The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-23
WESTPORT'S GRAND
 LIST IS S2OO,OO0
 ABOVE LAST YEARS
Some Interesting Statistics Concern ing the Nature of Taxable Prop erty-List of Heaviest
 Tax Payers.

Annual Report of St. Mary's Church Read By Father Duggan Shows | Excellent Work of Parish | During Year.
 Westport. Jan. 23-According to the | abstract of the tax list for 1911. just completed by the assessors. the grand l list of this town amounts to $4.471,152. 1 less by $32,280. exempt by reason of l it's being property owned by veterans l of the Civil War and people who are l blind. The assessors have added some $200.000 to the grand list. besides over-
 coming the loss sustained by the list | ing of the oyster beds by the State
 estimated to be worth s70,0oO. It is l thought the tax for the present year will be mills on a dollar. which will yield $36,0 900. The tax is to be laid | at a meeting to be held the second Monday in March.
 The resident taxpayers number 966, ! and the nonresident. 205.
 1 There are 261 women taxpayers on the list. and some of them pay taxes | on a large amount of property. There are 946 dwelling houses in town, valued at $2,299.53S; the land consists of 11.536 acres valued at $1,- | S43.241: there are in town 204 stores, l mills. manufactures of various kinds, and similar establishments. which in- | c1ude greenhouses. of which there are ! Q large number. Edward J. Taylor l and brother together own 30 green
 houses. All of these are valued at 1 $316,174. The horses number 51S val 1 ued at $42.695: sheep. poultry. etc. 534; coaches. carriages. autos. etc., number l ments. mostly pianos. are worth for | taxing the sum of $10,000. Steamships and other vessels are listed for $25,- | 290.
 The principAl taxpayers of the town
 are listed as follows: Edward T: Bed ward. $98. 397: Charles D.. son of Ed ward. $41. .000: the First National Bank.
 s12.o00: E. and J. Bradley. s14.575: Ella
 F. Burnham. $29.775; Embaimers' Sup-
 $7S. 400: Ellen o. Jennings. s16ooo; Lees Manufacturing O.. $42.900: Frederick E.. Lewis. 2d. $54.480: John B. Morris, | $22.129: J. B. Morris. IT,. and M. E.
 Morris. IT,. $25 ,se1: Marie Mcfarland.
 s5so25: Edward c. Nash; s2s;s1o; Char V. Schlaet. $54.734: William G. Staples, s17.625: Edward J. Taylor. $20,920; Westport Water Company. $7S,800: Westport Sanftarfu1n. $51, ASA.
 residents of the town are: The Real Estate Company of New York. $4S.S25:
 Misses M. T. and D. V. Cockcroft. $81. 900: John and Josephine M Cole, s57.912; James Duane. $2s.e57: William
 sssso no csase ss ase Frtnman Msfss W. ssssE ,sssa Louise E. Hammond. $26.s7o; Jennings
 Brothers. $29, S00< Morris Ketchum. $24,S00: Marion Sturges $30,167; and
 Harriett F. T1lley. $42,240
 the town hall. the ladies of the vil- lage Improvement Society viii give a whist
 Representative Wi H. Burr of thif
 town. is on the committee for Banks and the Putnam Memorial.
 The following officers of Court Sau-
 gatuck. Golden Sceptre. have recently been installed: William Van Valken-
 burg. Rose Bazatta. Mrs. Alexander
 Ermack. Mrs. Mary Gordon: Miss
 mott. Alexander Ermack. and Peter
 Edward Colyer. well known chef,
 per given next Wednesday evening at Christ church.
 Father sDuggan of the Church of the Assumption. in his annual report for the church during the past year. says the receipts were S.505.S4. and out of this sum there has been paid leaving in the treasury the balance of property is now $82. 400 When Father Duggan came to town he found a debt on the church of s11.0oO. and floating debts to the amount of $1.100 Now the debt has been reduced to $4.500. The Holy Name Society has 100 mem Sbers. and the Children of Mary num- Der 90. There Is a Junior Holy Name Society with 35 members. The mem- bs1rship 5s1 of the church is nearly l.
 Charming P. Harris will hereafter attend to the business of the Smith Engineering Company.
 Mrs. James c. Hyatt has for guest Mrs. Grace Kettle of Brooklyn.
 Lewis P. Wakeman has been elected a trustee of the Masonic Benefit As Sociation.
 Two members of the choir of Greens Farms church have become engaged Ernest s. Malk1n and Louise E. Doer- ner.
 The Trinity parish supper. given by the men. was largely attended.
 The Fyke family. which has had charge of the Hawthorne Inn. will soon move to Brooklyn. and Frances of next month.
 The Woodmen of the World have elected the following gentlemen to serve as officers for the ensuing year: Harry P. Helm. Thomas Frazer. Lan- don K. Allen. and August Nowack, Jr.
 After all. the Sunday closing move ment, set for. last Sunday. failed to materiafize. Now it is proposed to have the shops closed only during the hours of church service. Those who wish can keep open in the morning until 10 o'clock 1
 Leonard W. Webb is soon to speak before the people~of Trinity church 1 about the Brotherhood of St. An drew. FoLEY's KIDNEY REMEDY