The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-23
TOO MANY FRILLS PLANNED FOR NEW SCHOOL HOUSE Halt Will Be Called at Next Meeting of Committed and the SpecffIca- tions Pared Down to the
 Appropriation.
STR AFFORD.
Special to The Farmer.)

Stratford, Dec. 23-The fact, which is acknowledged by the architect and the members of the committee, that the cost of the proposed schoOi house to be built on the Huntington road will exceed the appropriation, has caused considerable unfavorable comment. It is charged that the plans and specifi- cations call for a building unsuitable for a. country school and that if built on the lines proposed it will cost twice as much as the appropriation, or near for the work. In the first place the architects who competed furnished plans which would build the school house for the appropriation The plans as accepted incorporate a large number of new ideas which are large 1y experimental and the specifications call for the use of material out of all pr oportion to the needs of a four room country schoolhouse. A local firm of architects who have built IA school houses in defferent parts of New Eng land, were passed by. This firm will agree to build modern four room brick ~schoolhouse,r adequate to all the needs of the Huntington road district, for S15, ,000.
 It is estimated that the heating plant which it is proposed to install under the plans adopted will cost about s4,Oo0. The specifications call for the most expensive fittings for the toilet rooms, too costly for any but the wea1thiest to use, and noz to be found in any school house in the coun-
  all proportion to the needs of the To- cality. The new members of the com nittee who have taken seats since the last election. find difficulty ill obtain ing any infoTTIna tion concerning the plans and none of them have been fur nished with copies of the plans and specification
 The committee will meet on Friday night to open the bids and there will be an effort to get the plans down to a reasonable figure and extend the time for the bidders to come in. As the work will not begun until next March there $ plenty of time. An appropriation will soon be asked for the improvement of Boothe street, which is in about the same condition as when the first settlers mounted the rocks with OK carts. With the rapid build-up Of this section this old road is being much used
 The managers of the teams consti- tuting the Stratford Bowling league will meet at Porter'S Casino tonight at o'clock to attend to matters which have naturally arisen in the course Of the contest. The managers will meet regularly on Monday nights hereafter
 John Park, who is prospering in Philadelphia, is passing the holidays in Connecticut and dividing his time between his old home here and an other nearby town where lives the lady whom he will lead to the altar some bright day in February. The
 
 Clayton H. Hete1. Jr.. was christ ened in Christ church yesterday, Rev. pr. Cornwall officiating. The young blacksmith showed u1lrnistakable signs of developing into a strenuous adult with an unusual muscular develop meIt.
 passing the holidays with Dr. G F. Lewis The Christmas exercises of the Christ church Sunday school will be |, @17 beginning at 7:30 A, big Christmas tree will be one of the ahtractionss Antonio Chapis, one of the proprie- tors of the Stratford Candy Kitchen, ago to take his place in the ranks of the army and fight the hated Turk, has written his partner here, giving an ! interesting account of events in the war. Chapis says that the battles are not raging as fiercely as in the l first part of the struggle the cholera ! ranks of the Turks. In some of the 1 battles earlier in the war the slaugh- ter was fearful. It is believed in the Grecian army that the fighting will continue until the demands of that country are granted and she obtains all her ancient territory on the Helles- pont.
 The Taxpayers Improvement Club and the Odd Fellows will be the con- l testants at the bowling alleys tonight l The scores are very close so far and
  l At the Stratford M. E. Church yes l terday Rev: Ernest Carpenter, the pas l tor, preached morning and evening. EThe topic of the morning sermon was .'The Light That Cannot be Overcome 1 by the Darkness" In the evening 1 the topic was ttHow Much Room Are I You Giving to Christ?" There was special Christmas music at both ser vices.
 l Services at the Stratford Congre- gational church yesterday were held t-3f a.. 4 vice there was special music. The pastor preached on Christ and the | Creation At p. m. there was a l Christmas praise service with aug mented choir and violin solo by Miss l Elsie Smith. The Sunday school fes- ftivaf will be held tonight at 7:3O in l the church.