The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-17
HUNTINGTON ROAD SCHOOL
 SITE IS NOT 4 SWAMP
Plan to Change to Creevey Property May and May Not Be Advantage
 ous According to Price
STAMFORD
lsnecia1 to The Farmer0

Stratford, Aug. 1.-The proposi- ton to call another town meeting and rescind the action taken at a previous meeting in which the site for school was selected on the Hunting ton road is not generally understood. The property selected is owned oy D. c. Wood and consists of two acres for which MT. Wood asks $500. An additional $500 appropriated to pre- pare the site for the building but 1t is estimated that the work can be done for much less. The site is a good one and we'll adapted to the purpose. It is level with the road and a brook runs through one corner which will afford all the drainage. necessary. At the time this site was selected it was the only available property obtainable. Since that time Andrew Creevey has offered four acres for sale a short distance from the Wood property for which he asks $2,000. This property is higher and better adapted to the use of a school. MT. Simondinger, who is on the com- mittee appointed to select the site and who also represents the people of the vicinity is in favor of the new site If it can be purchased for the same money. The Creevey property will not need preparing and this expense will be saved if the town purchases 1L. other reasons for the efforts to change the location of the school but MT. Simondinger repudiates them. Sev- eral parties have offered to buy the whole four acres and sell the town as much as it needs for the school. Various prices are named, some of which would be about as low as the price asked for the Wood property. MT. Simondinger is very conscientious in the matter and will have nothing to do with buying the Creevey property himself and selling a portion to the town as has been suggested to him. He will insist that the town gets square deal in the matter. Although he favors the Creevey site as a bet ter one he believes that the Wood property is available and perfectly adapted for the purpose. He points out that the four acres would be ad- mirably adapted for technical school or and agricultural department: after the pattern of the New York schools. The property would make an excel lent athletic field or drill ground. AS the town is holding a large amount of non-income bearing property IL might be for the interest of the town as whole to buy the Wnole pIece and hold until it is needed as It sure ly will be some time. The other members of the committee feel anout as MT. Simondinger does. The piece first selected is alright. It is not al swamp as has been charged, perhaps bv those who will be financially in- terested in the deal if the town buys the Creevey property. These facts are presented so that those who are interested will understand the situa- ton before they are called upon to vote on it at the town meeting if one is called. They left yesterday morn ing early and returned late in the evening elated with the success of the affair.
 Mrs Walter Goddard has returned to her home on South Elm street af- ter an extended western tour.
 Mrs. John Hard will be accom- panied by Leroy Ladd in a visit to Mrs Hards daughter, Mrs. Charles Munson at Branford Point tomorrow.
 A tender belonging to Kenneth Peck was stolen from the anchorage near the Pootatuck Yacht club, afternoon.
 Theodore Decker of New York is passing his vacation in Stratford. MT Decker is so enamoured of Stratford that he is looking for suitable home here and will make it his permanent residence if he can find a place to suit him.
 Fred Smith will assume the man. agement of D. B. McNamara's store on Main street next Monday. MT. Smith has been valued employe of Plumb & Bartram for years and has built up 8 large trade. He has host of friends in town who will wish him good luck in his new position.
 The Neighborhood church was fill ed with people last night who came