The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-30
WESTPORT CALLS SPECIAL
 TOWN MEETING TO CONSIDER MANY. IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
State Street Bridge Matter Win Be SettIed-ProbabIy Main Street and Riverside Avenue May Be
 Paved.
(By Our Special correspondent.)

1 (By Our Special Correspondent.) 1 westport, July 3o.-The Board o1 Se1ectmen have issued a, call for a spe- cial town meeting to be held Saturday | afternoon, Aug. at 2 o'clock when | matters of great imp portance to the citizens of the town, especially the 1 question of the State street bridge
 closing, will be considered. The call l as issued reads: ITO instruct the se- | lectmen as to what action to take in l regard to the draw on State street
 bridge and to provide for the carry l ing out of the provisions of said vote.
 ssTo consider the matter of extend l ing the Warrenite on the highway in
 the center of the village, and. f~xoted
 to do so to provide for the payment ] of same.''
 1 gro consider the matter of arrang- ] ing with the Fire District to resSfor I theA surface water on East Church 1 street and appropriate sum of mon l ey to pay for the same.' gro instruct the selectmen what ac- ton to take in regard to use of the | streets by the Connecticut Co.,, for un- loading and loading freight cars" l So much has been said about the 1 State street bridge that it has almost 1 become a chestnut. The citizens have stood conditions long enough and at the meeting intend to take mat 1 ters into their own hands. Suffice | to state they will not let the Connect1- 1 cut Co.,, out of the tang1e without the company paying it's proportioante l share of whatever expense might ac- l crue either through the repairing of | the bridge or a new construction. r The suggestion by the seIectmen that they be given some instruction
 relative to the use of the streets by i the trolley company for loading and
 unloading of freight is considered a slap at the Connecticut Co. If the trolley company cannot be reached iEl the bridge matter, the citizens have a good way of getting back at them by refusing to permit them to unload and load their freight cars at the cen ter. If this is done, and there is no reason why it cannot be done, the
 trolley company will have to go ahead and take some action in repairing the bridge so as to allow their cars to cross. Representatives of the troll ley company will be present to argne against any action which is unfavor- able to the company.
 There is a movement on foot among many of the citizens to permanent ly pave Main street and also Riverside avenue with Warrenite. It is quite possible that the pavement will be completed if the state can be induced to share a portion of the expense. However, if the state decides other wise, it is not likely that the resi- dents along the street and the town
 will care to shoulder any added ex- penses, but will let the streets con ttnue as they now are.
 It is more than likely that the grade ir- East Church street will be righted. The street is soon to be ripped up for the laying of new sewers At the same time the residents desire that something be done to arrange a good draining grade. The street is alnn oSt perfectly level and after a rain storm the water remains upon the highway. It is most likely that the conditions will be remedied.
 Extensive remodeling plans are soon to be started in the restaurant of David Ward in Main street and when completed the store will be oc- cupied by the Fred B. Bradley Hard ware Go. MT. Bradley is the owner of the building It is expected that the repairs will be completed by Sept. and that MT. Bradley will thea move out of his present quarters in Main street.
 Fred Kaiser, the Main street p1umb- CT will then move from his present quarters into the place to be vacated by MT. Bradley.
 MT. Ward has not made any ar engagements as yet for the removal of his bushes
 The engagement of Miss Natalie
 Mitchell, daughter of Neil R. and Az mes Lewis Mitchell and MT. Oliver Perry Burr, son of A1gernon T. Burr of Westport and New York is an- nounced. Miss Mitchell is quite prominent socially and has often spo- ken for the suffrage cause. MT. Burr Is a former instructor at the Connec- ticut Agricultural school at Storrs. Several years ago brother purchased an extensive farm in Virginia recent Iy adding to his farm another exten- sive tract It is understood MT. Burr severed his connection with Storrs 70 go into partnership with his brother
 One of the performances at the op- era house was stopped when trouble was encountered with the moving pie ture machine It is understood that the operator had trouble with the manager of the house, Arthur B. JeI- life and that without his aid the ma- chine broke down. Last Saturday ev- ening John Fife was secured to ope- rate the machine, though he has no operators license. As the machine could not be repaired the audience was dismissed.
 Charles H. Kemper and family of State street have moved into their newly built home at Oronoque, Com DO beach. They will make the place | their permanent home. MT. and Mrs | Charles M. Temper still continue to ] reside at the State street home.
 William Northrop, clerk at the post office is enjoying his annual two i weeks vacation.
 The King street bridge is being re- planked, the expense being borne by 1 the town.
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