The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-05

Our Waterbury. .. With many bridges spanning the Naugatuck River today fine concrete affairs is inter- esting to know that the inhabitants living here in 1136 quite excited when the first bridge the river built that year. The GrandvieW Avenue bridge Robbins Street was built in the early part of the century and the Bank Street bridge in 1916 And the Liberty Street bridge built in 1907 Since those days other fine modern bridges have become part of the history. History relates that the last wooden bridge the High land Division of the railroad west of Waterbury placed by steel bridge over the Potatuck River near Sandy Hook, about 1910. And most of remember when Reynolds Bridge just below Thomaston red structure short distance below the present fine bridge that offers such fine view to the north and south the river winding in and out negotiating the trip through Torrngton to Winsted and south through Waterbury and cities and towns south The nature of the land around old Waterbury with the Naugatuck and it's tributaries salyng hither and yon such that bridges of the main after the settlement got going Many of the early wooden affairs have disappeared but this section like other parts of the state still boast of the original wooden bridges. In most however the rver and streams are anned by stone and concrete structures, even the small ones Iron bridges not unusual here in the early days and occasionally wooden bridges here and elsewhere in the locality replaced stone bridges. The concrete bridge at Steele's Brook built in 1905 even if does only yesterday that that job was undertaken, says an old timer
 Leo Durocher. manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, is colorfu fellow and asset to the ball cub
 that's what the Leavenworth High School baseball play
 CTS think anyway. After chatting with Leo in his office Sunday, the technical points of baseball such as the ball players Public Enemy Mo- , which in real
 ity the ball, the youthful Brass City High School
 baseball champs became another addition to the long list of Dodger ro0ers Before this entertaining inter-
 view, the boys had the general idea that Durocher was the No. Villain of the Baseball World but afterwards Leo had acquired 26 friends and well wshers. The
 Brooklyn D0dger manager who is of the greatest
 boosters of youthful baseball players gave the Leaven
 worth players big boost. which they won't forget
 for time to Who tell maybe some of these players may be the Dodgers of 194S 49 and
 they will again renew their recent acquaintance with of basebals most colorul managers Leo Dur0cher
 And it's all The Philippines have their independence and we've had for TO years. And tS all over until next year. And toSay there thousands dead from automobile accidents and there thousands more mamed and injured from ooishly light ing fireworks. That's Independence Day; day take your Independence and commit suicide with it. It ap to have lost its purpose of being day for the ce bration of free mems souls Now it's just day when you to the beach and tanned to the try and get fresh air-or go (as be the habit of the majority to the dogs and get drunk killed or injured. We'll it's all and today the statistic ans comparing the figures of yeseryears figures of children blinded and injured from fireworks and figures of motorists killed and crippled in accidents But the stat lsclans aren't comparing the figures prayers of thanks for independence the figures how many people stayed home and stayed alive. We'll it's all over now until next year and how many sincerely that in 776 the United States became free nation? Maybe do, but don't breathe word of it. if you do, they'll think you're cracy Instead read your newspapers today and what difference there is in the figures for last year and then put the paper and wait until year hence when you get together with the statistic compers and compare the figures because it's all over now until next year.