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:l‘ABLISHED 1870
Towntown Property
Owners Get Quick
Action on Widening
TO COST CITY $27,622
1-» lit-rs to Pay Expense from New Curb
.—('uuncilmen Commend Property
to Building Line
Owners for
Work on Plan and Petition—Main St. Widen-
ing Project Given
Death Blow by Dis-
charge of Freeholders’ Committee.
Washington street will be
~.
widened and Main street will remain
l:‘-. This was the decision reached at last night’s meeting of the
.mmon Council, when the property owners of Washington street
.rt ented their plan to the Common Council as was printed in yester-
my 5 issue of the Evening Sentinel.
e estimated that cost to the
mdening \V’ashington street
327.822 and that this amount
- in raised by general taxation.
benefits
to be raised by general
the re-
abutting
q... original plan of
mint
:i was 322.120 and
'.i‘ by assessing the
~ty owners.
tlrman David “1'.
not
Harford of
' of Freeholde'rs presented the
the Washington street
owners to the omen last
PREDlCi FIGHT
OVER 103 SOUGHT
ToR BENEDICT
~ .
F. J. MORAN SEES
BIG BOOM WITH
.NEwEETELEERE
Needed to Aid Growth of
City, Its Manufacturers
and Its Stores; Now
Is Time to Build.
LIKES CAFETERIA IDEA
Must Be Moderate in Price
to Be Huge Success—
Looks for Action.
"I sincerely hope that all this agitat-
ion about the luck or hotel accomodat-
ions in this city." says Frederick J.
Moran, treasure of the Norwnlk Coal
and Supply company. will result in the
giving to Norwalk a new, modern.
moderately priced loo-room hotel.
"We nerd such a hotel and we need
it now. as Mr. Suiting says. and not
ten years from. now.
“Norwalk is growing fast and it is
destined to grow faster. The hotels
now here cannot possibly take care of
the influx which is bound to come.
"The loss of the Clifford left us
without a commercial hotel. And a
city with such large manufacturing
interests and so many stores must
have a. commercial hotel.
"Traveling men consider Norwalk
one of the best business towns on
bridge this morning.
About 10 o'clock a slow-moving
freight train, hauling some flat cars
loaded with creosoted telephone poles
was passing over the bridge when the
wire holding the poles on one of the
cars broke. The pressure of the poles
.on the side supports was too much
and the supports gave way. dumping
about 30 of the poles onto the easl
bound track The steel bridge siding
stopped the poles from falling into
“'aahlngton street but one of the side
supports cleared the bridge and fell
into the street narrowly missing Leon-
ard Polaky. fourteen. who was run-
ning for his life into a store.
\"hen the poles began falling. with
a resounding noise. an express train
was coming along eastward toward
the South Norwalk station on the
outside track.
Hearing the noise and knowing a
train was due, the tower-man looked
out of his window. took lathe situa-
QUICK Nil AVERTS WRECK
ON NEW HAVEN ROAD AT .
WASHINGTON STREET BRIDGE
Telephone Poles Fall from Freight Car as Express Train L
Approaches—South Norwalk Towerman Quickly Sets
Signals Against Train—Boy Nearly Hit by Fall-
ing Pole—Those in Street Flee for Shelter.
Quick wit on the part of the towennan probably averted a
disasterous wreck on the New Haven road at the Washington street
Will Be
scarce here.
To the delight
by weak fish.
WEAK FISH ARE
BEING CAUGHT
Old-time
Several good catches have been re-
ported this season.
of local fishermen.
the Norwalk harbor has been invaded
The fish have put in
an appearance in large numbéra and
are running good size. ‘
This is the second time in many
years that weak fish have been plen-
tiful in Norwalk waters.
:1. goodly numbers
many were caught.
men say that for a period of more
than fifteen years the fish were very
There were
last season and
fisher-
_ One man caught
@“m‘meg : -'
prohibited.
Changes Made in Second District as
Rogers and Stevens Get40-Minute Parking in Front
. of Wall St. Store—Councilman Grows Sarcastic “i
—Believes Merchants Will Still Kick. "
New Parking Law
Effective
for Entire 24 Hours
WASHINGTON ST. ONE WAY
. "\
Asked by Merchan- ti
.1.
It was voted last evening at the Council meeting to change the
City’s parking ordinance so that 40-minute parking will be allowed
inplaoeswherethelimitisnowmminutes. Theordinsncewillfl
effective during the entire 24 hours of each day.
Inthe First District 40-minute parking will be allowed in fronl
of the new store of Rogers and Stevens, where heretofore it has been
I
Washington street will be a once
way street for east bound traflc from
the railroad bridge to Water greet.
Marshall street will be a one-way
street for west bound trifle. and
Havliand stmi‘svtu also be way
street for w- . ‘ on.- "
bound trails.
ty
and recommended that It be
'- ti. Ho praised the committee
.Wrty owners who had signed
W... in
their list. but experience hammugm 2:33 the _ com 3“ the “:36:
then that. it is not so. poo-IL wen slowed'n'p an stop d at m. South
to remain in over night. The hotels
which we have now are very good.
but they are not large enough. “Fe
Norwalk station.
In the street below two dozen per-
ing four pdimds and the other five.
The weak fish ranks as one of the
gamiest of the salt water finny tribe.
‘iilon saying that the city need
- ‘ w for any hotel project or ans-J
2-,. as long as it has such loyal
- 2m those.
'4 r Hutton
then asked Mr. liar-
.ii provisions had been made
: ..lc changing of the lighting
‘ntl the water system by the
‘~ . o
Highway Appoint-
ment.
Deputy Sheriff Nelson “2 Benedict
of Norwalk will have another fight on
his hands if hov expects to land the
Job of district supervisor of repairs in
the State Highway department. a.
place now held by Chester A. Solon.
‘t'tvlnllllt-Flollf‘l". Mr. lisrlord Two Bridgeport Republicans gm.
1.» mm talkml the matter sold to be seeking the appointment
All-r rt 1-7. “‘inchcster to- also.
" -- lighting system and that
' “in? this matter would be
M by the District without a.
If expense to the city.
"Lin
of the Second
.1 there
- ~' Light Company and that|
mnlvs are using the poles
'. il'l their share toward the
' iii“ pnit's hilt that the Di!-
share of
:ll'l‘l that no matter what
- 'u'lCiii he let for the Widen-
that it
up to the Company to take
not. s, Mr. llobbins further
had not au-
»m to spend any money for
but that he believed the
w-‘tl not oppose the spend-
. n. r‘esrary amount. and that
«Vial. a District meeting
‘n in- t-nlii‘tl to get the au-
not to proceed
.~ work. He also declared
t l N n given an estimate as
cost of moving of the
I l-t‘ and that if there wax no
_ from the District that they
the
that he
‘ the same plan would be
with the Water
~ vnml the largest
>Yl‘o rt by the city
the District
~ i\i
3.....rtl or
‘ ii.-
\ in go ahead With
Robbins said
Thomas Robbins who
District
.2. mintssinners then said that
m \\':lshington sireet.'had
at the expense of
The two Bridgeportcrs are Thomas
J. Connor. former alderman from the
Sixth district. and one time member
of Mayor Clifford B. VVllson's person-
al "Cabinet." and Edward F. liall.
former head of the bankrupt Hall
Construction compdny.
The two Bridgeportcrs are con-
testing for the position with plenty of
confidence in the belief that “recogni-
tion” is to be given to the Bridgeport
"reorganization" under Town Chair-
man J. Alex H. Robinson. it is said
that Connor has been endorsed for
the position by the Republican Town
Committee.
Another prospective official in the
highway department is Represents»
the John A. Lynch of \V’cst Haven.
clerk of the cities and boroughs
committee in the last general assem-
bly. with whom the Bridgeport dele-
gation maintained a perfect liaison.
Lynch is a brother of A. Sidney
Lynch. secretary of the Democratic
state central committee. but is a
staunch Republican. and one of the
political leaders in “test Haven. Both
he and his brother are civil engin-
eers.
Lynch is said to be favored for ap-
pointment as deputy highway commis-
sioner.‘ the position vacated by the
resignation of Charles C. Saunders.
who retired when Commissioner Ben-
nett retired. He may choose either
' m“ CH0“ that podtlon. or the one of district
'« V div.- asked if all of the engineer, now held by Ernest C.
m .. “lien the work started. Weldon. of New Haven. .
lnvl agreed to it. he would
a
“for
.ilultlnn
’A surr-
i'm'lrri of
"* llsilun
the widening of the
who was a member
. turner! had signed the pell-
. l. was presented as he want—
ihat there would be
l-Veeholdere asked
Swartz who W” '
NoRNllll lllKliRS
WlliMNG-HONORS
Bill ~Gnstevson and Peter
‘ ..v the committee that obtain; MCK “i G I'S . min:
~tcm-rs io the petition. be I“?
.. to speak. Mr. Swnrts,
l‘ritl
Hr riuli‘tl that
. “as at
declared tit“ he
mil
" - «mo the floor level in front
" . ’ his building).
' r had signed.
T‘f‘llm Curtis
2: ' that this committeeisd done
game
i ' ‘ne work and I” M
' «mended. -
' :n. ilman )lllls my
‘ favor of the
f"’"' 'cd the rad-(Io- “m "
the motion tut."
"‘ motion was - I .r
“"‘ "My one
(‘0‘.1‘4i1m '31:,“
Though: m ‘
.l.
Ill‘v‘ihfl so-
" mull had agreed to I.“ ‘f w'
.. ‘-ne
"panel,
aid Prhes at Yellowstone.
been naked ymefd‘y
- u. take the petition around
' n: most every case he hid
t . pr‘OWY‘y owner- flllm to
J. Wallace II?-
lt‘airfleld Beach to?
" Humor had been mm 03’“.
-"
' 1.. a e cl .6“! 30'
0 long as th t! of first If”. in
Friends of Bill Gustsvaon and
Peter IcKlbbin. the two iooai
youth. who- started from Norwalk
some two months ago. are glad to
bar of the succe- that the young
men are making in this bike acre.-
the continent. they now are at Yel-
lowstone Park. lilo-caveat: took
a swimming contest re-
cently hold at renew-ease. mun.
not to be outdone. secured for himself
lanreh’credited to the second best.
said in» am in. wasn't very» low sacrum that
town. ”‘1an
i
need at least a loo-room house. where
one may obtain a room at a moderate
price. There is no doubt in my mind
but that such a hotel would prosper
and what an addition it would be to
Norwalk!
“1 like tho-idea of a cafeteria. All
Norwnik would welcome it. I am sure.
but it must he conducted on the
same plan as the hotel; it must be
moderately priced. In fact. I might
add that unless the. hotel was erected
with the understanding that the price
0 fthe rooms. the prices in the dining
room and cafeteria were kept down.
it would be folly to even think of
building a new hotel.
“liowuxcr. I am (agerly looking
forward to seeing a new. modern.
moderately-priced lilo-room hotel in
Norwalk."
CAR OVERTURNS,
WOMAN lS HURT
Mrs. C. E. Cutler of King street.
W'estport. wife of C. E. Cutler. well-
known architectpis in the Stamford
hospital. suffering from severe abra-
sions received last evening,
car skidded on the wet pavement in
Darlcn. and turned turtle.
Mrs. Cutler. who was driving. was
accompanied by her five-year-old eon.
her 8-months-old baby and a woman
friend. She was proceeding Over the
Tokeneke road. when the car. a
sedan. skidded and turned over.
ginning hcr woman companion under
Thomas McCarthy. of Tokencke
rushed all four to the Stamford hospi-
tal. where it was found that none were
severely injured. save Mrs. Cutler who
was badly out about the face and
arms.
Mr. Cutler was notified of the accl-
dent and hurried to the hospital.
when her-
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Watch This Space
The Evening Sentinel has ar-
ranged with David Ester-son.
managing director of the Regent.
and Palace theatres, for six free’
tickets to be given daily to The
Sentinel readers whwe names ap-
pear below. The names will be-
plcked at random each dfiy,
from the telephone book and city
directory. . ’
”try I}. Lee, 11 Union Sheet. .
wills-n s. Finds. lee scorn
~Arthur- W.
mark, sure-um,
All you have to do when your
namo appears is to come to the
Senthel odloe with a copy oL-the
paper in which
redwoo-
two
i
x
sons were walking when the .poles be-
gan falling. everyone ran for shelter.
Traffic on the East Bound tracks
of the railroad was tied up for sev-
eral hours. A wrecker. sent to this
city. arrived shortly before noon and
began clearing the tracks.
PITCHER SOLD
NORFOLK. Vs... July 25.——-“Rc«l"
Proctor. right hand. pitcher of the
Portsmouth club of the Virginia league
has been sold- to the Chicago \Vhite’
Sox under an optionhl agreement. He
will report to the Chicago club im-
mediately.
Lacking quarries. Holland is obliged
to import all the stone it requires for
every purpose.
o'clock last
chemicals.
damagd.
by John A. Mills.
store saw flames shooting out. of
waste barrel and informed the Phoe-
nix Engine company.‘
The firemen forced the front door
and extinguished the blaze by use of
cord tires were
SMALL FlRElN
llilllS’ STORE
Fire caused a slight loss at 8:20
Rorwalk
Supply company. Main street. owned
Boys passing the
night at the
Several
Court to Save Wife on
Charge of Neglecting
Children.
That Harry Emit; formerly of
Benedict place. knew that his wife.
Marie. was camping with another man
and neglecting her two little children
court this morning when the woman
was arraigned. charged with vagrancy.
and neglect of her children as well as
another serious ofiense.
a. Other testimony was tthat Smith
had sent considerable money to his
youthful. bobbed hair wife which was
used to meet the exepnses of the eight
week camping trip in New York state.
Vermont and Connecticut.
Three others \‘ere arraigned in
court on agrancy charges. all the out-
ed Game for 20 Years—S
NEW YORK. July 26.—A portrait
of George Maxwell. president of the
American Society of Authors. Compose
ers and Publishers. as a‘ Lethario who
made love to many Women and. when
he became bored. rid himself of them
by writing poison pen letters to their
husbands and relatives. was drawn
today bygAssistsnt 'UDistrict Attorney
Maloney. ' . .‘ ' _ ,
The picture was. sketched in ' a' brief
tiled in Geheral‘suslons. opposing a
motion by Maxvrell's counsel to dismiss
indictments charging his client with
having written such letters, received
by Allan A. man. prominent Wall
street _~,trade\r.,7;,hnd many ,others.
Judge leisure wed/decision.
The brief—gasp; the most remark-
able in the motorist-Blew York judi-
cial meude
with pen'nlnt
W ,, _ _ Haxweli
mi'l'ettera'for more
. According _to the din-
" . ' thidetters were
CLAIMS EE WOOED WOMEN.
TEEN RUlNED TEEN WITH
“POISON PEN” lETlERs
New York Prosecutor Paints Amazing Picture
Maxwell, Head of Composers’ Society—Says‘He Work-
tartling Disclosures Made
have
ing to the
author.
Mrs. Ryan.
Against Man Charged With Annoying
Wife of Allan A. Ryan.
inamorata were a'Danlsh opera singer.
a motion picture actress with whom he
was alleged to have toured Mexico, a
concert singer and a ballet dancer.
Cites Ono Death.
The case‘ of another woman which
Maloney cited resulted in the death
of her husband from shock after he
had received one ofythe letters with
which Maxwell was alleged always to
drawn his stairs to a. close,
with a duplicate to himself.
prosecutor.
‘-'l;_dalpne-y devoted much of his brief
to describing the intimacy which he
alleged existed between -Maxwell and
< According to Maloney. Maxwell. who
he said began life as a piano tuner on
the Isle of Wight. travelled to London.
M‘Lake' Como and Khan with the
a wife; and later visited hes-
at Yorknarbor. He.
- set forth. hadin turn visited him in
his New ork apartment.
In support of his allegations.
Uneasy “one rradiograms ‘which to
She,
of George
Accord-
Maxweli. on
being shown one of the ~noteorby an
irate husband. produced its mate and
joined the husband. in. denouncing the
Malone!
between
growth of. the camping trip. Ernest
J). Brown. former inmate of Cheshire
Reformatory out on parole. had his
case continued until Monday morning.
Ralph Connolly. 17. of North‘ Taylor
avenue. who was charged with oper-
ating an automobile which was not
registered. was paroled in the custody
of George R. Brunjes. The case of
Mrs. Irene Monroe. of Rupert. Ver-
mont. was continued from day to day
until a son could be communicated
with to take his mother back home.
Mrs. Smith's case also went over from
day to day until amangcments. can be
made to have the two children taken
care of.
Thecamp-llfe started two months
ago it was brought out in court. Mrs.
Smith said that she had become dis-
gusted after her husband had been
arrested on a drunkenness charge and
she left him taking with her the two
children. With Brown. she went to
New York state and thence to Ver-
mont. sleeping nights in an automobile
owned by Brown's parents when ac-
commodations could not be obtained
elsewhere.
During the camping trip. Mrs.
Smith said that her husband had- sent
her about 825 a week to meet expen-
ses. Sire also said that she had sold
part of her furniture to obtain the
original capital of 850 with which she
started on the trip.
Harold Mathis-s. of North Taylor
avenue. near whose parents‘ farm the
party have been camping for two
weeks or more.. said that when he
visited the camp, Mrs. Monroe was
”smoking a corn cob pipe and-holding
th ebaby." Mather-s said that the
child you dirty and grimmy and that
the camp was unsanitary. .
Smith took the signd in an endeavor
to save his wife. He declared that
the vagruicy charge could not “and
became he had furnished her , with
moneyaswell asntentand twooota.
Asked by the court why he allowed his
childsen-vto our one ot doors with ‘hh
wife while “slept-me It‘ lie-rd-
ing house. he was unable tomato,
3 an answer ”may“ the ‘ court.
Judge Nehemiah mace declared that
it was'pomible that Smkh' might be
into court» himself. Smith
Jail m M
from“. arrest
'}
was brought out in the uptown City.
”F"
Corporation Counsel William E
Tammany. who was chairman of the
committee appointed by the mayor to
meet with a committee of the uteri
chants to come to some agreeable
solution of the parking questlofi.
asked that the recommendations of
the merchanta' committee be accepted
and that the parking ordinance be
changed.
Frederick H. Quintard. given pen
mission to speak. said that he had no
objections to the making of Washing—
ton streetra one-way street. but he did.
not see’why they were going to allow
parking on the East side of South
Main street. He wanted to know how
anyone was going to get into Wash-
ington street. it they allowed this plan'
to be carried cut. Mr. Quintard said
that he understood that the original
plan had been not to allow parking on
that side of the street. but that one
merchant had kicked. and he wanted
to know if one merchant was going to
be allowed to hold up frame in the
second district.
Councilman Robbins said that he
hoped that the merchants would be
satisfied with this ordinance. but that
he didn't think that they would and
that some of them would be in to the
counsel within two weeks with some
sort of kick. He further stated that
there was fire hydrants and four en.
trances on the north side of Washing-
ton street. and that this fact would
not allow the parking of many cars.
and when merchants saw their cus-
tomcrs circling around looking for a
place to park. this fact would grieve
them and they would be up in arms
again. '
Diving Girl Hurt;
Can’t Appear Here.
The diving girl. who was to appear
at the Jubilee of the Putnam Rose
Company at Amusement Park. which
opens Saturday evening. Was injured
in Springfield. Mass" last evening,
when her horse turned over as they
went into the tank. and rolled on top
of the girl.
She was not seriously injured. but
will be unable to perform during the
remainder of the week. and hence-
forth will not be able to appear at the
Jubilee Saturday evening but will
make her first dive on next Monday
evening.
Wall Street Today
Prices continued reactionary at the
opening of today’s stock market. re-
oe-tons covering .. a wide apartment
of representative shares. including the
steels. equipments. oils and snare. ,
Bails moved my.
Steels. Wis. rails and olh
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