The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-04
GRAND LIST FOR
 STAMFORD NEAR SEVEN MILLIONS
Town Records Show Subur- ban Property is Valued
 At $6,698,338.
EXPENSES TO
 TAX RATE DOWN
Table Plan For 5000 I'm provements For Hunting
 ton School.
Especial to The Farmer.)

stratford, March Undetermined to keep the tax rate for the coming year in the neighborhood of 16 mills for the
 first district and 1855 for the second district as recommended, the finance board met last evening at the town hall and indefinitely tabled proposi- ton after proposition, saying that no money was available for such pro- jects.
 The adjourned meeting of the voters of the town will be held Monday, March 6, at the town hall to lay the tax.
 It became known today that the grand list for the year will total ap- proximately $6, ,698, ,33s. The first dis trict is listed at $5,613, ,406 and the sec
 ond districts, was $6,057, 7,347.
 last year, including the first and sec ond ristriets, was SC, 6,057, BAY.
 The amount of money to be collected from taxes is $1O6, 748. 94 and the ex- penses of the town as estimated by the finance board will be $1O6, 900. How ever, if the matter Of appropriat1ng $2, 800 as recommended 4jby the board last evening for laying a permanent road on Main street from Hard's cor ner to the railroad viaduct and the $500 for better drainage of Ferry creek there will still be small deficit. Ac- cording to some of the officials of the town today the tax rate will be 16.3 for the first district and 15.7 for the second district if these recommenda- tions are voted at the town meeting.
 It was voted at the meeting to ap- propriate g, 800 under the head of per manent Improvements for completing :A cement road on Main street from the railroad viaduct to Hard's corner, according to requestfof Highway Com missioner Charles J. Bennett. The to- tai length will be 2,628 feet. On mo- ton Of Judge Howard T. Curtis, member of the finance board, it was voted to pay for the road as. the work is done, instead of letting itsbecome variable expense. was voted to ap- propriate $500 for lowering pipes on East Broadway for the proper drain age of Ferry creek. At present the pipes are too high and are unable to carry away sufficient waste material.
 One Of the projects that were indeh- nite1y tabled was S, GOO for improve ments for Huntington school. Frank R. Sammis, Jeremiah Dahl and Attor- ney Ivan L. Morehouse spoke for the improvements, saying that two rooms need to be furnished and additional toilets put in. The board refused to consider the recommendation, rebuk- ing the school committee for not ask ing for the appropriations last autumn. The matter of placing 12 kerosene lights at $4 a piece at LordShip park was not considered a good investment dS CAAfuAoh pisyiHS HI tie Eoe1u HHlSHI throw stones or some other missiles at them which would render them un- fit for use.
 Miss Alice Judson and Attorney Ivan l.. MOrehouse appeared and ad- dressed the meeting. at some length favoring the proposed road from Main street through the meadows to Ferry Boulevard They said that it would relieve traffic on East Broadway and would cut off a mile for automobi1fsts and other vehicles in reaching Devon. Judge Howard J. Curtis discouraged the proposition, saying that it would take an additional two mill tax to do it besides the $10,000 already appropr1- ated for it. Judge Curtis said that the occasion did not warrant 1t. Sec ond Selectman Frederick w. Nettleton opposed granting $500 for grading Cal ifornia street. His reason was there is no money available.