The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-21
Rate is Calculated on Grand List of $97,676,44O, Which is the Largest in the His tory of Bridgeport.
No Allowance for Addition al Bremen or Patrolmen, But One Mill Tax to Board of Education is AL lowed.

Land and Plans for New Lakeview Home, and $20.- GOO is Allowed for Audit. With a grand list of $97 676, 40 for the First district. of which $93. .O93. SS3 is in the Second district, the Board of Apportionment's estimated tax rate of 15.8 mills calculated at a meeting yesterday, has set Mayor Wilson to juggling with figures in an effort to shave the rate towards his promised rate of 15 mills.
 The tax rate estimated for the First district is 62 mil s, eight-tenths Of a mill less than the net rate of last year. For the Second district the es- | timated rate Is 9.6 mills.
 There is no allowance for additional i policemen or firemen, and only S2,5OO provided for the special land damages which must be ertailed by the en- forcement of the eight foot building line ordered Monday night on the west sid of Main street, from Bank to John streets. This line will necessttate the rem nodeIlinS of the front Of Kline Bros.'s store, and change In the p ans granted to The Rogers Co.. les sees of the Russell property adjoining
 Appropriation Of $5,740 is made for the Board of Contract and Supply, ap- portioned as follows: First district, $3. TAO; Second district, $2,O00 A spe- ciaI appr ropriation for the grading of Tesiny avenue near the Sheridan school amounts to $500 D.. --- ------. '-.
 The 'Board of Charities is granted s1O, 600 for the purchase of land and the securing of plans for the new Llakeview Home. Specific appropria- tion of S1 POO is made for the Board of Health to establish two milk sta- tions and employ a special nurse FT~I,z I,Te fr1 he l. Iowance for new lights The number of arc lights asked by the Lamp com mittee, S4. was cut to 25.
 The Board of Education gets it's one mill tax, which the city auditor be- lieved could be cut to advantage by $25, 900. But the appropriation for re- pairs to furniture, and other items is eliminated, and the board is expected to provide for these items from the one-mill appropriation Hitherto this One-miI revenTe has been considered as exclusively for land and new build- ings.
 The Board of Apportionment's sub committee recommended a special ap- propriatiOn Of $2,000 for repairs upon the Yellow Mil bridge- This struc- ture is displaying its characteristic tendency to get out of order, of late, and the board believes that S2,OG0 Is small figure for the expenses that 1t is likely to cause during the next fiscal year. This appropriation is special apart from the regular fund for care of bridges.
 The subcommittee on roa6s, bridges, etc, cut the estimate of $22, ,250 for special work of the Streets and Side walks committee down to s11, 1,91O. B. D. Pierce, Jr., the chairman of the sllb-committee, said a list would be filed showing the specific purposes for which the fund is to be used. The new macadam, special appropriation is also cut. The Aldermen estimated $32, ,4e5 for this work, and the Board mi foo commended S1S,S46. The list will be filed before the next meeting of the Board of Apportionment.
 At the suggestion of A. J. Bodine, the superintendent of streets, the ap- propriation for street cleaning. already cut by Auditor Heating, was cut still more. Former supt. Schrieber's esti- mate was $64, ,42S.2O. The auditor cut the estimate to s6O, 600. Chairman Pierce reported that Bodine believed he could get along with $56, 900, and on the strength of Bodine's suggestion the amount was placed at that fig
 City Engineer Terry reported at length on the Glenwood avenue Situa- tion. This is a street badly gut ed during the disastrous flood of 1906, when Bunnell's pond gave way.
 Chairman Pierce of the sub-commit- tee handling this matter reported that Alderman Walker, chairman of the Streets and Sidewalks committee, had conferred with MT. Warner of the Bridgeport Hydraulic Co., and that MT. Warner had assured him the com pany would donate S6O00 toward the work. The estimated cost of building wal and regarding the street to sufficient width for present purposes is fixed at $12,SS7.7O- MT. Pierce said his committee would recommend that the city supply half this sum. believ- ing that the Hydraulic Go. will sup ply the other half. This matter has been in the hands of City Attorney T7.- Il l., structed by the Aldermen to investi- gate the responsibility of the Hydrau- lie Company for the damage to the street resulting from the bursting of the dam.
 The construction of a bridge in North avenue, over Rooster river, con- meeting Bridgeport and Fairfield, will not he accomplished this year. Com missioner Pierce reported that his subcommittee estimates embodied enough for the grading of the street to the bridge approach. However, the town of Fairfield has not taken up the project and the committee did not recommend any money for the bui d. ing of the bridge the cost of which will be shared by the two towns.
 The net grand list for the First dis trict, supplied by the assessors to the Board of Apportionment shows tax able property -l in the First district trict, $93, ,O93,SS3. This leaves $4, ,5S2, ,557 in the territory lying outside the Sec ond district boundary, or in the sec tion known as the First district only.''
 Taxes under the preliminary esti- mate are to be made as follows:
 First district, $S7,676.440. at 6.2 mills.
 Second district, s93, ,093, ,SS3, at 9.6 mills.
 The estimated receipts at these rates will be:
 First district, s6O5, ,593 93
 Second district, sS93, ,7O1- -2S
 The estimated net expenses of the districts were placed yesterday fol- lows:
 First district. S6oa11n-a@