The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-21
PROPERTY IS LIFTED $9,--00
 IN kEDD NC LIST
A Slight Concession From Last Year On Part of
 Peck Estate
Especial to The Farmer.)

Special to The Farner)
 Bedding, Dec. 21.-With one more session for compilation of figures and a possible review of some assessments
 tentatively fixed the assessors will compete their labors for this year.
 Properties to which they gave par tlcuiar attention were those of Com- modore Luttgen, L. O. Peck and Laura E. Peck as the two latter are now the subject of lawsuits from last years
 listing and the former subject of protest with an appeal to the courts regarded as not improbable. The board spent one day in an inspection of these properties. Last year Com- modOre Luttgen returned his 395 acres at $30 per acre while this year he list cd part at $3O and the rest at s10. The assessors have placed the valuation on the whole at about 80 per acre and. arised the figures on his buildings by about 5000 so that the total on both is some $64, as compared with $55,- OCO last year. In the case Of Mrs. Peck last years figures on buildings were allowed to stand while slight reduction was made on the land val7 uation. On Senator Pecks propertyj the former John W. Sanford place. last years total wos adopted, being reached by slight raise as to build ings and a corresponding reduction as to land. Notice is to be seth to all property holders of the amount of their new assesspents together with those of last Eear. The material changes are few. Town Clerk Sam ford will make up the abstract.
 Tho< <>f 1av 1 n Bridgeport Hydraulic Go. sometimes secure more than is needed for subl mersion or sanitary purposes was as- serted by Attorney S. c. Shaw in his talk last week before the Mems club In such excess requirement, however, he did not impute to the company any speculative desgins as it seemed to be their settled policy not to sell any of their holdings. It was his belief that the extra land was taken mainly out Of spirit of accommodation to the seller in instances when the latter At the same time MT. Shaw thought it undesirable that these surplus hold ings should be permanently made un- available for building or farming uses and favored the passage of a law pro-
  ership within a period of five or ten years. He also vindicated the water company as regards the charge that it's large acquisition of land in Easton had resulted in material reduction of the towns income from taxes. Their 5000 acres were assessed at about $6O per acre, the same valuation as that placed on improved farm land, so that on the basis of acreage the company paid considerably larger share than individual owners with the result that Easton's revenue had been largely in- creased. In Bedding the three pieces of property listed to the water com pay are assessed for 8 total ofs $1, 800 more than the amount of their assess ment when privately owned.
 The sentiment of deep sorrow and
 of profound sympathy with the af- flicted parents occasioned by the sud- den and untimely death of Joseph Hudson Sanford was noticeably mani fest among the gathering which at- tended the funeral services held at the residence on the Ridge Tuesday afternoon. One manner of it's expres- sion was in the lavish offering of beautiful floral tributes, conspicuous among these being a large pillow con- trfbuted by the decedent's fellow pu- pills of the Sanford school and bear ing the inscription, "Joe-From the Boys" Another, which arrived just as the services were concluded, was brought by a teacher of the Bruns- wick school of Stamford. Learning on Tuesday morning of their friends demise the Brunswick boys hastened to provide a handsome floral piece and forward it by one of their mas ters. The services were conducted by Rev. MT. Cunningham according to the Episcopal church ritual. He made no address and there was no singing. Interment was in the Ridge cemetery where several generations of the Sanford family have their final rest.
 The lad Ernest Read, whose skull was fractured by a fall from a horse on Tuesday of last week, is now prac- tically out of danger. When he first reached the Danbury hospital the doc- tors there regarded the case as hope less. At the back of the boys head a portion of the skull had been bent down so that it pressed against the brain causing a considerable effusion of blood. An operation was promptly performed by which this pressure was relieved and the blood removed. There was also a crack in the skull extending nearly from the crown to one ear. That the patient should rally and start towards recovery un- der these conditions is deemed mar velous
 Suit has been started by Attorney Shaw on behalf of the town against Lawyer E. T. Mulligan to recover three years taxes due upon the defendants summer residence at Lake Warau- maug. All are secured by liens. The taxes are $68.50 and interest and lien charges increase the total to $S1.95.l MT. Mulligan claims to have receipts showing payments for each of the three years but does not produce them.
 A Christmas tree service will be held at the Episcopal church on Sat urday evening at 7:30 o'clock with Suffragan Bishop Acheson taking part. The services on Sundoy com mencing at 10:30, will comprise the rite of confirmation, administered by Bishop Acheson, and communion. The Christmas day service will, be at 10