The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-10

TOT July SnOWS losses amounting to l $S, 335, or nearly a fifth as large an
 amount for the month as shown by
 the fire department of the city of
 Bridgeport.
 Miss Gertrude Nolan of s6s Wind
 sor avenue, has returned from a va
 cation spent visiting with friends in Hartford.
 Stratford is furnishing it's full
 quota of rooters for the Brown Der
 bies, w. W. Leck and H. c. Lowell be- ing among those present at the
 slaughter of Chief Bender'S New Ha-
 ven Indians, yesterday.
 Will the Stratford police depart
 ment be considerably enlarged. to put
 it on a par with the Milford depart
 ment after the council-manager form That is popular question around the center these days. At present the chief a sergeant, and four patrol
 men comprise the force, and it is
 becomes effective each of the nine newly created districts will be on the job with a request for a man for the | district. At that one man would
 parts of the south end, Avon Park
 and Lordship, comprising the first
 district.
 Man w WO1ndn-NLdTIldSe, S~oAA Alia Dorothy Phillips, is the feature at the Stratford theatre, this afternoon and evening. It is a nine reel oHer1ng. very pretentious, and declared one of
 the greatest efforts since movies came
 into being.
 The stratford police department
 was responsible for the collection or s637, via the town court route dur 1 ing the month of July, which is not i a bad showing at all. Of this amount only s6 is listed as "hnes suspended"
 There were 64 arrests, and with for feited bonds of $12O, the total i amount collected for the month was $SS7.
 | William H. Hart. 751 East Broad
 way, of the Bridgeport Hydraulic Co.,, a member of the Board of Finance, is enjoying his annual vacation. Charles A. Phelan. Lordship. is the only man prominently mentioned as vet as a candidates in the first dis | trict for the non-paying office of councilman. Phe1an is in the adver- Using business, and a brother of John E. Phelan, member Of the Boaro of Fire Commissioners. This board
 was newly created the past year by an act of the State Legislature, as was the Board of Police Commissioners Both boards will pass out Of ex1st- | ence with the coming of the council | manager plan which calls for a single head of both departments. Stratford people can find little so- | lace in the traffic situation at pres ent The tro11eys give fair enough | service but 10 cents is just twice as
 much as the jitney fare from Strat- ford to the center of Bridgeport, and | the daily commuters think this is too
 much, for very few of them require
 transfers. The jitneys are still run
 ming but there are fewer of them, ana since the adoption of the 'club plan | it is claimed that the buses are more 1 inclined to congregate at the end | of the line and not leave until full 1 load is secured, making the headWay | not nearly so frequent, and passing up
 would-be passengers along the line | who had no opportunity to buy
 membership ticket.
 During the regular meeting Of the Board of Finance last evening the l Board of Fire Commissioners appear ed and offered a practical demonstra- tion of what the board desires to do | with the desired appropriation of S1O,- | 300. A pumping engine made by the
 Mack -Internationa company was on on the truck. and a full complement of equipment, included, the 1-2 ton 1 truck made as high as 42 miles an hour, making between 25 and 50 even on the doubtful roads in the Paradise Lawn section. An additional appropriation of 1,265 will be asked in case the first request is granted, the second item to cover LIDO feet or wax treated hose, that would be nec-
 essary to withstand the pressure Of the big pumping engine that the town ap- parently needs so badly. It is under stood that a third paid man will also be asked for.