The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-16

table without reading for two weeks
 The following communication was received from. the Central Labor Un- ion Of Bridgeport: To His Honor. the Mayor, and Board
 of Aldermen of the City of Bridge
 The Central Labor Union sof Bridgeport, being a body of men or ganized for the protection and bet terment of the working classes of our city, deem it their duty to bring to the attention of your Honorable Board the report of the Committed appointed by the last Board of Alder men relative to the conditions of the Bostwick Avenue School
 The said report is condemnatory Of the Bostwick Avenue School. and in plain words says that the school house is not fire-proof, and should be condemned for public school pur- poses It is on the report of this Committee that we ask your Honor tees report and we believe that the safety of our offspring demands the closing of. said school until such time as the same can be put in proper condition for school purposes.
 We ask your Honorable Body to request, the Board of Education to have the Bostwick Avenue School closed and kept closed until properly repaired as per the original plans and specifications called for on the
 
 our children demand immediate at- tention-
 The following is the report of the Committee adopted Monday evening. October 18th, 1909. by a unanimous vote of your Honorable Body:
 The Committee appointed to in- vestigate the conditions of the new Eostwick Avenue Schoolhouse, con- sisting of Aldermen McMurray, Ber- tilson, Griffin. Finlan and Burnes, re- ported as follows
 That they. have made very thorough investigation of the charges and of the true condition of said Bostwick Avenue School and find that the charges brought by the officers of Bricklayers and Plasterers' Union, No 2, and Stone Masons' Union. No. 4, are well founded, that the condi- tion of said building does not com rare faVors.bly with the building con- structed at the same time by other builders. and for other corporations and private owners The Committee have visited the building in question and find that even to an eye un- trained in building mechanics. that the omissions and variances from regular building codes are easily mo- ticeable- The report of the engineer who took measurements of the build ing on the request of the petitioners is hereto Appended and made part of this report
 The Committee further find that a partition where brick was called for in the plans, specifications and con- tract has been substituted by wood en partition which. in the opinion of the Committee, is a very fragrant violation. as this partition is directly over the boiler room and no fire proof construction intervenes between the furnaces and the aforesaid parti- ton. Your Committee find that the front has been recently treated to a coating of oil. which. however, does not materially improve the appear ance of the building.
 Your Committee deem it their duty to condemn the work on said build ing as being unsafe. from a fire point of view and entirely unsatisfactory from a mechanical point.
 JAMES A COATES.
 NICHOLAS F. BYRNES,
 JOHN J. DWELL.
 Committee Central Labor Union.
 Referred to the Committee on Fire Department
 John M. Donneliy. Tax Collector, United States Fidelity and Guaranty, John M- Donnelly. Tax Collector. National Surety Go, surety. amount Thomas F. Reilly. assistant Tax Collector. National Surety CO. surety William Thomas. Town Clerk. Uni- ted Surety Co. amount s5.Ooo.
 stephen F. Boucher. City Clerk, United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co. surety amount $1 900.
 James r. Beck, City Sheriff James H. O'RourlSe. Surety amount s5O00.
 Joseph Ralafus. City Sheriff. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co.,. amount s5.000.
 Thomas J. Cunningham. City Sheriff. Empire State Surety Co.. surety amount s 000-
 Richard Brown. City Sheriff. Empire State Surety Co. surety amount S GOO William T. Mullins. Assistant Town Clerk, Empire Surety Co.,. surety amount $3.o00.
 Max Cohen, City Sheriff, American Bonding Co., surety amount $5.OOO
 Referred to the Committee on Finance
 BILLS.
 The following bills against the City. were presented and referred to the Committee on Finance without read ing:
 N. Buckingham & CO. $500: Naug-