W, by placing a Burglary policy
and no and let us reimburse you for
South Norwnlh, Conn.
All kinds of Insurance.
Public Stenogrnpner,
‘ x Miss Margaret Claven has returned
‘ from a stay at Block island. .
ers. F. L. Chandler. of Westport
“"1 avenue, is visiting at Bay Ridge.
, _ Court ‘Mahaekemo, Foresters of
‘1 America, will meet next. Monday night.
The Woman Thou Gayest, Me 110w
on sale at Donnelly‘s book store. See
today’s adv. .
‘The regular weekly dance 111
Norwalk Country Club will be
this evening.
the
hell
‘ (5111- Brothers‘ Lodge, No, 111, 1. o.
O. E" will hold its regular meeting
Monday evening. ‘
Catholic Union Council. No. id. Ii.
0! (3., will hold its regular meeting
Tuesday evening.
'Mrs. James Ilonnelliy, of 37 Summit
avenue. has returned home from 11
week's stay in \‘ew Milford.
Julian Main. one of the carriers of
the 'South Norwalk post silica, is en-
joying his annual vacation.
. M. Frank Becker, 0! Schenectady.
, N. Y.. is spending his vacation with
his parents in South Norwalk.
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--Highland coal at Raymond llros.
'.Mr and Mrs. Edward '1‘. Mills. of '
will entertain Miss Sadie ~
Broad RI
Slauson, .Stamlord, over Sunday.
‘Rev. ‘R. GyHartley and Mrs. Hart- ‘
‘ley left for Yonkers. this morning.
where they expect to remain for a few
days.
M. and Mrs. Scott Lord, who have
been spending three weeks in Ilrook1
lyu, returned to their home in Brook-
lyn, today.
George and Edward 'Mills, of Broad
River. will spent the afternoon in New
Canaan, where they will take in the
South End baseball game.
v
Miss May iloerum has been forced
to resign her position at the lunch
room 011 account of sickness in the
family with “hi1 it she lives.
Earl: of the load of one of the Ad
nlns Express Company‘ 11 trucks drop-
ped into South Main street. this morn,
ing, but was not damaged.
i
All the members of Rev. John Btu-
ploton's European party have return.
ed tottholr home in South Norwulk.
tidying had a very pleasant trip.
The ltoton Point. Life Savers have
decided to indefinitely postpone the
water carnival, which it Was announ
cod would take pace tomorrow after
noon. ‘
Mu. iloorue :‘l. llrown, of Now lin-
Vsn; Miss lavolln Station", of Stem,
ford, and Miss Catherine Fairbanks
of Dar-lea. have been the guests of
Mrs. Edward '1‘. Mills. of llrond River
Patrick F [trophy and family. or
"loath Namath. went to ilotheT. yeslnr
lay Monsoon. and today attended the
‘uueul of Mrs. (trophy-'1; brother,
Phonics l-‘. Wlxted. o woll'known real»
Inn! of that place.
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1 ,, Hamilton for time months
a,” on not a semi-loin mm m
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MEET EVERY
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Only one range re-
quired for either or
FlRE DESTROYS TOBACCO SHED
AND BARN.
murmur), August 23._;1 tobacco
shed and burn on the farm of Hugh
lligghrstnt‘t, in Sui‘lield. were destroy-
ed by fire yesterday, together
with their contents. The volunleci
bucket brigade was forced to work
hard to save the dwelling house and.
The shed was partly till-Z
stock barn.
both of the two fuels.
A Combination of
‘ CONVENIENCE
COMFORT and
ECONOMY
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[Millions Spent by New Haven in
Last Five Years to .Do
Away With Evil
The elimination of grade crossings
is undoubtedly one of the most import—
ant questions confronting the railroad
and the community. it is a work in
which the conunuuity and the rail:
road are more often than 116i. partners,
but the major part of the expense u11~
der.our laws must always i‘all upon
the railroad and frequently “l is 1110
railroad which bears the entire. bur~
den. ..
More work of this character must be
done in parts (11‘ New England than in
other polls 111’ the countiy because ot
its density or population and its manyl
r'niiiond lines. This becomes a g1cnt
item of expense to its railioads, for
money expended in 1omoving cross
lugs at grade, while of great benedti
to the community is not productiveot
loss is $3,000, with $1,500 insurance.
The lire is believed to have started
from a cigarette butt thrown into a
pile of straw in a workman.
Spmks from the burning .lbuildings
started a grass lire 011 the neighbor
lug farm of C. C. Blssell and his will show that m the lust live stable one.
years;
house and burns were saved from; the New York NW Haven and Hart itictoryovcrthe obstinateillsofnomnn are about ‘0 “919””th IQmOVM 0!
taking lire only after strenuous work
Agood adv; pays best in the best
ed with partly harvested tobacco. The . paper.
Tel 371
70C a bag
30c can 20c
Peanut Butter, extra line qual. 14ch
7 Rolls Toilet Paper .
East IndiaTeaCo
250
1125 Washington Street
(Ian sell on easy payments.
FOR SALE
our: BUICK DELIVERY
with new delivery body and also 5
3200.00.111910 am agent for Auto Trucks from 1 1-2 to 3 tons.
passenger body; price
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The A. .l. Angevine 81 Son C0.
Complete
Housefurnishers
134-136 Washington St. South Norwalk
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any notable intiezu e in 1ailiond reven-
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l Probably in no State of the Union:
has so much umk of this kind been
done and so much in contemplation as
in the State of Massachusetts. An in-
attBCtlou oi the State Audito1‘ as reports
‘ ford has done more it 01k of this char-3
actor than all the other New England
lines put together and that in that
uperiod it has expended close to $l.-
1.1110000 while it 11:14 in contemplation
W l projects of the kind involving the. e\ .
Fresh Eggs, in cartons 29c doz
Dutch Tea Rusk, oven fresh, 9c pkg
Best Family Flour,
Stollwerk’s Cocoa,
;penditure of normal millions of dol-
‘lars more. .\'or has this work of to
; moving dangerous crossings been con-
;lined to Massachusetts. in Rhode ls
llaud. in tonnccikut and New Y‘o1it‘
jmany Clossings lune been abolished
and them are now under way seveiai
‘ band and one child.
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in! the city and formed a very danger-
ous crossing. The work of depressing
the sheet to pass under the hacks
cost 885. 700 of which the city is to
pay $20, 000. Also at Ruml’o1d.Rhodo
llsland, work is just about completed
ion the l’awtucket avnue and Olsen
.wood avenue cr,ossings two important
HER SUPPER thoroughfares which have been raised
land carried ovor the railroad tracks
MM Lydia. E Pinkham’ 5 ion steel highway bridges at. a cost or
1 $72. 000. About $50,110!) more has
vegetable Compound, .bcen expended in removing crossings
who}; made H13 ane at Touisset, Asylum load and Wilbur's
a Wall Woman. ‘
lt‘lOssing on it. o P101ldeuce, Warren
(and B1 istol toad.
liii1ldletown.Pa.——“I bad headache, The work of removing grade crossw
backache and such awful beaming down ings in Connecticut undertaken by the
pains that I could not; be on my feet at
times and I. had organic inflammation so
‘ New Haven in the last five years. has
_ included the ' '
only that I was not. able to do my work. 1 11an 01 ement at Ansonia,
E could not get a good meal fill. my hus~
which was finished a month ago. This
My neighbnts saio
consisted of the erection of a concrete
they thought. my anil‘cxiur; was terrible. and steel viaduct With “"90 spans,
“My husband got tired of seeingme iwhlch did a“5b" w.lth ll dangerous
suffer 11nd one night. Went to the. drug
grade crossing and took the place of
store. and got me a bottle of Lydia E. the old wooden bridge across the Nan
Pinkhum' 8 Vegetable Compound and gatuck river This work cost $165 000
ltold me I must take it Icml’ t on you or, which the out and the railroad
:oli Iruil’eredandlcan’ ttcil youall th: 1‘; , 1 id 1 if
your medicine has done in: no.1 was .UC.‘ pa in '
'grently benefited from the lust and it 3 1116 double tracking of the New Ha-
thus made man WC!” woman I can do \en's westcm division {10111 llnwley-
lall my housework and even helped some V1113 ‘0 Shelton. work 0“ Whit?“ was
lol’ my friends as well I think it is a finished early last year. included the
nondcrful help to all suil‘ering women. removal of no less than tw euty~two
3 in};Twehfitiseljgadcfgot‘fi: lfnzffiiiflig‘ grade crossings on a line about twenty
EMMA ESPENSHADE 219 East Main“ J. miles in length. On the line to Pits-
iiield on this same division there is at
liiddlctown, Pa. in 1: ti d 1
. ie presen me an or way the reins.
The Pinkhan r .
‘ ecordisnproud andhon val of tour crossings, while contracts
It is a record of constant
ills thatden. out dcspmr It1s an 95- grade crossings at Mill P111111. near
tablishcd fact that Lydia E. Pinkham' s Danbury. and one at Winsted. Like-
Vegetable Compound has restored Wise titers will be soon under way the
;henlth t0 thousands 0f ”Ch suffering elimination of four grade crossings at
‘VOmen- Why d0“ t 5'0“ W It if 3'0“ Cornwall Connecticut. T1115 work will
lneed such a medicine? tinclude the r d
e notion of some curves
I.y11t11l10§.11v’l31t11:£?§: d?g:|'§%£‘a$ua° 'aud the shortening of the line by 150
1 dentinl) L 1115111186. Your 10“”. 112.111 feet Another messing removed in the.
be openeo read and answered by a last the years in Connectkut was
i woman and hell! in Strict confldcnco..1,ong'5 crossing at, East Hampton
l . ‘ The main line of, the New Haven is.
now without a single grade crossing‘
from New Hm on to Nov. York. a dis-
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Elm and River, are to be raised to
pass over the inilroad and Union
lance of 74 miles, and englnecis can
MintZ’s
TONIGHT
$5 ‘to $8 Linen.
Suits - - - $1.95
$1.50 Lineue
Coats - - - 69c
$1 Waists - 691:
$1 Wash Skirts 390'
$1 and $1.25
Children’sDress-
es - - 69c
Dresses at $1.95
$1.50 to $5 Shapes
50c
Trimmed Hats 50c
Exellent“ Values in
Good Muslin
Underwear
were removed as part of this work
railroad bridges This work made a
very radical change in that section
‘ promote, i111 ohhn. large CXDBlldllW95> street i“ to be depressed to pass under pass over this poltion of the. line w-ith all were constructed as well as sixteen
‘in all of “hit i1 the removal of such
'(rrossings is on important feature.
the truths. This work will neecssi.
til: i win hi tl ll
liate moving the station 800 feet as the 0 b o g a 'w 3 e T” is true
also oi the six- track Harlem Rive:
of the Bronx. the streets now passing
over or under the six tracks on steel
l Taking Masaachusetts. a total of arised streets will out 0“ “009% 1° "3 branch from New Rochelle to Harlem bridges built on concrete abutmeuts.
lthirty dve grade “casings lime been
abolished in the lust llve years in all
but two cases work has been complet—
ed and these two pieces of construe
tlon work are now well under way. In
addition to these' thirty live grade
1crossings eiiminnu-d twenty- one more
lhave been uutbo bed by the court.
though work lint: not been begun as
Four or these are at Braintree
land aeveniet 11 at Tauuton.
- nectlou with the eiottrliication oi the
'. ‘ line to
crossings will he remained. this fee-
luminance nineteen more
.ture of the work alone representing
. 11m outlay of 31300300.
Unlike. most tSates. Massachusetts
1
9.1100.
Such work is inaugurated as a mnroad on highway brldges
- |“Chit-"II suit of a petition to the court and a “m be eliminated by raising the rail
‘special commission is named to upper
ties the expense. Despite the not
that this is so largely a non productive
outlay for the railroad. in many in
stances the railroad has been the pe-
titiouor.
1 included in the work of this charac-
ter which the New Haven now. has un-
der way are the changes at Worcester
lln connection with the new union sin-
tion there. This work was begun in
1908 and the finishing touches are Just
about being put to it.
1 Haven it has meant the removal of no
tloss than live crossings in the heart
lot the city; for tho Iiloston & Albany
lthrce. The total coat of depressing
those. streets so they should pass un-
.dor the tracks was 33.940300 and the
New iiaven‘s share oi this will
amount to $843,515.
There is also under way at the pres-
out than a big piece of construction
wmk at Clinton. Mann. which will
moon the removal of (our grado cross-
ings on tho New Haven and one on
the Boston d: Maine. Clinton is on
“an1, which is or filuiiiid there by the
old Worcester. Nashua and Portland
road of tho llostou and Maine.
The work now in progress consists
in elevating the Now Havens tracks
ll? foot and depressing the Boston do
Muino trucks 4 foot, allowing the non
ton & Maine to pass under tho Now.
Have!) road at thiagoint Four streets
me depressed to pas! under the NW
ilnvon tracks and one “'69" la chans-
6‘1 10 pass under the £011 a Maine
union sta-
tracks. In addition. a n
, ion is being orected'to o "0.000-
lt will be a double dock etc 1 0119
level for the New Haven train find
one for the Boston n Maine tra. -
A freight house and hunt yard cos
tag .75. 000 is also part at this lax lmv
movement.
the whole job at Clinton will cost
0060.000. at which the railroad: will
W Gil not cent. The work It Clinton
will he finished next wring. ,
M Mints“, what. the Benton and
Old Colony divisions intone“. the
_ Work on III
In con-‘ 500. At Quincy. also on this division._
has had ““09 1390 9' 89‘1"“ 13‘" 00‘“ While there are six lines of railroad
.loring the work of removing grade at 'I‘nunton. all the crossings to be
‘ :crosslngs. under which the railroad
- pays 65 per cent. the town not more
.. 5 than 10 per cent. and the State the bai~
For the New J
present site. The station is to have River. The work of six- tracking this[
island platforms ‘0 ”mm“ ‘0' ‘1‘“ ’“ line was finished in 1910 and was an
.ture iour- tracking of the line. It is immense undertaking. particularly
possible that he two additional tracks due to the fact that most of the work
~—trom Braintree to South Braiutree was done inside the limits of New
wwill be constructed at the same and twenty eight highway bridges in
time. Eventually there will be four
r t hi t n in
’tracks all the way from Boston to‘Y0 k 0‘ y T “m grade cross g3
”South Braintroe. The work at Brain-
All told the work of removing grade
crossings on the New Haven has
meant many millions of dollars in ex-
penditure and it is doubtful if any oth-
er railroad can show so much accom-
plished towards making travel on the
highways safer.
tree. It is estimated, will cost 6355;:
the removal of two more crossings is
under consideration. This will coatl
lsaoslmoo 1
In all, seventeen crossings will boj
eliminated at Taunton under the de-3
.c’ree oi! the court. tiled there last J 11116.
Hand. at Lowest Prices.
eliminated are on the lines from Mans-
field to New Redford and from Weir
:Junction to Fall River. Fire or the: _
crossings are to be put over the rail-'
The others
We Are Still Doing Business
Despite Alterations
We are now located at the former Auditorium Building on North
Main Street. where we all all Household Goods, new and second.
Come in before you go elsewhere.
M. GUTKOWSKY
WE BUY SECOND-HAND FURNITURE AND STOVES.
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Tel. 4.19.
road and depressing the streets. The
work will also include the moving oi‘"‘“"“""‘”‘***
the present station, the reconstruction
‘of times freight yards and the aban-
donment o! the old repair shops at
that place.
Since 1908 the New Haven has com-
pleted work on no less than twentY-
seven grade crossings. Of these, ten
were situated on the Oly Colony be
tween Savin Hill and Neponset, work
on which was finished in 1912. This
necessitated an elevation of teh tracks
l and the result of this work is that now
there are no grade crossings on this
line from Boston to Quincy. When
the work at Braintres is completed
this lino as for as South Bruintree will
”so STAMPS WITH 1 LB. EL avan
25 sums WITH 1 LB. AMBOSA.
mlna’tlon of these ten crossings cost'
the road 81,450,000. 'i‘wo crossings in
this period have been eliminated at
Hyde Park at a cost of $70, 000 and in
Lowell the Lincoln street and Plain
The - Great
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20 STAMPS WITH 1 LB. SULTANA...
10 STAMP“. WITH 1 LB. VERY G'JCD COFFEE
6 STAMPS WITH 1 LB. GOD? COFFEE ........
and stafi$
With courses
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520
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236
250
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be without a grade crossing The all ;Our Coffees are the Best on the Mhrkct, Once Used, Always Used
ASLP Tea Company
‘24 WAu—HNGTON ‘1'... SOUTH NORWALK
’street crossings were llniuhod two ”'l- N" “‘1" "W" '"W “‘l" a m pm 2:80 o. in am. 0.111.."
‘ years ago antenatal $105,264. Flight ,. W M .... M ........,,__ , M -- W
of the crossings eliminated in the live 1- . ‘ _ I “”5
years were at Now 'Bodtord, this work _ -C;(;W""K“ 731_V~mWWW
being finished three years also at a
cost to the railroad 01‘587500. In ad-
dition, one crossing was removed at
Stockbrldge. one at Barnstublo. one at
Somerset, one at Manson and one at
Dudley street, Boston, the latter coat
lag the road $115. 600.
With the removal of the nineteen
grade crossings on the Providence di- .
vision between dismivillo and East
Junction. which will be undertaken in
connection with the electrification oi
that line. there will be left not a single
grade crossing between fission and
Providence on the line running by way
or Pawtucknt.
011 this line work is now under way
in Pawtuckot and Central Falls on a
big improvement scheme, which will
not“ a very radical some in the line,
Our Advice
goes iron to our customers. but
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tor we gm: it freely to insure our friends against the common
error or homo-builders. and as an advertisement
t’ ‘
No matter what you are going to build. you'll 11nd 1111 always
ready to advise you. Even if it’s only a board {or a repair Job.
or a bunch of lath or shingles. we want you to come in and see
The Hatch 81 Bailey Company
On Building
thattis no sign it’s worthless,
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