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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1922
Page
15
Tax Collector Drew will mail about 89 000 personal tax bills today and tomorrow. Eligible individuals include men and women 21 and over with exemptions for arms and navy service, ex service members and firemen. Bills require correct identification before exemption. Service members should bring discharge papers.
A hearing on reducing streetcar fares for Devon residents will be held by the Public Utilities Commission at Rivercliffe Community Club in Devon Friday night at 8:90. The Rivercliffe Community Club and civic bodies urge input from the traveling public and welcome suggestions before Friday.
Station agents of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad received safety bulletins urging employee cooperation to reduce injuries from snow and ice on platforms and stairs. From January 1 to 20 sixty people were hurt including seven passengers, one firefighter, two conductors, seventeen brakemen, eleven shopmen, three station masters, seven trackmen and ten other employees.
Officials seek kin of Stephen Nicetor who died at Hillside Home from alcoholism. He formerly lived at 450 Broad Street and was identified by a 1915 Bollard Machine Toll Company time card. No relatives claimed the body as of last report. burial planned at public expense.
Spring brings harbor improvement plans along the Connecticut coast including dredging near Bug Light. New Haven will add four cranes and piers for ocean liner docking with channel deepening. Greenwitch harbor upgrades are proposed after investigations by city and state commissions. A large funding grant supports local planning. Tide up to nine feet caused moorings to fail. two vessels narrowly saved. Shipping resumes after a three day pause from a northeast storm and snow. The Norland steamer now runs regular trips between New London and New York after overhaul by new owners.
Goan Jan 30. Tean West of Wanaver was arraigned before justice Joho Ww Croat on charged of manslaughter, reckless driving and driving on ROO without a license. He is charged with causing the death of Mrs. Julia Duhaine of Norwich and injuring her daughter Toulee, 21, struck by the West machine as they boarded a trolley car on Main street at 9 oclock. Mrs. Duhaine died en route to hospital. her daughter remained at Backus hospital in Norwich, expected to live.
Burglars entered a rear window of a Total chain grocery store on Main Street last night. Two policemen deterred the suspects when a ladder was left at the scene. The manager said no cash was missing, noting he had hidden $250 in a box for safety.
Stamford residents and Greenwich Hospital named as beneficiaries in the will of lumber magnate John Havens Ireland filed in New York. The estate exceeds 5 million dollars, with real estate over 100 thousand and personal property above 10 thousand. Two parts of stock go to Mia Tinker, others to grandsons John Ireland and Edward Van Iderstene, and a trust of 50 thousand goes to Carrie Cumpting. Hospitals receive 150 thousand each, with the remainder to family and a few servants.
A police court session opened with three defense attorneys for William W. Miller of 41 Washington street Middletown charged with manslaughter reckless driving and operating an intoxicated automobile. The case relates to the December 17 collision that killed Harold Gott of Best Haddam in Meriden.
A brief earthquake tremor struck Dirne in Southeastern Fratco on January dates. Local residents reported shaking lasting several seconds with minor structural tremors noted in urban centers. No injuries or major damage were reported by authorities.
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