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Meets ln_,Malloulc Building. South
Mills street, 1st and “Tuesday of
each month—July and ,August ex—
cepted—wt 8 o’clock. All Master
Motions cordially invited, Frederick
,S‘J‘Lyon, W. M. > Robert M. Wilcox,
,,.Seo. ,
Butler Chapter,.,N0. 38, ,m A. M.
’ Meets in Masonic Building, South
Main street. 2d and 4th Tuesdays of
roach month—July and August ex.
. canted-ht 8 o'clock. All Royal Arch
; Masons cordially invited. Thaddeus
. GuyerLH, 1’. Robert M, Wilcox, Sec.
The i-larford Cournnt notes. we~
. Judge without uDDl‘ovul, the senatorial !
defeat of the judiciary. committee in
in Bridgeport court right. "a mu be
‘ mambo-red," says the Courant, “tbht
tho'contest first came into general no-
ricty through the discovery thatSen-
‘1» [star Brandegee was tclegruphing mem-
..ll)'e.rs not to commit themselves until
3 thoyfiheard from him. This was taken
to imply that senatorial.complications
demanded the selection of the Sid
flawlcy candidates." :The statolsen-
ate, it‘appears, have backed up the in-
terference from Washington by a vote
, bf 21 to ’10. It is bad enough, surely,
when the State's national senators butt
into local scraps—~imagine Platt and
Hawley doing that!—-—bnt when this
petty interference, instead of being re-
sented and rebuked by the state sena-
tors, is welcomed and endorsed, that
is worse yet from every point of view
ofrf‘good politics”~excep,t, of course,
on the theory that the people care for
none of those things. and don't remem—
berthemover night.
‘ An interesting interview with Chair-
man, Thomas A. Richardson, of the
Electric Light Commission, appears in
thisissue. ‘
Billions RllHillllSllN
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cautioned from First Page).
-at-present or more than one-third of
allrthe‘salaries and, wages paid by tho
department. Mr. Winchestcr’s salary
,is almost exactly $7.00 per day, and
every hour that he spends running
unload the streets costs the city hear-
,ly onerdollar. The commissioners have
positive proof that Mr. Winchester is
nsljg"? the plant and his connection,
With'fit, to establish himself as a con-
sul lug engineer. ,He is doing this
we “on the time for which he is well
"paid-by the city. They also know that
‘hexdoe‘sxnot work for the city more
millilitres hours a day, thus depriving
‘ thb'niuniclpniity of about 34,00 per day
of his services. They have tried, by
~ every means in their newer, save one,
310 .c‘omp'el him to do: an honest day's
'workrbut without. success. His neglect
“of duty enables the other men men-
tioned to continue in neglect of their
-- 'dhty.‘i- The commissioners cannot stay
nroundthe plant all the time, there
{fore the city has to suffer. They have
even appealedto his sense of; honor,‘
to try‘and shame him into doing what
"is rightgwilhout any apparent result.”
yHas not Mr. Winchester done, a
great deal of work for the) plant
gratis? ‘1;
.i"‘No,7he has been well paid foricv.
orythlog he has done for the city. He
received $500.00 in payment for his
services as a consulting engineer when
the fact 'was first built, on, about
Marc 15th, 1906, while he wasgreceiv-
ing a salary of $42.50 per week, as sup-
erintendent, he received $250.00 addi-
“t‘ionalcompensation for services on
”thelast enlargement, and right after
that was allowed, on full pay, a vase»
. .tion‘ of nearly six months to take his
trip " to England. practically a gift of
$1,000.00 outright. Sincehe came back
from" his‘EurOpean trip he has carried
. matters with a high hand, his ideas of
hi own importance being tremendous;
ly exaggerated. ”As an electrical en-
gender he maypass, but as amechanl-
calf-engineer he is a farce, and his
_ fatness management is ridiculous. As
It‘ neincss getter he is a failure, due
so hisirritability to prospective cus-
tomers, and the , plant's increase
jsliusiness .has been in spite
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months i had root tronblowithm ”stomach
, mist! all kinds out medicines. it y b
. g :ILiryallV as green on gross, my
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its lu’flhl on cater ulin
ully onyt oaths: Ive ontirol curs mo.
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. any one "" who
« shitlofthis‘ the council, wishing to
' Winchester. which explains the acti-
; board to re-inst‘ate Baker.
plains ‘why‘ these gentlemen are
1 present and prevent the commission-
,,ers from stating their side of the
story. for asprovided in the charter.
oi him. notwbecnuso zm. ”him as
as, bad business
dealings with , him can
A’ capable and emcleht manager'couid
easily save between $2,000 and $3.000
per year on the operating costs of the
station, as Mr. Winchester does not
seem to have any idea of the value of
money. partlcularlythat belonging to
the city. in fact the commissioners do
not allow him to have control of any,
extra, work around the station, and he
is disposed to pay from 'forty to eighty
per cent. more than it is worth."
Why should this affect the taxpay- ,
ways paid the interest? ,
"These cxtravngances' directly con-
bcrn the citizens in this way: The
state statute, under which the plant
is operated, specifies that all city
lighting shall be done at actual cost,
and that the rates for commercial
lighting shall be such as will ,pay at '
least five per cent. on the investment,
after all expenses and fixed charges,
(including at least 5 per cent. for de-
preciation) have been paid. ’i‘hat stat-
ute also specifies that should the pro-
fits exceed eight percent., the com-
missioners must reduce the rates. This
shows conclusively that every dollar
wasted by the superintendent eats up
the profits and prevents the reduction
of rates which would be possible by
careful management, thus
every consumer in the city."
How about the reduction of
plant's debt.
“This money paid every your on the
debt is really lhc’del‘lrcciatiou reserve,
and is undoubtedly the best method or
providing for depreciation, but‘ in that
case the amount charged off for depre-
ciation should be deducted from the
inventory of the plant.' That: this is
not. done is provch by the fact that the
plant is ilivcntorlcd at its just cost.
whereas its actual value is the just
cost less the depreciation year by
year. Mr. Winchester used to allow
for depreciation in the reports until
1903, butthen gracefully dismissed it
with the remarkable statement, “that
many advanced minds maintain that
depreciation has no place in a plant
where each unit is kept repaired up to
its highest efficiency," or words to
that effect. The real reason is that
from 1900 to 1004 inclusive, the pro
fits, had depreciation been allowed,
would have been so microscopic as to
be invisible to the naked eye- With
the advent of tho'chsel oil o'liuinc.
howe.er, reducing the cost of genera-
tion very materially, prospects looked
so much brighter that he was willing
to concede that depreciation should he
the
or the money paid off on the debt, the
statement has been quite generally ciru
culated that the plant paid $37,000 on
the debt. in the past three years. This
is very true, but Mr. Winchester neg-
lected to state that; in the some three
years the city spent $49,000 on the
plant for enlargements, leading us
$i2,000 deeper in debt than before.
Our citizens must not run away with
the idea that the commissioners are
branding the plant as a failure. It is
one of the best investments the city
ever made, but, in order to make a
complete success of the enterprise,
politics must be kept out of it, and we
must have careful business tonnage-
inept."
Have politics anything to
this trouble.
“We will not say that they have
but will state the following facts, and
let the citizens draw their own con-
clusions: With the Board of Commis-
sioners as at present constituted, Mr.
Winchester has seen his sinccurc
gradually slipping away from him for
some months past, and has done every-
thing in his power to arouse popular
feeling [against them. His first open
move was against the flaming arc
lights, not because‘he thought- they
were no good, but because he thought
to use them to injure the commission-
ers in the estimation of the public. He
carried his resignation around in his
pocket for some time, hoping that they
would place themselves in the position
of asking for his resignation so that
he could :1le to the people as a
martyr to the management‘of the com-
missioners. They refused to be trap-
ped“ thinking that it he was given
rope enough he would hang himself?
and as a last resort, fearing an expo.
sure, he championed the cause of the
discharged trimmer, Baker, with a.
great show of indignation. As a re-
as with
avoid a_scandal,r'invitcd the commis-
sioners and Mr. Winchester to hold an
informal conference to see if some set
tlement could not be made. His honor
the mayorwas notpresent, but as a
result the, commissioners agreed"- to
take no action of Mr. Winchester's
glaring insubordinatlou, providing that
the council, as an official body, would
issue astatemout that after inheriti-
gation, the charges made against the
commissioners by Mr. Winchester, in
the daily papers, were unfounded. This
was agreed to, but’ afterward the in-
dividual members of the council stat-
ed that they could take no official ac
tion as the result of an informal meet-
ing,’ consequently the statement was
not made. "When the Baker charges
were made the commissioners were
in hopes that they would have a
chance to thrash the matter out in
public and let the people judge who
was right, but, for some reason or oth-
er, the council sustained Mr. Hurl-
butt’s objections to having Mr. Win-
chester mentioned in the matter, thus
in effect covering up hismismanage-
meat. It has. been knownfor some
time that a certain element in the fire
department have formed a political or-
ganization with the present chief as
the nominal head. The real head,
however, and the organizer, is Mr.
vlty‘ of these men in the controversy
between the commissioners and the
superintendent and the strenuous ef-
forts made by them to compel the
It also ex-
so
anxious to drop the matter for, the
revision now pendingmcfore the state
testify. ‘ . ‘
ors, the profits of the plant having his ‘
alfccling ’
allowed for the ‘yenr 1008. Speaking '
the
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in chief ingredient,
t reactive principle, escaping”.- ,
and healthfulness, to FW "
> : $12”!!!ch 1’11" , ,
I Insures wholesome and deli:
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.f , '1 run/y {a at“
, w.>‘,>,‘.1fi“=f*lllt‘.%fil
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£59
in every hOme;
No Phosphates
”No Alum ‘
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whom Mr. Winchester has already so-
lcctcd, will inkc-ofllco. in that event
lliosc inch will again control city prop-
erty to the. value of over $100,000, and
will also have the pleasure of handling
nearly $00,000 of the city funds every
your, which is quite a political nsscl‘."
» Social Events,
Yesterday afternoon's dance at
Music Hall for the members of, the.
'l‘rimmcrs‘ Association and their
friends was largely attended and was
a. highly enjoyable event, lasting from
2 until 5 o'clock. '
Tomorrow afternoon there will be.
{mother dance or a similar character"
at the sumo place. in addition to
unisic by a union orchestra, tluere will
be a pleasant entertainment program.
it is to this dance that n ticlcgatlonl
'lf allnbury lady visitors are expected.
lillNllllllllN- RECOMMENDS
, llSSESSllllll ‘
(Continued from nrst page?
brush in Day street, Monday evening
between George Hopkins, a young un-
ion hattcr, and Edward Eskiand, an
employs of the (lrofnl. it Knapp Com-
pany. and ‘two companions, and yes-
terday Prosecuting Attorney William
F. 'i‘ummanyissued a warrant. for illop-
kins' arrest on a charge of breach of
the peace, abusive language and us-
suult" Hopkins was placed under ur-
rcst yesterday afternoon but was rc-‘r
leased on a cash bond of $35 for his
appearance in the court room at Nor-
wnlk, Friday afternoon, when the case
of John Regan, charged with nssnult~
lug another Croi’ul & Knapp employc.
will come up,
The»conullalmtut against Hopkins is
Edward Eakinud. who says that just
as he and his companions reached lloj'
street Hopkins, who had been walking
slowly in front of them, stopped short
and a. collision resulted. iiaklaml.
whose home is in Wilton, states that
he turned to apologize, when Hopkins
struck him a blow that landed on his
check. hinkland motioned to Special
Qllicsr John Lyons, who immediately
came up, followed closely by Oilicer
Frank V. Raymond. The complainant
declares that he did not wish any trou-
ble lhcrc and did not make a (‘fllll'
plaint. He quotes Hopkins, according
tothe police, assaying;
me arrested 1’“ fix you later." ‘
Mr. Hopkins, on the other hand, says
that the three young men were wuik~
lug abreast at a fast pace. and that he.
did not see them until they bumped
into him and knocked him into the gut-
ter He states, the police say, that this
angered him, and that. while he made
a swing at the three, he. did not hit
any one of them.
Hearing on injunction Application Ad-
journed to April 12.
' tillaily Trade Record.)
Hearing on the application made by
the National Association of Hat Manu-
facturers for a temporary injunction
restraining the officers of the United
Hatters of North America from fining
any member of they union who went
back to work, or taking away their un-
ion card, has been adjourned by the
judges in the United States Circuit
court at Trenton until April 12 at 2 o’-
clock. At that time the points of law
will be argued. and the court will hear
argument on a demurrer filed against
the. Manufacturers' Association ‘ by
counsel for the union. If the demurrer
is sustained, then the manufacturers
will be out of court, but if it is denied
it is mought likely thc‘prcliminary in-
junction will be granted. When the
case was called in Trenton on Monday,
judge Lancing stated that on account
of the'importance of the issue involved
he had requcSted Judge Cross to sit
with. him at. the hearing. The manu-
facturers" were represented by Milton
Dammann, general counsel for the us-
sociation. The court, after considera-
ble argument, finally decided that it
wouidrmuch prefer to try the question
under‘f’issue of law and not under the
preliminary injunctionhand so direcb
ed the defendants to file a demurrer
wiihlh five days, setting April 12'for
a. hearing on the demurrer and at the
some time . continuing, the motion for
a preliminary inju'nction, ‘until that
; ‘ Act Quickly
legislature, the, entire Beard of Com-
missioners will go out of office this
fall. These patriotic citizens will nu-
doubtedly keep quiet until just before
election. . At that time we. will prob-
' «Wherever. snowman...
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um
amullsiloners have a ‘0 once to de-
'1
ably be‘ favored with another outburst liars this tried medyon
,‘from‘ Mr. ‘Wlachsster,rand before the (intense. chggr‘ewdis half
‘ 0th slum , sirloin
.l you have a sudden chills—if you have
3 colic, cramp or disabled-don’t wait nmin
lute. Take a teaspoonnt of Perry Davis'
l Painkillorin half 331355 of hot water or milk.
:You‘ll‘ be on the mod to pick recovery.
and for inane.
the bat.
“if you have ’
‘ -L 1—1-51 W”
lend themselves, they will he ongol’ date. .
oillce and the new commissioners, Several non-union batters who were
rccentl employed in Yonkers have
been a dad to the force of l0. V. (fon—
nett & Company, in Orange.
NEWillAlN
Miss lilu Anderson, of New York.
has born a guest of bliss liclvu lion-
crs. ' ,
Mr. and Mrs, Slcbcullioyt and son
Edwin were visitors in Stamford. Mon
day. '
Miss lv‘. May Fairly is cniortuiniur,
several New York girls, at her boun-
in Stamford avenue, this week.
ll. ll. Crane gave a talk on “llccs'
bcl‘orv tho ruembcrs of the Young
Men‘s Club, Sunday afternoon. ’l‘lu-
moul.
lnlroduccd llir. Grape. and Superin-
marks.
singing of the Doxology.
The Y. M. C. A. regular basketball
‘
gnuics, which is a row-w
for n groan team. '1":
was for the. benefit .-.
'-l«l record
lllv players.
there was not a lurgw atulbocci
can be made. This he .. "limit; team
gold. The lL’lli company loam
l‘lrccnwich also desires a retain some.
LABOR SESSIONS END.
Slate Federation Wound Up.
the executive board ol‘ the Connecti-
cut Federation of Labor, the board was
as were the previous ones, was held
at the 'l‘ontine Hotel, and was attend
the State ll‘cdcration of Labor; John
.l
policy, of llaalmry, and Joseph Reilly
and Frank ii. Early. of Hartford. The
Mr. Donahue. said
guiding bills now pending at Hartford
oration.
of these to‘uppear for the bill. Inca]
send
questions.
iation affecting that subject. 9
MELLEN AT CONVENTION.
clrusétts; Mayor Hibbard,‘of Boston;
way Conductors Of America, in
the 13th.
banquets.
Aiflliatedx with the grand division of. ,,
the Order of. Railway. Conductors of
America is the WomenlsjAuxiliary, .
composed of,«
numbering 8,000, and
wives and daughters 01’
500. also
or
the firstmameduord'off ‘ .
. : r , u .
speaker has had considerable cxpcri~
ence with these insects, and his inti-
macy with them has led him to bo-
llcvc that they are the most harmless
and friendly of little creatures under
favorable eomlitions and loudly trinit-
George E. Purdy presided and
tendcut Bailey made a few brief re-
The meeting closed with tho
loam completed its arasou inst 'i‘hnrs- ‘
day night. having won twclvc straight.
' . . it work
but. owlng to tho li‘nlouivut \vcallwr,
it is
said that more gouws'wili be arrang-
cd for and several shod teams will be
brought here, umpoc. iltcm the Svnccus
of Stamford, proridiua arrangements
and has not tackled lli.’ local contin-
of
Alter cleaning its slab- of a. number
of matters that Wore handed down to
lorday wound up a series of meetings
which were held in New Haven during
the last week. The meeting yesterday
cd by Charles F. Domlhuo, president of
. O'Neill, of Bridgeport; .l. B. Uou~
writers that came down to the board
from the slate federation pertain .to
routine affairs, and it is nocessui‘y ev~
cry year to hold just such a series of
mornings as was terminated yesterday.
hist night that’lu~
bor matters in general were discussed
at the meetings, but that no aétion rc-
was taken. all such action being left.
to the legislative committee of the fed-
Mr. Donahue, in discussing labor
matters last night, said that there
probably would be a large delegation
go up from this ‘city to Hartford, Fri-
day, on the hearing on the employers'
liability law. and that he would be one
labor councils all over the state will
delegations to this 'hearlng. ‘
which probably will be one of the livli-
est of the present session. Regarding.
the public utilities bill, Mr. Donahue.
was silent, declining to give his opin-
ion as to the stand. of labor, on the
Mr. Donahue is on the commiSsion '0.
which drafted the émpioyers‘ liability
law, and is greatly interested in legis-
President Mellon, of tthew Haven
road. and Presidentfl‘nttle, of the Bos-
ton and Maine; GovlsDraper, of Moses}
Secretary Moseley add Edgar E. Clark.
of the interstate commerce commis- f
skin, are expected tjo'atteud the open" ,
lug. convention of the Order of Rollin
t "e .
People’s Temple, at Boston, May .12, U
The sessions will lajntfrom the 11th to
More than 7.000 delegates and visit-
ors from the United. States, ‘flauada
and Mexico are to attend the conven-
tion, which will include» a business ,
erecting and revision of the laws of, .
the order, and receptions, bulls and
members‘l, of
gains.
‘ Dish Pans
Dish Pans. full 12 quart size,
‘ at 19:.
‘ l Glassware
,l a rs.
While they last,
we each.
linguist 25c heavy tin deep
Golden iris Glassware. con-
sisting of high Vases, Berry
, ’ limiies, high Cake Plates, flat
‘ Plates, Nut liowls and Rose
(II We want you to Visit our remodeled and en-
larged basement department. The finest and most
cemplete line at Glassware, China, TinWare and
Kitchen Utensils is now ready for your inspection, ,
at prices way beyond comparison. » We offer you,
for one day only, THURSDAY
. For. instance-“- - - . ,
Wash Tubs
Galvanized Wash .Tubs, me-
dium_ size, with 'wringer at-
tached; regular 69c,
Rayo Lamps
Nickle or brass finish, com-
. plots with chimney andwhite
shade. Regular price $r.75,
Sale $1.19.
,_,”’twelve . big bar-
Decorated Bowls , ,
1 quart Decorated Bowls,
several shapes; regular price
104:, ‘
Sale 7c.
Sauce Pans
price 59c.
43C-
4-qt. long handle Blue and
White Enamel Sauce Pans
'with enameled covers: regular
Tea or Coffee Pots
Solid copper, pickle plated
Tea or Coffee Pots, very fancy,
,3—qt. size, usual $r.26; 4 qt. »
regular $1.39.” and 5-qt., sold .
$1149. Your choice, any size,
Tomorrow 69c.
1 Wash Boilers
No. ,8 Heavy Galvanized
Wash Boilers, with tin covers:
usual 98c value, sizes,
at 79c.
Enameled Tea 0r Coffee“ "
Pots in blue and white or
white; regular 75c and 79c
Water Pails
regular price 30c.
Tomorrow 21c. ’
l
Fibre Water Pails, large size,
Class Tumblers
Heavy, Gist-is Tumblers, plain
or fancy; regular price 396 doz.
Tomorrow, 6 for go.
V Knife Boxes
Hard-wood Knife
with partition, nicely varnish-
ed: regular roc value,
Dflllllliljll Wind. F
The Shetland veil is worn on n cold
day instead of the veil of chiffon when
automobiiing. it sounds rather cum-
bersome, but instead is very light and
exceedingly comfortable. ‘
Black has always been a favorite
llnish for the costume of white serge.
but this season it seems. to be giving
way to colors, especially brown. it
but and shocsare brown, too, tho of?
tool. is excellent. , 7
This is a scasmf' when buttons are
not purchased in' Job lots by the‘doze‘n
but are quoted at so maayatollarspach
and form an important part of‘tb'o‘uiec-
oration of a costumcwalidt expense,
too. ,‘ ‘
l have heard of one woman who
never irons the sash curtains in bath-
room, kitchen, etc. utter they are
washed but puts thcm right. on to the
rods, which hold them taut and lets
them dry there. -
My plan for caring for my ferns. is
simple and’ effect , vrltssi'n woman
‘in {and Housekeeping. Every two
.wceks, regularly. l putlhcm in the
ibaihtub, and with a soft sponge give
,thom a thorough washing with tepid
lwntcr and good snap. I do not spare
,lbe soap. Once a month i work with
in fork a fresh oyster or small piece
of. raw beet down into the soil, being
\cry careful not: to disturb the roots.
My ferns take prizes. and the fronds
touch the floor when the pot stands on
a. high iabourettc, , ‘
Did you ever try dropping dumplings
into a i'ruitsyrup as you would into a
veal stew? They make a delicious
dessert, one that the housewife who
puts up calmed fruit would always
have on hand. ,
Do not throw away. any" scraps of
thin oilcloth that are left. from cover.
lag the kitcheu‘ma'htei, draincrs, etc,
but use them in covering the cook
books that have to be handled so-many
times when the hands are not over-
ciean.‘ ‘ ‘
There is very likely to be trouble.
if one puts salt. on the rugs-indoors and
sweeps them there, because it gets
into the casters on tables,*etc., and
lning.
-—i-L
.JA
Ll T Y
rusts them. .
the rugs out of doors on a bright day-
and sweep them there.
brightens them very perceptibly.
CHARGED WITH'BURGLARY.
LONDON, March 31.—Ciur-
ence Cracker, aged eighteen, was cap-
tured in the act of burglarizing A. 'l‘.
Miner’s Winthrop street store early
He was presented in
the. police court and held in $500 bonds
for trial in the superior court.
,. NEW
this morning.
J’umrn:
Millions use Gold Medal F101)L
GIFT FOR LEADER REMINGTON.
The Tuesday evening class of the
First Methodist EpiscOpal Church of
South Norwalk surprised their leader, ~
Seth Remington, by‘ presenting him
with a five dollar gold piece last eve-
.. He has been leader of this class
twcnlybne years.
_, Idleness makes the ,, hours wearliy
long and the days woefully short.
Norwalk Chronicler