The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-19
STAMFORD
MAIN STREET WIDENING
 AGAIN PROPOSED
TnstaIIation of Mail Carriers StiInu- Iates Endeavor For Better Streets
 and Sidewalks.

Stratford, Feb. 19-The proposition to widen Main street from Hard's cor ners to Peck Bridge has been revived since it has been announced that mail carriers to be installed in the town It is argued that now is the time to begin the work and make it d part streets of the town and build side walks so that the carrier service may be extended as soon as possible. 1t was proposed some months ago to make Main street uniform in width (70 feet) and opposition appeared it was believed that the improvement several residents of the, South End have opposed the plan but the oppo- sition has not been very strenuous or pronounced It is now hoped to con vert those who have offered objec- tions- and proceed with the work.
 The draining Of the low areas in the South End which are being sought for by manufacturers is a problem which the town will be obliged 10 take up sooner or later. As factories are built in the district and the lowlands fill. ed in, the surface water is turned on- to the adjoining property. App11ca- ton has been made for relief to the selectmen in one instance 1T not more but so far decision has been reach ed in the matter. It is variousIy as- serted that the town is responsible for the surface water and that it is not. sponsibi1ity could only be determined by an examination of the specific con ditions in each case and that it was impossible to say off hand just where the responsibility rests. It is possi- ble that the matter may only be ad- judicated in the courts ,w1lere all sides of the question can be presented for judicial action
 William Michalak, who lived with his family in a new house on Liberty street, HolIister Heights, was aroused soon after last midnight by the crack ling, of flames and dense clouds of smoke. He got his family out Of the house with much difficulty not even waiting to dress them. The depart ment was called but by the time the chemical in charge of Chief Judson arrived the house was beyond redemp> tion and the hremen turned their at tehtion to the houses on each side which had caught fire. After a stren- badly georched The house was en- tirely consumed with all it's contents the family saving not even their cloth ing. It was stated this morning that both the building and It's contents were insured. The department had had the hardest fight it has encoun- tered for many years. The house caught from furnace flue and when the department arrived was practical ly doomed. The firemen laid 500 feet of hose and devoted themselves to the adjoining houses. They worked till o'clock before conditions allowed them to leave
 Yesterday afternoon at the hand some residence of MT. and Mrs. D. C. Wood, Main St., Laura Belle, their old est daughter was quietly married to Ma1ken Faust The rooms were elab- orately decorated with srnilax, roses and carnations. Rev. Dr. E. N. Pack ard performed the ceremony at 5:30 and after a wedding breakfast MT. and Mrs. Faust left for Delaware, where they will pass the honeymoon. On their return they will reside on Main street.