The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-31
SHOVEL BATTALION
 MARCHES ON WEsTPORT
Wielders of the Pick and Shovel Un- dermine State Street. Whoops, More White Poles Coming
 So is Linn's Circus.
WES'TPORT

Westport, July 31.--A small army of excavators, road repainers and labor CTS invaded Westport yesterday, mak- ing use of their instruments of im- provement. particularly at the west approach of the Saugatuck bridge The DICK and shovel brigade represented ia1orers with the Connecticut com pany workfnen, of the Westport Water Works and employees of the town. The Connecticut company anen are en- gagged Tn tearing up and ripping down the company's portion of the SauRa- tuck bridge. The company has charge of their portion with two feet to each side of the tracks. They will lay a new flooring, erect new sides between tfe foot walk and the track and relay new tracks. This is carrying out the conpany's plan of Improvement of the roadbed between Southport and Norwalk. The surface sewerage at the west side of the bridge has been giv- Ing trouble. Yesterday the town pla- ced a number of men on the sewer, swelling the number of men at work at that piont. The Westport Water Works also have their troubles. and they. too, had men laboring at their mains at this point. But this gang of men is only part now employed here abouts. There are 100 or more labor
 
 laying of the mains in Compo Beach street, which will carry water to the cottagers at Ccmpo Beach. The Con- necticut company has also two other gangs working at either end of town, one laying new ties and repairing the road bed in the eastern end of the. town, while the other gang is engaged in making the layout for the new Marvin cwitch. The residents of the town are well pleased with the CO., operation of all those who have to tear up the streets in making their repairs at the same time. The working to- gether does away with the tearing up of the streets during the whole sum- mer.
 The Connecticut company has lis-. tened to the plea of local residents and will cause more white poles to be placed in the outskirts of the toqn, especially at the points where streets. intersect. Yesterday several painters were engaged in decorating the new for white poles.
 Linn's circus (dogs, monkeys and "movies') which winds up a three day engagement in Fairfield tonight will invade Westport tomorrow and will remain for three days showing night iy. The owners of the circus have done away with horses and steam road methods of travel, preferring the more modern mode, motor drawn A large tractor in employed to which is attached the wagons carrying the anil mals. tents and other circus para phernalia
 Rural Free Delivery Carrier Charles Keene is seriously i'll at his home with typhoid fever. Edward Lehn is sub stituting for him.
 Judge D. B. Bradley is also on the sick list, and at last accounts he is on the road to recovery.
 Mrs. Jessie Grant and daughter, of Misses Frankie and Mollie Bennett, of Compo Beach.
 MT. and Mrs. George H Bunnell, of Woodmont, are visiting MT. and Mrs D. B. Bradley, of White street.
 Miss Frances Bales. of Wilton, N H. who have been visiting Miss Marjorie Psndy, has gone to Ridgefield to pay town The Misses Bales, Purdy and Keeler are classmates at Gushing
 Miss Carrie S. Bradley has as her guests MT. and Mrs. John Bradley. of Chicago.
 The Mills annual reunion with E. P. Mills, of Easton, in charge is being held today at Greens Farms.
 Mrs. Albert Birks, of Bridgeport. is now convalescing following an opera tion. She is at the home of her moth CT, Mrs. John H. Jennings, in Greens Farms
 MT. and Mrs Fritz Riedel of Greens Farms, have as their gnests relatives. from Irvington-on-the-H Hudson.
 Rev Willis Elwood will lead the weekly prayer meeting Of the Greens Farms church this evening.
 Michael Myers leads the members of the Westport Gun Club in their. trophy shoot. At the shoot last Sat urday the following scores were made: Myers, r out of 25; Fred Patterson. 12; Curtis Eddy, Il, and J.. H. Weed nine.
 Mondays heavy rain received a very hearty welcome in Westport and vii. cinity, though rain had fallen within the last few weeks, it was not enough, the parched hot earth being able to stand a great deal more. Some of the crops were becoming wilted knd parched but the heavy downpour of Monday saved the day.
 
 A. M. Mason. farming near Canaan. Me, was badly crippled with sciatic rheumatism due he says to uric acid in his blood. Foley Kidney Pills en- tirely cured me and also removed numerous black specks that were con- tinually before my eyes" Foley Kid