The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-13
NESTPORT DEMOCRATS
and PROGRESSIVES TO
q. CAUCUS THIS EVENING
Vactory This Year Lies Between These
~ Two Parties-YoutE May Lose
-fF- Sight of Eye. =
Ry Our Special Correspondent

SASnb u Eye
CBy Our Special Correspondent
Westport, Sept 13-Big doings are
IN order for tonight at the town hall
when the Democrats and Progressives
meet in their party caucuses- Enthu-
Eiasm runs high in both parties as
victory in the October elections will
publicans. 1t is conceded, will finish
third as they did last October. The
Democrats running favorites
because of the clean sweep they made
last year.
Greater interest than ever will CEN
~ter in the fight for first seIectman
ff3obert H Coley, the present first Sc
S4ectman will receive the nomination
this evening from the Democrats as
viii p. c. Birgs from the Progressives.
ff-Vhen the Republicans meet Monday
evening they will probably nominate
John X GauIt. the present third Sc
i1ectman. Tt is expected that there will
be a grand battle between the Messrs
Coley and Birge for the honors
= Town Clerk Joseph Hyatt will have
to do great deal of pulling and haul
ing if he desires to hold down his seat
In the town hall. The mention of the
name of William ]. Wood is being
well received and he will undoubtedly
be nominated by the Democrats this
evening Most likely. if he secures the
nomination for clerk, he will also be
L.
Oates, the presentcollector, and a
4 Democrat, has declined a renomina-
! ton The Progressives favor Mr..
Wood, and he will receive many of
their votes. An effort is being made
= to have the Progressives endors his
Nomination There are many of that
faith who favor him. but who would
mot give him the nomination, carrying
: tout the policy of refusing to nominate
lanyone who is the nominee of the op-
"a F1fT n or
trTou1d be a violation of the parties
principles.
The Republicans will meet in their
caucus on Monday evening at the town
hall For some reason or other the
lRepublicans never have any warm SEES
lsionS at their caucuses. If there are
Fl ANY signs of something doing that
something doing is generally patch
ed up before the electors meet The
As their meetings are real quiet and
tame affairs If past meetings are any
icriterion, the session will last but a
few moments and the old crowd will
get the nominations. Some one in au
ithority secures a Republican ballot of
the last few elections and the names
7Nare read or this ballot and nominated.
mo wonder there is little excitement.
Most everyone in town is specializing
H1ow the Warren Bros Co are going
TO get their steam roller, which lies in
the bed of the Saugatuck river, back
to the roadway. It is believed that
the cranes of the trolley company will
not lift such a load and that the job
will have to be tackled from the water
side. 1t is said that a barge with a |
heavy hosting crane could be brought |
up the river and anchored beside the |
roller at high tide and from posi- |
ton at low tide work easily. How |
ever, there are many of the belief that |
a barge carrying hoisting engines of |
sufficient weight to lift the roller |
would draw too much water to be an |
chored near the machine.
The selectmen have~zsow boarded up
f4he bridge at both apkFoaches chas-
ing all vehicle traffic over the other
two bridges. This action should have
been taken at the beginning of the
summer, when the townSpeople should
have ordered new bridge constructed
and at the same time compelled the
Connecticut Company to pay their
share of the bridge as they are oblig
red to do under the law. Somehow, |
through the skilIfulness of their coun- |
sci they have succeeded in getting out
of the payment on this and other
bridge constructions.
That section of the bridge which |
gave way was thought to be in good
condition. in fact, nothing has ever
been heard about its weakness Now
that the accident has occurred an in
spection shows that the brick wall
along the river side is bullying out in |
many places The stones of the wall
are just piled upon one another with |
out any concrete or plaster placed be-
tween. The constant tides undermin-
I'd the roadway and will, unles some |
thing is done, do the same with the
rest of the road.
The high wooden fence along the
foot path on the bridge is somewhat
Eiilap itated and one can shake it very
easily.
1t is quite apparent from the acct
Hent and other conditions of the bridge
that the construction has outlived its
usefulness and that the best action the
electors of the town could do will be
no order a new bridge constructed. The
town has appropriated $500 for the
repair of the span- The approach will
also have to be repaired. Before COM
x3Ietins the needed repairs the figures
will run much further into the thouS-
ands. which many believe will be
rwilfuI waste of funds as the bridge
win be just as bad, if not worse, if
ouch a thing is possible, within a few
years
Patrick T. Oates has declined a nom
tna alton from the Democrats for tax
reflector. Tt is quite well understood
that Mr.. Oates will be the next post
master of Saugatuck 1t is this rea-
son, probably, that he decided not to
be a candidate. Recently Postmaster
Jaseph Morton, of Saugatuck, sent his
Resignation to the post Office depart
Fnent suggesting that Mr.. Oates be
nominated in his stead The resigna-
1tion has not yet been acted upon.
EsJoseph Feeney. aged II, employed at
me Embalmers' Supply company, may |
lose the sight of one eye the result |
Of an accident at the plant on Wed |