The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-19
OF THREE BIDDERS BENJ. BANKS GETS
 BEDDING ROAD JOB
Sale of the John Muennich Property Leads to Another
 Transaction,
Especial to the Farmer.)

tenanee of the town roads three plds | awaited the action of the special road | commission at their meeting last Sat 1 urday evening. They were from for.
 mer ;Selectman Charles Sanford whose | figures were $16,000; combination 1 bid from George o. Sanford and Lew 1 Warner at $15,6o0 and one. from | former Selectman Benjamin B. | Banks at $15,000. As the latter was
 the lowest it was voted to award MT I Banks the contracts He immediate 1 1y resigned from the commission and
 the vacancy will probably be filled by ! the choice of Michael Connery. The
 fact that neither SeIectnen Osborn 1 or9 Sullivan submitted a proposal oc- | cas1oned some surprise as both are
 excep ptionally well circumstanced to undertake the job. Both had said
 from the start, however, that they
 would not seek the contract, their l reason for this decision being apart l from the fact that such seeking would
 be of doubtful legality or at least pro. l prfety because the selectmen are to 1 act Jointly with the commission in l passing upon the suff1ciency of the l work done. That obstacle could probably have been overcome by bid l ding in the name of other parties.
 MT. Banks will start work inne7 l d1ately and carry 1t far this year
 as weather conditions will permit. His | NtO tSA HIS e1S SG4SCIL1lSIl nave gwen him practical experience in road l working and it is the general belief
 that he has entered on the undertak- Ing in good faith and with an all round competency of equipment which. should give satisfactory results. Last year the roads cost upwards of $6,-
 900, and the preceding year about as much, so that the contract means to
 the town an annual saving of about II $1.Oo0.
 If present arrangen ents are carried out the John Muennich residence, one
 of the most attractive of the Ridge places, will on Dec. pass to the ow
 ership of Mrs. Lil1ie Burkett and Miss
 Ida Woolworth of Brooklyn, they hav-
 ing given notice of their decision to
 exercise the option they acquired sew leral weeks ago and appointing the date mentioned as. the time for eff fect1ng conveyance. They are obtain
 ing the property for summer resi- dence and expect to occupy it next March. The reported consideration is
 $5,s00. Miss WooIworth is lawyer. As sequel to this transaction there
 has come about another in the pur- chase by MT. Muennich of the Henry s. Shaw property also located on the Ridge and distant only a few rods ,l from the store which the buyer has conducted for the past six years so
 that as regards convenience the G4A64A6G WAL PA1CS Itl11A SII AO AlSeA0-
 vantage. The Shaw property comprises three acres on both sides of the high-
 way and the buildings consist of < Il house a blacksmith shop and a barn. l Mr. Muennich will move to it about | the middle of December, meanwhile 1 adding to the, dwelling a wide piazza. J and making other improvements, in- l cluding a bath and an inside water l supply, distributed by the air pressure
 system from tank in the cellar. The i optic nTeId by MT. Muennieh will be
 turned into a transfer of ownership I as soon as the conveyance of his pres- ent residence is erected.
 John G. Stetson. general manager n of the big Arnold & Constable store in
 New York. made week end visit last week to his summer home in Pleasant Valley and after breakfast
 Sunday morning went out for a stroll
 On his return two hours later he step ped into the kitchen and casually re- marked to the housekeeper that there seemed to be something burning on. l the premises. Yes, Z she replied, l t'I started a little fire in the living
 room fire place. " Without any loss
 of tranquility MT. Stetson said he 1 guessed it was more than that and opening the door to the next apart. I ment saw that the interior was all ablaze. The heavy beam above the. front of the fire place had ignited and I the flames had spread to the adta- cent woodwork and furnishings. The
 housekeeper nearly collapsed at the l sight, but MT. Stetson. still unper- I turbed. addressed himself in a cool l and nnethodicaI way to the task Of I putting out the fire. In this he succeeded before serious damage had isbeen done.
 I A hearing was held in the probate i court last Saturday and Monday be- I fore H. S. Barnes and W. H. Hazen, I acting as commissioners on the estate l of tn e late Benj Ferris: The prin
 scipal claim they had to pass upon l was a note for $200 which the des I ceased executed about six years ago 1 in favor of Wilson Ferris. his broth ] CT. Its pawn ent would virtually I absorb the entire estate which was I left by will to the heirs of John Il Ferris, the will having been made Il previous to the note. The note was Il ed by Cornelia Jennings. and Rev. w. l H. Jepson Evidence was given to
 show that Wilson Ferris had advanced I to his brother various sums Of money l and supplies of which the note was I in satisfaction and that Benjauin had
 made upon it at least one interest
 payment. The commissioners have
 not yet reported their finding.
 A1dor Prudhomrne, a sawyer in the
 employe of J. H. Terry, vras arraign-
 ed befote a justice last Thursday for l assault his wife and breach of the
 peace She testified that he gave her 1 a severe KnaulinE on the previous Tues l day as the upshot of a wordy quarrel
 arising from mutual jealousy and that
 during 9 like squabble two weeks be- 1 fore he threw her upon the hot stove
 causing her arm to be severely burned. 1 Prudhomme was given a fine of $5
 and costs and a jail sentence of 30
 days. the latter being suspended for six months contingent on his good be- l hayior. He paid. The couple travel l from one lumber job to another in a little house on wheels. Last Satur- | daxyM axanire pr,1dIornroo tooIx sor,7a