The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-03
BRIDGEPORT WILL ElTTINGLY OBSERVE INDEPEND ENCE DAY
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Public Display of Fireworks, Sports, Motoring and
 Yachting on Program.

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 The discharge of firecrackers, blank cartridges or any other great noise which will disturb the peace and quietude of our city will not be per | rnitted tomorrow, which is the Fourth of July. nor on Monday. which will be observed as Independence Day. This is the fourth year that the ordinance forbidding the 'indiscrirninate use of all sorts of explosives has been for bidden in Bridgeport and the plan seems with each year to meet with more general favor.
 However. at 8:30 in the evening there will be an elaborate display of fireworks provided by the park conn rnissioners at Seaside park with a concert by the Wheeler & Wilson bands Director Louis F. Cherna,k has prepared a program that embraces. all patriotic or American airs. The band will play in bandstand which has been erected in the center of the racetrack. The fireworks display as in former years will be at the western end of the race track just west of the Barnum monument.
 A headquarters for the police and emergency ambulance will be estab- lished at the footpath entrance from the main road to the park cottage. Police regulations for traffic in the park have been made as follows: All vehicles must enter the park east of Park avenue either from the Main street entrance entrance or points in between All vehicles must stand facing west and leave the park by way of Iranistan avenue. No ve< hicles will be permitted to leave by any other route and any attempt to disregard these rules will result in the arrest of the drivers.
 Pedestrians are expected to witness the fireworks display from the inter- for of the race course. Years ago when it was the custom to permit the indiscrininate sale of fireworks here, a Sabbath that preceded Independence Day was prevented from becoming anything Ikea day for meditation or worship.
 Crowds of young men and boys generally paraded the streets carrying ing revoIvers loaded with blank cart ridges Some even had cannon. old muskets and shot guns. The detona- tions from the discharge of all this armament kept three-quarters of the residents of the city awake.
 The use of sky rockets. Roman candles and other fireworks used at nance but most persons prefer to see the display at Seaside park. Tomorrow the West End Outing club will observe the Fourth with an outing at Columbus park.
 On Monday all the department
 
 day. The Boys Brigade and the Boy Scouts will have sham battle at Lordship park Monday morning.
 All the city offices, offices in the county court houses. the banks and most of the general business places will close for the day. There will be motor boat races from the Pequon- nook Yacht club wharf. and all yacht clubs will keep open house for the guests of their members. A number of house boat parties and sailing par ties have been planned by the yachts men.
 All departments of the public li- brary will close all day. The gen eraI delivery. parcel post and regis try windows of the post office will be open from to II in the morning. The carriers will make only one de- livery Of mail and the money order, postal savings and stamp windows will be closed all day.
 Flags have been ordered on all pub lie buildings.
 Mayor Wilson will spend tomorrow and Monday at his summer home at Laurel Beach. City Clerk Robinson left Bridgeport this afternoon on an automobile trip to Bantam Lake where he will spend Sunday and Independ- ence Day.
 For the first time in many years there will be no state league baseball game here on Independence Day.
 There will be automobiling and mo- torcycle races at Avon park motor drome beginning at 2:30 Monday af- ternoon.