The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-17
Stratford

Of the Eighth District Civic associa- ton. Monday evening in Eli Whitney school The session in the Hunting ton road building will be called to or
 der at o'clock, and besides the reg 1 uiar business of the monthly meeting.
 the new system of appraisal to be ! applied to the property of the town
 will be explained, soon to start upon the work. It will be a splendid time
 for people in the district to ask any
 questions or make any suggest ons- perhaps better for the people of the Eighth district than will be the Tues
 day night meeting at the town hall, which is very apt to be crowded.
 One of the things on the mind of
 the councilmen is the passing of an ! ordinance in the near future that will
 ieS disturbing the surface of the roadway for any work whatever. to
 place the highway in the condition ] they found it, after their work has
 been completed.
 Tonight at the Stratford theatre, will be the feature. Chapter Is of the White Horseman," with Art
 Accord will also be shown, and corn-
 edy, as well as the news weekly.
 President of the Council Robert Turney, in charge of the offices of the Stratford avenue plant of the Amer1- can Tube & Stamping Co.,, is another
 
 CT plan, He doesn't believe, how ever, that the voters should expect everything to be accomplished in few weeks, if by nagtca He does think that satisfactory results will be seen before the end of 1922.
 Taylor, president of the Board of Education, have resulted in all the schools of the town being insured Tor 80 per cent. of their value, and at q
 of ran n- portions.
 Talk has not yet died down regard ing the surprise occasioned oy tne resignation of Edwin M. Curtis, or Broadbridge avenue, as one Of the assessors. His resignation came after a dispute with Andrew Roswell. chleI clerk, who carries other titles as well, under the plan of government Cur tas is said to have desired to take the books to his home to work upon: ! Roswell Is said to have objected, ana to further have refused to give the new combination. or access to the safe, to Curtis. The townspeople nave several views of the matter. Whlle some do not believe that under any consid eration any town records should be taken from the town hall, many also hold to the theory that town records are public property, ana should be always easily accessioIe 10 any who wish to view them in the town hall. If it is true that Roswell Is the only person in the town who now knows the combination to the safe, it might be advisable to have bodyguard appointed to keep any thing from happening to him It would be shame to have to blast.
 Town Manager R. H. Hunter will do a little blasting on This own.' He plans by persuasion to collect some of the back taxes, hoping to avoid the courts in at least some of the in @-xr <1f IrT1cr CtQ h-l ing.
 Officials are hopeful that as many as can crowd in the town hall, but a small proportion of the taxpayers if they all turn out, will be on hand Tuesday evening to hear the unit sys- 1 tenn of property and land appraised explained by rspT@sensafrTe ssia TorosnH or me Philad elphia, soon to start upon a re- l vision of values in Stratford.
 And now a plan is on foot for a l representative to be appointed from l each of the civic associations in the l town, to work together on any mat 1 ters that might be beyond the scope 1 of any single district association 1 universal pay day.
 As was expected. the adjourned 1 meeting of the council last evening | approved the bond issue of $250, 900 1 for covering the completion of the sewer construction work included In | the first allotment of this work.
 The bonds are to bear five per cent. l R. B. Turney, R. C.. Sherwood, and | ". A. Keeling compose the council bonds. A public hearing will be held | on the mater on the evening of Jan uary 3.
 P <Arof nF @ Chamber of Commerce, appeared be- fore the council and stated that she | canvass recently taken by that body | showed that 40 per cen1. of the Strat- ford peopel suffered a 50 per cent in crease in trolley fares when Bridge port received the alleged five cent ford people benefited in any way. John Albright and VeIo Bennetto were appointed a committee to take Stratford's complaint to the fare for ridtcu1ously short hauls with in the limits of Stratford will also be asked.
 Chief Allen D. Judson of the Fire department will commence a system a-dc fire inspection by January l. Public buildings, halls, stores, facto- ries, schools and churches will re- ceive the first and most urgent at tention, the residential sections to be covered later.
 Members of the State police swooped down upon Manager Field man of the Stratford theatre, without warning, this week, but they were not long in giving his theatre clean bill of health. The structure is only d few weeks more than Q year old. and was built according to the latest laws, and theories for safety ito pa'S- rons in such places.
 An entertainment will be held in the Christ church parish house, Tues day evening, December 20, at eight | o'clock A small admission price will he asked to defray She expenses of the church Sunday school Christmas tree
 Health Talks