The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-09
HOLMES FAvORS BROAD STREET
 IMPROVEMENT StrattDTd SeIectman Tells Why : Money Should Be Spent
 on ThOTOughfare Miss Curtis Given A Shower All The Other News from
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Special to. The Farmer)


 Ger what part of the town it Is in which they live He stands alone &mong the seIectmen of the town as .n favor of having the sS, 800 approA priated to make a, state road of Broad street, spent on that thoroughfare.
 He is not in sympathy with the people who want to take this money away from Broad street and spend it on North Main street, a street which Is marked for improvement anyway, and which will be improved entirely at the cost of the state, if some of the busy-bodies who are now trying to have the selectmen spend the money on North Main street, would only draw back into their shells and let things take their natural course.
 The money was appropriated for Broad street and therein all fairness 1t should be spent, as Selectman Holmes says in the following letter stating his position on this matter.
 Selectman Holmes letter.
 To whom it may concern:
 A great deal has been said about the proposed new state road leading from BarnuIn avenue to Ferry road; beginning at the west terminal of Broad street. running through to Elm street. thence to the east terminal of East Broadway: thereby connecting two trunk lines
 The previous board of eelectmen made the proposition in order to re- 7leve traffic over the dangerous road leading through Tea Party lane, also through East Broadway, often a con- Eested way. made so by the fact that a transfer point is made at the cor uer for cars to New Haven, Derby, and Bridgeport, where the Stratford 17igh school stands, thus endangering the lives of many small children who are obliged to cross and recross many times a day.
 The late highway commissioner ac- scepted the proposition and set aside zhe appropriation of $s. 800 to carry out the work The present incumbent Of the 0fffcezacespted the plan and mo- tiftedr zis that he was ready to begin work z ssEz=z esss
 Now 1t appears that a number of the citizens of upper Main street de- mand that the appropriation shall be taken from Broad street and placed on Main street
 Tn a very recent interview with Commissioner Bennett I was told that Main street fs a part of trunk line No. 5 and that 1t would be built and main tained by the state; and that as soon as the next appropriation is made, which win be early in the fall work will begin at once. t
 Tt is my opinion that if we lose this appropriation and it is placed elsewhere we shall never get another A bird in the hand Is worth two in the bush and therefore feel Justified in holding to my views on the sub 5ect-
 Respectfully submitted,
 JOHN E. HOLMES, (Se1ectman)" l
 It might be noted in passing that the new road if it is constructed | through Broad street will materiallyl benefit every citizen of HolHster | Heights or Franklin Hill who ever has | occasion to come down to Stratford i center; and all the residents of Broad street. East Broadway. Elm street, 1 Tea Party Lane, and Barnum avenue. | The only people who will benefit by | the construction of a new road on North Main street, will be the compar- ativeIy few people residing along that fhoruuxhfars. and the s-sjoy-riders'' who pass through the town on their way to Derby and the Berkshires. It 1 is plain to be seen that if the matter were put to a vote of the people of the town they would overwhelmingly vote in favor of spending the money on Broad street, where it rightfully belongs.
 one of the eelectmen. not MT. Holmes, stated the other day that there would be no town meeting to decide the matter however. He said that the highway commissioner had left the matter in the hands of the selectmen to decide where the money should be expended Needless to say, this announcement is causing people to wonder just how far the selectmen can go in the matter, and whether the town a whole will countenance any such action as is contemplated by two of the worthy members of the board of seIectmen.
 Miss Margaret Cuftie, one of the most popular members of the Strat- ford High school faculty, is to be married soon to young New Haven man Knowing of her approaching marriage number of the girls in the Junior and Senior classes at the High school tendered Miss Curties a mis- cel1aneous shower at the home of Miss Dorothy Wood, Main street, last ev- ening.
 The shower was a complete surprise on Miss Curtis. She had been led to believe that the annual Junior Senior reception was going to be held at Miss Woods house, needless tol say she was a most surprised young lady when she was made aware of the Tact that the affair had been arranged entirely for her benefit
 As she entered Miss Woods house a string was pulled which released a shower of linen, fancy work, and mis- ceIlaneous articles upon her head. It was some moments before she could recover from her surprise, and when she did recover she didn't know wheth- CT to be prov voked or delighted at the way her pupils had fooled her. She resolved however to take the latter alternative and entered heartily into the spirit of the occasion with the rest of them
 There were about 30 young people present included among the number being. Miss Grace Aufford. Miss Tillie Assun Miss Lorraine Follett, Miss AIyra Curtis. Miss Mae Morehouse, Miss Gertrude HeisIer, Miss Natalie ATorehouse, Miss Dorothy Wood Miss Louise Barnum, Miss Flora, Dufour, Miss Edna Callahan, Miss Anna F'alk, Miss Marion Smith. Miss Julia Me Quillan, Miss Marion Spalmer, Miss TTefa 7T-ra a11< Miss Bessie Day, Miss Ida Grimsnaw. Miss Mary Mcdonald and Miss Cur tis hensek-