The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-05
RELIEF BOARD SITS; BUSY TIMES AHEAD Many Bedding Citizens Az qrieVed Over Increase of
 Tax Valuations. A Swarm Expected at Next Mondays SessiOn.-TOWn Gives Over $500 to Dan
 bury Hospital.
BEDDING
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 Reading. Feb 5-Of the many whose tax valuations have this year been raised by the assessors only three appeared before the Board of Rellef at the first meeting of that body on Monday last In evident anticipation of large number or petitioners ana Of the raising of some interesting questions the assessors were present. The session was largely occupied With the case of PhiIo Lyon, residing in the southeast corner of the town. He has small one story and hah house with one roof much elongated, and a sfnaII barn Both buildings are so much delapidated as to be hardly 11ssable although the house has lately received a new covering Of shingles. The valuation of these buildings hao been jumped by the assessors to $9O0 from S4O0 and the owner entered pro- test on the ground that by compar1- son with other property his was listed too high. The boards proceeded to make the comparison which was re-. ouekted and as a result agreed that MT. Lyon was right irr his contention. 1t followed as a, matter of course that either his valuation should be lowered or that there should beFa general in- crease involving probably all the buildings in town. Undoubtedly the former action will be taken in adjust ment of the matter The other ap- plicants heard were Mary T.. Jones of Umpawaug, whose former valuation of $4OO had been more than doubled. and Milo L. Osborn, who appealed from, increases of $50 each. on his barn and horses.
 Some discussion took place between the members of the two boards as to the cdfrectpess of the principle on which the increases had been madefon farm buildings at the instance of As eessor Connery, the Georgetown mem Der of the board. His claim. was that houses in Georgetown were in at a higher rate than most of those of the same class in the farming districts, although the latter had barns and oth- CT auxiliary Buildings To this it was replied that because Georgetown was a, busy industrial village houses there could be readily rented and on account of this income capacity commanded higher price than strictly country dwellings and should be listed at a higher figure. The country house. 1t was urged, would be comparatively useless without the auxiliary struc- lures and when it came to selling the property there must be found a cuS- toner willing to take as quantity of land along with the buildings, It was alsoS suggested st1lat GeoFsetown had eovery or at least in putting forward the claim that she was being unJustly discriminated against
 The largest individual increase of the new grand list is that Of Csommo- dore Iuttgen, who has a raise of about $7.o0O due to the ten per cent. addl- ton consequent upon his failure to put in a. list. Mir. Josepha, a large property owner on the west side, was also negligent and suffers the penalty. Following is a complete list of the in creases imposed by the assessors, a few of them representing building inn movements wholly or part: Eu- gene Adams, $SSO; George S. Banks, s350; John Brady, $224; Frank Bruen- neasen, $10O; Grace Clark, S2OO; Aaron H. Davis, $2O0; Philander F. Ferry, $155; Patrick Flood estate, $190; Jen- nie c. Gay, $450; D. J. Gorham, s200: Patrick Green estate, $500; Joel G. George Hazen, $55o; Charles A Hill s20O; Emily Hill, s100; Margaret Hill. $275; w. B. Hil estate, $275; Mary L.. Jones, SAYS; Henry Kennell, $2O0; An thony Kolosky, $100; Harry Louns- bury, $50; Christopher Leveley. $130; $500; Isabelle Mcdonald $390; Charles Warehouse, s20o; Christian Miller. $450; Maud Mardin, $100; Marietta Lyon, $560; Helen N1ckerson, $200; John Nordland, $1.00O; Ernest Ostling, $1O0; L. O. Peck. $500; Henry Platt, F Dudley, $500; Ella A Read, $4oo; John c. Read, $300; Annie Remington, $500 |; John Reynolds, $300;s Elizabeth Rider $4O0; J. J. Rider, $200, Edward Ryan, s1O0; Aaron H. Sanford, $200; Charles Sanford, s20e; George A Sanford es- tate, $4O0; J. B. Sanford, $3s0; Jesse L. Sanford, $660; Julia Fl. Sanford, s555; John S. Sanford, s155: w. c. San ford $50; Andrew SteitEel $1O0: Chas Stole, $250; MI Joseph Sullivan, $100; Mary E.. Whitehead, $50; Albert vii Hams, $9o0; Daniel G. Wood, g, 900.
 Non-residents: D. C. Beard $500. Amica Boughton, $500; --s Brdnker- hof, $500; George Clover, g. 240;' Will liam Doig, $10O;1 May Driggs, s20O; Catherine Drier, $1 ,08O; Angeline How ard, $280; Charles Morehouse $84; gorge Patterson, s10o; Winthrop Per Sanford, 2nd, $500; Eva Sherwood, $200; John M. Sullivan, $1O0; Arthur J. oTdd, $100; Alice M Thompson, S200; Dorothy Williams estate, $1, GOO.
 The relief board meets again next Monday when it is expected that they will be fairly besieged by disgruntled property owners.
 The town surpassed earlier expecta- tionS in the amount of it's donations to the Danbury Hospital, the total having reached the sum of $546 Of this amount $50 was given by Senator Peck in response to early appeal from a, Danbl1ry canvasser, but on a protest of the Bedding captains for infring cement of territory the contri- button was transferred co their credit. When the local movement was first started one of the captains expressed fear that it would yield small results because there were so many local calls for worthy home objects that they kept the community's spare cash pretty well drained. If that. was the situation then it must be even more so now and with this fact in mind, appeals for several. charitable and other good causes are being held in abeyanee until there is time for fnan- cial recuperation.
 Bills were mailed by Collector Dun can this week to all persons liable for