The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-14
BEDDING

Bedding, Jan. 14-The Bridgeport water company through the agency of Deputy Sheriff Banks. lately pur- chased from Mrs. Marie Hartung Of Brooklyn, N. Y.. a woodland tract, | which, according to the tax lists of Bedding and Easton, comprised 100 l former town. A survey, following the difficult task of ascertaining the boun- i daries, showed, however that the tract comprised only s4 acres, all To- years so the Hartung family have
 paid taxes to this town on a part of i the property which formerly belonged i to the late Wakeman Bradley. No 1 claim has yet been made for recov- ] cry of these payments and as the l owner made to the assessors the err l roneous returns on which tax bills i were collected it is doubtful if such recovery could be obtained by legal proceedings. The price paid by the /. water company for the land was E !! $2,600, this representing the sum per il acre which they originally offered.
 II At the annual parish meeting of the
 Episcopal church Sunday afternoon the treasurer reportd a balance on and by a unanimous vote $20O of this | E sum was made a gift to Rev. MT.
 Cunningham, the rector. who was
 also voted a two weeks leave of alp sence. Hard work and a grip cold 4 caused him to recently suffer a par l tia1 break down. As officers of the |
 parish for the T coming m ear the meet meet warden, F. P. Sanford, junior war den; D. s. Sanford, clerk; B. F. Bas- sett, treasurer. and A. c. Barnett chairman of the parish committee. | The yestry is composed of the above named and W. F. Rocsenau, Randolph Bradley, Howard Luther and Philo T.
 Platt. The treasurer was voted
 salary of s25 and Henry F. Boddie was chosen auditor. Five new mem hers of the parish cOrDOrattOQ were s admitted.
 Tn towns grand list steadily climbs towards the two million mark, the one just completed showing a gain of $51,OOO over last year with total ! of s1,S9T,647. There are 394 resi- i dent and 16S nonresident taxpayers. The dwellings, number 45o and barns 4 eos. Manufacturing plants are in the list for $351.550, practically all rep
 resenting the return of the Gilbert & Bennett Go. of Georgetown. During
 the year there were recorded 52.prop- 4 erty transfers as against 50 for the year previous. The law provides that y the land records shall determine & property ownership of realty for tax
 alton purposes and hence the assess 8 ors rejected the list put in by Leon
 ard Taylor as inquiry showed that he I was not real estate owner of record. He had made a sworn return of III house and three acres in Georgetown 4 which was last year listed to Charles & H. Taylor, his father, to whom the
 assessors again credited it. The s younger Taylor is a veteran of the late & war and would be entitled to a tax ex-
 emption of s1,000. The assssors filed A his rejected return with the others. g leaving any question that might be T raised over their action to be reme- S died by the board Of relief. w. E.. 8 Hazen, a member of that board, and
 father-in-law of young Taylor, was 8 with the latter when he made return |S of his list.
 A. c. Barnett, who lately sold his G extensive farm property to Barnet
 Goss of Bridgeport, has provided him. s5 self with new nome by the purchase - from H. $. Barnes of the former John -l Close house at the Ridge, now occu-
 pied by w. F. Roseneau. The latter
 will remove to the Henry Osborn E leased by Mir. Baird of New York, his
 father-in-law. The consideration in M the transfer of the Barnes property is reported to be about s5,000. Part E of the consideration in the transac- k tion between MT. Barnett and MT. M Goss was the transfer by the latter of Fl a building in Bridgeport.
 E Those who bet that Albert A. Cor @ ham would not get left in the distri- H button of minor legislature plums al H Hartford this year. are winners, as H MT. Gorham has ben appointed one s3 of the Senate doorkeeperS. This is E tht fourth consecutive session which @ has brought him a prize of that sort. H Heretofore his good angel in these ldVOTS was 1OG1ner S0naIOr r but it was surmised that present Sen- E ator Bailey would have too many E Danbury claimants for these jobs tc H befriend the Bedding man.
 H Frank Valerie trunk highway con- E tractor, is scheduled as the speaker E before the Mems club at their regular H meeting to be held with A H. Sanford this evening. In addition to the in- tereSting information expected from E him on the larger problems of road building members expect from hin valuable suggestions of a practica & kind, to desirable methods for i'm
 proving our town highways. Many N are of the opinion that the perma # nent improvement policy, whicf "a s2,00O yearly is now being expended E cannot satisfactorily be pursued with E out the use of further apparatus, tn E appliances especially needed being E stone crusher, a roller and a, truck fo E the more expeditions transportatiol of materials.
 The formal opening last evening O E the restaurant which the Gilbert Fl Bennett Co. have fitted up in tn E former Gilbert mansion in George H town was signalized by a reception t 8 which the general public well a # the shop employees had been invited H kitchen which is the last word i Fl conyeniences and sanitary equipment E a pleasant lounge or rest room an E several sleeping rooms upstairs ar E among the features of the establish H ment. The company's main purpos H in creating it was the providing c E good meals at moderate prices for it E employees. but other patrons will als N be served there.
 Fire Co. No. 1 has decided to stal
 campaign for the purpose of infiu >H encing every householder in the dis trict to provide at least one hand e2 tinguisher on his premises. On th
 evening of the first Monday in Eel ruary the company will entertain tf
 West Bedding department at Grane E hall
 
 M gently organized at the Ridge, piayt
 two games of basketball last wee
 against the junior members of Il
 N town team the latter winning bot
 John J. Reilley has sold the Dult
 place in Georgetown. which
 bought last summer, to Clifford H