The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-12
TWO CHIMNEY FIRES
 CALL OUT ENGINES
Redding Ridge Department Promptly Makes Long
 Distance Responses.
Appellants Numerous at Sec ond Session of Relief Board Tuberculosis Beef Finds a Ready Sale.

Ready Sale.
 Bedding, Feb. 12-The Board of Relief had no idle moments at their second session held on Monday Ap- pellants whose cases received a hear ing were Alhertz Williams, DC Wood, Daniel W. Green, Isabelle McDonaid, George S. Banks for himself and the George A. Sanford estate, Chris Love ley, Edward Ryan, Philander Ferry, Winthrop Perry, Mrs. William White. head, Ella A. Read, JoI1n C. Read. J L. Blackman, and Marietta, Lyon Urf-. like most of the increases that of MT. Wood for $2,000 was on his 300 acres of land instead of buildings and the hearing brought out facts to show that by the standard Of comparison the raise did him no injustice Including the increase his land is listed at about $S7 an acre while adjacent land oyvrr- ed by Senator Peck Is in for $3s and the Gorham land lying between the two tracts at $40. MT Wood was also reminded that the valuation of $2,0OO on his buildings was quite mod crate MT. Williams protested against an in crease of s900 for buildings on the ground that on Oct. only one Of his new barns had been completed. work on the other being just started at the time, and that the two barns provided no more accommodation than the for mer buildings Besides for about half the year he had been without barns altogether. The other hearings deyel- oped nothing of special interest.
 Commodore Luttgen writes w C. Sanford, one of the relief board. that he distinctly recalls mailing a letter containing return of his taxable property within the prescribed time. It was addressed to the assessors of Bedding. but evidently miscarried as it failed to reach the assessors and as required by law they added Il O per gen's valuation. While the relief board fully credit his statement in regard to mailing 3. list they doubt their legal right to accept it a.s a reason for abaf- ing the 10 per cent. addition. It is probable however, that they will act favorably on his general appeal for reduction as the valuation on his land certainly appears to be excessive. His S70 acres are down for $1S,OO0, al-! though only a. few acres are tilIable, the rest being sprout land, swamp and rock ribbed hills which cost him only from $5 to $10 per acre. #
 Assessor Connery explains that it was not alone the higher valuation borne by Georgetown property which prompted him to advocate higher hg-I ures for east side buildings, but also the comparatively higher valuations carried by farm property on the west side. Several instances are cited by him in support Of the latter conten- ton. To this the east sidera reply that west side property is worth at least 25 per cent. more by reason of possessing railroad facilities. They also say that MT. Connery has been on the assess ment board for five years and was al- lowed the entire say as to fixing valua-' tions on his side of the town. Hence they wonder that he did not make an earlier effort to correct the alleged in equalities. The relief board will meet again next Monday.
 Threatening chimney fires caused the calling out of the Reading Ridge fire department twice within a week noon of last week to the house of Randolph Bradley. A great accumu- lation of soot made the blaze a stub born one and after about 30 pals of water had been poured down the chimney without appanent effect Mr. Bradley pfioned an alarm. Marcus Burr soon arrived with one of the chemical engines which sqalirted ithes contents of the tank into the chimney with promptly effective results. By that time Mr. Muennich arrived from the Ridge with another engine and at naained of the fire a further dosing -ezls Irel 5s s1xsiIag gtaished it: The half charged machine was left on the premises over night for Use in case of possible need. Sooty water caused slight damage to walls. floors and car pets.
 Ishe second fire occurred Sunday on Sunset Hill occupied by William Gorham. From the chimney of an addition to the house used for a kitchen and having a roof several feet lower than the main structuresa blaze shot high. info the air A large crowd. soon .gathered and with much diff cnltY saIteand water were. tossed down the chimney. Had the wind been in another direction the flames would have been blown against the main house and as it was conditions were so scary that the engines were sent for. They arrived within 1 minutes hitched behind wagons, but the dam ger was then past.
 A few days ago George Poyse of the Center had COW slaughtered which proved to be badly affected with tuberculosis and so Poyse was inform ed by the butcher who did the job. New ertheless the latter sold one quarter Of the beef to James Sweeney and am other to Will Couch telling them, how ever, of the cows diseased condition. MT. Couch, who- is making his home in barn this winter, said a. little .b1en1fsh like that makes no difference as he was not of the over particular, fussy, kind and the pure foodists needn't think they could scare him. MT. Sweeney was likewise minded, re- marking that in these days of high living costs any beef was out of sight better than no beef. Poyse retained the other two quarters for his own use and will put most of it in pickle. He says that if the consumption bacil1i survive this treatment of salt and saltpetre to say nothing of subse- quent boiling they are quite welcome and anyway that there would be no fun in living unless one occasionally took chances. The authorities, to whose attention the case was called, concluded that they should not be dis tressed as long as the persons directly ,unor<, satiefiad proI,n 1,1rr 4,