The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-02-16

amount to about $4,000, is left to the
nephews and nieces of the testator's
blood, share and share alike. These
are Addie Starr Maria L. Lowe, Ben
Jamin H. Gilbert, Hester Gilbert, Is
abelle Hicks, Charlotte A. Northrop,
Elizabeth G. Townsend and Eveline D.
Weeks.
Nearly 200 property owners or about
one-third of all those whose names fig
ure in the grand list have appeared
before the board Of relief during its
six sessions with applications for
reduction of valuations or such other
revision as shall tend towards eQuali-
cation. Among the callers on Monday
were Commodore Luttgen and L. 0.
Peck The latter thought his land had
been listed too high in comparison
with the assessors appraisal. Of other
land in the same locality. The assess
ed valuation placed on Mr.. Peck's
land is 800 per acre and while he
admitted that 60 acres had frontage
on Sunset Hill highway he could not
understand why Daniel G. Woods 800
acres hadg one in at $50 per acre and
the 100 acres of Dorothy Williams at
$32 per acre. These parties have less
frontage land than Mr.. Peck, but he
did not think the difference was
enough to justify the wide variance
in valuations. Commodore Luttgen's
grievance was in regard to the $780,
900 valuation placed on his buildings.
He showed by the building contracts
that the cost of his residence and ga
rage was $29, 600, that of the lodge
house 81 500 and that of the double
tenement house $1,000 The latter and
his boat house had only been fairly
started on Oct. 1. He said that the
at $4,000 cost but $4,000. Both the
Commodore and Mr.. Peck declared
that they were willing to accept these
excessive valuation provided the same
implation process was applied gener-
ally in the town. Monday afternoon
Meeker Jones called attention to the
values placed on land around Libra
ry Corner. He was in at $40 per acre.
Harry Lounsbury at $780, Dan Beard
at s25, Henry Plat at $40 and Theo-
dore Adams at $780, George S. Banks as
agent for Henry Sanford, asked that
the figures on the later's Ridge prop
erty be lowered.
The support given the project for
the purchase of power sprayer to
war against the insect enemies Of the
orchards in the Ridge section will
probably warrant the acqu: sition Of
two outfits instead of one as originally
intended. A meeting of those inter-
ested in the matter was held at the
Ridge Saturday afternoon with about
dozen in attendance. These had been
authorized to give subscription pledges
in behalf Of as many more who could
not attend. w. G. Sanford the chair
man, explained that it was designed
to cover the territory along the Ridge
and the slopes and valleys on each
side from Five Points to a little below
the Easton line. Shares were to be
SO each and the cost of an apparatus
was about $780, More than enough
subscriptions for one machine had
been proffered and the prospects were
favorable for two. This double outfit
was desirable as the period for doing
effective work against the coddling
moth and the canker worm was limit
ed to few days. A. L. Livermore
had offered to take five shares if nee
essary and Ida M. Tarbell three
shares. Others offering to subscribe
Dewitt Weld, N. F. Hodgson, H. S.
Osborn, D. C. Sanford. Charles San
ford, stephen Sanford, Herbert Barnes,
Randolph Bradley. A. H Sanford
Marcus H. Burr. George s. Banks, and
H. c. Mcclellan. At Saturdays meet
ing w. C. Sanford, Herbert Barnes
and A II. Sanford were appointed a
committee to perfect the Organization
preliminaries.
First Selectman Sanford has re-
ceived assurance from Ex-Tax Collec-
tor Osborn that the latter will pay the
$I4V DdldHce WHICH, according to Ac-
countant Soule's findings, he owes the
town. Former boards of selectmen
had accepted Mr.. Osborn's accounts as
correct and this fact doubtless gave
him good legal grounds for resisting
the recent demand upon him, but he
d not care to avail himself of it.
Ex-Collector e. P. Sanford has al
ready paid over the 81 to make good
the balance found against him. No
further progress has been made to-
wards adjusting the queer and opaque
complications in which Treasurer HILL
Ex-Collector Gorham and the town
are the parties in interest. In talk
which First Selectman Sanford had on
Tuesday with Accountant Soule the
latter was asked why he had not been
more positive in his findings Mr..
Soule replied that as between the con-
tending claims of the treasurer and
the collector their records were in
such defective shape that conclusions
demonstrable by proof were impossi-
BILE. But" said Mr.. Sanford, "you
find it as probability that Mr. Hills
payment to the town of $1141 was an
over payment. If he did not owe the
money it must be owed by Mr.. Cor
ham as the latter's books show it to
have been collected. Nevertheless you
find balance against Mr.. Gorham of
only SITS and this aside from the
$1.1H matter which is the big item
in the case" Mr.. Soule admitted the
inconsistency or rather inconclusive-
ness of the position he had taken, but
sa d that under the circumstances he
did not see that there was any other
course properly open to him.
Arthur. the seven year old son of
Town Clerk Sanford was operated on