The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-27
FAIRFIELD

Warranty deeds for the land re- ported sold by DeVer H. Warner were afternoon. Six and four-tenths of the Warner estate in the Mill Plain sec tion of the town has been sold to Winifred K. Peck. wife of Walter A. Peck, for approximately $1O,OOO- This is one of the largest realty trans actions filed with the town clerk so far this year.
 Six other warranty deeds were also filed Saturday, indicating that the Itproperty boom that Fairfield has an ticipated is becoming a reality.
 For the sum of approximately 4,500 William c. Wood has disposed to Mary E. Randall a 100 foot lot on the Post Road.
 Louis Fraitag of Yonkers. N. Y-. has purchased from the Bridgeport Land & Title Co.,. a 50 foot lot front ing on F'airview avenue for he ap- proximate sum of $500. Ella J. Prou has sold three 50 foot lots on Knapps Highway to Julia, Tesenyo, the price paid is not known.
 Property having a frontage of 500 feet on Bennett street has been sold by Edward D. Hayes to Herman A. Broma. The sale price was not dis closed.
 For the sum of $500 Bradford D. Pierce, Jr., sold a 50 feet lot on Third street to Anna Erdei, and for the same amount Of money another lot to Magdalena Rentz.
 With the purchasing of so many lots by residents, and non-residents, Fairfield real estate men look for an unprecedented building era this spring and summer. Most of the property disposed of so far this year has been in the Strat1eld and Brook lawn sections of the town which are considered the most highly residential section in the county. Most of the land is sold with restrictions.
 .-f day afternoon damaged the barn of George Riddle to the extent of s25 and destroyed more than two tons of hay, stacked in a vacant lot in the rear of his property in Oldfield Road. The fire also threathened the large barns on the property and MT. Riddles s face and head was scorched, when he attempted to put out the fire. Fire Company No 1 was called and soon had the blaze under control.
 Despite the warning given the res idents to take precautionary measures at this time in regard to setting fires near bursh and dried grass no atten- tion has been paid to the warning.
 Saturday the firemen of Southport. Tunxis Hill and Center departments were kept busy answering calls.
 The center company answered a call in Reef Road near Sherman Schoo and the Southport department was called out to eXtinguished a fire of serious nature in the woods on North
 
 pany eXtinguished a grass and brush fire on Brookview avenue.
 For the first time in several months William Dalling, a Selectman, has been around town. MT. Dalling has been suffering. from the after affects of recent operation and spent yesterday walking about enjoying the spring air He states that he feels much better.
 The annual meeting of the Red Mems Building Loan Association will be held this evening ats P M. in the urged to be present as important business will be considered.
 Harry Henderson. owner of Hen, about in new car yesterday. Harry confesses that he has purchased 9 new Columbia, the o11y one east of the Mississippi.
 An unusual amount of traffic was noticed on the Post Road string of new automobiles held up traffic for some time as they passed through Fairfield on their way to Massachu setts. A number of pleasure cars were also noticed. It is believed that the balny spring air Is the le;
 The latest proposition the commit tee. eappofnted at the recent Stratffeld Town meeting, when the district or ganized itself into a special taxable district for police and fire protec- tion, was to consider buying fire pro tection from the City of Bridgeport Instead of the committee submitting ways and means for Stratfield to pro tect itself from fire by building and maintaining a fire department it is proposed that the district appropriate a sum of money to compensate the City of Bridgeport for fire protection Some citizens Of the district consider the plan a good one while others say that it is a step backward and is now when the cost of n1aint tenance and of erecting a building is the cheapest
 What other plans the com mittee will have between now and the time