The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-10
To Bond Town For $4O,OOO For
 School House
Board Of Finance Cuts Select men But Allows Acquisitions
 From Other Departments
Especial to The Farmer.)

l ing town meting wh1cn will decide just how much money shall be spent dur | ing the ensuing year. Only a few re- 1 auctions will be recommended by the I board and those will fall mainly on the ] se1ectmen. The board will recommend | bonding the town for $40,0O0 to build 1 a new Washington school house. This
 is the first time the bonding proposi-
 ton has ever been seriously consid-
 cred by the town This was decided upon at-the meeting of the board held 1 Saturday night. The Soard has reach | ed decisions on some matters which | are of interest. They have decided
 against the Short Beach road and also | against the plan to provide adequate ! maps for the town. The school com
 mittee gets everything it asks for ex- cepting the contingent expense ac-
 count which is reduced from $1 900 to i $500. The school committees items
 are: Salaries, $27,175; transportation,
 $1, 100; text books and stationery, s1.-
 500; janitors, $2, 400; fuel, $1,9OO; freight | and carriage, $75; rurniture and fix lures, $100; cleaning and repairing, $500; special repairs, $290; insurance, 1 $350; miscellaneous, z$350; miscellaneous | supplies, $150; contingent expenses | $500.
 The appropriation for town buildings was cut $4 on the telephone which rep resents the reduction allowed the town.
 The items are, lighting, $175; neat, s350; repairs, $250; telephone, SIP:
 Chief Judson's requisition was hon. ored throughout. He gets $1, ,040- for his own salary; for supplies, $1,175; hy- drants, $750; telephone, $105; miscella- neous, S150.
 For current expenses and to ycarry
 out the plans for road improvements as they are demanded throughout the year, the selectmen had made requi- sitions as follows: John E. Holmes,
 $2,500; James Lally, $S,000; First Se- lectnan R. A. Curtis, $1 500. The board
 of finance reduced the total to $5,00O and told the selectmen to divide it up among themselves as they could agree. As the town meeting cannot increase the amount the decision will seriously hamper the selectnien in doing the work for which the residents are clam bring. The board recommends $200 for crosswaIls, $500 for sidewalks, $1,200 for bridges $1, 200 for Sedgwick ave nue, $2, 800 flor toilets in the Center school, 94, 500 for three portable school buildings. They also recommend suitable drain for Hard's corner.
 At a previous meeting the fixed ex=1 penses of the town were passed on. These include the salaries, insurance, fees, etc, which are fixed by statute or by the town and which do not vary.
 At the last meeting or the selectmen the bond of Allen D. Judson for $1, GOO was accepted c. E. Dufour and Peter Gleason were appointed enumerators of the personal and military tax roll with a remuneration of $3 per day, the. whole not to exceed $75. Fred Cosier tender of the Washington bridge, was appointed a special constable to act only in the vicinity of the bridge
 John c. Wi1coxson, the town tax col Iector was appointed personal tax col lector at a salary of $1O0.
 Half dozen local constabIes with out the aid of the state police made a descent on the Travis Inn last night at 9:3O and captured a man and wo- man drinking in a private room. The couple gave their names as MT. and Mrs. John KimbaH of New York. 2 They appeared before. Justice Policy and gave bonds for $25 each for ap- pearance Mrs Gertina Travis, in whose name the license<for the place stands, gave a bond for $500. Howard Travis, husband of Mrs. Travis, is alleged to have approached the officers with a. cash offer for an arrangement which would release his place from the pros ecution An attempt is alleged to have been made to arrest him on the spor, but he escaped ard has not been seen since. A warrant has been issued for his arrest on the charge of bribery ard as he will probably be necessary to as- sist his wife in her troubles there is little fear that he wifi escape. It is
  ly belongs to the husband. It has been common talk about the town that the place enjoyed some kind of protection and frequent boasts have been heard that the place was immune from visits of the state police. The local constab- ulary resented this imputation and have been waiting for an opportunity to prove th- they were competent to handle local business without state as- eistance. The result has proved the contention that the state police are not needed to enforce the law in Stratford without giving it the repu- tation of being the worst town in the state" The cases will be tried before Justice Policy tomorrow afternoon at o'clock The constabIee who took part in the raid are Fred. Palmer. William Bassett, Arthur Parrotts Jas. and Edwin s. Hoyt. This is the sec , ond time the place has been raided ansl the constables assert that they have the goods this time and that the ar rest will result in the loss of the 1i- 1 cense by the Travises.
 Frank E. Conine has been honored l from several sources by an appoint l ment as local delegate to the National Conservation Congress which meets in | Washington next week. MT. Con1ne, | who is a well known landscape artist, appreciates the honor highly, but his ar0Or was cOnSlOerdD1y COO1Sd he read an annotation on the appoint | ment received from the selectmen. It i read, "You to pay your own expenses and hotel 'bills'
 The death of Rodney Beers brings regret to many of his old friends in this town where he was born and up He was one of five broth CTS who were the life of the young folks of the town 40 years ago. They were Charles, James, Oscar, Philo and There were also two sisters The old Beers homestead on Tea Party ane was the scene of many happy gatherings before the war. James went