The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-26
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Starting promptly at o'clock. the
 council was in a busy session until after II with the various town de- partments, going over the matter of budget appropriations. Another | meeting will be held Thursday even- | ing, and at that time it is hoped to
 pass upon the budget and fix the tax 1 rate. Perhaps the most important thing brought out at the meeting | was the fact that under the new gov ernnent the salaries of town officers
 will be in the neighborhood of s16,- l 900, which Is a considerable increase | over the old order of affairs. This
 will include the salary of manager
 a financial man, town clerk and oth-
 CTS, and will not include salaries of
 such persons as police and fremen,
 whose money comes from the appro- | priatfons for those departments. Fees of various kinds from the town clerks office will now come to town but from lack of experience. 1t is impossible to estimate what this which will probably make up thn difference.
 The fire department argument, pro and con, concerning pumping en-
 zine was again up for discussion. | Some think the engine of no use without am alarm system, others think an alarm system of no use without a
 bumper to answer, and all seem
 both at this time However, no mo ton was made by any advancing the f11tst argument to have the present 1 apparatus junked because there is no alarm system. and it is probable that the town will not much longer fail to join the march of progress and
 make start toward putting the fire department on an equal footing with
 Milford and other towns in the state in the same class with Stratford. The matter of storage for town property, such as voting booths. so that space an the town hall might be fn,
 at the meeting, some favoring renting storage space and others building structure of some kind for the pur- pose. One idea followed out in oth- CT towns is to build house suitable for a district meeting place and for
 voting house on election day in
 which enough space is taken for the storing of such property.
 | The budget of the school board came in for a close scrutiny. The
 school board originally asked for
 s222,ooo This sam amount .o sgos %as ood aftGr hv
 emitting the summer and night schools and by paying for the new
 portabIes. se.ooo. out of the special
 recommended that this amount be further reduced to $200000. The school committee contended that 1T
 this were done the school system
 would be seriously impaired.
 It was suggested that the barn on the school property in North Parade
 could be used for the storage of road
 machinery and that the voting booths
 that are now taking up the room in the town hall be stored In the cellars
 of the schools in the districts where
 they are to be used.
 Two hundred dollars was added to the budget for the purchase of chairs for the town hall. Before expend- ing this sum the town will be combed to locate as far as possible the 800 chairs that were fornply in the hall
 but are now conspicuous by their ab- eenoe. The new town manager was pres
 ent and watched proceedings with evident interest.
 Charles Abercrombae, we'll known | newsdealer and stati onery, store man | in the center. made 8 trip to New
 Haven yesterday in his equally well Known 'Iizxie.' Abercron1bie arriv- ed home last evening in good health
 but 'Lizzie" was left in a fivver hos pital in New Haven, having come out | second best in accident With
 more powerful gasoline burner. l Am autumn supper will be held in Packard hall, Thursday evening. un- der the auspices of the Woman's so | ciety of the Congregational church. I A nominal charge will be made, and ] Q peneraJ invif a tion ia extended