The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-19
WESTPORT

The regular meeting of Aspetuck lodge, K of D., will be held tomorrow evening at It's rooms.
 A number Of Westport baseball fans win make the trip to New York with the Bridgeport people for 'Keatfng Day. when Ray Keating will pitch for the New York team. An effort is be- ing made to have the special train stop at SaugatucA for the acconlmo- d@tion of the Westport fans.
 There will be a lecture tomorrow evening upon the use Of pictures in teaching BibleN lessons at the Sunday school rooms of Trinity church by Rev George B. Guf1bert
 Considerable work is being done at Trinity church in preparation for the of the church June 29, and new car- pets are being laid, and other improve ments made. The ladies of the church have taken a portion of the work in their own hands and will raise the funds to meet the payments
 A piece of land containing about an acre and a half has been sold by Jo- seph Adams to. Leonard Gault upon the west side Of the town.
 The members of the Westport Gun club enjoyed a shoot Saturday after noon at the range, and some good scores were made
 The Farmer was in error in stating 1agt week that there is no law under which the Connecticut Go. can be call. ed upon to contribute to the cost Of feconstructing the State street bridge, which has been closed to trolley travel under orders of the bridge engineer of tbe Connecticut O., since last week. The following act passed by the Gen. erz1 Assembly of 1911 applies in this case and was approved August s1, 1911:
 Chapter POT, Public Acts. 1911.
 Section 1-Section ] Of Chapter 233 uf the public nets of 1909 is hereby anended Do read as follows: Whenever muy highway bridge over which a mtr'egt railway is operated shall become unsafe for public travel the company operating such railway shall pay the whole expense of repairing strength erAng or reconstructing such bridge. if such bridge would be safe for public tEvel if such railway were not oper- R1sd over 1t; but if a reconstruction of such bridge, or the constructbon of q new bridge is required for any oth- CT cause, or if such bridge is unsafe 1cr public travel if such railway were not operated over It, then so much of the expense of repairing, Stren gthen- Mg, construction, or reconstructing gucn bridge as may be equitable shall be paid by the company operating @a1rh railway. In the event of any company and the municipality or municipalities bound by law to main taan any such bridge. ae to the neces- gity Of any repair or Reconsideration thereo&. or as to the c5saEActer as to ouch repair or reconstruction, or as to the apportiorment of the expense Of such repair or recommendation, the Public UtiAttes Commission, upon ap- plicat4on of any party in interest, and after due hearing. shall, subject to the provtsions of Section s832 of the Gen. eral Statutes, make s1ch orders as if shall deem necessary in the interests oe public safety, for the. repair, strengthening or reconstrNctaon of such bridge, and shall determine in ac- cordance with the principle herein @tM$gd. the portion of expense of such wspaar. strengthening or reconstruc- f1cn which shall be borne by such rail- Nvny company.
 Section of tf11s act provides that it ge1au not apply where any contract ex- fskz between the municipality and the street railway company.
 Under the above act it will be a matter so be dsterrnilletft whether the State street bridge would answer the needs of traffic even iR the lines of the Connecticut Go were not laid 9EzUs5 at