. He has been remarkably
successful in his business and if these
conditions continue he viii probably
settle there permanently with his fam
| lily.
| On Saturday night a load of furni-
ture owned by Miss Kate McEwen,
and plotted by Matthew Johnson,
went into the ditch on Beardsley ave-
nue. and upset. Johnson was pulled
! out of the wreck by J. Emmett Boards
| ley and his load was Strengthened out
/ again by obliging residents of the
neighborhood. Accidents are frequent
on this street and the town will prob
ably be called upon some day to pay
a big bill of damages. A light has
| been placed in the dangerous spot but
| it is so located that it blinds those
| whom it was intended to aid. A tile
drain covered to the level of the street
| would eliminate all the trouble.
civil engineer recently ascerta1ned,
| with his instruments, that there is an
| average fail of two inches to the 100
feet enough to make drain feasible.
Late one night last week an automo-
| bile went into the ditch and two fe-
| males who were on the rear seat were
| badly frightened, and their screams
of terror aroused the neighborhood.
At the regular March meeting of
NTor nv N Nho, ,to IDa1 hi nf