The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-21
BEDDING PEOPLE
 MUCH IN TEREST TED
 IN LAND vALUAT TON
Condemnation Proceedings Main Topic of Interest
 Among Owners.

ma5oE1ty or the pe0p1S Ol Ills eosxils the leading topic of interest Is the condemnation suit of the Bridgeport Water Company, to obtain the Ste
 Valley. The prosedufes has sentf- mental interest involving as 1t in
 c1udos the dispossession of family rooted in the soil. 50 to speak and r also irvolvessg in neasu re the setting of s stand ard .of ..g alls for Read1as ard, strictly speakir Within he last ten or twelve years there has been transfer of property with City people as the buyers, but fhey have boughr E in widely separated lpcaIities and ar prices which glade ened the hearts of the sellers without conveyipg real as ssrances Of hope to the nel ghbori ng I,r roperty owner that he could rid him Self Of land of the same quality at the same alIurilag price Tn he situa- tion had. and still has, very large degree of the speculative clement. Harry I<ol1nsbt1ry in his testin1ony be- Efore tlae committee al Tuesday s hear ing Undoubtedly ne Is the town g best expert and he admitted that his estirna tes of the Stephen Sanford pro perty were largely g. matter of pos sibflities based upon actual ties rath- er than positive knowledge as repre- sented by dollars and cents annediate-i Iy availab1e It was interesting to note that he figured good meadow land at less than partly wooded and rather ro1Eh territory. The latter had the advantage, if such 1t can be called. or an elevated situation and an unabr a- geous growth. AS as matter of fact there are two offers of purchase COW ering ten acres. at about $1o0 per acre. of the land involved in he con demnation proceedings, but testimony to this erect was ruled out as legal authorities were quoted to tn effect that ssoffers's did not count. Actual sales only were pertinent Gonse- 1nently a good deal of teEtfrn ony fa- vorabIe to the Sanford interests was excluded. although more or less eYi- dence to this effect was got in s.edEe- vvisess as sevidence., Z,
 There were two other Interesting phases of the hearing which might be noted ono the high value placed on the buildings by professional builders, ana the other the substantisI agree called by the water company IS to the first feature, the figures given by MT. Al Smith of Bridgeport of szS. 100 seemed to soIne hearers far too nigh. The figures of Builder McCoI- l am were low bu they also seemed. l .o the witnesses called by the water company a trifIe exaggerated No me, however, called in question the oracticaa capacity Of good faith Of 1 sither Of these witnesses.
 The other interesting feature Of the l ,ase is the fact that fonr witnesses l his town substa11t j ialfy agreed as to he value of the property That is heir estimate was about $15, 900 with ! thousand or two added when 1t sAmes to an estimate by detail Re- cause Joseph Sullivan would not low-
 
 sstimate so that the former figure would not go below sic, 800, the water company counsel did not put him on the stand.
 Rather more inter restfng ian eit ither of the features above referred to WAS 8. srumor which gained circulation after the close of Tuesdayss hearing that the parties in interest had virtually reached settlement on the basis of about $15s000. This may be so or 1t
 A notable event will be the appear on Saturday evening Of this week Of I@Ts Ch arles IT. Eastman and his taI- ent cd daughter Irene. pr. Eastman IS a pure blood Sioux Indian and prob ably the most distings ished member now living Of his race He has achiev- ed adistinttion as medical practition- or author and lecturer The subject of the lecture he will deliver on Sat- urt1av evening is "The Real Indian, ana he will appear in c.stume His daughter Irene, who has developed naarkaaole talent as voca11st will contribute to the entertadnnaent by giving Indian folk lore songs Tn appro- prta,te costume. The occasion has a special local interest because Dr. East man S wife was, before her marriage Elaine soodel. who with her sister a former ir1struetor in the Sanford school, gained a nation idle fame from their poetic prod auctions. They were known as the child poets of the Berk- shire Hills and instanced their early reputakions by more nature work having publication in the high class
 ma sazines. The hereditary genius Of the family finds it's latest expression In the vocal capacity of pr. Eastmanfs daughter.
 William Blake has retired from the er1terprise Of transporting milk from Pleasant Valley to Bridgeport leaving the field clear to Ferris Read. The latter Is now using two teams in the business and carrying 80 cans daily
 Harry Sanford zr1d. familiarIy known as Hal returned this week from a trip to Mexico Before he started he interview with Villa for whom he had an admiration and it is assumed that he did so. MT. Sanford told some Of his friends, rather jokingly they thought. that when he got back from his trip he would organize a military company to aid the Mexican revolu- tionists.s
 John Muennfch, proprietor Of the Ridge store, has purchased touring car from pr. Lord or RfdgefeId. The machine has been used so slightly that it is practically as good as new
 Commodore Luttgen has resumed road building operations in his park tract which was formerly the East Woods. There have been already constructed some eight miles Of first class roads through this section and thes extension of the work contern