The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-29
STRATFORD
Cspecial to The TImes.)


 stratford, March 29.---WeIls on l Hamilton avenue between Stratford | and south avenues have been drained dry by the sewers that have been 1 UIaccd through the street and the owners of the houses will now have to dig deeper in order to be sure of hay ing water during the summer. The sewers in this section were laid In Q trench about 20 feet deep and tae Wa ter from the wells was drained into the trenches, leaving the wells with out water for a. time.
 Great excitement prevailed among the residents of that section of the town when it was first observed that the wells were dry and a delegation waited on Selectman Lally7 asking him to see that they had city water put through their streets at once. Later the wells gave some more water as it began to flow back in the veins.
 While the sewers that are being put in StratfOrd are not to be used to carry off water or to drain land the fact that 2, trench is openel1 tends TO help a great deal in the draining of property. This is noticeable at the Baird Machine shop where much of the land is being drained on account of the pipes being laid in the trenches passing the land. All of the land on FIoIItster Heights Is bound to be ben efited by this laying of sewers and considerable of the swanlpy condition of that part of the town alleviated-
 When the large truck owned by the Warner Brothers company and driven by Joseph Van Sash of 42 Clinton avenue, BridEeport, and the Ford au- tomobue driven by Clinton Van Nase
 Tn.- .144 1o~ silent cop at the center yesterday noon the noise made by the machines as they crashed together could be heard for a considerable distance. Many Ut the men about the center rushed to the scene of the collision expecting to see some one hurt but outside of the damage to the autos there was noth- ing of a. serious nature. The police took the evidence of this collision from bystanders and took the names Of the drivers of the machines, allow ing them to go on their way.
 The attitude taken by John Brush of North avenue at the special town meeting Thursday night after Select man Lally had informed the meeting that a conduit was to be built at once under the sidewalk in front of the Brush property met with the approval of tho voters. MT Brush arose and state'I that he took back all that he | had previously said and that if the ' Iselectmen would send him q bill for S25 he would send a check fo- it. 1 Some of the remarks made by MT. Brush during this meeting and at { previous meetings were. according to many of the voters, entirely out of place and uncaLled for and his atti- tude of beIittling the work of the se- 1 lectmen in trying to fix up some other streets except North avenue did not please many of the men present at the meetings.
 ! There will be auother rummage sale in town, this time the members of . tho La'5les Aid society Of the Meth odist church being responsible The sale will be held next Thursday and 1 the collections Of articles will be made on Wednesday.
 ! Mrs. Mary Agnes Barr, the new ! owner of the SLzfdmore house at Main street and Broadbridge avenue, plans l to remodel the building and to cover
 the outside with stucco- The new
 owner plans to conduct an up-to-5tlte . boarding house and will begin making
 the improvements next month This . l from Cortez Rockwell who has owned the property for a little over two
 months.
 F. B. Floyd entertaine5 the mem
 bers of his Sunday school class of the
 Methodist church at his home on Pat
 terson avenue last evening.
 Building Commissioner William F
 Blamey is Ill with influenza. at his home on William street.
 All of the town offices have been
 moved to the second floor of the town hall and for a few days can be ex- pected to be in an upset condition un- til the new rooms are fitted up.
 Howard F'airchild and Russell L. Peck attended the performance at the Lyric theatre yesterday afternoon.
 At the Congreg egational church on Sunday, the pastor. Rev. R c. White head, will preach al both services. In
 the morning he will Use as his theme,
 ''The Nasterful Will" Tn compliance
 with the suggestion of the Pastors
 association, vote will be taken at
 the morning service, on the question
 of the League of Nations by means