The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-05
WESTPORT WILL REPAIR
 STATE STREET BRIDGE CONN. GO. TO KEEP OFF
Town Appropriates s1, 500 For Neces- saFy RepaArs-NTain Street To Be
 Paved As Also Hotel Square.
(By Our Special correspondent.)

trolley cars will not run over. the bridge for the next two years and probably longer. The citizens voted that as long as the Connecticut Co.,, had made no preparations to assist the town in financing a better bridge that they would not allow them the use of the structure until such time when sufficient funds can be obtained to construct new draw. That will not be possible until the next session of the general assembly which meets again in 1915.
 It was brought out at the meeting that the draw is very seldom used that it is opened but seldom that when "a barge is brought to the dock of Fay Tor & Richards. This it was stated happened about six times a year. It can be seen that the draw Is a very expensive luxury to the town for not only is the town compelled to keep the bridge in constant repair but also has to maintain an operator to work the draw. This man draws down a s100 year salary.
 Supt. Chapman from Bridgeport and MT. Leary from the New Haven offices of the company were at the meeting. They had come relative to the "calP' Issued by the selectmen concerning the nuisance committed by the freight department. of the trolley company in loading and unloading freight at Main and State streets. Both men ex- plained to the meeting that the ''ca1l" was the first intimationss that their company had that it was committing a nuisance in loading and unloading at the center. They explained that they had never received a complaint in this matter They also added that they had witnessed the loading and unloading and were satisfied that it was a. nuisance. Both informed the meeting that as soon as arrangements could be made the loading and un- loading of freight would be carried on in the barns on Riverside avenue.
 Not only will Westport enjoy bithu- 1ithic pavement along the state high way but also in the business section of Main street. The meeting voted Saturday to appropriate the sum of $1,00O to continue the bithulithic pavement over the hotel square and also in Main street as far north as the boundary of Taylor & Richards coal yard The town will also lay the pavement on both sides of State St, near the center.
 There arose a question of how much on each side of the trolley tracks the state lays the pavement when the tracks run in the center of the road. Some at the meeting held it was an eight foot pavement and others ten feet The meeting, however, reached the following conclusion: If only eight
 
 be laid with the pavement from the end: of the town hall property to the river; if ten feet the whole of the street from -Compo street to the river. All of hotel square will be paved.
 There was no action taken in the matter of paving Riverside avenue.
 The meeting voted to confer with the Fire District committee relative to the fixing of the grade in East Church street. It is now most prob able that the conditions in this street after a storm will be remedied.
 Fashion Note. No. 1.-The young la- dy who created such a sensation a week ago yesterday by appearing at the baseball contest with one of those Ainsy famous x-ray dresses much to the consternation and wreeking of the team work of the Westport nine, made her appearance at the contest last Sunday. However, this time. sho kept well in the background and managed to keep out of the direction of the sun's rays
 Fashion Note No. 2.-westport has read considerable about and seen lot of the new popular sIashed skirts. about are those nervy New York and Paris women who block, traffic while they cross the street; what the natives have seen are but mild limitations of the New York and Paris creations. Westporters have been wont to gaze upon s1ashed skirts that have the gash on the sides, however they have found 9. new way, that is to have them cut up the back. A dapper young la dy who is visitor at the beach, ap- peared in town yesterday morning. in this latest. The other ones threw next" while the younger generation Just smiled that "I should worry smile.
 Judge of Pro pate Daniel B.. Bradley is again confined to his home in Wright street with the same illness that kept him confined to his home. only recently. He was taken i'll Sat- urday evening.
 Joseph Sands returned to Syracuse yesterday after spending several days in town visiting his old friends.
 Recruiting Sergeant John P. Me Cornick of Seattle, Wash, is spending a few days with his mother, Mrs. Mary Mccormick of Imperial avenue. Ser geant Mccormick came east with two federal prisoners from the Pacific coast, leaving his men at the Washing ton barracks.
 Harry Dolan who has been visiting his folks in Saugatuck for the past few days, enjoying sojourn from his du- ties with the Scranton, Pa, baseball club, gave the natives an example of his pitching Saturday. He work ed three innings for the Saugatuck team against the Burns & Bassick Co. team of Bridgeport. In that time seven of the nine put outs were completed by the strike out route. Saugatuck won 12 to '. Sunday he twirled for the Portchester club against White Plains, but lost 6 to 1.
 That -diVerting power, the lightly Ia Nv hoi1 ell in hn back ground, the Westport team did not have much trouble in downing the fast moving. East Bridgeport team on Sunday. The local lads won to 1. Caszey and Burke did the. battery work for the residents.
 Registering at the Westport hotel yesterday and Sunday were H. D. Icraas I.,.d,z.z N IIZillisr,a L.