The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19
BULL DING TO START
 IN RIDGE SECTION
Construction of Three Houses Makes Good Beginning for the Season.

Makes Good Beginning for
 the Season.
 ! One is For Clarence Sturges, a
 Wealthy Fairfield Resident
 Special Town Meeting to Lay
 Tax-Death of Henry San
 ford.
 Reading, March 1s-Three projects maturing within the last few days give a fair start to the seasons real estate and building movement on the east side of the town. One transac- ton was the sale by Joseph Sullivan to Emil Schoch, of the Sanford school teaching staff, of an acre build ing lot situated on the NewtowH turn pike a few rods east of the Five Points The consideration was $l00 and the lawyer intends to erect on the land g. bungalow to be finished in
 time for use, this season It might be inferred that his building proJecr 1 also involved a matrimonial project or 1 was involved in it, but Herr Schoch isays that this isn't so, although he is putting up the bungalow for his own occupancy The purpose Is to pro-
 vide a retreat where during the va cation period, he can flock all by his lonesomeness or if so disposed call Tn friends to share his solitude. Fl. e. McCollam will have the contract for erecting the building.
 1 The building of a bungalow in Pleasant Valley has been planned by Clarence Sturgis of Fairfield who be- gan negotiations several weeks since with w. c. Sanford to acquire land for the site. He made choice Of a tract known as the Hemlocks and lo- cated on rising ground west of the highway not far from MT. Sanford's residence. The bargain has been set tiled as to terms and only requires passage of the papers to be closed up Conveyance would already have been made had not MT. Sturgis sud- denly left for Florida last Friday on a health trip advised by his physician. Before leaving heAsent word to Mi. soon as he returned. He designs to have the bungalow, which will be a commodious structure, completed so that he can use it during at least part of the coming summer.
 Robert Ferry, now living in Miss Emily Hills house on the Ridge, will this season build a home of his own on 8 lot Of one acre which he recently bought from Marcus H. Burr. The land lies on the main highway near on the building will be done by Will liam s. Banks.
 Many who attend the annual town meeting in October were confident that among the business disposed of was the laying of a tax at the rate of 12 mills. This idea proves to have been erroneous and consequently a special town meeting will shortly be held for the purpose of laying the tax The town clerks records show that at the October meeting B. B. Banks moved that the annual tax rate be fixed at q the rate to 12 mills was then offered and adopted. Next in order, of course, was a vote on the motion as amended, but the records show that instead of such action the chair en- tertained a motion by B. B. Banks to defer the laying of the. tax to a spe- cial meeting to be held in March and that this motion was carried. A state ment from the selectmen at the lcto- Der meeting showed that it would need a. 12 mill tax to raise enough revenue to meet the fnanciaI require ments of the town for the coming year and had the matter then been dfspos- ed of this rate would doubtless have been fixed. At the coming meeting some advocacy of a lower rate is 1 part of those whose property va11a- tions have been raised. A lower rate however, means only deficit and an addition to the towns indebted--ss. This is a policy which 5F~Would Iapprove in principle aDy one which has been ernphatfcaI1y Msapproved by fthe votes Of previous town meetings. After a brief illness from grip with bronchial complications Henry San ford died at his home in Pleasant Val I ley early Wednesday, morning. He was the youngest of the ten children l of the late James Sanford, who owned Ia large part of Pleasant Valley and conducted several manufactories along g the Aspefuck river ,and a gfeat-grand- son of Rev. John Beach, the doughty
 missionary clergyman who was the first pastor of two infant Episcopal lfown. founded in Revolutionary times. Henry Sanford was a skillfuI mechan- I ic and in his younger days worked in his fathers shops He had excellent mental endowments and innate quail ties of kindIiness and courtesy which l His age was about T. The funeral I will be held on Friday afternoon with services at the home at 2 o'clock
 A debate on the question whether fsteam or electricity had been Of most 1 benefit to the world was held last I Wednesday afternoon at the indepen- ldent district schoolhouse in Wilton
 between the Center public school of this town and the RidgefieId school The Centerss debating team consisted of Douglass Bodies Arthur .MeCoIIaIn and Carl Berquist- About twenty of their schooImates accompanied them on the trip to Wilton. The Ridgefield idebaters presented their arguments in Icareful1y prepared essays while the Bedding ce~ ugent spoke extempor- aneously IS very interesting and able di sion on both sides. The decision went to RidgeheId.
 An Airdale dog owned by Paul Trop of the Rock House district is bitter r7 <@E ~7--
 with a seeming partiality for the black snake which has it's habits mostly in the water As this snake feeds largely on young fish it is ab-