The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-02-10
PLAYGROUND PARK
PLAN PROPOSED BY
REDDING FIRE co.
Estate of Late Jeannette Glider
Is Far Below Esti-
mates.

Redding, Feb. 1O.-At the monthly
meeting of Fire Co. No. L, held on
Monday evening with a very large at
tendance, several minor changes in
the bylaws were voted and COM
mittee was appointed to arrange for
a dance to be given on the evening of
Feb. 18 either at the gym or Grange
hall. The meeting also favorabIy dis
cussed a proposal that a parade of the
department be held in the spring
probably in connection with pro
gram of athletic exercises The dis
eussion this matter brought from
D. S. Sanford a suggestion that the
company undertake the providing of a
public playground or athletic field for,
baseball and other athletic sports. He
said he was encouraged to advance
this idea because of the size the Or
ganization had attained and the ener-
getic and united spirit it was devel-
oping. The suggestion met with the
approval of many Of those present
and is likely to be the subject of def
mite action in the future. The meet
ing authorized the purchase. of a hec-
tcgraph and received the announce
for the Center district would be-
shipped yesterday. Mr.. Muennich had
sent his resignation as secretary and
treasurer to President Barnes, but the
latter did not receive it in time for
presentation to the meeting.
among the children Of the Ridge sec
ton with the effect of greatly dimin-
ishing the attendance at the public
school. When it first appeared the
pupils taken with the ailInent had no
tice to remain away until their recov-
cry. The contagion continued to
spread until the well ones were in a
decided minority and this led to a
consultation On the situation between
the school authorities and the local
health officer. Upon the 1atter's adj
vice the first regulation was changed
SO as to give those patients who had
passed the acute stage of the disease
the privilege of school attendance
while the few who were unaffected
had the choice of risking contagion or
remaining out Of school The ruling
was an application Of the principle of
| Der and the alternative course would
probably have led to the closing of
the school for several weeks -
Because A. G. Barnett recently OBJ
tained two or three galvanized iron
boxes to use as ice mouIds by way of
experiment he has been subjected to
much raillery a bout his ice maxim g
plant. The idea, however affords no
real provocation for kidding com
ment the scheme is of proven prac-
ticabiIity, one man on Long Island
and probably many others already en-
ploying this method for providing
their summer ice supply. The Long
Island man has forty Of these boxes
/ all connected by pipe and placed at
enough incline so that the turning on
! of a single stream of water fills the
lot. Three freezings give him the
supply he wishes to put up. The cost
of such an outfit is not large and it's
advantages over the ordinary method
are the saving of the cost of cutting
and carriage. In addition the box cases
| ST ho
had when the temperature is not sufi-
GENTLY low to create a pond supply.
Published reports of the plans de-
cided upon by the State Agricultural
College to use the Gilbert farm in
| Georgetown as an educational branch
for the college students are erroneous
in respect to their size descriptions of
| the farm. Instead of an area, Of so or
100 acres as stated the tract COM
prises upwards of 300. Since it be-
came State property by the terms of
the late Edwin Gi1bert's will it has
been used mainly for dairy purposes.
About a year ago most or the cows
were sold preparatory 70 entering
! upon the breeding of short-f1orn cat
tie from thoroughbred stock imported
from England, the purpose being to
Igive and and encouragement to the
raising of the short-horn or Durham
/ breed in New England. For beef pur-
poses the short-horn has superior
qualities and as a dairy animal is also
very satisfactory The new herd now
mum bers about a dozen head. inc1ud-
ing the calves, and as the farm gen
orally is better adapted for cattle
keeping than for ti11age it will prob
ably continue to be used as a center
/ for the short-horn propaganda.
/ At Mondays session of the board of
/ relief w. H. Hill protected against the
SO per acre assessment on about %
of sprout land owned by him, the val
uation having been doubled from that
of last year AS agent he also ap-
pealed from the assessment placed on
the Seth Todd farm, claiming that the