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r ox" THE FARMER: AUGUST 6, 1913 - BRIDGEPORT E VENINC FARMER FOUNDER 1790.) Published by The Farmer Publishing Co., 179 Fairfield Ave Bridgeport, s Conn. u n so njAla beO WKDXESDAY, for Whose Benefit ls Bridgepcyi f f ? Governed?" This Street Paving Project Asks The Question Almost every property owner in Whiting, Atlantic, Kief er streets and Singer avenue, is opposed to paving those streets, -with granite blocks. Kiefer street, it vas said, in the Common Council, Monday night, has never been-accepted -by the city and .Whiting street was paved only-last spring. ' V . It appeared that this expensive job is to be done pri marily to benefit a gentleman at present influential in the goverrtment of"thecity, and one rwiuKis the reputed cham pionM5f' efficiency "in city affairs. , To rise the government to compel other people fo payor sometlling'One wants.for himself is efficiency con siderably over-developed and needing its wings clipped. But the .question' is broader than the mere rights of thVpeoplfr-on .Whiting, Atlantic and Kief er streets. Permanent -paving should be paid for by an assess merdt againsfc all' property. , Thus only can larger prop ertyfbeTeacheditO'pay its proportion. . Almosthalf of the .grand list of Bridgeport is proper ty; in bomes. iWnen a residential xstreet is permanently pated. half the cost of the pavement is charged against thehomes. The city pays half of the balarice of the cost, but 'half of ;tblis part of the cost is charged against -homes again, and the great manufacturing and trucking interests go almostjfree of expense. " The situation of the people-in "Whiting, Atlantic and Kiefer. streets-opens another question, often asked in these columns. ' - l ? 1,:. '.- ' FOR WHOSE BENEFIT IS BRIDGEPORT GOV To pave a residential street with Belgian block "does not improve tne property on BORROWING MUNICIPAL AUTOMOBILES Driver Robert P.Kierstdt, who was killed on a joy ride with a party of men who were using the Waterbury police automobile, appears to; have been the sober man Jin the party, and probably was less to blame than anybody else in the car, since Ha appears t have agted unde the orders of a police commissioner, who was one of the men in the party. , ' - " ' - f-' The temporary theft of municipal automobiles for joy ride use is common. The spirit which leads men to bor row public machines for private use 'lends itself to joy riding. It is not strange that fatalities are .common upon such occasions."- liquor and automobiles do not mix well together. There is a lesson in the Waterbury accident for municipal employes in almost every city in the United States, including Bridgeport. v r THE RUNNING BOARD LAW. - ' rAri esteemed contemporaryis responsibj'e for the statement tlaat the Connecticut Company has instructed its conductors they will not be justified in causing the ar rest of passengers who obstruct running boards and that a notice posted by the company' states that the so-called lunning board bill is not sufficient to estop the danger to conductors and passengers rising- from the practice. Chapter 158 of the Public Actsof 1913 provides that anybody who obstructs abuses or resists any employe of aistreet railway company while the latter is seeking to enforce any order made by the Public TTtyities Commis sion; rmy be puiushed. v ' The Public Utilities Commission in 1912 investigated the practice of riding on running boards of cars and found it exceedingly dangerous. It ordered the trolley com panies of Connecticut to make a rule forbidding the prac tice. ' "Every company in the state did so. But wblen em ployes of the company attempted to enforce the rule, it appeared upfin a test case being broughb, that there was no means ofenforcing the rule. The statute above referred to was created to enable this rule to be enforced. It appeared, at the hearing before tLij railroad com mittee, that the companies were pleading the rule to keep from paying damages to passengers, who were injured riding on running boards, but that the abrogation or tne rule was pleasing -to the companies' because it enabled them to take a large additional revenue, over and above what, they might receive should they run cars enough to accommodateall their passengers without using running boards. , , The bill as it was finally accepted was satisfactory to the trolleymen's representatives at Hartford. . Nevertheless it may not be sufficient to accomplish the result intended, unless the trolleymen, or somebody else goes to the Public Utility Commission and obtains an order against riding on running boards, which slAill bear a date later than the approval of the law. In other words the law may not apply to orders of the commission made before its passage. It certainly will apply to ary ord r made after its pas sage. The companies are evidently determined to get the revenue from loaded running boards, and are just as evi dently determined to invoke their rule against riding on running boards, to escape payment of damages to persons injured while so riding. Connecticut is a fine state for trolley corporations. AUG. 6, 191S. tnat sTreer. xz injures it. THE HUMAN PROCESSION Somewhere between pages 14 and 179 of the History of America although the-event is not recorded in that vol ume a man by the name of Cobb left his native ' land and emigrated to the United States. . And he begat sons, and they in turn begat other sons, until the Cobbs waxed great and pow erful in the land. Which brings us down to the present generation of Cobbs, including that illustrious trio, Tyrus, Irving and Frank. Tyrus is the youngest, and, most will say, the greatest of the Cobbs.. But this isn't his birthday party. Next in order of age comes Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb, the plump humorist and phil osopher from -Paducah. He -who has laughed-over Irv's tales until his face was as red as a riose, or, as Irv -would put it, "the inside of a blonde cow," doesn't need to be told that be is furi ny; but he will never realize Just how funny that obese author can be until he has seen him clad iii filmy blouse and abbreviated skirt, ,wlth legs bare and armed with -what. In our younger days, we called a bone-arrow, essaying the role of Cupid. But this isn't Irving Cobb's party, either. Senior of the; distinguished Cobbs is Frank .Irving, editor of the New York World, and this is bis birthday party, since he was born in Shawnee county, Kan., forty-four years ago today. Mr. Cobb, during his nine years as editor-in-chief of the great journal establish ed by Joseph Pulitzer, has -won a place among the foremost editorial . writers of the century. Has first Journalistic experience was in Big Rapids, Mich., but he soon outgrew that town, and went to Orand .Rapids. His next move was to Detroit, where he wrote editon iais for the Etvening. News and the Free Press, and won high praise from Col. Roosevelt. In 1904 Joseph Pulitz er, after having read to him the edi torials from many leading newspa pers, decided that Frank I. Cobb was the man he wanted to brighten up the World's editorial page, and Mr. Cobb responded to the call. - - - -. . -Three eminent British , nobles, the Duke of Argyll, the Dlike of Atholl, and the Marquis of Northampton, will be the recipients of birthday congrat ulations today. The Duke of Argyll is the head of the Campbell clan, which has pjayed a part in Scottish and Eng lish history and in the development of the New World, and is descended from Sir Colin Campbell, who was knighted for valorous deeds In 128t5. Besides heing- Duke of Argyll, he is Marquis of Lome and Kintyre, Earl Campbell and Cowal, and holds many other titles. - He was born at Stafford House, London, sixty-eight years ago today, and has held many high offices. Including tha tof Governor-General of Canada from 1878 to 1883. The Duke of Atholl, who is seventy-three today, is descended from a family '"which for three centuries has .been prominent in the peerage of Scotland and Great Britain. He owns vast estates, prin cipally in Scotland, with a total of over 200,000 acres. The young Mar quis of Northampton, who recently set tled $350,000 upon Miss Daisy Mark ham, an actress, to end ' her breach of promise suit, passes his twenty-eighth milestone today. His father, who died a few months ago, was an accomplish ed musician, ,and spent much time in knitting and embroidering. 'Hear Admiral Charles Johnston Sad ger, commander of Uncle Sam's Atlan tic fleet, is a native-of Rockvllle, Md., and will .celebrate his sixtieth birth day today. Het entered the naval academy in 1869 as an appointee or President Grant. Admiral Badger is in supreme command over a fleet which ' includes four super-dread-nnmryita: and which is more power ful than the whole United States navy of a doiefa years ago. CHINA LACKS FUNDS j t ' FOB PANAMA EXHIBIT Pekin, Aug. 6 The Chinese govern ment will be unable, owing to its financial difficulties, to furnish the funds necessary to support the Chinese exhibit at the Panama-Pacific Exposi tion at Sai Francisco in the manner originally planned. The finance min ister, however, hopes to obtain an ap propriation of $500,000 although many members of the Chinese parliament oppose it. Several chambers of com merce also are skeptical because of the loss.es to merchants. GAS INSTEAD OIL TO REDUCE EXPENSES AT U. S. PHILADELPHIA MINT Philadelphia, . Aug. 6 For the pur pose of reducing the operating ex penses, the management of the United States mint in this city will use gas as a fuel instead of oil as heretofore. The service will require 30,000,000 feet of gas a year to melt the bullion from which the coins will be made. Heretofore nearly , 240)000 gallons of oil have been consumed annually. I o c u 0 P a u d n Q n a q p S o AN OPTKDRTUNITY TO INVEST $100 SAFELY. The New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R. Co. is about to issue a block of 6 96 bonds which can be bought in $100 pieces at a price which will yield the investor SVzfo on his money. These bonds will be legal investments for de posits in Connecticut savings banks. ' At present the savings banks in this state hold over $5,000,000 of New Haven bonds of this character. Not only will an investment in these bonds be perfectly safe, but it will almost certainly present opportunities for profit in the future. We shall make a special effort to serve the man of small means at this time, because we feel that this is his opportunity. Jf you will call at our office we shall be glad to explain every detail about these excellent bonds. HINCKS BROS. & CO. Members New York Stock Exchange, 207-209 State St. SCRAP BOOK FOR TO-DAY The , first murderer executed by elec trocution was William Kemmler, who passed through the "little green door" that leads from Sing Sing's death house to "the chair" on August 6, 1890, twenty-thre years ago today. The law substituting electrocution for hanging in New Xork State was passed twenty five years ago. Kemmler's attorneys fought it as "cruel and unusual pun ishment," and so unconstitutional, and for two years eared the condemned man from his fate. In 1890 the law was upheld by the courts,- and the doomed man was strapped into the death chair and thousands of volts of electricity sent through hie body. Med ical men declared the execution a com plete success. A number of other States have since followed New York's example, including Kentucky, Massa chusetts, New Jersey, Ohio, North Car olina, South Carolina; and Virginia. "The chair" has shorn death of some of ite horrors, tout death Itself, by whatever means, is always terrible enough. The condemned man is strap ped to the chair, the electrodes are ap plied to the calves through slashed trousers and to the -shaven skull, then the signal is given, and for one in it is the end of all things., v . ' Throughout the Christian world there will be observances today of the fes tical of the Transfiguration, one of the twelve great feasts which come next after Easter in dignity. It was insti tuted by Pope Calixtus III., in the fif teenth century, and commemorates the visit of Jesus to "an high mountain apart," where Saints Peter, John and James witnessed the Transfiguration, when "His face was altered and shone as the sun, and His garments became as white as snow." Nowhere is the Transfiguration more fittingly observed than on Mount Her mon and Mount Tabor, where a few of the faithful gather annually in .the hope of seeing their Lord, and' often go away firm iti the belief that such a vis ion has been vouchsafed to them. Tra dition attributes to both Hermon and Tabor, in Syria, the glory of having been the mountain chosen by Jesus for his Transfiguration, and eastern Chris tians still squabble over this point. Western scholarship favors Mount Hermon, .the modern Jebellish Sheikh, since, Caesarea Philip-pi, to which Je sus and His disciples descended, as at its base, ' while Tabor . is fifty miles away. The "modern tourist, going down to "Damascus on the railroad from Beirut, may see from the car window Her- mon's snow clad heights. Few western Christians dare the Cyriansummer to visit the mountain on the festival of the Transfiguration, although the trip can now be made largely by rail, and without a tenth part of the hardships that fell to Mark Twain and his fellow "Innocents Abroad" during their sum mer Journey overland through Palestine.- It ..was on that hazardous trip that one of the party became ill, and his comrades voted to leave him to the tender mercies of the Moslems of a Syrian villager-all but Mark Twain, the profant pagan who was "d d if he would do it,' and stayed with the sick man until he was well enough to travel : Today is independence day in Bo livia, that hermit republic which Is stm a terra incognita even to those globe trotters who claim to know their South America. The highest country in the world, and, until "recent years, the most remote of quasi-civilized na tions, has already been penetrated by railroads, and will soon be traversed by a trans-continental line extending from Lima on the Pacific to Buenos Ayree on the Atlantic. The principal part of Bolivia Is a vast plateau, at an average attitude or 12.000 feet above sea level. Lake Titioaca, the' highest navigable body of water in the- world, has a fleet of steambaots, every part of which was brought up from the coast on the backs of Indians. Bolivia's popula tion is nine-tenths aboriginal, and the various tribes range from "the meek est and most servile people in the world," to the hardiest and most war like. The latter are a stalwart race, as may be Judged from the fact that in Sucre, the de Jure capital, there are many grand pianos which were carried 600 miles, and over vast moun tain ranges, by these human burden carriers. The local piano mover who is Inclined to complain of his hard lot should be thankful that he was hot born in Bolivia. Bolivia became in dependent on August 6,. 1825, and the country was named in honor of Simon Bolivar, the librator, while the capi tal, Sucre, was given the name of his principal lieutenant. The province of Antofogasta, bordering on the Pa cific and rich in nitrates, was lost to Bolivia in 1884, as a result of the unfortunate war with Chile. There Is complaint that tips are not as lavish as they used to De Jr-ity tne poor hotel keeper! , Bridgeport, Conn. IVHY MELLEN QUIT NEW HAVEN ROAD His $67,552,400 Bond Issue Used to Bring About His Resignation FAILED T0GET SUPPORT Plain Intimations From Great Financial Influences That Issue Might Not Be Taken New Tork, Aug. 6 From, the inner chambers of the financial lords are now coming reports that Charles ' S. Mellen's final undoing came as a re sult of obstructions placed in the way of the successful issue, by the New Haven road, of $67,552,400 of converti ble debentures, Mr Mellen, it is said, would have found ho particular diffi culty in the floating of this issue had that Napoleon of finance, J. P. Mor gan, Sr., liyed; but with the passing of this master of billions Mr. Mellen lost his most solid and safe supporter and he then looked out upon the most ominous horizon that had confront ed him since taking over the gigantic task of unifying the lines of New Eng land and preserving and upbuilding them for the industrial protection and glory of the states affected. - The report is that Mr. Mellen receiv ed fairly plain intimations that, on account of the .low state into which New Haven securities had fallen and the tremendous drive against him per sonally, such an issue as proposed would not be' absorbed In a way to stiffen public confidence in the man agement of the system, and that any indication of the slightest hesitancy on the part of financiers to take up the issue might bring a- further and most disastrous collapse to the road's stock. To strengthen this view of what happened to Mr. - Mellen in those trying days, it is said that J. P. Mor gan, Jr., was not possessed of the same strength of sentiment for the road as his father, whose project to unify the roads of New England had been cred ited to a heart's decide to protect New England industries. i Confronted by these lowering con ditions, - there was but one thing for Mr. Mellen to do resign. This he did on July 18. Four days later came the public announcement of the pro posed $67,652,400 issue a striking co incidence. , ... Further, it is said on good author ity that Mr. Mellen's resignation came as a surprise to a majority of the dl rectors. Some of 'those responsible for creating the financial conditions confronting him might have known or expected in view of : their knowledge or- these conditions but no word had leaked out until the resignation had been given, although, of course, there were some persons who claimed that Mr. Mellen could not long stand the nerve shattering strain of the steady ana relentless drive .directed at him. These persons did' not foresee a Btxjgp million dollar- bond Issue and therefore could not at that time name it as a reason for a belief that Mr. Mellen would have to : resign. -- But that this issue was the. means through which he was brought to step down and out now : seems clear and reasonable to believe. What else could Mellen -do? This is the Question and an 1 answer in one when -the -situation Is under stood. Looking out upon an almost violent p.ublic antagonism C. S. Mel len, heralded for years as one of the most far-sighted and astute of mod ern railroad presidents, could not ex pect to smoothly float such a colossal- issue of bonds with such great finan cial Influences, say, as Messrs. Vail and Morgan, Jr., with low receptive temperatures and both members of his own board of directors. ' Mr. Mellen's business household was out of order and his resignation in order. Busy Evening For P. & S. Commission At a meeting in the City Hall last night the Paving and Sewer Commis sion awarded contracts for the paving of Stratford avenue with wooden blocks from Yellow Mill bridge to the city line, ' work to be done within 90 days;, and of Courtland street with wooden blocks within 30 days, and the laying - of a sewer In Stratford avenue from Tellow Mill bridge to Sixth street. , ' . W. H. Arthur of Stamford, who sub mitted the lowest bid of $1.28 per square yard, will get the contract for the Stratford avenue work. The con tract for the wood blocks to be used BATHING SUITS Men's .75c to $4.00 Boys' . ... .... -50c to $2.00 Beys Tights . . . . .15c to 50c BATHING CAPS Good assortment, low prices 25c, 40c and 50c. WATER WINGS Lots of fun for little money 20c and 35c RUBBER COLLARS Easy to clean and no big laundry bill for the man who uses Rubber Collars 20c and 25c. J THE ALLING RUBBER CO. 1126 MAIN STREET Syndicate Stores The D. M. Read Co. Established r8. The Store Closes every day but Saturday at 5 e'cUck. On Saturdays at g o'clock. August Sale of Furniture Special Discounts' in Furnishings of all kinds. 10 per cent on Carpets , Curtains Rugs, . Bathroom Fixtures Large Woodenware Brooms Gas Ranges Blue Flame Oil Stoves Ovens Washing Machines ' Fireless Cookers . Gas Plates Garden Hose ' , . Ice Cream Freezers Alarm Clocks Refrigerators up to $15.00. Clearance of Embroidered Flouncings Widths 54 inches, for skirts. The stock of Embroidered Flouncings. to be closed out at about half price. - White Lawns in eyelet and laid work, fine Swiss needlework, some of it with insertions of Point Venlse, an interesting clearance for the woman who desires a dainty frock of distinctive pattern. Flouncings that were 95 cts. and $1.00 59 dt. to dote out. Men's Furnishings at August Sale Pricei Best Values in Shirts ever offered. Lorraine Madras Shirts, fine quality, worth every cent of $1.50, in "a great number of patterns. , All are woven stripes, not a printed one among them, in very neat blue, tan, gray, lavender and black and white effects. Cuffs attached. . -. ... - . Beaded Bags, VVhite Silver Photo Frames., Less 20 per cent. One lot of Silver Mesh Bags Less 20 per cent. The above are important and should not be missed. At the Jewelry Section. The D. TA. Pvead Company. ADSORB R K J ....... ILJJ vj 1072 Main St. DEPARTMENT STORE, S3 Fairfield Arm. "IHE STORE TO K1?TD BCARCK ARTICLES" AND THE STORK THAT PAIS XULE OAR FARB ' COUPON GOOD THURSDAY, AUG 7 FIVE CENT CARDS . ' (Two Dozen, on Card) HOOKS AND EYES WITH COtXPOJf , ONE CENT CARD . in the pavingr wa given to the United States "Wood Preserving: company , at $1.83 per square yard. There will be 18,400 square yards of pavement laid. Mr. Arthur was ateo awarded the contract for the pavlngr in Courtland street his bid of $1.33 per square yard being the lowest. The contract for the blocks was awarded Ho the Barber Paving company on its bid of $1.82 per square yard. There will be 2,600 square yards of : pavement laid in Courtland street. These prices are without guarantee as the members of the commission and Mayor Wilson were agreed that the work -Would be done as well and at less cost to the1 city. The Pierce Manufacturing company will lay the sewer In Stratford ' avenue. The sewer must.be done In 50 working days from the time the contract is s.gned which will be not later than August 1. The Burns company was the only bidder for the permanent paving con tract on Kiefre, Whiting and Atlan tic streets and Singer avenue. The bid was $1.30 per square yard on wood blocks and $3.15 per square yard on wood granite blocks with or without a five year guarantee. Under the cir cumstances the commissioners decided to advertise for other bids. The commission will hold a meeting next Tuesday night to consider more bids if there are any. The members will also attend the public hearings to be held Monday night to consider the paving of other streets which are being advertised. Contractor McOill of New Haven who has the contract for laying wood en block pavement in Noble avenue between Barnum avenue and East Washington avenue was censured by the board for delay In the paving of that street and he promised to hurry tfaa work to completion. 20 per cent on Furniture , Trunks Bags Pictures . Tinware Enameled Ware Earthenware Nickel Ware Washtubs, Boilers, Baskets Ash and Garbage Cant Aluminum Ware Brushes Cutlery ' Wire Goods Clothes Wringers Lamp Oil Stoves Window Screens Refrigerators over $15.00 9'i7Pi 'id in 17 Venise BagsSterlinr WE HAVE THESE TI11T. HOOKS AND EYES IN BLACK AND THITH FULL STOCK OF NOTIONS Aim SMALL HARDWARE POINTS OF INTEREST. August Clearance Sals of Summer Millinery at E. H. Dillon & Co.'s. lluf Main street. Pretty Street Dresses. Keller Bros. Co. have received an other allotment of those pretty drerta-a which created such a sensation li't week. If the many people who r:i1 last week arid failed to get one of th pretty dresses, suitable for etreet wfar, owing to the heavy demand and th at an early hour, will take advantaar of this notice an -early call -will inurr you at leaet one of these drnses. Good Appetite and Digestion are both promoted by pleasant sur roundings at the mal, and nowhere in this section can more pleflunt sur roundings foe found than at The N--Falrfleld reetaurant in Fairfield ave nue, now opn in all department. Th new palm garden is a delightful pl- for a family dinner, the cuisine cannot be excelled and the service i fault less. The main dining room la eunUy pleasant, and the dining room for la dies only Is a cheerful and cty room. Service a la carte at all hours, arrt specials are prepared from 11 to 1 o'clock and from 6 to 8 o'clock '! day. Sunday service le a la carte. Thi music is a feature and the Fairfi" orctestra is an excellent one. A pro gram of the best music is rniret every evening. Many families are no making a practice of taking their Sun day dinner at the Fatrflld Jd ir spreading-'the news to their frtndn. telling how enjoyable it is. It the problem of a Sunday dinner wifh out the worry of planning and mak ing. Try the Fairfield and you will pleased.