The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-03-25
WESTPORT.

Westport, March 25-To meet the ez-
penses of the town for the coming
year, tax of ten mills will be levied
This is two mills higher than the tax
of the proceeding twelve months On
the grand list of the taxable property
of the town this levy ought TO return
about $56, 900 which amount, it is es-
timated, will about make all things
meet.
The new tax rate was threshed out
at an adjourned meeting Of the citi-
zens of the town at the town. hall
Saturday afternoon The meeting
was called principally to appropriate
moneys for the proper maintenance
of the town until the end Of the fiscal
wear. Sept 30 A committee which
has been out since the proceeding
town meeting submitted a, report that
SIS, 6S6 would be needed TO finish the
year This amount was specified in
a measure adopted by the meeting.
The meeting did not look with favor
on the resolution to appropriate
$3.50 annually for the hire OF. clerk
to assist the school commissioners,
the selectmen and the town treasurer
The citizens believe that the mem
bers of the various commissioners are
not so hard pressed that they can
not complete the clerical work them
selves.
Contractors who enter into work
compelled to submit itennized bills for
their labors before they shall receive
remuneration for services rendered
Furthermore the swearing before
notary public of the authenticity of
the bill is required.
The meeting appropriated $50 for
the clearing of a half acre of land
near the burial park in Greens Farms
The piece of land was offered to the
town by 3. T. Bedford and accepted
at the meeting.
Another meeting will be held next
Saturday afternoon when an effort
will be furthered to have the town
appropriate an additional $21 600 for
further town expenses.
Beers Brothers have closed their
meat shop in Saugatuck at Riverside
avenue and Bridge street Within
the past few days the stock in that
store has been removed to their West
port market. They had been oc-
since last August when Mel Allen
vacated for his present location. John
w. Woods, who gave up his Main
street business last August and who
was located in the store closed this
week will be found at Beers Bros
Main street place.
Judge Samuel A. Purdy while in
New York on Saturday took in the
opening 1913 performance of the Bar.
mum & Bailey circus at Madison
Square Garden. When interviewed
this morning, Judge Purdy said, the
big and only is as big and bright as
ever. The sawdust smelled the same
as usual, but have one objection
I don't like the shape of the peanuts
this year
Those who wish to be heard anent
the proposed improvements to the
Westport and Saugatuck harbore will
be Accommodated Thursday afternoon,
April 10, when Major G. B. PilIsbury,
corps of engineers, will hold a pub
lie hearing at the town hall. An
effort lis being made to have the gov
eminent construct channel which
shall be not less than 5 1-2 feet deep
at mean low water and 90 feet wide.
The local exchange of the Southern
New England Telephone Co. should
be housed in their new home before
the end of the week Linemen and
electricians have been engaged within
the past few days arranging the pre-
Iiminaries which go in advance of the
monster task of changing from one
without any interruption in the ser
vice.
One week from today residents of
the Compo section will see the rural
free delivery man dashing up to their
door. This is in accordance with an
order sent out from Washington to
Postmaster Harris. The residents of
the Comic section some time ago
petitoned Postmaster Harris for the
rural free service. Mr.. Harris took
took up the matter with the men
higher up with the result that the
new system is TO be installed on the
first of the month.
The members of the Ladies' Aid
Society of the Saugatuck Methodist
church are making arrangements for
a supper and bazaar to be held at
the church parlors on the evenings
of April and TO-
The meeting of the 500 club has
been abandoned for Thursday of this |
week but Will be held as usual next
week.
All freight coming into Westport
by trolley will be delivered in the |
future by Leonard G. Mackenzie who |
has secured the contract for those la
bors.
Local fishermen are rejoicing over
the large catches of the famous West |
port smelt within the past few weeks |
All of the tasty morsels they could |
CLEAN from the waters were gobbled |
up by the Bridgeport and Norwalk |
dealers. Reports have it that the
catches still continue and that the |
fish demand a good price.
Engineer James A McElroy of the |
state highway department was in |
town today looking over the new
highway is conceded by road builders |
to be one of the best laid construc- |
lions of its kind in this part of the |
country. The state department has |
a road scraping machine and a num- |
Der of men in this section of the !
country getting the roads into con- |
dition for the spring travel
The Benefcent society will meet
with Mrs. S. L. Foster at her home |
tomorrow afternoon.
The Mems Club of Christ church |
will give a supper at the church |
parlorS on April g from D. m, till |
8. .. m.
William H. Blaisde1l who died in |
New York last week in his And. year
is nephew of Miss Mary BIaisdel1 of |
Main street
The Misses Alice and Ethel Tobey |