The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-14

The hearfrtx z was resumed subsequent Iya with W. c. Sanford, cousin of T. P. Sanford. and owner of land adjoin- ing that affected by the suit. as the first witness. He valued the five acres of woodland near the Arnold tenement at $1Oo an acre because 1le had commission to buy it at that price and because he had sold two ano one-half acres of his own land close by at this rate. The 50 acre tract on the opposite side of the river he val- ued at s3,750-$1o0 for the meadow and $50 for the pasture land per acre. The homestead tract of s2S acres he thought worth $75 an acre.
 ! Here Attorney Stoddard, for the pe-s tftioners, objected to this piecemeal3 methods of getting at results. claiming that the witness should estimate the, property as whole and leave the de-. tails for cross-exanination- lie was sustained in part by the comm1ttee and the witness then gave the value. of the 23 acres with the family house and large barn and the water supply spring at $11, ,250. Of this the house represented $5 0O0 the main barn $2,- GOO and the water supply system g, 800.
 water power, slaughter, former shop buildings and four acres s3,s75; grfst
 mill and it's water power $1,25O; ice house and pond $4o0: six acres ad5oin- ing pond $1oos per acre, east pond, $1, ,Oo.
 The witness cuaIified the last ap- praisal by saying that 1t sdepended somewhat whether the pond was to be retained or removed, intimatlng that some one was willing to pay the sum named to prevent its el11nlnat1on- He figured the value of the two ponds irrespective of the -power they could furnish. at $1,00o.
 His total for the entire property under consideration was s24 ,000 Hugh c. McCollan, builder of Red- ding, was called after the noon ad-s jotrument and asked the value of the Wharton tenement house as apart from the land. Attorney Stoddard ob- 1ected on the grounds that the witness should not be allowed to testify about the value of a building apart from the land or as to the cost of replacing and building. The witness was allowed to continue, subject to the exception not ed He thought the house was worth $500, that of the other ten enent $500. and of the old barn $50. The family house he valued at T,7oo. the main barn at $2,7o0 and the corn barn at s1,- 40. Shop attached to the latter $260; main ice house $40; grist mill $500.
 His total on the buildings was $15,-' z17. On cross -exarninatfon the witt ness said that to rebuild the Patrick ColIins house would cost $1 200. The |IOG1nS pEOp6EIY Gd0JO14lS tuS 6d4A1SANA and there had already been placed in evidence that the house and nine acres of land drought g. 300 at auction. Mr. McCollam said the replacement Of the barn on the place would cost $z5o. t
 Herbert N. Knapp of the Brokerage fnvestn1ent firm Of BUTT & Knapp. this city was next called. He said he had appraised a good deal of land about Bedding Ridge for the purpose |of making mortgages. T1adss week he examined the property now under consideration without. however. In cluding the ponds and water power facilities. This opinion the present value of the land and bulldogs was $21, ,34S. This took into account the water power appurtenances and the power so far as it was in present use. Beyond that the witness made no estimate
 On cross examination the witness gave details. He figured the 50 acre tract at $4, ,s65 The river bottom mead ow land in the tract he figured at $50 per acre and the pasture at $75. The tenement house on this tract he call ed $1, 900. The five acre tract he val ued at 1885 and the house upon it at s400 The B acre tract near the home stead he put down at $67 per acre and the residence at $7,000. To build 1t new he thought would cost $9. 500. The main barn he called $2;500 ,includ- ing the refrigerator. All the other buildings near the house excepting corn barn were $1,o00 and the corn barn $1, 500.
 | Other items were: Four acres near the east pond, $265; ice house on shore of pond. $250; old button shop or grfst mill. $500; six acres near west pond, $40o.
 E. P. Sanford was called and asked