The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-31
Administration In
Panic When Defeat Looms
Up For Bond Issues
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| tending the seaWall and the boulevard
at Seaside park from its present ter
minus just beyond the public bath
houses to F'ayerweather's island. This
same plan also provides for a bridge
from Fayerweather's island to Fan
cher's dock. Later the park board
will ask $3.50, 900 more to fill the barren
land back of the. seawaH and reclaim
for park purposes an area as large as
the present park.
| For street extensions S250,OOO will be
asked. This includes the extension of
Elm street from Harrison street to the
rear of the police and charities build
ing and possibly through to Courtland
street; the possible extension of Har-
rison street which Mayor Wilson We
toed after the council had voted in
| favor of it but which will be brought
up again if the money is appropriated;
and also the extension of Boston ave-
nue. back of Park cemetery and
| through North Main street.
For land damages it is proposed to
bond for $3.50, 600 more. This to in
clude the damages which may arise in
the taking of property to widen STRAIT
ford avenue when the new bridge is
built and also the widening of Grand
street and East Washington avenue
when bridges are built over the Pc
quonnock river.
For an entire new building to house
the charities and health departments
|
ent police and charities building in
Fairfield avenue, 100000 will be ask
ed in bonds.
Another 100000 bond issue will be
| asked to erect building for a new
| fire headquarters in which will be in
stalled a new fire alarm manual sys-
| tenn and also for a new fire house in
| the North End, and for new police
| precinct buildings in the West End
land on the East Side.
| The offices of the assessors swarmed
again today with indignant taxpayers
protesting against the increase in
their assessm ents. These were mostly
small home owners. Although it was
said by the assessors clerks that
| nearly sic, 100000 of the $4,000
900 increase made this year would be
borne by manufacturers and owners
OF centrally located property, few Of
the manufacturers called at the office
today. This is said to be due to the
fact that officials of the factories I'M
derstand that they can gain nothing
by applying to the assessors so they
will await the meetings of the board
of relief.
This board will begin sessions to-
morrow. 1t will be in session from 8
in the morning until 4 in the afternoon
and during the same hours on We'd
nesday, Feb. 8 and Wednesday, Feb. g..
On Feb. 2, and the board will
/ be in session from Z to 8 o'clock in
the evening. So many complaints
about increased assessments have
Preached the tax assessors that it is
expected the board of relief will be
4 busy every minute.
Some idea. of how the assessments
of manufa cturers have been raised
may be cleaned from these figures:
The Acme Shear Co.. listed last year
at $10S,S75, has been raised to $780,
$50; the American Tube e. Stamping
~ frN he
Bridgeport Brass Co., from $1,1S6,-
897 to $1,3S5, 629.
The Remington Arms & Anarnuni-
ton Co, the huge war munition plant
which has been created north of Bos-
ION avenue, comes In the list for &c.
/ 551 ,496. This was on the estimated
value of the plant on Sept /. Al
that time not half of the IL big five
story buildings which compose most
i of the big plants were completed and
much Of the machinery had not been
Installed. The assessors claim that
next year the Remington Arms & Am
nunttion Co. will be required to pay
taxes on at least Sic, 10000 for their
buildings. machinery and equip
ment.
The Remington Arms-U. M. c.
Co. is assessed for $5.843,O10. an in
Hast year.
It was rumored today that members
of the Manufacturers association
lnnight appoint a committee to protest
to the board of relief against the gem
eral raise in the assessment of valua-
ton of their property. Neither Pres
ident James G, Ludlum of the associa-
ton or Secretary Bennett would con-
firm the rumor. The Remington
Arms & Ammunition Co. and the
Remington Arns-U. M. c. Co. are
not members of the association.
: | IA ioIN Iav fc
whom nnahy of his constituents have
appealed because of the increase in
: their tax assessments will call eau
Gus of the Democratic mem bers OF the
common council preceding the meet
ing this evening. The caucus will
; consider a plan to ask the council to
appoint commission of real estate
men against the home owners gener-
ally.
There is also talk of forming a
Rent Payers league to investigate this
increase in property values
At the meeting of the advisory board
this afternoon, the board went on rec
ord as opposed to the two platoon sys-
tenn in the fire department 1t was
} agreed that changes must be made
soon to give the hremen more time off,
and Increased pay for hremen and po-
I1icemen was approved, but, according
to the board. the citys finances must
: be conserved now ana these are Things
of the future.
Many changes were made by the
board in the amounts of the bond is
sues that will be asked of the people.
The new schedule follows: School
houses, $3.50, 600 instead of $500, 900;
streets, $500, 600; sewers. $3.50. 600, re-
duction from $500,00o; parks, 1915, 900,
an increase of Sic. 900; police station on
east side, $125,0Oo, increase of s25, 900:
new charities and health building
; with clinic for tubercu1ars, commuui-
cable diseases and dorniciles for school
nurses $75, 900; land damages, $250, 900,
an increase of $50, 900; street extern
lsions, $3.50, 900, an increase of $50, 900.
The board suggested that hereafter
navnoeY1 of taxes be made twice in a