The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-17
NEWTOWN

Newtown, April 17-The Mems Club
 held its monthly meeting at the local hostelry, last night. They enjoyed a spread, the host being Herman N. Tie
 man, ST. Several invited guests were
 present, and a surprise was sprung in
 the shape of a proposition to introduce | lighting the borough by electricity, l One of the Eiou1ihan-Glover charters
 providing for an electric plant, it ap- pears, is now the property of some parties in town, and if the borough will take about fifty lights for its streets, company will be formed to go ahead in the matter. The promot- l CTS gave it out to the meeting as a "feeler'', and if it meets with the ap- proval of that part of the public in terested in the Water Company, the voters may look for its appearance in the annual borough meeting May 9th. It was not made known who the own CTS of the franchise are, but it does not take a shrewd guesser to say that they Cor he) are stockholders in the Newtown Water Company The bor-
 ough has proved to be such a fecund
 field of exploitation by. this corpora
 ton for the past six years, that an
 other scheme to tax the people an
 other $90O annually for lights will not
 be gainsaid by the dear people. As
 sured of this amount annually by the
 taxing power in their hands, any
 lighting corporation no matter how weak-baoked financially could be suc- cessfuly floated. The private users would furnish the funds for extension work, while the public money would make the dividend part of the project secure. Hitherto not 9 per cent. of the voters of the borough have attend ed the annual meetings, and fully if ty per cent. of the voters derive no benefits from the water system, and another % per cent. are indifferent and never attend the meetings. They have paid their taxes not without grunb- ling, but the knowledge that another plan is on foot to separate them from their hard earned dollars under the guise Of civic duty Is another story al- together. The Knowledge of this oth- CT attempt to exploit them has aroused the ire of those not benefited by the water system, and who will be less benefited by the electric lighting plan, and Newtown may expect the largest borough meeting it ever experienced on May G. These people ask Why shouldn't the borough own its own water and nghts?'
 in the R. H. Beers dwelling house in the rear of the Congregational church on West street
 Henry Hunt has applied for letters patent on a clothes line supporter 1n- vented by him. He is around taking
  ing with success. Those who have seen it say it is a good thing. An other Newtown citizen, T. p. Hi11house Of Palestine, has applied for a patent on mechanical apliance, the work of his inventive skill. Two patent in the same month from town rather brings Newtown in the linaelight, as there is no doubt of the rights being granted, the attorneys say. MT. Hunt will be his own man ufacturer.
 James F. Madigan of Vermont is with his parents, MT and Mrs.. Henry Madigan, of the borough
 There was no session of the High school nor of several of the public yesterday, on account of the stormy weather.
 The property known as the Mary A. Bradley place in Hanover district, lately occupied by M. Ka1be, was sold this week to a MT. Stevens of New York, who is reputed to be the cash fer of the New Netherlands Bank in the Metropolis. He will remodel the dwelling for a summer home.