The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1922-05-19

YESTERDAYS sale at Wilson Point.
Norwalk. of various properties held
| by the United States Shipping Board,
| included four of the Ferris type
| wooden vessels built in Stratford
during -he war. at the plant of the
| Housatonic Ship Building company,
| now known as the home of Sunshine
| homes. much under discussion in
The four ships disposed of yester-
| day were the last of 80 of that type.
| James Q. Boyle, 16 Bridge street,
The boats are understood to have
been bought for a Norfolk concern,
| and will be towed to the Virginia
city. The entire proceeds of the sale
will not exceed 100000, quite a de-
probation from the original estimat-
| ed value of $10.000,000.
Unless Health officer DR.. G. F.
Lewis allows the council to meet the
coming Monday night, members of
that body are in a quandary as to
what to do. It is necessary to imme-
diately pass the ordinance that will
make the August tax collection pos
sible. The Health officer fears public
meetings during the smallpox epid emic
although he has no objection to the
nine members of the council meet
ing in session. However, the char
ter calls for all meetings to be held
| in public, and it is not yet decided
whether a meeting of the council
with representatives of the press can
be called a public meeting. 1t is
hoped that some such arrangement
can be made that will meet with the
approval OF the towns voters. SO that
Stratford may no longer suffer.
The K. of C. team will again play
on the home grounds, Paradise Lawn,
Sunday afternoon. The Sacred Heart
team of Bridgeport. will be the OPP
position. the game to start at 1870;
The North Ends of Bridgeport will
try to be the first team to defeat the
An-Stars at o'clock. Looks like
another big afternoon
The sight of the steam roller with
steam up, near Paradise Green, is a
good sight for sore eyes. A still bet
ter sight would be some new side
walks filing the Intervening swamps
between Seymour Wells store and the
rest of the signs of habitation at
Paradise Green and Paradise lawn.
And look at this:
"Sir-It is not the intention of the
writer to enter into an argument
with your correspondent. Old Irrita-
bihty.
81 have other business to attend
But it is beyond human endur-
ance to SIT quietly by and hear the
commonwealth of a weIl-meaning
community excoriated and misrepre-
scented by one who is evidently serv-
ing his, or somebody eise's individua
ends.
'@The Stratford council were elect
ed to represent the people. that has
been repeated so often that there can
be no doubt in any ones mind that
it Is the truth
They have not done this. instead
they have used their own judgment
as to the advisability of certain
measures.
''They have arbitrarily taken upon
themselves The right to settle the
peoples business without consulting
the people.
Have they once gone out among
their constituents and felt the public
pulse; have they wet their fingers
to find out which way the wind of
public sentiment was blowing; have
they fore gathered about the COM
munlty stove to sense the trend of
their fellow-townspen's sentim ents?
mo; they have set up an oligarchy
within a democracy; they have
they have driven the guest from
within our gates and taken their
cause before the country's tribunals
that they might prove their right to
this usurpation of power.
Dem ocracy, the rule of the peo-
pie, has become endangered; the will
of the few is in the ascendancy; the
referen dunn no longer holds sway; |
but-the people still hold a weapon, |
a veritable sword of Damocles, which |
will yet drive these demagogues from |
the governmental halls of our fair. |
and beautiful municipality.
'"That weapon. gentlemen. Is the |
recall; let us have recourse to the |
recall and put in the place of |
these unfaithful servants of the poo
pie nine men OF plant and subjective /
temperament that our aforesaid, fair
and beautiful municipality may be
made safe for och1ocracy.'
1T thank you.
eric Sclerosis.''