New Britain herald., 1928-02-02
PainuiM News
RETALIATION VOTE
 AT TOWN MEETING
Special Session to Be Held Next Thursday BIainS

1 Thursday Evening
 REIGN OF PEPPER ENDED sevsso Aenems Brings Results-4l
 Apssar Hseore noacd q Relies-
 1aptast woaaea Elect-Pythiaaa Hold WhisteBowhns.
 The rsvaluation of all taxable property in Plainville by | group oi outside experts will be recommend. cd by . special committee of IS and acted upon by tho voters of the town at a special town meeting to be held in the High school auditorium at ! o'clock Thursday night Febru- ary .. Tho call for the meeting waa issued by the board of selectmen this morning.
 The committee which was ap- pointed by First selectman John J, Kimmel on December 14, 1896. and which was continued by First se- lectman James Simpson will make its report at tho special meeting. This group has had a commit tee. consisting of Henry s. Wash burn. Stanley .. Gwillim. and Charles Sherman. investigating prop erty evaluation in other Connecticut towns. and . report of its progress was made at meeting of the par ent committee last evening in the Chamber of Commerce rooms.
 Al the result of it's labors, Frank T. Wheeler will present at the town meeting. resolutions favoring reval- uation. If the meeting votes for this step. 1t will be further recom- mended that the selectmen be au- thorized to appoint a committee of seven men to serve without pay to bring about the suggested end. An appropriation of 111,500 to cover the /, cost of revaluing will also be asked.
 The committee of IS. is in favor of having the property revalued by outside parties and wishes to em. ploy the most up-to-date methods, including the use of aerial photo graphs.
 Because of the great interest in property evaluation at the present time. 1t has been decided that the town hall court room would be too small a place for the meeting. and tho High school auditorium has therefore been selected as the scene. oS Petitions For Relief
 Mere than twice as many persons appeared at the first session of the board of relief yesterday afternoon than appeared during the entire pe- riod for hearing appeals from prop erty assessments last year. Whereas only II asked reductions in 1927. 2S persons appeared before the board yesterday. The members found sev- tral taxpayers on hand when they arrived at l o'clock and they were kept busy every minutes until o'clock. while several persons un- knowingly came during tho evening. when the board was not In session.
 Those who complained were per- sons whose assessments had been raised moro than 3l.00o by the board of assessors. Landers. Frary & Clark was the only factory to protest, this concern claiming that the t10,000 increase on the contents of its local branch was too high. There were some complaints about the listing of barns and garages which did not exist. but these were regarded as clerical errors and the authorities said they would willing ly correct such mistakes. Some of the appellants were asked to make the petitions for reduction by letter.
 The board. which consists of Walter Seymour. o. H. Robertson and Charles R. Clark will hold its meeting each Wednesday and Sat- urday afternoon during February.
 Reign of Peepcr is Ended
 The reign of terror created by the activities of a "peeper" appears to be at an end. Fortified by descrip- uons of the young man who was re- ported to be peering into windows and accosting women on the streets after dark. Constable George schu- bert corralled a suspect, giving him . severe lecture and warning him that he could send him to jail for 90 days on each of ten complaints registered indirectly against the fcl- low. Because no direct complaints had been made, tho suspect was not arrested. While the man did not admit his guilt. there have been no more reports of his activities and Schubert Is confident that he has stopped them.
 Court is Lenient
 Justice William Cunningham showed leniency in the case of Jo- seph Grabowski, 16. of Town Line road when the latter appeared in court last evening to answer 8 charge of driving . motor vehicle without an operators license. The youth was arrested Sunday night by Constable Gleason H. Saunders. He was driving . milk truck owned by his father. Attorney Charles F. Conlon. who acted for him, said that the boys mother is critically i'll at the time and the fathers presence at home was vital, 50 the boy had