The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-21
DEVON

Some time ago 1t was planned to hold competitive drills between teams of companies in the fire department and agreement was made that each team which should consist of s men should start their apparatus at giv- en signal, run it three hundred feet to a fire hyGrant, haul off two lines of hose each two hundred feet in length, the exact time made being recorded and the winning team to receive a suitable prize. Last week the Fort Trumbull and the Myrtle Beach com panies held their tryouts for the prize. The Fort Trumbull company doing the work in fifty-three and one fifth seconds while the Myrtle Beach team had a bit of trouble in getting away with their apparatus were fif- weight seconds at the task. Last eve ming the Devon company held a sim liar drill and did the stunt in forty eight and four fifths seconds. Thurs day evening the Walnut Beach com pany is to have their drill and as tnfs company has no motor apparatus they will use the Devon machine and after this the team which has made the best time will have their time con- tested by team from the Arctic Fire company. The date for ths last try out has not yet been announced.
 The auto truck winch was hit by
 trolley car at Burwelfs beach Sat
 urday afternoon and which was push
 ed off the track after the car was
 stopped has been allowed to stand
 right there since and was looked over
 with a good deal of interest by people
 Sunday and yesterday. While it was
 stated that the car was not going fast
 as it had stopped at the Burwen
 Beach station only a short distance
 away it still must have been going
 with considerable force to have done
 the damage that was sustained and
 the escape from death by the man and boy on the car is a matter that as- tonishes those who look the condi-
 tions over. The view of the track is not obscured and 1t seems as though the driver of this truck must have had his mind on something else or was not looking when he drove onto the l track right in front of this fast ap-
 preaching trolley.
 The case of Howard and Josephine Belforte of Myrtle Beach whose place
 was raided by the police a short time ago and who are charged with Keep l ing a house of ill-fame came up in | the town court yesterday morning and
 was continued till Saturday of this week, as was the cases of the four men found in the house at the time and who are charged with being ire | uuenters Frank Lecardo who was ar rested some days ago for passing a | standing trolley car paid fine of | s10 with sS cost added and Joseph J Palmer for reckless driving paid fine | of s25 with $S.20 costs at the same 1 session of the court.
 Sunday night and yesterday morn | ings rain flooded the streets all over town and washed them quite some in | places. Considerable inconvenience 1 was caused by the amount of water | which collected under the railroad i bridge on Rover street. This water
 did not remain a great while after
 the heavy fall of rain stopped but 1t ! seems that something might be done
 to make better provision for carrying
 off the water which collects there each | time there is a heavy rain and which l at times causes a lot of inconven- 1 fence.