The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-16
CEMETERY NOT
 PROPERLY KEPT
Complaint Made By Miss Booth and Former
 Sexton.
Especial to The Times.)

wSratIord. Aprn lb-COmplalnlS on the way the Union cemetery had been cared for during the past year were made by Miss Jeannette Booth and Charles Mills, a former sexton, at the annual meeting of the Union Ceme- tery association held in the select mems office on Monday evening. Miss Booth told of stones being left tipped over and when others were repaired they were not done correctly. MT. Mills said that the dirt was left about on lots and that lots for which & trust fund was left were not taken care of. In response to a question why this was so, Albert Anderson, the present sexton, said that 1t was true in one case as all last summer he had been taking care of a lot which he thought was the correct one and allowed the lot for which money had been pro- vided to go unhedeed.
 John c. Wllcoxson. F. Starr Boards ley and Harry A. Burnes were elected directors of the association at this meeting and the reports of the secre- tary and collector and the treasurer were read and approved. These re- ports had been audited by Gilbert Edwards and Arthur Wheeler, who remarked that they were glad to seq the money was in the bank with very little in the hands Of any officials. He said they were sure of the money with 1t in the bank,
 It was shown by the treasurer's report that the indebtedness due the association by George T. Jewell had been reduced $1,2oO leaving a bal ance of $3, 400. An excellent financial statement was shown as there is at present in the Stratford Trust Co. to A @-- sociation in saving and check ac- counts the sum of $5,614-24. The ex- penses of the association for the past year was s1,385 consisting of $4s7 paid for the opening of graves, $475 for the clearing of the cemetery and S92 for the caring of lots. The sum of $183.25 was received as interest on the trust funds. Over S1,000 was received for the sale of lots last year.
 The secretary's report showed that $312.22 had been received from as- sessments against thel ot owners last year and that there were a number of lot owners who had not paid. In 8 number of cases the owners Of the lots were not known as the families had gone away from Stratford and 1t was not probable that the assessments could ever be collected from them. It was voted at the meeting Monday night that an assessment bel aid for the ensuing year of 75 cents per square rod.
 The sewers that are being dug along Strat2ord avenue and which have been in the course of coustruc- ton for some time, are causing much comment. Just why it is taking so long to dig these sewers and to lay the pipes does not seem to be under stood by a great many people but if they could get off the trolley cars and lok down into the sewer excava- ton 1t would be seen that the trenches dug are 20 feet below the level of the street and in the digging of such deep trenches much time is consumed. It also takes longer to lower the pipes into place.
 The decision on the building line on the west side of Main street will be given by the selectmen after their meeting next Monday night, as the board after the meeting last Monday evening adjourned until that date. At the meeting of the selectmen on Mon- day night next the line will be esta,b- lished and the owners of the old Sel- 1eck property opposite the Methodist church can then build.
 There were about 100 present at
  building line held in the court room of the town hall on Monday night and q number of the men present spoke The majority of those that spoke seemed to be in favor of the town giv- ing away some of the street land to the owners of this property while the selectmen are against the giving away Sf the town property. Present at this hearing were a number of lawyers, including the towns attorney, Judge John S. Pullman, Judge Thomas H. Coughlin, Attorney Ivan L. Morehouse and Attorney Henry shannon.
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