The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-18
BRIDGEPORT. AS IT WAS
loo 5o2o YEARS AGO
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NO POLICEMEN

 Unless Police Commissioner Thom- as P. Taylor. who is out of town, re- turns in time to attned the meeting of the Police board tomorrow even ing the appointment of two patrol men will be deferred. Mayor Clark chances are that MT Taylor would not be able to finish his business in time to, permit his being present at the meeting. The Mayor is interested in the candidacy of John Began and William Leayr, both young demo crats of East Bridgeport. If only one democrat is appointed the chances are that Began will be the one.
 A NEWSPAPER RECEIVERSHIP <. Lawyer Henry A. Purdy and Charles F.. Spencer were this afternoon ap- pointed temporary receivers of the Jefferson Publishing Co.,. which pub fishes the Danbury Dispatch, by Judge George w Wheeler. The ap- plication for sreceivership was made by Fred F. and Wallace Olmstead, owners of one-third of the capital stock. This was to stop other threat ened attachments.
 Receiver Purdy is the law partner of Judge James B. Walsh, who is one of the principal stockholders in the Jefferson Go.
 THE BARNUM PRIZE WINNERS
 The names of the High school pu- pills who have been selected, in com petition to- compete for the Barnum prizes, and their subjects are as fol- lows: Jessie Y. Bertine, National Legacies to Art; J.. Cooke Pullman, .The Antiquities of the New World; i; Lewis Christie, 'eTen Years of Elec- tricity''; Mary s. Baldwin, Recent Progress in Japan; William E. Dav- enport, Recent Progress in Japan; Harry Davenpoft.ei.' Causes of .China3s in public and the prizes awarded in about two weeks.
 /Card sharpers are again at work on the Consolidated express trains. On Wednesday Conductor Lafayette caught one who was trying ta sneak away at North Haven and compelled him to give up $169 he had heeced l a passenger out of.
 NOBLE TOOK DOWN THE FENCE
 The city authorities think they have grounds for procedure against John F. Noble, the real estate and in- surance man. As executor of the es- tate of his father, the late Gen. w. H. Noble, he has charge of large proper l ty. Pretty much all of the land on either side of Kossuth street from Stratford avenue up to Nichols street l is part of the estate
 He also controls the land on both sides of Stratford avenue from Kos suth street to the eastern terminus of | the lower bridge
 On either side of the bridge stood a. number of shanties which were rent i ed by him. One of the shantfes was occupied by a harness maker and in front of this shanty ran the iron rail fence abutting the lower ridge. The harness maker Complained Of this fence saying that as all his custom CTS wishing to do business with him had to crawl under the fence in order to reach his place of business. As MT Noble was his landlord, in order to please his tenant the landlord took lit upon himself to remove the rails. I The matter was at once brought to the attention of the board of Public Works who had not given MT. Noble permission to remove the fence. MT. Noble claims that he had as much right to remove the rails as did the lElectric Light company or the W. M. Terry company, who had removed the rails of the centre bridge to allow an entrance into their buildings.
 | Residents of the lower East Side are much incensed over the matter and the attention of the Councilmen will be called to the matter at their next meeting