The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-05
STAMFORD TO
 GET CHEAP COAL
Citizens Arrange to Buy Fuel At Wholesale
 CT News Items.
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! any G9nger of coal shortage in this 1 town this coming winter and to make l it possible for some money to be sav- | ed in the purchase of coal by societies l and individuals g. number of public 1 spirited citizens. among them Elliott | w Peck and Burton c. Warner, have 1 arranged for a number of car loads 1 of the black diamonds to be shipped l to Stratford this summer. The coal | will be of two sizes stove and nut i and already a large number of ordeEs 1 have been booked for different | amounts Of this coal. The coal is to l be sold at price which will include 1 the cost at the mines, the railroad 1 frieght and the carting, which is to 1 be done by Contractor James Ially l The cost of this coal will be under 1 $10 a ton after all the different costs 1 are added in.
 The fuel is being ordered through l one of the factories and in that way | a reasonable price has been secured. l If any of the citizens are to avail
 themselves of the chance to get some l of this coal they should put their or l ders in, as much may be purchas- 1 cd as needed, 1t not being the inten- 1 ton Of the men interested in this l movement to go into the business, but | to just buy enough to supply those l people in the town who wish to buy
 direct.
 A garage at Ho11ister avenue and 1 Thompson street, and an c-ltomobile i which was inside, were totally de- | stroyed by fire shortly before 8 1 o'clock yesterday ln orning, the cause | of the blaze being unknown The | garage was owned by Ralph Volpe 1 Of Thompson street and the autono- l bile hv Frank of street. There was insurance on | both the automobile and the garage l in the Louis E. Peck agency. The delay in sending in the alarm 1 for this fire to the central fire de- l partment made it impossible for the ] local fremen to save any part of the l garage or auto when they arrived, as l the building was a mass of flames l when Chief Judson turned into 1 Thompson street from Jackson ave
 nue, on the way to this fire The i attention of the frenen was turned l to saving of the building next door
 in which the Volpe family resided l and, due to their efficient work, the l loss to that building was less than | $50.
 l About 20 members of Okenuck Tribe of Red Men of this town will ] leave by automobile shortly after noon tomorrow for Hartford where
 they will attend the Great Council
 meeting of the order and do what | they can to see that Past Sachem Asa L. Parketon of the local tribe is elected to the office of Great Junior | Sagamore, to which office he aspires The headquarters Of the Stratford 1 delegation will be at the Hotel Garde ! and among those who will go tomor- Q oftaTnnnp | child, George W. Span, Arthur Den nison, Harry Griffin, Ernest Wilcox, Louis E. Peck, George R. Fryer, Will liam H. Fryer, William H. Hart John H. O'Brien, John Graham, Charles Graham, H. Brig Barnum, Walter A. Hubbell, Howard Dillon, Everett L. Beardsley, Edward H. Beers, Charles AbercrOmbie, Frederick w. Kettle ton, James R. Vans, Ivan L. More
 house. Ernest l. Cox, Herbert ". Doo- little and A. L. Parketon.
 The sum of $45 was made for the Athletic association by the naturalist lecture held at the Center school on
 Thursday noon.
 The large black horse owned by Andrew Creevy of Huntington Road
 ran away on Friday afternoon and raced down Main street, lodging automobiles and pedestrians who tried to stop. It finally ran into the driveway to the garage of the Robert Atherton house and was caught in the field beyond. The carriage was left on Main street just before the horse ran into the driveway, it being damaged to a consid erable extent.
 The horse which had been left stand ing for a short time at Paradise Green had become frightened by a passing
 automobile and started on it's mad career down Main street.
 The first meeting of the official board of the Methodist church of this town since the pastorate of the Rev. A. F. Chamberlain will be held on Tuesday night.
 The members of the R. o. B. club of this town, organization com posed of boys averaging 8 years of age, hiked to Huntongton Saturday. Hot dogs were roasted by the boys at noon and ate with relish- They returned late in the afternoon foot | sore and weary but willing to go on another hike in the near future. COlxTEz c, ROCKWELL, plumbing
 and heating; tobbing a speciality. Cor Main and Hillside avenue. 1 Stratford. D1otfH l HARTFORD GARAGE|Automobi obile 1 accessories and general repair work Satisfaction guaranteed at Carten | Bros
 FOR SALE-Old fashioned 15 room house in Stratford. Gleason, 2os6
 Main St, Stratford, Conn.
 | E. J. MGEE SUED
 BY NOTE ENDORSER M. J. Wilsburg of this city brought suit in the Common Pleas court to- day against Edmund J. McGee Of this city to recover $500 damages. The