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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1913
Page
4
First Bridgeport National Bank invites individuals corporations and civic social and religious organizations to open accounts. Officers speak readily to discuss opening an account and offer courtesies within their power.
Sunday services listed for First Presbyterian Church St. Myrtle and State, St Luke's Stratford Avenue, Bridgeport Christian Union Bank Street, Washington Park Methodist Episcopal Barnum area, St John's Fairfield Park Avenues, Trinity Fairfield Broad Street, Church of the Nativity Sylvan Avenue, Christ Episcopal Courtland Street, Kings Highway Congregational Spring Street, Olivet Congregational North Avenue, First Methodist Fairfield Broad, Epworth League events and children baptism plans noted along with organ recitals and choir performances.
Trueman G Palmer Chicago secretary of the beet sugar trust named to Senate lobby committee list as likely to illuminate President Wilsons charges of an insidious lobby. He opposes free sugar provisions in the tariff bill and was alleged to be active in efforts to modify the measure as tariff talks proceeded last year.
Curran committee report on police conditions alleges a partnership between some New York City detectives and criminals. Testimony claims Deputy Commissioner Dougherty paid $25 for burglars tools and $75 after a burglary, with vouchers found in the comptroller's office. Officials subpoenaed refused immunity. report says the detective bureau is hopelessly inefficient and detectives should be chosen for skill.
Washington June 7 The Senate finance sub committee weighing the Underwood bill’s weed pulp and paper schedule met with J Norris of New York head of the paper committee for the American Newspaper Publishers Association to seek clarity. Norris opposes countervailing duties arguing U S actions on Canada hurt American makers and consumers while the sub committee has not acted on such a proposal.
New Haven’s Harlem River terminal in the Bronx becomes a major noiseless freight yard as electrification spreads. Fifty percent of movements already run on electricity, with 150 ton electric locomotives soon hauling 40 to 50 car trains seventy three miles to New Haven. The yard covers half a square mile with eighty six miles of track and four major sections including Oak Point and Westchester Wan Nest yards. Electric switch engines replace steam, reducing noise and smoke while improving efficiency and safety for workers. The system mirrors the main line overhead setup, with cables, towers, and contact wires enabling rapid classification of freight cars without engine smoke. The project, nearing completion, signals broader regional electrification from New York to Stamford and a push to make rail freight largely smokeless.
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