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THE FARMER : MAY 8, 1912 WOMEN'S SECTION. Important Sale of $35 to $47.50 High Grade Tailored Suits for Women $39.50 "We label this an important sale, for.it involves a number of our most beautiful model suits at a very marked reduction. And it comes just when many women are completing jbheir Spring wardrobes women who have waited to make sure of the accepted styles. You are certain to find some of the suits you have already admired in this offering, at the substantial reduction noted above, so we hope you will come promptly. Serge Suits, Whipcord Suits, Mannish Wear Worsted Suits, Imported Mixture Suits all of them exclusively Meigs & Co.'s, made to our special order after im- ported models of our own selection. Every suit displays some new and unmistakably fetching Paris touch. There are ultra styles of course, and the rich plain tailored models as well, in two-tone effects, stripes, mix tures and pain blues, and also some of the prettiest of the new silk suits. All are of the highest grade. MAYOR GAYNOR HITS STAND OTCOURTS Declares Their Acts Many Times Block Social and Eco nomic Justice AMENDMENTS TP BE CURE Would Overcome Effect by Changing of Constitutions Doesn't Favor Recall of Judges. MAY SALE OP TJNDEKMUSUNS There is real enthusiasm and plen ty of it in this splendid offering of dainty lingerie underwears for Summer time, and women are delighted with the generous plenty of everything. Don't fail to attend this sale. Daily demonstrations of Nemo Corsets in our Corset Department, in celebration of Nemo "Week. j. INCORPORATED l) OUTFITTERS TO MEN WOMEN & CHILDREN BRIDGEPORT, CONN. NEW LYRIC "When Knighthood Was in Flower" that charming romantic comedy dra ma by Paul Kester and Charles Major, ia this week proving a powerful mag net to draw big audiences to the Lyric theatre. Yesterday afternoon the house was sold out and last evening, every seat was sold, all of which goes j to show, that even with the bad weather conditions, and. the other ex ceedingly commendable attractions in . the city, the Frank Carpenter Stock Company, and the Lyric theatre more than hold their own, and that the splendid record established during the past four months has made the com pany a decided favorite " with - the amuservrot seekers of the city. ' The current presentation of "When Knighthood Was in Flower" is un questionably the greatest hit of the Carpenter Company's stay in this city. The sale of seats for the remainder of the week is so large that capacity houses are assured. Miss Cleveland has made the hit of her local career in the role of Mary -Tudor, and there is not & member of -the big company but is worthy of 'the utmost commendation.- The play is magnificently staged,, the settings being, the. finest seen on a local stage in a' serjr long time, and every detail of the play is so well attended to that It compares most favorably with any precedent, of whatever nature. - i Every performance this .week- of -"When Knlsrhtnooa was v inr lower should see the theatre filled to the limit of its capacity. Those" who have ' not yet selected their seats should do so at once, for there is every prospect of an . overwhelming demand, v POLTS " The attraction 'for next weekwfll be Margaret 'Anglin's beautiful a comedy 'drama success, "Green Stockings," produced by the Frank Carpenter Stock company for the first time in j Bridgeport. This success is still run. :nln and is a big hit everywhere. Tbe -play has never yet been given here by a stock company, ana it win iorm an ' ideal vehicle for the Carpenter com-? iTmnv. Seats for next ,week are now i selling, and those who know a' good 1 thing are ouying weii in advance. . i Denies Richeosn f; Was An Eider In Mormon Church Attorney Morse Stamps as Lies Charges of Mrs. Brittan Con cerning Condemned Minister t Boston, May 8 "Ridiculous, absurd, braien lies" were the characterlza "tions. today, put on the charge of Mrs. Louise E. Brittaln. once "Queen Mother" in the Mormon Church, that Rev. Clarence V. T. Rlcheson was an 1 elder in the Church of Jesus Christ :f the latter day saints, by Attorney William A. Morse, of counsel for the condemned minister who murdered Avis LinnelL "I have an Idea why Mrs. Brittaln ; has made the charge in the form of fa sworn affidavit that Rlcheson was "Before a week has passed, Miss Hall will he the talk -of the town," declared a prominent theatrical man Who occupied a box at Poll's theatre Monday afternoon, coming to Bridge port especially to see the opening of Widow"" PlayerB 111 "Nobody's In Avery Hopwood's fascinating comedy of modern socletv . "Nnhnrtv' K Widow," in which she appears, she uas a. cnance to. display her artistic ability at its very best she is unques tionably the star of the production and every audience which witnesses the delightful performance goes away vowing that "- Miss Hall Is the most accomplished and fascinating 'actress who has held the boards locally. ' Decidedly the onenins- weeir of h Poll Players is a great success from every point of view. 'fNobody's Widow" is now playing to large au- uiences inrougnout the country in the original company, headed by Blanche eates. Tne production this : week in Bridgeport is the first popular priced performance of this play in stock in America or in the world. ' This is but a samDle of what the theatregoers of Bridgeport are to first during the current season. Every play produced will be a "live one' Theatregoers who have seen tBIs week s performance have also been greatly impressed with the beautiful and complete scenic production. With absolute, fidelity the scenic equipment of the original company has been du plicated, v As in this instance the scene is laid at Palm Beach, the scenery is particularly beautiful and correspond ingly expensive and difficult -to pre sent, but it, is the policy,,, of .the man agement to snare - neither pains nor expense to make each week's offering as perrect as possi-Die in every detail. owing to the Immense favor with which the initial performances of 'Nobody's Widow" have been receiv ed here, the seats for the remaining performances are going very fast and reservations should be made at once. Next week ".'The Witching Hour." a Mormon," said Attorney Morse ; "Hundreds of women and a surpris inr lot of them are women of caste and refinement have written me let ters giving all manner of reasons why they ought to be permitted to talk with Rlcheson. It has been worse than '! mania with some who have written six or seven letters beseeching permis sion to talk with my client. I have not the slightest doubt but that the ' affidavit will be followed by a re quest that the writer be allowed to ee Rlcheson so she will be certain he Is the one she thinks she recognized a a Mormon elder." . , The affidavit of Mrs. Brittaln which called forth this denunciation today from Attorney Morse, however, bears very earmark of being authentic. The writing and making public of the doc ument which goes into detail to prove Mrs. Brlttain's assertion that Richeson i 'gave he, the secret Mormon signs" iwaa suggested by prominent" members lot the Evangelic Alliance, one of - the -Strongest protestant organizations in f?w England. It was to-these mem- ?bers that Mrs. Brittaln first told her story. Mrs. Brittain, according to her story, was once in me msner tiicies f h rhurph. as the "oelestial wife" of Ben E. Rich, head of the Eastern 'Mormon organisation. wr York Miss Minnie Blschoff ti eatato of the late Mary E. iLeavitt for 17,000 alleging she dyed the Lavut nairio ine iuo ui Park Commissioners1 Bring Expert Here Hope To Save Trees President George M. Eames of the Park Board, in company with Prof. Townley, who Is at the head of the forestry department at Tale univer sity, made a tour of the parks in the city today to inspect the trees. Prof. Townley has been secured by the Park commissioners to see what can be done to kill off the many tree pests that are . ravaging the beautiful trees of the parks to an alarming extent. He will remain In Bridgeport several days to make a thorough inspection and will report results at the next meeting of the Park Board. If he is successful in finding some means of destroying the tree pests a campaign of education will be started in Bridge port to instruct the public in general how to rid the trees of the Insects. Many property owners are in dispalr over the ruin caused their trees. The public bathing houses at Sea side park will be opened on Memorial day and the band concerts for which the city has appropriated $3,000 will begin about the middle of June. The commissioners are now at work plan ning the schedule. A new baseball diamond will be established in the western end of Seaside park. The present diamond is in much demand and there Is need of another diamond The public playgrounds will be open ed June 17. The idea of making an effort to have the finance committee of the Common council meet often enough each month to take advantage of the two and one-half per cent, discount granted on bills of the Park, board, if paid within 15 days. Repairs on the ' different properties in the parks will, be started at once. Peter White has asked for an inven tory of the park property. This in ventory was read at the meeting last night and approved. It will be sent to Mr. White. , Superintendent ,0f Parks. Charles E. Keith submitted ! his annual report which was accepted.-. C. Barnum Seeley, one of the Park commissioners, will attend the annual meetine of the public playground as sociation of America to 'be held 'In Cleveland. June 8. Mr. Seeley " has made it a practice of attending these meetings at his . own expense each vear. The National association of Park superintendents will meet in Boston. Aug. 11 and 16. Superinten dent Keith is vice-president of the association .and will attend the meet WEBER & FIELDS ON BIG TOUR Plans Completed For Unusual Trip, Beginning Monday, In cluding Visit to Bridgeport Arrangements have been 'completed for the tour of the Weber jfe Field Jubilee Company, which will leave Gotham for Albany by the New York Central at 10 o'clock next Monday morning- in a special consisting of three palace cars, three Pullman sleepers, two baggage cars,1 a dining car ana-'an. ODservatlon car. - There will be over 100. persons on this train. which w.IH remain ' intact through the five weeks ' tour, - all of . the 1 members of the company eating -and sleeping un me train; - , Mr. Weber will be ' accompanied ' by Mrs.- Wfeber,?Mr.' Fields by his': wife and four ; ; children, and r servants, Lil lian Russell by ' her . sister. Miss Tem- pieton by her aunt, 'Mr, Collier by his wife: and son.- ' " ' The tour will cover 4,559 miles from New York and return , The ; furthest Western point will be Kansas City, the most southerly ' Louisville. Ky, the most northerly points, - Omaha, Milwaukee and Detroit, and the most easterly Hartford. " The, longest Jump will be from St. Louis ' to Louisville, a distance of 382 miles, and the short est will be from Wilkesbarre, Pa, to Scranton. Pa., nineteen miles. In no city will the : Jubilee ; company play more than two performances, matinee and night, and In no city will the organization remain more than ' one day, thus converting Brooklyn, Phila delphia, Chicago, St. Louis,' Cleveland, Buffalo, Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Kan sas City, Washington, Baltimore and Detroit into one night stands.1 The itinerary includes these cities in the order named: Albany. , Springfield Bridgeport. Hartford. New Haven. Brooklyn, Phil adelphia, Washington, Baltimore, Al- lentown, Wilkesbarre, Scranton; TJtlca, Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Cleve land. Toledo, Detroit, Fort - Wayne, Chicago, Milwaukee, Davenport, Oma ha, Kansas City, St. Louis. Louisville. Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Dayton, Co lumbus, Pittsburg, Johnstown, Al- toona, Harrisburg and Atlantic City. HEALTH BOARD AT GARBAGE PLANT Mayor Wilson and the board of Health spent two hours at the garbage reduction plant yesterday watching the practical use of de-odorizlng meth ods. , The commissioners were pleased with the outcome of the tests, but are anxious to see another trial when the weather becomes warmer. So Tired ol Tired Feet! Use HZ Gets the 'Tired' Out in. a Pew Min utes Makes Your Feet Sore-Proof. " - . ... .,... "O fudge! It's awful how tired feet make you feel tired- all over so dead tired. Then, when you've got a corn besides, and ' a bunion, and a few blisters, and your - feet - ar e " terribly Jchy, Pull!" New Haven, May 8 Mayor Gaynor ! of New York, former Justice of the Supreme Court bench of that State, ! before a large audience In Hendrie hall last evening criticized the atti tude of the courts towards laws aimed at social and economic betterment and offered as the method for counteract ing this stand and securing the legal i status - of such laws the amendment of constitutions o as to remove those objections which the courts found in the acts under the constitutions as at present in effect. Mayor Gaynor said In part: "The subject on which you wish to hear me as you have put it down is, Are our courts standing in the way of social and economic Justice and if so. by what authority I do not wish you to think that what I am about to say is something that I have set tled upon only recently. On the con trary, while I was a justice of the Supreme court of my State, I publicly said the same thing frequently several years ago. It required some fortitude to say it then. It made some look at me askance. But now those who say it have a bearing. And at the outset, let me say that I do not wish to have what I say mixed up with the question of tne reoan or punnc officials. Our terms of office, other than Judicial, are so short that there does not seem to me any necessity for a recall. We can recall them quick enough at the end of their terms by leaving them at home. I do not think he threat of the recall should hanjr over any public official to compel him to do anything. Weak officials would give way to it, and do things which their sober judgment told them they ought not to do. That would be no more true of the Judges, however, than of other officials. I do not rate the Judicial department of the government as the most import ant. On the contrary. I think it the least important of alL Listening to mere private disputes day after day, which is the work our Judges are en gaged in, does not. compare to the Important work of our executive offi cials or of our legislatures. Of this I am very clear, that if there should be a recall of public officials, It should include the . judges. I know of no reason to exclude them, especlaly in view of their long terms." Praises Competition. The . Mayor then said: "Perhaps the subject Distributive Justice' would as well -fit what I have to say.- ; The : prime object of govern ment -Is .distributive . justice to all. That - means more than the mere rule of thumb . administration of .'Justice by the courts. It ' takes in legislative and executive action as well. ' Distrib utive Justice means - that " everybody will be dealt, with justly as a mem ber of society." Prosperity does not depend alone on the amount of the total " product - of the industry of the community.. . A Just distribution of the total product among those who produce it .is also necessary- for pros perity. Prosperity Is the highest pro duction which the community or-the nation - is capable of,1 consistent with the mental, rnoral and physical health of the community, accompanied by a Just distribution of the total product of Industry among those who contrib ute to its production. This does not mean share and share alike, but to each according to his mental' or phy sical work, or both, In producing the general ..result. You cannot place everyone on a level, and give to each the same share of the total product. That, would do away with all zeal and , emulation, thereby greatly de creasing tbe total product. Every one under such a system would be trying to do as little as possible. The result would be a small product, and general poverty, if not famine. The ideal system would be for everyone to get" what he actually v earns. That would, leave the whole' field open to competition, and competition has been and always will be the mother of ex cellence in all things." , Courts Stood in Way. The Mayor then said that this "dis tributive justice" of which he desired to speak included everything. It in cluded proper wages, the hours of work, - the conditions under which work should be done, the safety of the workers, and the compensation, and care of workers who are maimed in their work by the dangers incident thereto. He said that in receriT years the courts had stood in the way of tnese tnings. in illustration be said he would call attention to some de cisions of the courts,, which he char acterized as standing in the way of aistriDutive justice. The mayor continued: "The courts instead of standinsr in the way of this distributive justice. ui Luis suvwi cwju ciuituuiiv: justice, if I may so call it, should, in the very nature of justice and right, fa vor it by their decisions. But strange as it may seem, they are invoking cer tain provisions of our constitutions of government, national and state, as the basis for their opposition. Indeed. every economic abuse is using, or trying to use, these constitutional guarantees as a shield. There is a provision in all of our constitutions that 'No one - shall be deprived of his life, liberty or property except by due process of law.' This is the provision of the constitution which is being us ed by the courts for the decisions to which I have reference. But no one up to recent years ever dreamed of it being applied to the purposes which our courts are now applying it to, The words liberty and property were always understood to have their or dlnary meaning in this constitutional guaranty until recent years. . To de prive one of his liberty meant to phy sically interfere with him by arrest or imprisonment, or some physical restraint To take a man's property meant the actual taking of his ox or his ass or his house. That was the understanding in this country up to about 1870. Then some court saw the elasticity of these .words in this The decision was also by a vote of? 5 to 4. The act was declared void on h ermine that it did not affirma tively appear on the face thereof that it applied only to mierscaie cum- merce. They said tnat 11 migni ay-ni-ir tmnsnnrtatlon within a state also. In other words, they said the I law mteht be considered a state law. I Just think of that. Just as thougn Congress did not Know tnai nau state law. It knew just as well as the supreme court knew, and as everybody knows, that it had no power to pass any act ex cept concerning interstate commerce. There was notning m me act iu that they thought they were passing an act to cover state commei te i All that the court needed to do was to say that the act related only to interstate commerce and dismiss tne suit. But instead they declared it un constitutional and . vow, in uai " might mean state railroads as well as interstate railroads. our J""e8 tested, but it was no use. The case reveals the hostility of courts to such legislation, and that is why I call your attention to it." Mayor Suggests Cure. On the question of how to put a stop to such decisions the mayor said: "The only way to nullify and stop such decisions is by constitutional amendments as such decisions occur The people of the states adopted their constitutions by popular vote. In tne same way they can amend them as they see fit. In my state we frequent ly overrule Judicial decisions by con stitutional amendment. If you will, we recall Judicial decision, to use the new word. And the same is done in all the states. ' "Some people are Just now crying ct nnhmittinr such constitu tional amendments to a vote of the- people. They say it is aoing away with the fundamental principles of niin nwrntninL They do not know what they are talking about. . We have been recalling Judicial decisions by constitutional amendments aaoptea by a vote of the people fromthe very beginning in this country. What wo rtue-ht to do is to pass a general constitutional amendment forbidding such an interpretation to be given to Viid .stnetitntinnfl.1 sruarantv by the courts that liberty and property shall not be taken except by due process of ian TntPA.d of overruling or recall ing one judicial decision after another by constitutional amendment, we ought to put an ena to tne wnoia business once for alL This forced constitutional interpretation has not been permitted in some of our states, however, to the credit of their courts be it.said." Too Hard to Amend. . Tt i vArv difficult -toi' amend the United States constitution altogether too difficult. Constitutions snouia De amended only with great care and after due deliberation. But never theless they have to be amended and the process should not be too dif ficult. Lincoln said that a constitution should not outlast a generation. He did not mean by this that a constitu tion should go by the board as a whole at the end of each generation. He only meant that it would need to be amended to keep pace with the economic and social growth of society. That is the way the British constitu tion snrows constantly. It was thus that Macaulay -was enabled to say of it so truly. That while it has been constantly changing there never has been an Instant of time in which the majority of it was not old. It was changing, but so gradually, ana so deliberately, that the major- part of it was at all times old .."We have been now six years or more in pro cess of amending the national consti tution in respect of levying an income tax, and the end is not in sight -yet, so slow is the process. It seems to me that the national constitution should be amended by putting in It a provis ion calling for the meeting of a con stitutional convention every ten or fifteen or twenty years, delegates to be elected from each congressional dis trict, say. . In that way the people would have a chance to have the con stitution amended "in a safe, deliberate and orderly manner, instead of . being unable to amend it at all without the utmost difficulty. As it is now the amendments are not submitted to the people at all, but to the legislatures of the various states, after congress sees fit to do so." swollen, you don't care if you've got a million dollars you're tired, that's all. A million 'dollars can't help you, any more than 5 cents will." - - A quarter buys a box of TTZ, a wonder for tired,., sore, tender, chafed, blistered, swollen, sweaty, smelly feet, corns, callouses and bunions, chil blains and frostbite. The moment you use it, you give a sigh of relief and then you smile. There's nothing as good as TIZ, so don't accept any at tempted imitation. T3Z draws out all the poisonous exudations that make foot, troubles. . TIZ, 25 cents a box,. sold everywhere or sent direct, on receipt of price, by Walter Luther Dodge & Co., Chicago, 111. Recommended by all Drug Stores, department and general stores. There are people in this town who unthinkingly neglect "a mere cold" though they would not otherwise ex pose their children or themselves to danger Yet a cold neglected may develop into contagious diphtheria, bronchitis, or pneumonia. Use Foley's Honey and Tar Compound promptly for it stops coughs quickly and cures colds. It contains no opiates and is safe for children. L. P. Curtis. i135 BOXING New York, May 8. On the point of signing for a bout with Ad Wol gast in, Madison Square Garden on May 29, Leach Cross shied at accept ing Wolgast's demand "for straight Queensbury rules and the fight was called off. Leachie wants the cham pion to agree to the New York state boxing commission's, rules. . New York, May 8. Johnny Kil bane, the featherweight champion has established headquarters at Rye for his bout with Frankie Burns. The new champion has . many followers here who believe that he will retain his honors from all of the crop of feathers now in sight. He shaped up in excellent condition today and wlil not have to work over much to get into fighting rig. Paris, May 8. Marcel Moreau, the French "Ketchell" and Jack Denning of -New York will meet in a twenty round battle before the Cirque De Paris on May 17. Denning bested Moreau in a ten round affair in the Bronx on January 1. New York, May 8. The bout be tween bantam Champion Johnny Cou lon, of Chicago, and .Young Solsbers at the Royale A. C, in Brooklyn to night is expected to be fast. Coulon's ability is well known while the chal lenger has defeated Johnny Daly, Kid Williams of Baltimore and many oth er able youngsters. Mrs. L. N. Snow, 30 Winter St.. Bangor, Me., was troubled for many years with kidney and bladder ail ments, and had a pain in her back with dizzy spells, and other painful symptoms. She saw Foley Kidney Pills advertised and took them and splen did results followed. She says: "I have now taken three bottles of Foley Kidney Pills and today I am perfect ly cured of kidney and bladder trou bles." L. F. Curtis. 1 3 5 Style and Service Without Extra Cost ' 0 There is a salt here Cor you whether you are tall or short, fat, stout or medium. Yon will be surprised what $15.00 will do and from thereon up wards we have no competitors. Let us. show yon the new styles whether yon wish to purchase or not. HUB CLOTHING HOUSE, 929 MAIN SRTEET CORNER BANK Investment Securities Stocks and Bonds MEMBERS X. Y. STOCK EXCHANGE Boody, McLellan & Co. Ill Broadway, New York BANKERS and BROKERS BRANCH OFFICS!: 1111! MAIWI CF 111 lilflll Ol Security Building E. I. CHAPMAN, Manager Telephone 1131 R7 tf 1 S & "Beauty is as beauty does"- and the Ford's a joy. It's the . one car that has stood all the tests. And that's the reason we will make and sell this year seventy-five thousand Ford cars to' seventy-five thousand delighted users. : the world over there is no other car like the Ford Model T. It's lightest, rightest most economical. The two-passenger car costs but $590, f.o.b., Detroit, complete with all equipment, the five-passenger but $690. Today get Catalogue 101 from Starbucli &Mattice, Agents Phone 4075-2 359 Fairfield Ave, Quick loans (Euarapttcci HOTJSEKKFFERS AN1 WORKTNGMEIf IF XOU NEED blftiS JtftOM lO O p we win jruarantee your note anA mmfx If powsfMe for yon to obtain the i money on tbe day of application. Call, -phone- or write as Iloucohold GuarantQB and Indorsomsnl Gi. ROOM XO. 14, CITIZENS' BUILDING 105 MAIN CTiUUUX VMMMa . mnA lo Store 'Rhone IS 8 "TTTOTTGrT A UE BE SWIFT. 6 Truth overtakes It." We could talk about the merits of INVADER COAIi till the crack o doom, but if we didn't sen the roods, we'd sf have to put a "For Sale" shingle out inside of six months. We are X eivine real COAIi VALUE, have you found that out? iJ5 (SB UF( mm ICE COAL WOOD TRY SPBAGTJK'S Extra High Orado LEHIGH COAL Sprague Ice & Coal Co. Ept Knd East Washington Avenue Bridge. Tel. Tl0 IRA GREGORY & CO. ljhi Ttmneh Office rf00000 Main Offico 972 COAL J J Main Street 262 Stratford Am CORNELL. VICTORIOUS OVER BROWN TEAM Ithaca. N. T., May 8 Excellent constitutional provision. They saw pitching by Nisbet and fast fielding that the word liberty might be by tne uorneu team gave the itb stretched to mean liberty in every acans a well earned victory in yes respect liberty at work all night if i terday's game with Brown, score 3 tc you saw nt. or to make any kind oft1- oin pneners were effective, bui a contract; and property meant any interference with the use of property and so on. Once the thins got start ed, this constitutional exegesis was rapid. One court .after another re fined upon it, until they have finally come to that pass that they are de claring unconstitutional and void the statutes passed for the social and eco nomic welfare . all over the country." Criticises Supreme Court. The mayor also spoke of the dec!- Nisbet excelled. In the fifth Hallste drove out a two bagrger, was sacrifice, to third by Keller and scored on a close decision cn Schirick's sacrifice fly. In the seventh Butler was pass ed and stole second. He went to third when Keller was hit. Schirick slammed to K. Nash, who threw to second to catch Keller, but the ball went past Duckett and Butler scored. Isett's single scored Keller. Brown tallied in the sixth when O'Connell let sion of the United States supreme I (Rl Nash's single "get by him and court declaring void the employers 1 Nash went all the way around, 11 U III 1 t- vim.ic.aj4 Vw 1 i i I Congress (or interstate railroads, and earn: "It provided for compensation to railway employes who should be hurt. New York A peanut swallowed by James Purcell, two, disintegrated In his lungs and caused death by pneu monia, . . .. .. ABSOLUTELY GLEAN COAL GUARANTEED Screened by Special Machine QUALITY UNSURPASSED WHEELER & HOWES 1221 Main Street East End Congress Street Bridge 3