The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-24
VALUE OF LAND IS JUDGED BY
 } APPRAISERS

Operations of buiIding and loan association are very simple but not quite so simple as one Bridgeport wo- man thought when she called B. I. Ashmun, president of the Home Bu1lh- ing and Loan association, on the phone, and asked:
 How much will your association loan me on @ 50-foot lot in the north end west of Park avenue?"
 MT. Ashmun explained that g. per- sonal inspection of the property must first he made by three appraisers and something more specific known about the property than its gen aral location and size.
 Appraisers of property upon which the building and loan aSsociation makes loans are selected by the board of directors and receive for their work approximately $1.S7 each. According to the by-laws s5 is split among the three appraisers. A different set of appraisers are elected for each loan. H. E. BIakeman, secretary Nof the | Home Building and Loan association, has been a very busy man during the l past two or three days signing up ap- plicants for membership who didn't l care about waiting for the campaign
 to open but wanted to begin at once. I His office at 610 First-Bridg port Ma tional Bank building, has been a
 Mecca for hundreds of interested peo- | pie during the week. MT. Blakeman I already has close upon 5000 shares | subscribed for. This is considered a very good evidence of the public in- 1 terest in the building and loan idea. 1 At the meeting of the directors this
 week the Connecticut National bank
 was chosen as the place where the as- 1 sociation's account would be kept.
 Attorney Paul s. Chapman was chosen
 as the association counsel. Auditors for the year were selected: Fred B. l Fish, A. $. Anderson and Edward w. Bergin. Several applications for loans
 were received and appraisers chosen 1 to Investigate and report back to the 1 directors.
 1 A great deal of preliminary work has been gotten out of the way dur ing this week and preparations are practically complete for the opening of the campaign Monday morning 1 The women captains of teams met al l The Stratf1eld yesterday afternoon | and will attend a special lNncheon al The Stratfeld Tuesday noon with
 their workers. The men captains and
 workers meet at The Stratfield Mon.
 day noon for luncheon and special in structions.
 There are two divisions of men cap
 tains and workers, one under G. T l Hewlett and the oti2er under D. T Hamilton. B. I. Ashmua is marsha | of the two divisions.
 The men captains are as follows Robert Bradley, Frank Brennan
 pr. w. H. Brown, P, T. Buckingham L. H. Corbitt, Peter Davey, T. A
 Flanagan, Edward Flicker, Pierce v
 Gahan, W. A. H. Hatfield, Jeremiah
 Holmes, D. E. Johnson, Howard Lee
 Paul Miller, J. c. Moore, H. M. Rob
 inson, John c. Schwarz, Charle | Suckley, W. S. Swain, c. F. Andrews 1 William J. Baird, H. E. Burr, William P. Carlson, Paul S. Chapman, Eliot R l Curtis, Rice T. Davis, Fred Griswo1d
 2nd, Rev. H. T. Kearns, B. P. Lyon
 J. E. Marvin, W. H. Moffitt, Rome
 w. Miller. G. s. Pratt, S. S. Siksay, A
 w STrlAtA J. N. Standish, E. T
 Staples, IT. F. Stenstream, J. R , Welch, Charles A. Brodie; aides, Geo
 Greenspun and Malcolm Vine.