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Newspaper

Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1911

Page

3

Aldermen Strike Down South Avenue Trolley Line Action

Bridgeport Common Council rounds of votes fail to establish a five foot building line on Frank Street as South Avenue trolley extension debate returns. Mayor Buckingham asks committee to reconsider, allotting time for further discussion and possible reroute via Iranistan to Atlantic Street.

Frank Street P. J. Cooney C. E. Wilson Alderman Walker Mr. Wilson Mahoney Wilson Eugenie I. Meyer Lne South Avenue Hts Buckland New Haven Road Buckingham Iranistan Atlantic Street Common Council Bridgeport E. G. Buckland The Connecticut Co E. T. Buckingham Troley Road

City Council Deliberates Street Route and Poles Issue

Residents and aldermen debate rescinding South avenue route for a new Atlantic street. City Attorney states railroad commission holds pole power, not the council. Meeting covers Crane Co ownership dispute, theater overcrowding, and sidewalk obstructions.

City committee notes and street work updates

A compilation of city actions including refunds for an $18.92 tax error from 1910, salary ordinances for assistant chief engineers, library board appointments, final payment for Fayerweather Island purchase, wedding appreciation notes, and reports from ordinance and paving committees. It lists street sign changes, cannon discharge rules, sewer and track works, street hearings, crossovers on Barnum Seaview, Bronx avenue acceptance, and street grading and improvements across Clarke Eaton Fox streets Ridgewood Goddard places and more, with aldermen directives on closures, overcrowding, and trunk sewer work.

Steve Wilson Library Board Henry A. Bishop W. T. Haviland Jacob Klein Board of Park Commissioners Marshall Morris Fayerweather Island F. Boucher Barnum and Westfield State, Vine and Hanover Streets Connecticut Co Fairfield Avenue Clinton Avenue Barnum and Seaview Avenue Noble East Washington Avenues W. T. Mullins awnPorts Clarke, Asylum Eaton and Fox Streets Ridgewood Place Goddard Avenue King Grant Street Reddy Milne Street Washington Harrar Avenue Paddock South Avenue Webster Street Black Stone Street Orarig Alderman Jackson Laurel Avenue Johnson's Creek

Teaching Day at City Normal School

The City Normal School Senior class invites the public to Teaching Day on Wednesday afternoon June 21 in the assembly hall. Exhibits move from classrooms to the hall with a program showing methods in accurate knowledge independence and speed through scientific management. Each teacher presents her class on stage. A bower in the alcove hosts fruitade served by the junior class as part of the program.

City Normal School Normal School

Beachside Inn Greens Farms Dinner Table Plans

Notice of a Bridgeport Connecticut street closure for road work during June 21 1911 from 1 30 to 4 30 am. Also school notices list Port able Penn elementary activities and the Senior class graduation at Warner Hall with speaker George K Hawkins D Sc and a diploma list of seventeen students.

Wellesley College Grants Largest Graduation Class

Wellesley College today conferred bachelor of arts degrees on 27 students and master of arts degrees on 14, with 26 receiving certificates from the physical education department. The class marks the largest in the college’s history.

Wellesley College Aeat United Press Wellesley, M Department of Physical Education

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