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Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1914

Page

15

Law to Check Mergers Highlights Transit Finance Figures

A report details 1914 Connecticut transportation and utility revenues. It notes fare passengers total 229,207,891 with five cent lines, rail mileage 1,605 miles, and 3,530 total cars. Telegraph and telephone companies report capital, revenue, expenses, and dividends, with water utilities showing rising measured sales and a growing surplus despite discontinuances.

Rhode Island Connecticut Assenger

Stock Report Totals and Connecticut Holdings in June 38 14

The report shows capital stock totals of $891,407,304.66 across 9,903,4838 shares held by 114,868 stockholders, with 22,117 Connecticut holders owning 1,888,311 shares valued at par. Dividends paid rose? and overall surplus stood at $122,062,666.63, down $22,305,260.20 year over year. Express company surplus fell $32,805,075.53 and railroad surplus dropped $6,211,608.58.

Telegraph Companies Commission Connécticut Connecticut New England _Telephone Compus

All oe dies Bill ends week at Poli’s theater

Amusements Tonight sells final showtime for the vaudeville novelty All oe dies Bill at Poli’s theater. The lineup features women led vaudeville and the photoplay The Thief starring Dorothy Donnelly with a strong supporting cast, plus Lew Dockstér in a feature photodrama titled Dan.

Poli Dorothy Donnelly Henri» Bernstein Miss Donnelly Lew Dockstddér Dan

Plaza Theatre season opens with lively vaudeville bill

The Plaza Theatre offers a saturated vaudeville program headlined by Newhort & Phelps and Frankie Fay with the Cox Girls. The shoplifter tale in a forceful playlet centers a frail girl saving her brother from an elevator accident and a hard hearted employer. Six vividly portrayed characters delight crowds though the theater notes an uneven pace.

Grandlyville Ste Dusher Newhort & Phelps Newhort @ Phelps Frankie Fay Cox Girls Fen, Bigelow & Mehand

The Price He Paid at Empire Theatre

The Empire theatre presents a five part photodrama The Price He Paid based on Ella Wheeler Wilcox with the regular program on Thursday. The production is billed as powerful and moral with strong dramatic impact and lasting impression.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox Empire Theatre Richard Bennett

Newtown hosts Panama Canal lecture and funeral notices

The Men's Federation of the Congregational church hosted a Panama Canal lecture by Henry Tappin of the New York City board of education with personal photos from the Canal zone. The town also honored the funeral of James Carroll from Bridgeport, with pallbearers named and arrangements by EB W. Troy of Sandy Hook.

Newtown Congregational Church Henry Tappin New York City Board of Education Panama Canal Canal Zone James Carroll Bridgeport Southbury St. Rose’s Cemetery Raymond Joseph Edward Carroll James Games John Bradley John Kelly Underta Iker EB. W. Troy Sandy Hook James Hassett John Hassett B. N. Beard Shelton Mill Hill Bridge l“Overlook Farm Castle Hill J. A. Moroney Ella Bridgett Arthur Beard and Son Masons Gas Street L. Birdsey Parsons A. T. Nettleton Newtown Savings Bank William and Gordon Blot Wahmat Tree Hill Willam Egan New York City Avery Thomas J. Leary Sesson Thomas F.cavanenugh Boulevard Micheel Pitsgerald James Ces Wellnesiay Slettric Nentine

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