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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

May 29, 1926

Page

7

City to Meet Water Expert to End Eight

A high level meeting in New York before June 14 aims to settle Hartford area water rate disputes involving Bridgeport Fairfi eld and Stratford against Bridgeport Hydraulic Co. The goal is to finish the case by the mid June hearing, with experts including Nicholas S Hill and James C. Harding to scope valuation and depreciation issues and possibly a final commission order on rates and fire service charges.

New York Bridgeport Fairflo Stratford Bridgeport Aydrade Company Public Utilities Commission Hice Harding Snisholos James C. Harding Fuller & McClintock Hartford Confab Fensthan Grout Fairfield Utilities Board Richard T Hiszing Commissiors Higgins Hydraulic Co Raymond E Baldwin Pullman & Comey Jonathan Gr Arthur McMarsh Merah, Stoddard and Day Vincent L Keating Edward Day Hydraulica James Nowell Boston Lee Higgingen and Co Margh Nowell Greenstein Ether Water Company Connecticut Hartford Water Co Day Marsh Mr. Nowell Hinl Easton Hill New Jersey Ife Flere City of Bridgeport Alex T. de Laney Henry Greenstein Fuller and McClintock Hydraulic Engineers Earle Shock Jonathan Grout Frederick A. Burr First Selectman L. B. Switzer Raymond E. Baldwin

Milford Rotary hears on education and club charters

Milford May 28 Special reports a Milford Rotary noon talk by John McCarthy on education research. Attendance placed Milford 14th among 38 clubs in the Thirtieth District and high in Connecticut. Also noted: Central Grammar School teachers gifted Janet Cheney a mahogany octagonal table. Cheney to wed Dr. Frederick Roberts in July. Funeral for Ira Bennett, 76, of Woodmont. society meetings and a marriage of Mae Williams and Otto Richard Willing at 10:80 am with plans for a June 9 Ladies Aid meeting. wedding trip planned to an unannounced location.

Milford New Haven John McCarthy Connecticut Milford Rotary William Bissell Rotary Club No Amherst, Masa T.e Central Grammar School Janet Cheney Miss Coy H. I. Mathewson M. J. Cheney Tr. Close Miss Cheney Mantey J. Cheney Frederick Roberts Ira Bennett Woodmont Bennett LeRoy P. Bennett Seymour Marjorie B. Upson Warren W. Bennett B Hope Upson Union League Club of Knights Templar James C. Kileran Dorothy White Plains New York Clara Hatfield George Mallary May Bristol Mae Williams Otto Richard Willing Charles F. Atkins

Notable Writers and Local Social News From Redding

Redding notices report Henry Albert Phillips and family arriving for the summer in Lonetown after winter abroad. Phillips, a prolific writer, has published numerous stories and sketched works and has had screen adaptations. He conducted interviews with world figures like Oscar Wilde? No, with E Phillips Op penheim, Frank Swinnerton, and EF Temple Thurston. Also mentioned are Tristram Tupper and Mrs. Stephen Sanford, with Mrs Fisher of Bethel reported dead in Poughkeepsie hospital.

Redding Henry Albert Phillips Lonetown Phillips Europe Phillipa E Phillips Oppenheim Frank Swinnerton EF. Temple Thurston Tristram Tupper Ridgewold Inn Easton Tristam Tupper Isabelle Jennie McDonald William Fisher Bethel Mararet Helen Farrell New Haven Sev

New Yorker Claims Car Abandoned After Wreck

Stamford May 28 Special The automobile abandoned after it hit a tree and overturned in Dyke Lane was identified today by Avraham Issacs of New York City. He said the car was taken without his permission and police have no trace of the four men reported to have been in the vehicle.

Stamford Dyke Lane Avraham Issacs East 181Et Street New York

New Fairfield Fish Law Safe Says Fairchild

Justice of Peace W Fairchild leader of New Fairfield fishermen revolt denied he sought legal help in Bridgeport. He mocked the idea, said the statutes are his lawyers, and claimed the state does not own streams. He noted support from a college law professor and nationwide letters praising New Fairfield citizens stance.

W. Fairchild New Fairfield Bridgeport Fudge Fairchild Fairchild Judge Fairchild

Funeral for Ernest Ridings Follows Owl Wreck Casualty

The funeral of Ernest G. Ridings of South Center district who died from injuries in the Owl wreck near Mansfield junction Mass was held at St Rose's church Newtown with a high mass led by Rev William H Kennedy. Railroad Brotherhood members attended and Ridings was a qualified engineer for the New Haven railroad.

Ernest G. Ridings South Center District Rhode Island General Hospital Providence R. I Boston New York Mansfield Junction St Rose's Church Sandy Hook William H. Kennedy New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Newtown Edward W. Troy Scores Ridings New Haven Railroad Shore Line Brotherhood of Railroad Engineers T. Madison B. P. Donegan C. Kantz C. H. Holmes F. Work Tiernan

Funeral for Daniel P Leach Held In New Fairfield

Funeral services were held at the State Home on Padanarum Road for Daniel P Leach who died after a two week illness. Survived by wife two daughters Edison and George two brothers and eight grandchildren. Also notes on a recent Brews­tars Grange degree class and upcoming St James Rector’s Ald Society gathering with plans for cards transportation and a Danbury to meetup.

New Fairfield Sperial Daniel P. Leach Padanarum Road Harry Willman Rudolph Gruenberg Danbury Edison Waterbury George John Lois Disbrow A. FE. Tweed Danbury i St. James Episcopal Church Rane Pond

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