Putnam patriot., 1916-12-08
CONNECTICUT
STATE BRIEFS

! has fled In the Federal Court at Hart
ford q complaint against the New
York. New Haven and Hartford Rail-
| road for alleged violation OF the Fed.
| eral Safety Appliance law.
The Torrington railroad station Is
. respectable looking building now.
| The interior and exterior have been
reeainted, = new roof constructed and
. cement platform laid. The work
| has been in progress for several
| months.
Kicked about by travellers 1T the
| Bridgeport railroad station. q bundle
| OF papers was finally picked up and
found to be original land grants Of
| the State OF Georgia Affixed TO the
| documents were the official seal and
| the signature OF Edward Telfair. who
| was Governor General and "comman-
| der Of the militia thereof in 1898.
Contemplating the supply of most
| OF the Naugatuck Valley with cleo
! trio light and power, the United
| Electric Light and Power Company
| has announced that it has selected a
| site in Devon for the erection of a
| plant which is to cost 81 900. 900.
The Reverend Haynes Lord Ever
est, sixty years old. retired Epts-
/ copal clergyman, a native of Hamden.
and whose last charge was in Marble
head, died at his home at Naugatuck.
Through the sale of liquor licenses
| OF all kinds in Bridgeport during the
| fiscal year, the sum of $164 ,04s.3o was
| yielded the county according to re-
port made public by the county COM
other cities and towns In the county
we're Stamford. 34o.502s0; Norwalk.
| sc, $685.; Fairfield 36,1s3.20; West
port. S4.325: Strstford, 35,4o7, and
Danbury. s26.oo7.so.
| Fire OF undetermined origin destroy
ed = four story brick building In the
| New Haven Wholesale district In
| Water street. occupied by the F. G.
Bushnell Co., wholesale grocers; the
]. F.. Schoil Cigar Company and the
| Standard Rivet and Washer company.
Estimates Of the loss range from $780,
| 900 upward.
Dorothy. e-year-old daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. William Dyer, while exer-
cising in the gymnasium at the Cen
| ter School, Norfolk, fell and broke her
| left hand. The little girl slipped, and
| when she fell, the weight of her body
| was on her arm.
| Headed by the Scottish Highlander's
| Pipe band, over 900 members of the
| Woodmen of the World marched to
the Lyric theatre. Bridgeport, where
they celebrated the 25th anniversary
| of the inception of John C. Tuthill
| camp. Many visitors were present
| from Danbury Hartford. Waterbury,
| Norwalk, Stamford. Derby. New
| Haven, from Camp Seawanahaka of
| Brooklyn and Camp Knickerbocker of
| New York.
| Miss Carroll of East Haddam. began
| teaching in the Center District MARI
| borough. There has been no school
F.! in session there since November 49,
| when Miss Barnes OF New Britain
| who was teaching, was taken i'll and
| was obliged to give up the school.
The state is spending several hun
| dred dollars widening the macadam
| road on the Middletown turnpike in
| front OF the Rocky Hill Cemetery
| and between the South School
switch and Drum HILL At the GENE
| terry the road will be Strengthened
and the high bank along the front OF
| the cemetery will be terraced before
the work is completed. The improve
| ments are in charge of former First
Selectman Edward J. Stevens, who
still has charge OF work on state
| roads.
The net corporate income OF the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad Company for October was
| $127,735 less than II was for October
| 1915, but for the four months ended
| October 81, 1916, there is an increase
of $257127 over the figures for the
same period in 1915.
| That the program which Is even
| tually to be adopted by the health de.
| partment of Bridgeport to safeguard
the health of the people of the city
| is more comprehensive and far reach
ing than most people can conceive
| is shown by the reference recently
made by Dr. Walter H. Brown. the
new head OF the department, to the
| diseases Of wear and tear"
| George WaddeE, clerk OF the board
| of selectmen. has notified all Man
chester property owners who had
permanent sidewalks laid abuttine
their property during the summer
that they must comply with the law
In regard to the removal Of snow and
ice from the sidewalks during the
winter
Meriden is hardly recovered from
| one election when she must clear tbs
decks for another On December Is
| the voting machines will be brought
out again for the annual city cleo
ton. mayor Is chosen only ones
in two years and a choice was made
last year The positions to be filed
this year are those of city clerk, treas
urer, sheriffs and one alderman and
| two councilmen from each OF the FIVE
! wards.
| The body found near the Windsor
| street railroad crossing. Hartford
was identified as Frank Garen, 60
| years old. The body was recognized
| by a fellow Iaborer, who was unable
to offer any information concerning
the mans relatives. 1t is supposed
that Garen was struck By a train
| passing the crossing during the
night.