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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1925
Page
11
Edward T. Clark reports an intruder at high street. The thief rattled his desk drawers, scattered papers, and stole a pearl handled knife while leaving behind no other obvious items. The incident appears isolated with no further damages noted.
Warden A J Williamson notes better luck for trout anglers as two Bridgeport men were found with three fish on the Upper Pequonneck river. Legal limit is six inches per angler. licenses cost 1.25 at the town clerk. Other streams reported good catches with ongoing state trout planting policy to stop planting under six inches.
The Fraternal Order of Haytes Bridgeport Acrie will elect a secretary to succeed William A Gordon at a meeting held Thursday May 7 at their club rooms W996 Main street. The secretary works on a commission basis and receives no fixed salary.
Bridgeport reporters recount April Foolishness around City Hall with jokes about flags and private entrances. A $17,000 tax check from Hokum and Soakum Inc. turns up, and a peddler’s horse blocks Middle and Congress. motorists mutter on about drivers’ license laws while crowds watch Read’s new theater rise and a bid for surplus police cars surfaces.
North End residents would gain better police protection if a plan by Commissioner William H. Ryan Jr. is adopted. The Fourth Precinct lacks an alarm system and officers have limited contact, risking delayed response after midnight. Proposals include two to ten flashing lamps to call specific officers and an independent signal desk for the North End. The board also granted carnival permits and recommended a pension for the widow of Patrolman Thomas A. Ivers.
Stratford representatives Wheeler and Lewis urged the Legislative Appropriations committee to establish a State Airport at Point No Point in Lordship Manor Stratford. They cited Governor's inaugural message and Stratford's natural advantages. The Stratford Light beacon and fog horn would aid pilots. no opposition was noted.
Bridgeport was allotted 31000 for harbor work by the War Department amid broader harbor and river projects. Other allocations include Stamford 24000 and 46000 for Connecticut River below Hartford, plus Harbor of Refuge Nantucket 42000 and various harbor appropriations across New York and New England totaling millions.
The Bridgeport Dredge and Dock Co plans a shipyard at Sunview avenue to refit and repair boats within the next month. Three shipowners have begun talks for vessel repairs, with operations expected to resemble those prior to the Lake company’s submarine plant. The yard previously built the Perry Seltzer, a rare four masted schooner. The firm is finishing work on the Mast Washington avenue bridge and will relocate equipment and lumber there.
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