New Britain herald., 1928-05-15

or ef the town Of Plymouth. he- lieved the farm worth 4is,sSV. In his opinion the land had . value of ss.a0o. When asked by DeResier if he knew how many square miles there were in the town of Plymouth, he replied. "I don't know. never measured it."
 Thomas M Lyons. . real sstate man Of Thomaston, believed the property 10 be worth assoc for q cattle sales station. For farming [ purposes only it's value did not ex- eeed Sl@.ooo. He could not explain how he arrived at tho opinion that it was worth s8.s00 more for Bern. stein's business.
 George w. Hull. local realter, valued the property at 1:o,Soo. The land value set by him was S9oo an acre. He stated that for . long time his office had been endsaver- ing to purchase a strip of 100 acres in the vicinity of tho Bernstein farn, and had offered the owner 4s0O an acre. This had been refused, he pointed out. He declined to xivo the property owners name, however, for the reason that there werc too many real estate men, all competitors, preaent in the court room. He en- tered into several long dissertations, most of which were halted by Attor- new DeRosier, but he finally aKreed to submit"
 Robert w. MeGraw of Thomaston restaurant proprietor, believed the property worth at least 3ls,335; An drew w. Grannis, town clerk and ! judge Of probate Of Terryviiia yalu- cd the farm al S19,95o. Tho latter. | in his appraisal, included the land at 900 for the reason that there vas stream running throush it which the water department wanted and that was the amount offered by tho department to Bernstein.
 John J, HigginA. auctioneer, ap- praiser, and real estate man of New Britain admitted that he was familiar with the value of real estate in Connecticut" This ad- mission was made in re- sponse to question propounded by Attorney Mum as 10 whether be , was familiar with land values in Plymouth. He appraised the prop erty in question at $ls,ooo and plac- cd the value Of the land at S:o0 an acre.
 The session was adjourned shortly before p. III. until this morning. Three witnesses only had been called when the hearing adjourned at ls:i5 until 3 p. III. s. D. Newell q member of the Bristol board of ae- sessors for S7 years. placed q value of $3,6so on the Bernstein farm. a value of Slo an acre on the pasture land and sSo on the farm land. G. Earl Lourie, superintendent Of the water department, remarked that in April the board bought q farm a mile and half from the Bernstein farm at rate of }5769 an acre. ip- cluding the buildings and on Decem- Der s.. 1927 had bought another piece Of property mile and three quarters away from the Bernstein farm for $75.s4 an acre. buildings included.
 J. H. Wood of the Terryville board or assessors placed vaiuo of Se5 an acre on the Bernstein farm. More Tax Delinquents Thirty more tax delinquents have been summoned to appear before the prosecuting attorney Wednesday morning, warrants having been served today. These delinquents will be obliged 10 pay in addition to the s' tax and the $l delinquency fee. the costs of the court.
 At the present time there are still about 500 who are in arrears in their personal taxes and these will De brought in few at . time until the list is entirely cleaned up.
 Playground Comn,iaslou
 A meeting of the city playground commission will be held at 7:3o o'clock Wednesday evening in the city court room. It is expected that (. M. Penny. who was reappointed director again this year. xili be present to outline tho plans for the NPPtudtHlHk season.
 The twilight league, which was such distinct success. will be op- erated again this year and q maet- Ing or the managers of the various teams and Mir. Penny will bs held "l'hlh the next week or 70,
 To Play Remington
 The New Departure baseball team and the kensnEton nine will en- gage ill the state league contest a, 6;l5 o'clock Wednesday evening at Muzzy field.
 The locals have been defeated in tho two league games played thus far. once by kensington and last sunday by the strong Manchester team. Efforts are now being made by Manager Joe Carroll to bolster up his teams defense. which was very weak last Sunday.
 Children varinatefl
 One hundred and fifteen vaccina- tlons were recorded at the city clinic held in Forestville last eve ning from 5 to ! o'clock by pr. B 5. Robbins and Miss Renedicta Lam herf' R. N.. Of the board of health. A large percentage of those vac cinated were children. Tho total number of vaccinations by the health officer up to the present time is l,7s4.
 Drs, Willard Knowlton and Gray Of tho stats board Of health made an examination Of one suspectsd oaae of smallpex at the Bristol hes. pital Monday asternoon. They se- ported in the evening to the local health office that they could not
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