The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-07

street, last night.
 On the 18th inst. Housatonic Grange will hold one Of it's pleasant
 sociable dances at which the famous Stratford clam chowder in its pris- tine deliciousness will be served.
 Today committee of the Cupheag
 club is buying new pool table and
 the best made will be none too good for them. It has been arranged to
 have Alan Wilson, the champion of
 the town, play the first game on the
 table with some expert not yet select ed The event will be out of the or
 dinary for there will be bouquet in
 each pocket and a big bunch of Am erican beauties in the center of the table. The cup won by the champion at the recent tournament will figure in the decorations.
 The prospect of a strike among the coal miners has created apprehension in the town. It is reported that the supply in the yards at Milford is ex- hausted or nearly so. The dealers here are in better shape to meet the emergency, although only one of them many residents put in their years supply in May there is much specu1a- tion as to the possibility of carrying
 out the regular program this year. It is to be hoped that the intense cold will let up a little before the SUD-
 
 few coal bins in town that have no, been exhausted and few people who have not exceeded their regular allow ance this winter. Various estimates of the increase this winter over previ- ous seasons run from 25 to 50 per- cent.
 Under the auspices of the mems class of the Methodist church an in novation has been introduced in the church. Beginning with next Sun' day evening an illustrated lecture will be substituted for the regular sermon. Three lectures will be given by Rev. E. c. Carpenter on success will be the Life of Christ. The gen. eral public is invited to attend. There will be no basketball in the town hall tonight On Saturday night the Ramblers will play the five from the Union Prep school at New Ha-
 at the game and there will be music during the whole evening. As pre- liminaries the Rambler juniors will play the Longfellows of Bridgeport, and the s. H. S. will meet the De- fender seconds of Bridgeport. All the games are expected to be very inter- esting. '. A St. Patrick social will be the event at the Congregational lecture
 chapel on the evening of March IS. The decorations will be appropriate to the day. The affair will be given
 under the auspices of the Christian Endeavor society of the church Bids for the work of repairing Foneyspot road, as voted at re- cent town meeting, were opened by the board of selectmen at their regu. lar session yesterday afternoon. The contract was not awarded but the matter will be decided this week. The
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 and Angelo Stavallo whose bids are about the same but little different in terms. Mir. Byron of the Bridge port Electric Light company was be. fore the board in the matter of the extension of the electric light system
 tricity for gas. The trouble with the
 clocks in the gas lamps on the streets during the past winter has caused
 much dissatisfaction. The clocks
 which are supposed to light and turn off the gas at stated times failed to
 work because moisture got into the
 pipes and the low temperatures this
 winter froze up the machinery. It
 probably would not occur again in twenty years if at all. No official report of the number of lghts which.
 missed fire during the past winter
 but an estimate was made and re-
 duction in the bills was based upon
  to change the system at present un- less it is so voted in 8 town meet ing.
 A we'll known resident said today:
 "The effort to revive the annexa. tion proposition at present is regard
 ed as ridiculous. The police and fire
 protection which are among the ad- vantages offered as the price of an.
 nextion are not much of an induce
 ment if the condition of the first dis trict in Bridgeport is taken as a
 standard of what would be afforded Stratford in case she was annexed to the City of Bridgeport There
 might oe a few advanta ges but the sign Made in Bridgeport" would not he valued very highly on this side of the line. As it is generally under
 stood here no one is particularly au.
 thorized at present to offer Stratford anything in exchange for her terri tory As far as building sites go they
 would be the same sites whether the Bridgeport line was changed to the Housatonic or remained where they
 are. The increase in taxes would not
 be regarded as an advantage by
 many manufacturers. When any part of the town degrades itself until it
 reaches the level of our next door neighbor it will, as it has in the past,
 turn it over to the city where it will find more congenial company than in
 this town. It is probable that Bridgeport will have very little to
 say about it any way. The legisla-
 ture of the state and the town of Stratford will decide the matter. Tn
 the mean time Stratford will con- tinue to make it expensive for Bridge
 port rowdies to create rough house
 in the town and will maintain a court
 to convict criminals from the west
 and incidentally compel them to as-
 sist in paying the expenses of polic- ing the town. Its mighty handy.
 however. to have a good fire depart ment near by and the people of the town will be grateful for every favor received from this department. StraI- ford has some fires but few criminals and it is probable that the town peo- pie will be glad to remunerate the de- partment liberally for every trip they make to the town. If the Bridgeport Board of Trade is Jealous of the To- cal institution in the same business and is trying to steal it's thunder, S.tratford is sorry for them, that's all. We hear a lot about this Made in Bridgeport slogan and it is to he hoped there's somcthing more thar wind in it, for Bridgeport, you know, was made in Stratford and we over here on the river want some excuse to offer for this offspring of the old