The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-12

by their silence at the town meeting
| Wednesday evening. There was
resolution before the voters calling for
| the resembling of the action of a pre-
/ viOus town meeting in voting to ap-
propriate $4,000 for the continuance
! of the permanent pavement in State
street. Those in favor of resembling
action were in such great numbers and
| were so voeiferous in their y ca s.
| that if there were any Nays" pres
| ent they deemed itrbest to remain I'M
! heard. The resembling action was Ia
ken because the voters believed that
as State street is a, state road the
state should tend to its proper paw
| ing. The town is willing to pay its
share, which is one quarter of the
entire expense, of the road work, but
| does not feel warranted in making
present to the state of $500. which
it would be doing if the contract was
entered into with the paving contrac-
tors.
On the other hand the town has ap-
propriated $1,000 for the laying of the
pavement in Main street to the Taylor
& Richards Co. yard. This road for.
400 feet is a state road and should
be paved by the state with a fourth
of the expense paid by the town.
However the town is going ahead and
assuming the full expense.
The seIect1nen informed the meet
ing that there were a number of the
town accounts overdrawn. When it
was shown that but about $1,000 of
the $4,000 which had been appropriate
ed for Riverside avenue had been used
it was voted to Inappropriate this
fund to cover the overdrawn accounts.
William p. Emo of Saugatuck who
is recognized as an international ex-
pert on the handling of traffic, hopes
through isles of Safety" to solve tn
traffic problem in the New York
streets He has been engaged by the
New York street department to look
into their problem. The isles are
8 feet long and 5 feet wide and have
elliptica1 ends. There are lamp posts
in the center and protection posts at
each end. It is intended for expert
ment purposes to place two isles" at
each intersection of Fifth avenue from
25th to 59th street. The object of
the central isles is to enable rotary
or ''gyratory'' traffic to partially or
entirely replace the ttbIock system
thus increasing the traffic capacity of
the streets.
Town Clerk F. NJ Salmon of the
Republican town committee has call
ed the caucus of the G. o. P. for next
Monday evening at the town haU at
8:15 o'clock. W. H. Burr, chairman
for tomorrow evening at the town
hall building as also has DR.. J. NJ. |
Nolan, Democratic committee chair
man.
William E. Nash has sold out his
business in State street to John ].
OConnor. The new proprietor will |
take possession on next Monday.
Horace w. Staples of State street, |
chemist with the Bridgeport Brass Co. |
is spending two weeks in Portland, |
Me.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Lyons of Bridge
port have taken a cottage at Compo |
beach for month.
Miss Jennie S. Thorpe, clerk at the |
post office. is enjoying a two weeks |
vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Wheeler of
Easton have been guetss of Mrs. Hell
en- Thorpe in Main street.
Henry Allen, form er1y with Beers
Bros. has secured a position with |
Fred J, Kaiser.
Orlando I. A1ien and family of Sau-
gatuck are spending the week with
relatives in Bridgeport.
J. Fred Gorham of Woodside avenue |
is enjoying a two weeks vacation from /
his duties with the D. M. Read Co., in
Bridgeport. The vacation is being |
spent in Buffalo and Niagara.
The ST. James team of Stratford |
will oppose the locals at the Church /
lot on Sunday? This is the third |
game between the two clubs, the Wis |
itors took the first contest because the |
mem ers of the local team had their |
minds diverted to burIesque scenery