The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-27

| Jan1tOr and once supplies, sou
| Insurance, $50
Rent, $50
| CONTINGENCY Fund 1000
Total, $s6, US
This budget, while it was voted on at
| a regular meeting of the school com
| mittee, represents the fixed charges
which have been acted upon at differ
ent times by the committee. Supt.
| Kelsey also presented the following
! statement of the needs of the commit
tee for school equipment for the 1873
| 1914:
| Three Portable Buildings, fur
nished, q $1,000, $4,000
| Eight-room Brick Building on
Washington School site, 10000
Four-room Addition to Franklin
| School, $4,000
Indoor Toilets in Center School,
with Proper Cesspoo1, $500
| Indoor Toilets Huntington
Road school, 2,1oO
$e7. 100
The first item of three portable build
mgs created considerable discussion
| William Sniffen objected to the porta-
BILE buildings and favored putting up
news four and eight room buildings
where they are needed.
Fred Starr Beardsley, who has been
a member of the committee and knows
the conditions, Favored the portable
buildings in order to relieve the con-
gestion at once. He said many i'm
provements had been made in these
buildings and that they are now COM
Portable and would be a good invest
ment for the town. Mrs. Winton and
Ephraim Wakeless of the committee
favored the portable buildings.
The proposition to build an eight
room brick building the site of the
present Washington school at. a cost
OF $4,000 brought up considerable dis
cussion. Mr.. Sniffen favored selling
the Washington school building and
the site as it stands and building on a
new site Selectman Holmes said that
he had been a member of the commit
tee which bought the site and it cost
the town $3.50. Former Deputy Sheriff
Stagg was also a member of the COM
mittee and he paid for the lot with
his personal check to prevetn any
fasco which might interfere to lose the
opportunity. The school committee
wishes to retain this site and put the
new building it, holding the old
i building in reserve to accommodate
the overflow which will surely be
constant problem for future commit
tees Tt was pointed out that the port
able buildings and the new Washing
ton school would provide for the COM
mittee until 1916 when four rooms must
be added to the Franklin school. The
$103, 283.
Thomas McQui1lan, acting for COM
mittee of the board of trade, presented
a. report asking the board Of finance
for an appropriation Of $1,000 to be
used in the celebration of the 275th
anniversary of the settlement of tho
town by a committee composed of the
surviving members of the committee
in charge of the 250th anniversary and
one representative from each of the
churches and fraternal and other or
CARNATIONS Of the town. This seem
ingly important matter did not provoke
comment.
Grandpa" Conine who has assumed
an unwonted Importance since the ar
rival of a son at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. r. M Goodwin, one
day last week. has been politely but
firmly informed that he is not the only
grandpa in the town. There are others
numerically more important and be-
sides all that there are some who ex-
pect to be grandpas themselves before
long and they resent the inferred SUI
periority assumed by the landscape
artist of the Broa dbridge road.
Mrs. Bertha L. Smith, widow OF
George H. Smith of Minors hotel,
through her attorney, David E. Fitz-
gerald, has filed a complaint with Pro-
bate Judge Charles H. Peck that the
inventory of the property Left by her
a new appraisal Judge Peck granted
the petition and appointed Richard ].
Stanton to reappraise the real estate
in the town of Milford which is COW
cred by the complaint
The will Of the late Mary O'Connor
has been filed in the local probate
court The instrument devises to the
brother of the testator, Rev. M. J.
O'Connor of st. James parish, a life
insurance policy and to a sister par
eel of real estate with buildings sit
uated in Manchester, Conn. Rev. NJ.
J. O'Connor is named executor in the
will.
Town Clerk Harold c. Lowell is out
again after a four days session with
an attack of ptomaine poisoning. He
is still weak but able to attend TO bus |
mess
There are complaints from various
sections of the town concerning the |
electric lights. Lights are dead for a !
night in different parts of the town |
and it does not seem to be the partic- |
ular business of any one to see that
they are in proper condition. This !
matter will probably be the subject of
discussion before the board of finance !
at the meeting this evening.
The football team of the Stratford |
High school will play the Staples High |
school team next Friday afternoon at |
Know1tonR Park.
Mrs. Mary E. Beers, executrix of the |
estate of Frank w. Beers, has filed a |
statement of the condition of the es-
tate of her husband with Probate |
Judge Charles H. Peck. 1t practically |
shows an insolvent condition of the es-
tate. The recent sale of real estate in /
Bridgeport did not add to the assets |