Cost of Maintaining State Highways Soars in 1917 Report
Hartford January 6 The state highway department’s last fiscal year ending September 30 1917 cost 2 528 225 to maintain with refunds from all sources 330 961 yielding net expenditures about 2 197 264 War conditions boosted material and labor costs. Major outlays covered highway construction trunk line projects and repairs with 1 495 486 spent on trunk line maintenance and repairs. The 923 miles maintained surpassed 744 in 1913 14. state aid road upkeep ran 191 955 for 533 miles. Bridges at Derby and Saugatuck were advanced or completed. Equipment outlays totaled 65 307. Projections aim to prioritize war vital routes and coordination with Washington.
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Hartford
State Highway Department
Charles J. Tennett
Marcus H. Tolcomb
Siaantenance
Department
Washington
Westport
Saugatuck
Housatonic River
Derby
The Annual Dilemma Drawn For The Telegram By Briggs
The commission outlines highway repair aims to speed projects and wartime needs. It notes higher automobile fees to cover road upkeep and permanent paving, plus supervision. Tasks include eliminating grade crossings, fixing dangerous trunk highway spots, Niantic and Thames River bridges, and acts from the General Assembly. It also mentions 25 department employees in war service and urges continuous highway construction for war transportation. Bridgeport owes $80.21. Fairfield $17. Stratford $6.88. Milford $41.97. Milford paid $61,801.14 by Sept 30, leaving $16,298.86 due. Other receivables include Stratford $8.74 and Milford $6,000. Fristoth Westport bridge funds expected $15,000.
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Niantic
Thames River
General Assembly
Department
Bridgeport
Feirfield
Stratford
Milford
R. D. Daley Company
Westport
Two Children Drowned in Playing on Ice
In New Haven on January 6, seven year old Helen de Goursey drowned while playing on the ice near the Oyster Houses at City Point. Five year old Margaret Lawlor was saved after nearly sharing the fate. she remained unconscious at a hospital but regained consciousness and identified the other girl. A dredger hand, Frederick Combs, recovered the younger girl from the water and the search for Helen’s body continued.
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New Haven
Conn
City Point
Helen de Goursey
Margaret Lawlor
Frederick Combs
Lawlor
Helen
Aldermen to Consider Juvenile Court Ordinance
Aldermen plan to enact a ordinance establishing a Ridgeport juvenile court effective April 1. The police commissioners would host the court and provide quarters for children under 16 held when bail is unavailable. A Bartlett would serve as judge and may appoint a court matron paid up to 1200 dollars yearly with suitable quarters.
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Board of Aldermen
Ridgeport
A. Bartlett
Turks Under Hun Rule Headed for Ruin at West End Church
The West End Congregation heard an illustrated address on the Young Turks and their shift toward German military tutelage, describing ruin as the movement faces calamity. An annual church meeting and a postponed supper are noted, with George C. Waldo Jr. to speak to the men’s club on “A Modern Newspaper” tomorrow night.
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West End
al Churely
George CL Waldo, Jr
Tas not resigned Amsterdam Jai
An official Merlin despatch states a report in several papers misrepresented General Van Ledendorft. The dispatch says the claim of his resignation by Harter master gencoradl is not in accordance with the facts.
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Amsterdam
Merlin
van Ledendorft
Miss Armour to Wed Pastor of Rome Church
Social circles report the engagement of Miss Barbara Armour of Princeton New Jersey to Rev. Wal ter Gowrie rector of St Pauls Protestant Episcopal church in Rome Italy The announcement came from Mr and Mrs George A Armour of Allison House Princeton Armours sister and brothers are noted in related weddings and engagements in New York and other cities including Miss Katherine I Culbert and Charles Archibald Young and the wedding of Miss Mildred Patterson in Brooklyn with Capt Charles M Bull Jr
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New York
Barbara Armour
Princeton
N. J
Walter Gowrie
St. Paul'srotestant Episcopal Church
Rome
Italy
Lowrie
Pine Street
Philadelphia
Presbyterian Church
United States
George A. Armour
Allison House
Armour
East Seventy-first Street
William Armour
Naval Reserve
Germany
Dorothy Thatcher
Boston
Mass
Norman
Allison Armour
Katherine I. Culbert
Charles Archibald Young
Aviation
Signal Corps
William Ledie Culbert
East Fifty-fourth Street
Alfred J. Sadler
Jersey City
Charles A. Younes
Yonkers
N. Y
Mildred Patterson
Richard C. Patterson
Kansas Ciy
Charles M. Bull, Jr
Brooklyn
Charles M. Bull
Christchurch
Clinton Street
Tienry Street
Touraine
Thanks to Red Cross for Italy relief aid
Longhin bishop of Treviso addresses American Red Cross with thanks for relief to Treviso diocese refugees and victims of Austro-German air raids in Northern Italy. The letter dated January mentions generous assistance and aid efforts supported by American relief services.
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Red Cross
Italy
Longhin
Treviso
Says Billy Sunday Stole Its Thunder
William A. Sunday, evangelist, is sued in federal court for $10,000 by Sydney C. Tapp head of the International Bible society of Kansas City. Tapp alleges Sunday is selling copyrighted sermon pamphlets and booklets with passages identical to Tapp’s books. Plagiarism and copyright infringement are charged for using his words without credit.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Willam A. Sunday
Sydney C. Tapp
International Bible Society of Kansas City
Tapp
Sunday
Sunda
Sheriff Pease Defends Convicted Clerk in Hartford Case
Sheriff Simeon Pease says he has not lost faith in Dennis F. O'Neill after the disposition of the case against the jail clerk in Hartford. He believes an injustice has been done despite the extraordinary outcome. Judge Frank L. Wilder, O'Neill's counsel, indicates an appeal will be filed.
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Dennis O'Neill
Simeon‘ Pease
Dennis F.* O'Neill
Hartford
O'Neil
Frank L. Wilder
Mr. O'Neil
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