The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-17
STAMFORD TOWN
 MEETING PASSES
 CONFIDENCE VOTES
ANNuAT, APPROPRIATIONS MADE FOR TOWN DEPARTMENTS
 AND IMPROVEMENTS.
VOTES DOWN RESOLUTION CALL ING FOR INVESTIGATION OF
 TOWN DEPARTMENTS

1 With one of the largest outpourings l of Stratford ecitizens, among which a | very large proportion were women. 1 which the town of Stratford has wit messed, the adjourned town meeting 1 to consider appropriations for high ways, schools and other civic matters 1 was held in Town Hall last night. A |, spirit of unaninnity, Hberality and gen. i eraI confidence, possibly induced by | the presence of so many of the fe- 1 minine sex was markedly prevalent in | direct contrast to the bitter strife which has of late been the dominat- l ing feature of such meetings, and ap- l propriations exceeding even the esti- | mates proposed in some instances by l the board of selectmen were heartily l Resolutions of confidence were passed in the school board, Librarian Francis B Russell and the board of se1ectmen of the Town of Stratford. | Appropriations of $34,000 for the maintenance of public schools, $7,GO0 ! for ordinary repairs to the highways. the hose equipment of the new "Tax- payers Ciub'' fire house at the corner
 of Johnson and Nichols avenues. and an increase in salary to $20 per week, for the local fire chief were among
 the most important made at the meeting. The widening of the Ferry Road Bridge, and the payment of $2 to each regular fireman who attends
 fire were also recommended. A mo-
 tion to prepare a map of the towns
 streets at cost of $850 was placed
 in the hands of a committee for in
 vestigation and report on the first
 Monday in March.
 The meeting was called to order
 promptly at o'clock by F. Starr
 Beardsley, who asked for reading of
 the warning by Town Clerk Harold
 Lowell. The first business called for
 was the reading of the annual report.
 Mrs. David Winton arose to present
 a petition pertaining to school mat
 women present Chairman Beardsley imm ediately ruled that the women voters of the town would be allowed to participate in matters pertaining
 motion of Stiles Judson to accept the town report as printed it was un- mills of the money appropriated for roads be expended upon the laying of sidewalks was overruled in favor of one introduced by Judge Howard J. | exceed $500. The care of the high 1 ways was delegated to the selectmen 1 as was the question of caring for the poor
 The resolution presented by Mrs David Wfnton was then read by the | Town Clerk which called for the pay ment of trolley transportation-t Ar | mold Hall, school pianist, an investi- | gatfon of the accounts of the school | board and the appointment of com n1ittee to audit all expenditures and | pay the school bills promptly that | cash discount might be obtained. 1 Stiles Judson prefaced a motion to | split this resolution into various sec | tons. for individual vote by remark | ing.s1 wish the advent of the ladies | to voting in this community might be
 ceeded to show that the resolution presented would overturn the Con necticut statutes as regarded the pow | CTS and duties of a duly elected school | board. After some discussion the resolution was divided and defeated 1 instigation of Sheriff willfa ms, a vote of confidence in the school commit l tee was adopted.
 A motion to recover $45 alleged to be due Frank Roberts for the pump ing of three cess-pools caused up- roarious laughter when it appeared from the petitioners statement that | he was employed in pumping three full ones but that his operation fin l pumping one had ina advertently | emptied the other two. The motion | was later ruled as out of order.
 resolution to increase the appro- | priations for schools to $34,00O was | carried viva voce.
 Stiles Judson, gaining attention | from the chair arose to remark: Be- fore we get too far away from the question of schools and libraries and while we are extending votes of con- hdence to different boards I think we should extend vote of thanks to an- | other board An article doubtless read outside of our town, an article ref1ecting upon the integrity of our library trustees and in particular up- on the conduct of our librarian Miss Frances Russell has been published in we'll known Bridgeport daily There is not citizen in our town 1 who has any lack of confidence in the board managing our library as sociation and there can be found no man, woman or child to criticise Miss RusseIPs conduct There is moi . 4 public servant in this town who does more and is paid less than Miss Rms i sell and the pride of this town since the day that MT, BIakeman endowed hat beautiful library with it's cor , ,ribution thereafter by the town of 5tratford has. been centered in tho :, management and development of tI1is { fbrary association and the fidelity < md duty of Miss Russell [ - -..-c l Z