The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-14
STAMFORD GRAND LIST IS RAISED
 TO s1e,OOO,000 Property Values Have In creased Greatly Through out Town. BOWLING ALLEYS ARE OPEN SUNDAY Lecture in Library Course
 Has Been Postponed a
 Week.
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 Stratford, Jan. 14-Following the example set by Connie Lewis, pro- prietor of one of the large bowling alleys in Bridgeport, Martin Knapp, manager Of the Stratford alleys, will open his alleys next Sunday for busi- ness and will allow bowling games during the day. The pool parlor of the alleys will not be opened, as state law prohibits the playing of pool on tie Sabbath day. MT. Knapp, who has been advised regarding the matter, stated last evening that hds informant who is a man well versed in the laws of the state, told him that he had just as much right to open the alleys as any of the stores had to open their places of business to sell their rSerchandise. MT. Knapp also stated that he had been advised by his attorney that no state law for i bids bowling on Sunday anid that he intended to consult other alley own CTS relative to keeping open on Sun day in the future. Considerable op- position to the opening of the alleys ] on Sunday is being made and Chief of Police William B. Nichols has aid- vised MT. Knapp that if the alleys are opened for business he will be 1 1 stated that as far as the opposition
 was concerned he did not know oi any and the only one that had oppos- I ed the plan was Chief Nichols.
 Owing to the illness of Dean Chas 1 R. Brown of Yale University, who was l to have opened the Stratford library 1 lecture course on Friday evening ot l this week the lecture has been post poned. Dean Brown, who is suffer- ] ing with severe attack of bronchitis l will deliver the lecture planned for l this week on Friday evening of the ! following week.
 1 Carpenters are en"aged in laying q 1 floor in the basement of Red Men'2 hall in preparation for the new clut rooms of Okenuck tribe which vii be fitted up in the very near future 1 Two pool tables have been purchased ] for the enjoyment of the membe ] and several card and reading table;
 will also be added to the clubs equip 1 nent. A little later it is planned tc install bowling alleys and other l amusements in the club. George w ] SpaIl, assisted by William Howard Wilcczson, is supervising the work. Following three months of faithful and conscientious work done withou- fear or favor the Stratford grand Ts' has been raised by the board of as sessors to approximately SIS GGO OOO the amount which was asked for a the annual town meeting. This in. crease is about S4,5O0, 900 over las years list. In a statement to the To- cal correspondent last evening, Loui. E. Peck, chairman of the board O
 assessors, stated that the property or nearly every street had been substan tia1ly increased, particularly on tn, main thoroughfares of the town. A the center MT. Peck said that las tyear the property was assessed at se per front foot and this year it was o1 the list for 80 a front foot, Mail street from the railroad to Barnun avenue was boosted from $2G to $40 front foot and from Barnum avenu to Paradise Green an increase wa
 made from $15 and S20 to $30. Tn
 houses of the town have also bee1
 materially increased. The property il
 the south end and in the vicinity o
 Honey Spot road Vas raised very littl and in some cases a reduction wa
 made. Most of the increase comes il
 the first districst, which increase
 due to the assessing of the propert
 by tho front footage instead of b
 the acre as has been the custom F >0
 past. The total assessm ent of tn
 first district property is s13,313, ,19!
 Figures for the second district are nc
 quite completed but a substantial in
 crease has also been made in thi district