The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-17
StratfOrd
RIVER PILOTS HOPPING
 FOR APPROPRIATIONS
Have Waited for Years for Govern ment to Remedy the HOusa-
 tonic River Channels.
Special to The Farmer)


 possible after the fashion of the Mis- sissippi river pilots before the war From time to time work has been there has been no effort to make the river a navigable waterway ,suitaple for the increasing commerce of this town and the towns up the river; constructed but the former has not, been a success. Instead of relieving the sitSatlon the }e6fy onI5y eyen at high water by deep daught coasting vessels and barges. The. Jetty was ex- tended last year and the effecL ,ins. re. freshets this year. At every session of Congress for these 40 years the committee on rivers and harbors has Housatonic river. At every session promises have been made but they have never been fulfilled except in a partial manner. which gave the im> pression that what was done was only a sop, thrown to the people here to keep them quiet until another session of CongreBs convened.
 Men have been born hoping for the improvement of the river and have died hoping. These who have nVeo have given up all hope: Ana nov the annual application for the im- provenent of the Housatonic river. He has asked the committee for $25.- OOO to complete the project for the river. This sounds very nice It will make good campaign arguments put if river man st ooc gan ,1 he S founG wn0 he river he will be promptly Iyncned. We've heard these fossilized promises until they have about as much ef- feet on the rivermen' as summer showers There Is not a stretch of water in the country of the same ex- tent the improvement of which would iittie oid Housatonic which could easily be the outlet for the great man ufactoriess of the Naugatuck. valley. dt,,on iS spring nn s the Channel changes and the pilot never knows whether he can reach Derby with moderate drauEht ,,bts1 boat or esYv De c6m7 3er raises the river and sets him free: Yes Ebenezer we like the sound or that appropriation .promise even 1T we ing for forty years we can stand an- other hope but not many more Ten miles of river is not much to put in order when there Is already a gooo channel part of the way. Nature has done her share and 1t Is now up to the committee. to get busy and give
 Clayton K. Blaleslee, the only mem .ber Of the Second company. Govern or's Foot Guards in this town will attend the reception and ball tenoereo .to Major General Leonard Weed at the arnnory in New Haven this even ing. He will have as his guests: MISS Lotus Nicholson. director of music ana ldra wing in the public schools of Maat- son N J.. his mother, Mrs. Charles ". Rlakeslee. and MT, and Mrs. David L.. Rhoades of thIs town The decora- lions of the Junior prom" which took took place last night win remain for this evening. The Foot Guard band will furnish music for the .recep6ion and alternately with. an orchestra at 'f1F Frederick riffayn win soon occupy the bungalow built for him near Ss TtratfoTd oTGnSing SKeRue and s steam hestins plant are the work of H. c. Lowell & co. MT. Tiffany now lives on Cedar street in Bridgeport- Frank Ricn. his new house. on Nichols avenne which is nearly completed W Fl. Lamson. another BrldRepor1er. ls Terrace. These are only a few in- stances of the trend of the people wno desire the advantages of rural ife Hundreds of lots have been sold here during the past year and many or them will be built on this spring. It's fair to say that Stratford Is tncreas. ever did in it's palmiest days
 O- schuftz and Miss A. King of Bridgeport are the guests 2,, or MT; S+ anu
 The young people of the town are indebted eto Mrs. c. H. Hebbard who has furnished the music for the oanc, ing after the games in the town hall in which the Ramblers took part. Mrs Hehbard is much interested in the success of the team of which her son is a mernber and she has volunteered to play for the dancing gratis.
 L. woodruff of Bridgeport IS the guest of J. Meyer of California street faithfully guarded Newton Reeds store and premises is dead He sue cumbed to some canine malady yes terdaY He was a valuable animal
 William Blamey who has been slow 1v recovering from a serious illness has suffered relapse and Is now m
 Mrs. David L. Rhoades and Mrs. Frank Patterson. gave a whist party, at the Rhoades homestead on Klng street, last night. in honor or their J. The guests were all ladies from Bridgeport and they filled ten ta- bles at play. An elaborate luncneon borfs The rooThs were prettily decor ated for the event. The prizes were
 distributed as follows: Mrs. J.. H warnes half dozen cut sherbet glass es: Mrs w. Richardson. ornamental
 box fancy stationery; Mrs. A;
 Tanner, half dozen hand painted fruit | plates: Mrs. T. I. Ferguson, hat DIT and holder; Miss Belle Fletcher
 French gilt mirror; Mrs. M; M, Down' | CT. Japanese vase: Mrs. G. Warnes Warnes. Jspjanese cherry tree
 + One of the most admired phono- ! graph records in the possession of the i fire department is one which repro | duces a Chinese orchestral symphony It is played when something tenoel o, and touching is needed to sooth tht
 spirits of the members. Capt. Frant 1 Coley. who acquired his taste fo, | Chinese music while master of sea- going ship. Is one of the most enthu sia stic admirers of this particular piece.
 Miss Anna Braitling has been very i'll with the grip at her horne or
 Broad street for two weeF- Will D' | able to be out in a day or so-
 Chester Donaldson is running. an ice blow for Al Stacey during the ict l harvest.
 David L. Rhoades was out yesterdaS | after a weeks struggle with the grip ! Stra tford has been particularly Tor tunska in its escape froTn fires durins | the severe weather. While cities and towns all over the country have suf- fered from this source Stratford has l forf11na been