The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-03
BRIDGE CONTRACT
 FOR GEORGETOWN TO +. s. OSBORN
Redding's Blockade Against Infantile Paralysis Is So Far Effective.

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 l Bedding, Aug. 3-Bids for the new arch bridge of stone. steel and con-
 crete to be built in Georgetown were
 considered by the selectmen last Sat
 urday. A special town meeting had
 authorized an expenditure of S2,5G6 for the structure. As H. Sanford Cs- born, first selectman, was one or the
 bidders, he absented himself from :he 1 meeting so that his two colleagues
 might have the entire disposition Of
 the question. The proposals were as
 follows: Sperry & Treat, of New
 Haven, $500; L. Suzie Construction
 Co.,, of Meriden, $4,475; New Haven
 Engineering 6 Construction Co.,,
 s2.510; Joseph Robert of Bridgeport, $2,642; H. Sanford Osborn, of Rsd-
 ding, s2,4OO. The b.d of MT. Osborn
 being the lowest i1e was awarded the
 contract. Work on the bridge will be | commenced soon and pushed with
 energy.
 7 Ons the theory tliat when 16-year-
 old Andrew Hinsle was acting under
 duress when he shot two tresspassing gypsy horses on the night of the goth 1 he was not included in the criminal prosecution brought against Charles 1 Hingle at the instance of District | Agent Gardiner, representing the Con- necticut Humane Society. The elder 1 Hingle was arrested Monday on a
 warrant issued by Grand Juror Hoh- man and arraigned at o'clock in the afternoon before Justice B. A. Pinkney charged with cruelty to animals. A considerable number of spectators at- l tended the trial held at the town | house. The defendant pleaded not guilty and in his testimony told story which deviated widely from his | former versions Of the occurrence. He | had previously said that he ordered the boy to do the shoting. This he denied in his evidence, further de- claring that the shooting did not take place until the horses had made
 third invasion of his door yard, after being twice driven out. That claim was an entirely new phase of the case. To, refute these two statements. which were the essential points of his
 defence the prosecution presented the evidence of Agent Gardiner, Dr. Smith and Constable Warner. who hatly contradicted Hingle. So did two of the gypsy band whose twisted Eng | fish made it difficult to understand them. Hingle was found guilty and fined $10 and costs, the whole amount ing to $25.43. At first he announced
 his intention of taking an appeal, but changed his mind upon the advice of friends and paid up. The next de- velopment looked for in the situation is the bringing of a civil suit by the owners of the horses. Their band
 moved last week to Fairfield where one of the wounded horses died and
 where a prosecution by the local au- thorities resulted in the imposition of a $15 fine.
 The town continues to have the good fortune of being free from in- fantile paralysis. So far the exclu- sion policy against the incoming of children from infected localities ap- pears to have been substantially ef- fective although lthe warning signs on
 the highways at the towns boundary line are not supplemented by guards. The guard service established by New town has now been abandoned after
 costing about $500. Taking it alto gether Dr. Smith regards the local 1 situation as quite satisfactory, ~al- though he admits that auto parties comprising children have probably | passed through the town in disobe- dience to the restrictive order As | long as they did not finger no harm
 resulted and the health officer is con-
 fident that had there been lingering
 he would promptly have been notified
 because the public is thoroughly
 awake to the serious consequences to
 be apprehended from the introduction of the scourge. In passing through l the Glen last Sunday the doctor
 caught sight of two or three picnicking
 auto parties in which there were chill dren. These had violated the exclu-
 sion rule but as their stay was to be l brief and there was practically no ! danger of their coming in contact
 with residents, old or young, the health officer did not interfere with them.
 There would seem to be little cause for further apprehension anent the
 recent rabies peril as two weeks have passed without the disease having de- 1 veloped in any one of the four dogs
 which came in contact with the mad
 dog and have since been sequestered
 and kept under obsefrvation. These
 are believed to constitute the only possible sources of trouble as the two
 dogs kpown to have been bitten by
 the mad dog were promptly killed. | With the record two and two Fire | Go. 1 and Fire Go. 2 contested their 1 fifth game on the Ridge grounds last l Saturday,. The West Bedding boys
 had strengthened their team by the
 inclusion of three Danbury players and l against this important talent the i Ridge party protested. In response | and Justification the visitors asserted | that the strangers were qualified by
 reason of being associate members, thereby having the same standing as | Ames Merritt and Homer Smith, non-
 resident-members of the Ridge team.