The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-09
MAYOR STOEHR
 GIVEN EXPENSES AS FIRE WARDEN
Tax Board Appropriates $25 to Pay for His Brooms
 and Buckets.

Joseph Stoehr, mayor of the Bronx and chief of the Hillside fire depart ment, enlivened what otherwise would have been a very dull meeting of the board of apportionment last evening. The mayor was on hand by invitation of several members of the board and will receive as usual $25 for the expenses the Hillside de- partment is under in fighting brush fires MT. Stoehr is the state forest fire warden for the section where he lives. In the fall when the grass and brush in the nearby woods are very dry, and the boys of the neigh borhood have nothing else to do, they set fires in the woods and then call the fire warden.
 MT. Stoehr keeps a market and grocery store. So does Mich olas Tesiny, another we'll known resident of that section When the alarms come those who take part in putting the fires out grab a broom or buck ct from the stock of either Stoehr or Tesiny. The brooms and buckets seldom find their way back to the owners.
 Everyone up there comes to me with his troubles" said MT. Stoehr while he was explaining the need for more lights, sewers and better pave ments and sidewalks. When l was sitting down to my Christmas dinner a boy came rushing in and said his house was nearly on fire. He want ed me to go put it out" MT. Stoehr was proudly displaying his fire marshals badge last evening",
 The requisition of the board of education shows increases over last year in almost every item. The board did not ask for the one mill tax this year for new school buildings as it is understood that school buildings will be built in the future from the proceeds of bonds. Last year the board had an appropriation of s7O5,- 3O7. This coming fiscal year, $812,- 3O6 is asked for. Last year the ap- propriation for coal for heating the schools was s36,OO0. This year the board is asking for $50,000. Presi- dent Ravens said the board is mak- ing a saving at present by buying coal direct from the mines.
 Most of the items in the requisi- ton were passed without question or comment,
 The long requisition of the board of charities took up much time. Presi- dent F. w. Behrens, Jr., was present. The board asks for $5,000 for two additional ambulances and there was some discussion as to whether or not two ambulances can bep urchased for this figure. Why $2,500 is required for special legal services. an item which appeared in the outside poor account, was not made clear. Deficien- cies ranging from $75 to $650 were charged up in the various accounts.
 When Director of Public Works Jacob A. Courtade was called he said $5,000 would be needed to replace steel street signs wsich have been destroyed by mischievious boys or by others. The bulkheading of Yellow Millp ond will cost $20,000. The work might have been done last year for $15,5OO and that amount was appro- priated for the purpose but later transferred to another account. The United States engineers have ordered the work done.
 The salaries item on the police requisition this year is $416,410.84, an increase from about $270.000 last year. As yet no citizen has appeared before the board to question any in- crease or expenditure proposed.