The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-29
ESTATE IS S6O8, ,88O.2O ON INVENTORY Inheritance Tax Paid to State will Be More
 THAN $25, 900 GILT EDGED STOCKS
 WORTH $3os, s01.13 Value of Unique and Hand some Jewels Is Placed
 at $5,724.50

Mrs. Harriet Adelaide Perry. widow of the late William Hunt Per ry left an estate valued at $608, 8S0. 20 according to the inventory filed by the appraisers in the Probate court today. The appraisers were Samuel F. Beardsley, Hamilton s. Shelton and Dwight c. Wheeler. The inven- tory also shows that in addition to being a large, realty holder, Mrs. Perry held one of the largest amounts of gilt edged stocks and securities possessed by any one person in the city. Her holdings in stocks and securities alone totalled $SOS, ,3o1.18.
 Itlis, estimated that the inheritance tax which the state will receive will be more than $25.00o. Mrs Perry whose will was probated a short time ago, bequeathed large sums to pub lie and private charities, as well as $75,O0O to the city of Bridgeport for an arch in memory of her husbend to be erected at the entrance to SeRsid,. park.
 Her real estate is valued by the ap- praisers at $117s6OO and herperaonal prgperty at $4g4s26o Q SOs Tn addition to the stocks mentioned, the personal property is valued as follows:
 Bonds, $ss.1Os.6S; secured notes. 1,O65.O6: unsecured 4notes $1.100s 5ewelry $5,724; furniture, pictures. etc. s2,175; automobile, $5sooo; cash $s,sO4.s4
 Among the many valuable parcels of stock which Mrs. Perry owned few are the following: i. Six hundred shares, Bridgeport Fly draulfc company. $114. 900; 200 shares, New Haven Gas Light company, ST. 800; 131 shares S. N. E. Telephone conn pany, $1S,S9o; 200 shares New York Central R.N R., $1s,775; 200 shares I1lin- ois Central R. R., $22, 900; 100 shares Michigan R. R., s1I5O0; 40 shares New Haven Water co, $11, 480; 30 shares, Aetna. Insurance company, $1O,OSO; 100 shares National Bank of Commerce $16, 800; 100 shares Consolidated Gas Co., New York, SIP, ,750; s5 shares, Pull man Co.,. $13.090.
 Included in the large bond holdings are: Ten 1000 Nashville, Chattanooga, St. Louis R. R., $10 076s.5O; ten $1. coo St Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern R R., $10,O25; ten $1,O00 Seattle Elec- tric company, s1O.2O2.s0 Sten $1.0OO De- troit and Flint R. R.. ss,95EN.
 Mrs. Perry possessed many valuable and handsome jewels, the total value of which has been placed at s5724 5o Among other articles are a. camBo por- trait of William H. Perry, her late hus- band, surrounded by 22 diamonds, val ued at $9o0 land a brooch diamond spray, $s5e, and 9 pair. of diamond sol itaire earrings, $500 marquise ring
 
 ring. 14 diamonds, $500, besides many others,
 The executors of the will are Morris B. Beardsley and George ". Wheel CT.
 The real estate is made up of four teen tracts of land, all located in Bridgeport. The first is the home stead of deceased with a frame dwell ing house, barn and other buildings on Noble avenue. valued at S15, GOO: a house and lotfon East Washington ave nue, g, soc; the property at 30 and 3e street, $4,O00; 42-44 William street, 8, 400; 50-5S William street, $4,- poo; s49 Noble avenue, $S.50O;s 355 Noble avenue, $500
 The following tracts have no build Ing located thereon lots on Putnam street, $4, 500; tract on Berkshire ave hue. almost as large as an entire city square, $1S,O00; two lots on Pearl street. s1. 300 ;three lots on Pearl street $1.- 700; three lots on Helen street, $1, 700; three lots on Berkshire avenue $1,gOo; and a. lot on Lumber street.