The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-25
Vote Taken at Meeting Last
Night Showed Ants In
Small Majority
President Enos of Board of
Trade Disappeared Dur
ing Turbulent Scenes
States Attorney Judson
Defined His Position.

The residents of HOLSTER Heights,
| a suburb of Stratford held a meeting
! last night to ascertain the sentiment
of the voters of that section relative
to remaining with Stratford or annex
ing themselves with the city of Bridge
port Passages at arms between speak
ers and individuals in the audience
were numerous and hsttc encounters
took place. AT ones time it became
necessary for Constable w. E. Bassett
| to draw his loaded billet in an effort
to protect himself against the on
s1aught of the fractional element VINO
opposed his 6ejection Of James NC Nc
section at the order of the chairman.
None occupied seats after the be-
| ginning of the proceedings ana the
committee appointed at the recent
town meeting to conduct the inquiry
were not In evidence. after the first
smoke of battle appeared.
President Fred EnOS OF the Bridge
port Board of Trade. who mad prev
/ iously been advertised to address the
meeting was present at the 1nceptlon
of the trouble which arose over the
question of States Attorney Sttle Jud-
son being permitted to address the
voters, but Mr.. Enos upon later being
thrice called by the chairman to speak
could not be located in or about the
hall. He WAS afterwards observed by
a reporter of The Farmer standing IN
the roadway without, mis- presence fed 70, e +he
clam orAng mass of humanity Intent
only on witnessing the scenes being
enacted within.
uIed time groups began to congregate
about the former Stratford Boys CLUB.
now designated the st. James Athlere
rampant at the actual affair may we'll
be expressed in the directions given
to reporter as he alighted from 2
k of a a
Bruce avenues. You see that light
down there, well where you see that
! mob. that's it, Upon the approach
to the spot in almost 1nky darkne ss g
citizen nth a bicycle lamp scrutinized
each ffale that passed.
So keen Yves the discussion within
in bitter contention against the other,
In anticipation OF hostilittes friends
shook hands before the struggle an
nouneing their intention of fighting Il
necessary before the conclusion.
Shortly after eight o,cleck- W F.
Bassett rapping for order suggested
that Richard stant9n nc, one e Of shg f e1na
Town meeting. be assigned to the
chair. wl1ich Seemed to be favored un-
animously without vote. The other
Thomas McQuillan, Elliott Peck Cab
sent) Clifford Kearney ind John Con-
roy, In a short preamble Mr.. stanton
to decide whether the district was in
favor of remaining in stratford or
becoming part Of bridgeport He ex,
every voter to consider well the
various arguments which the speak
ers would advance. Personally he
fora as he said the taxes would YOU IN m
d0ubkedIy be greater with the larger
city. the Bridgeport tax rate promising
state st t they paid but 49, mills,
At this point the speaker was in
terFupted with cries of mo prompt
ing' as one of the Stratford faction
was seen leaning over towards him.
Order being restored he observed that
he did not see how Bridgeport could
take care of HOLSTER Heights with
improvements when property owned
by the speaker on Madison avenue in
the city could not now be taken care
of. He also referred to the same trou-
Bile in getting improvements from
Stratford stating that he could get
nothing from the supervisors there
and asserting that there must be
Niger in the Woodptle somewhere he
WAS constantly interrupted while he
continued to oppose the project for
annexation to Bridgeport, finally con-
matters as argued at the meeting and
withhold a vote until next Tuesday
night when the decision will be finally
made in the Stratford town meeting.
Constable BaSSett was then given
the floor, prefaetng his remarks by
What has Rridgeport to o. offer that
luded to the present agitation as being
instigated by a. group of real estate
dealers who wished to further their
own interests specifically charging
that a petition had been circulated
which was actually fatheFed by one
present. This was later accepted as
an aliusion against John Jordan who
denied the allegation only to be speci-
ficaily charged with handling a petit
ton some three years ago.
Among the examples given to prove
that Bridgeport was yet unable to take
care of itself by Mr.. Bassett was a,
statement that at times a boat was
needed to cross Elizabeth street while
on Goddard avenue there was a ledge
of rocks so high that one could not
see the roof of house on the opposite
side of the street. An aIIusion was
also made to a, factory which burned
down before water could be drawn
from rusty hydrants.
Referring to StratfoFd the speaker
remarked that its officials were all