The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-25
BURGLARS WELL ACQUAINTED
 WITH LOCAL CONDI TONS
TOWN OF sTRATFoRD NOW NEARING 10000 POPULATION AS SHOWN BY THE SCHOOL
 CENSUS.
(speeiaI to the Farmer.)


 Stratford, Nov. 25Y eaterday a rail- road policeman accosted two men who were walking on the track west of the station. Neither could talk United
 States and all the answer the of1leer-
 could get to his repeated questfoning.
 was sevendic Full and Herman Full err This was as near transcription
 as he could make out from their l talk. The officer connn1ented as fol- lows: You're both full but I can't tell which is fuller" They were all flowed to proceed on their way to- ward Milford
 Constable F. J. Palmer to whom the burglaries of Saturday night were reported is unable to obtain any tan gibIe clues to work upon. Burned
 matches about the floor of the Howell residence and the burning gas indi- cates that the burglars left in a hur- l ry So far the total loss is $15 and l a gold watch valued principally as a
 keepsake. Constable Palmer believes that most of the recent burglaries or attempts for none have been very 1remunerative 2 to the thieves, have been the work of parties who drop l over from Bridgeport on late car and wait around until after midnight
 when they begin their work There are indications that the attempts are l the work of a lone burglar who is well
 acquainted with the surroundings and
 habits Of the families he visits.
 Growers in this town are well satis-
 fled with the crop of apples this year.
 Almost the entire crop was sold ear l ly in the season at fair prices all though some would have made money I by holding on to their crop until later. Last week some sales were
 made to dealers at $2.50 per barrel (which is considered a good price.
 Those which remain here are showing no signs of the rot which is reported l from the upper counties of the state. l lNurserymen and agents here are re- ]porting an increased demand for fruit
 trees. More apple trees are being planted every year. There is also
 an active demand for peach trees which are being planted in rough places which were formerly considered
 unsuitable for any kind of tree cul- 1 ture. Peachs do well in the rough l est and rockiest places and farmers
 are learning that woodlands may be ErepIanted with fruit with greater prof
 it than if allowed to grow up to tim
 Der again. s As l The following suggestion is made by 1 a prominent citizen of the town as | a possible solution of the question of 1 trolley tracks on East Broadway: t'If it is really necessary to build new troad to accommodate the trolley tracks i why not extend Barnum avenue to Tea Party lane and send all the Mill ford and New Haven cars over that Iroute? There is plenty of room on the north side of the cemetery and 8 road there would not cost a tenth of the proposed road across the mead ows. This plan would eliminate the maze of switches which would be To- cated in front of the town hall if the proposed road. should be put through. I've got a suspicion that the. East tBroadway folks would not agree to l this, because they want the trolley cars handy but not right under their noses
 The selectmen in signing the re-
 monstrance against the application of l James A. McGuinness for a saloon in l the Hartman building on Linden ave nue, made it plain that they objected
 only to the locality and not to the
 man. or the abstract proposition of l a saloon in. the town. Many school | children pass through the street and the bowling alleys are close by. A 1 good hotel. properly conducted with
 g. bar to help pay expenses would not meet with much opposition if loca- ton could be made agreeable. Strat- I ford needs hotel at the center. In 1 the summer it would be filled with guests and in the winter it would
 give strangers entertainment whereas they now get out of the town as quick | as possible.
 l The school enumeration which shows