The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-02-02

tween $25 and $50 per annum. They had combined grand list of about $3,00O,000 while Bridgeport had grand list of about $S5,000,0O0.
 New Car For Fire Chief.
 President French asked President Crawford of the Fire board if the $3,,50O asked for a new car for the chief was necessary. He replied that it was, as the present car had been run over 3O,OO0 miles, and while it would make a good car for the as- sistant chief, who would not run 1t all the time, for several years to come, it was not fast enough for the chief
 President French said that he thought the chief made good time and President Crawford said that the speed of the car was greatly exag- gerated He believed the sound of the siren on the car added 25 miles an hour to the speed of the vehicle, in the minds of the public. During the recent snow storm the chief had been obliged to get out and run to several of the fires because the small car could not get to the fires the way that the heavy chemical engine could. He believed that the chief should be first to arrive at all fires. The new car, he believed, would save a great deal of horsefiesh by allowing the assistant chief to have the small car. The assistant chief he said, had already worn out two $500 horses.
 B. D. Pierce, Jr. wanted to know if 30 gallon tank could not be placed on a new car for the chief so that 1t could be used as an auxiliary to the chemical engine when there was not quite enough fluid in the auto chemi- calls tanks to put out a fire of some proportions. Mr.. Pierce said that the chief could not come too fast if his house was afire.
 City Hospital No Saving.
 In response to questions by Jdhn J. Phelan, President Patrick Kane of the Board of Charities said that $17,- GOO is not too much to pay for the care of the city's poor in hospitals and that the city cannot do the work more cheaply.
 Judge Kane said that the accident cases taken to the hospitals in ambu- lance were charged to the patients and not to the city, except in the few cases where the injured persons were indigentS.
 Nurse For Schools.
 To Supt. c. w. Dean~, of the Board of Education, Allan w. Paige, stated that the subcommittee on health matters, said the committee is going to recommend money to hire train
 
 for incipient diseases.
 Supt. Deane was asked if S1,50O is needed for manual training for boys, in view of the fact that the city is going to have a trade school. He said that manual training is to teach small boys how to use their hands and is along different lines than a trade school.
 Among the others who appeared was President Charles T. Beardsley of the Building Commission, who wants an automobile runabout for the building inspector; Chairman Brady of the Memorial Day commit tee, who wants $1,000 to observe that day; Alderman John H. WcMurray of the streets and sidewalks commit tee, who favored the appropriation for the strengthening of Boston ave- nue new bridge; President G. E.. Ober of the Health board; President Eames of the Health board; Alder man Jackson for the purchase of 25 real estate atlases and an appropria- tion for Lincoln memorial tablet; and Charles II. Botsford for the com mittee on building code revision.
 The board adjourned until Tuesday night when it will lay the prelivinary tax.