The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-20
OUR NEWTOWN
news LETTER
Especial to The Times.l

Company, whose great plant Will pc |
at Stevenson, were in town last week |
looking up the storage capacities Of
the several dams on the Pohatuck
stream which flows through the east
ern section of the town, upon which |
are located the manufactures which !
are the life of the Sandy Hook Sec
tion.p They conferred with the own
ers of these water privileges to ascer-
tain the power Of the water wheels,
the regularity of water supply and
took eopious notes of what they
heard and saw. At departure they in
formed one manufacturer that he
would hear from them again. A hint
as to the design of the giant electrical
company was dropped in the hearing
Of the manufacturer by one of the
company's agents. The latter casually
observed that the electric fluid by
odds was the only reliable power
both as to regularity of power and
certainty Of availability, and in the
long run would be found cheaper
than water power. Sandy Hook peo-
pie believe that the Connecticut Light
& Power will eventually take posses
sion of the Pohtatuck river as a. star
age stream for their dam as is being
done to other affluents Of the Housa-
tonic further up the country. How
this would affect the Industries locat-
ed on the Pohtatuck is the problem
no one here can solve. Yet everyone
believes there is something coming.
W. H. Goodsell of lower Main
street in company with E. s. lowell
Of Queen street, motored to Wood
bury Sunday where they were guests
Of John Goodsell.
The platoon Of Home Guards of
Newtown which has been under the
charge of First Sergeant George
George Clark as drillmaster, since the
resignation of Lieutenant H. N. Tie
mann, Is showing up well in work
despite Indifferent attendance, and an
earnest effort will be made by the en-
tire platoon to recruit up to the mil
itary standard, following the meeting
at the Brick building last night
Lieutenant Tiemann expects to be
| called soon to military service from
New York city, his former home.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Patterson are
enjoying this week motoring among
the shore towns of Connecticut as far
as New York. Mrs. W. c. Mather and
daughter Pauline of Norwich return
ed to their home yesterday after a
few days visit at the Patterson home
in South Center.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Leach and chill
dren are visiting Bridgeport friends
for a few days.
| Miss Margaret Carroll, who has
been visiting her sisters in Bridgeport
for a week, returned to her home in
Great Ring Saturday, much improved
in health.
The farmers hereabouts have been
SO much annoyed by the carelessness
of berrying parties, letting down bars
and tearing down or cutting wire
fences last year, that there Is a gen
eral stand to push the tresspassine
law against all invaders. Scores OF
warning signs may be seen aIons
fences, trees and rocks in every sec.
ton Of the town, even land open tt
the commons bearing the signs. Tht
farmers are undoubtedly within theil
rights, but from a conservation stand.
point they are wrong. Hundreds Of
quarts of wild blackberries anG
huckleberrjes will fall to the ground
or be food for the birds which should
be preserved and aid in the nationa
conservation of food products so ur.
gent this year. The farmer has nj
time to pick berries this season. Hi
severity against those who seek t.
save the fruit, seems to many, a bru
tai exhibition of the dog-in-the-m man
ger character.
The condition of health of Thoma
F. Cavanaugh of the Boulevard i
slightly improved, much to the salts
: faction of his family and man
friends.
The meeting of the registrars o
voters for receiving applications o
those to be made voters for the tow
election will be held Sept. 10, an
l it behooves the party managers to b
up and doing in every school district
An opportunity is now given tn
, Democratic club to prove their It'll
l to effective party work, that no on
with Democratic affiliations and be
liefs should be permitted to get in
shared in the party meshes of thei
i opponents. 1t is a good year to ge
| CNOIy youIS AAISl4Cdh " SIdIlu pdC
Of woodrow Wilson, the president Q
:, our country, which he will do if tn
= applicant is truly an American.
S. Ernest Sanford, who with Mrs
> Sanford and son Merle, are spendin
a part of their vacation with Eli f
: Beers of Queen street, motors dali
to his work at Harvey Hubbell'
mandatory, Bridgeport.
A. P. Smith was recent guest c
W. L. Mclaughlin Of Hanove
Springs, and enjoyed an auto tri
with the latter to inspect the Zoa
Bridge dam progress, which was foun
satisfactory.