The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-14
CONN. co. AT LAST BEGINS
WORK In STRATFORD STREETS
Plenty of Road Repairs To En-
gage Attention of the Town
Officials
Especial to The Farmer.)

the job ready to commence work.
! Since then they have been waiting
for the trolley company to raise their
tracks to grade which is necessary
| before the road can be built. Yester--
| day the eyes of the residents along
the Street were g1addened by the
sight of gang of men distributing
ties along the thoroughfare. New
rails and new ties will be laid and
| then the contractors, C. H. Eastburn
| & Co. of Mount Vernon and Philadel-
phla will begin work. The foreman
| for this company is doubtful if the
work can be completed this fall. 1t
| depends entirely upon the weather.
Seventy pound ''T'' rails seven inch
es high will be laid on this street.
| The contract calls for a macadam
foundation with a coating of annie
site" two inches in thickness. This
top dressing is secret preparation
which is placed on the road cold and
rolled down It is said to form
| first class roadway which resists the
action of autom obiles successfully.
The work on Stratford avenue is pro-
| crossing rapidly and one track IS
about ready for the Warrenite pave
Inent for which the contract on this
street calls. The rails here and also
on North Main street will be laid with
ten feet center as will be the rule with
! all tracks laid in this town in the
| future. Emmett BeardsIey, who is an
| inspector for the state the STRAIT
| ford avenue job says that the work
there will be pushed hard and that it
will be completed before snow flies.
| The plants where the material for this
! pavement is cooked have been pushed
along from the job on Connecticut
/ avenue that they may be on hand
| for the work.
Some curiosity has been expressed
concerning the prospects for a state
! appropriation this year. The town IS
allowed $4,000 worth of work this
| year for which the town will be
| charged $4,000. The feeling over the
| transfer of the state work from West
Broad street to North Main street may
| be in a large measure appeased if
this street is selected for attention this
year. A strong effort will be made
to make West Broad street which is
an old post road as good as, any in
the town.
Another road which has needed at
| tention for about a century Is Boothe
| street which was also a stage road at
| one time but which has been fsadly
neglected. Over sixty families now
living north of Barnum avenue on
| johnson avenue, California street and
| others are obliged to climb over the
rocks of a short connecting street
| called California street extension or
| cross private property to reach the
! trolley cars on Barnum avenue. In
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ing torrent interspersed with rocks,
whirlpooIs and mud holes. Should the
| private crossing be closed to these
| people they will be obliged to brave
the dangers of the cataracts or make.
| a detour of half mile. Selectman
| La1Iy has been looking over the sec
ton and promises to do as much as
| possible for the residents of this sec
| ton if the money allowed him will
| cover it.
Residents of Paradise Green have
| been complaining about the condi-
| lions of trolley tracks in that vicinity
| for six or seven years. They claim
| that a, new switch was promised them
| and that the promise has never been
| fulfilled. The pounding of the cars
| over the hill and valleys of the old
/ tracks there begins before daylight in
| the morning and. lasts until early the
next morning making sleep impossible
| for any but the earliest risers. Nerv
] Gus women and sick children are
/ much disturbed and the complaints are
| very bitter. Nothing but new tracks
/ and switches there will satisfy the
! residents.
| A good government club is the lat
i est proposition for those who are not
/ satisfied that the board of trade is
| organized in the interest of the whole
| community.
/ ST. James Fair.
/ e. y
/ discontinued last evening owing to the
/ prior engagement of Red Mems hall,
/ will be resumed this evening and, will
! continue Wednesday and Thursday.
Attendance has been unusually large,
and it is expected that the closing
| nights will bring patronage that will
| tax the capacity of the hall.
! The town is now pretty well COW
| cred with clubs organized to look after
the interest of the sections where they
are located. AS a consequence there Is
warning of interest with well or
| ganized club of voters behind each
proposition. 1t is understood that the
| new clubs first effort will be made to
extend the direct primary plan to take
in every official in the town It will
advocate a policy that will operate to
| eliminate all party lines in local mat
| tens The men who are behind the
! movement are keeping in the back
| ground and they will walt until the
| plan has proved successful in the few
! officers which it now affects, as 1t Is
generally believed it VIII.
A big dredger has been at work in
the Housatonic river for weeks deep
ening and Strengthening the channel
above Peck's Mill River pilots say
that the channel has filled in so that
it is difficult to follow and that it is
constantly changing. Derby. and Shell |
ton men will ask for another appro- |
priation from Congress and the gov |
eminent inspectors will. endorse their
position.
The Board of Finance held its f.rst
meeting at the town hall last night |
Elliott W Peck the chairman, pre-
sided and Town Clerk H. c. Lowell, ax-
officio secretary, took the minutes. The |
meeting was informal and was deTot-
eG TO a general discussion of many |
matters which will come before the |
board Elliott w. Peck and William
H Hart were appointed a committee |
to map out a plan to be followed in |
the deltberation of the board. One OF
the matters which was discussed was
the draining of the surface water from
the Avon Park district. The board is |
not sure that the town will sustain it
&. s.rla.l;.ser corsid e1.alole sum in