The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-18

lay from 12 to 15 miles of permanent pavement.
 He said that the salary was raised
 on the eve of a campaign and that there was no doubt that it was done for political purposes He declared that he was not mincing matters and
 there was no doubt but that the giv- ing of the raise had political signifi- canoe. The committee had waited up- cn Ex-Mayor Lee and got him to agree to veto the measure. Now it is coming up to the new Common Council on | the question of sustaining the mayors veto. He said that it was not neces- sary for the firemen to resign to get the raise and that the Fire Commission had nothing to do with it as the courts have decided the matter.
 He said that the object of the com mittee was to get together without re- gard to politics creed. color. or sex to see that the taxpayers get a good re- turn for their money.
 I $. E.. Vincent. of Vincent Bros, wholesale grocers, said that such a plan as the one proposed had been his favorite scheme for sometime past.
 His idea had been to get together 100 good Democrats. 100 good Republicans and as many good Socialists as could
 be found and take up matters of in terest to the city. It looked to him in Bridgeport as they should have been-
 .Robert A Hurley. of the contracting firm of Casey & Hurley. which is building the new plant of the U. M. C. Co.,, was called on by MT. Orcutt to say something MT. Hurley said that he was in sympathy with the plan.
 He said he had experience as an alder man and that a movement such as planned would cause the aldermen to take a different view of things when they see the men who are identified with it. He thought it was a great h inc fn all Tf,sa ,v,I
 manufacturers coming to the front and said although they all could not be aldermen or mayors that they could do something for the good of the city. Attorney Arthur NJ. Marsh. of the firm of Stoddard. Marsh & Stoddard. counsel for the Bridgeport Hydraulic Co. thought that there were many matters that could be corrected. He payers who have influence and a way of getting to the Common Council and getting what they want But there were many small taxpayers on $15.000. or. less. who did not know how and who were unable to get any influence used in their behalf. He said that there should be some way that these people could have their say and if the organization was going to provide this means he believed it would be factor in doing much good.
 Joseph Stoehr. the North Main street butcher and chief of the Hillside Fire DepSrtInenI. Salo that ne naQ a talk in the Stratfield with a member of the finance committee of the Common Council. who had told him the firemen would get their raise any way. He said that he did not think that that was any way for a man to talk who had charge of the spending of the peo- ple's money and it was for the pur- pose of telling what he heard that he attended the meeting.
 Senator Moses W. Manwaring. presi- dent of the Congress Street Bridge Commission. said that he wanted to count one in the organization of the league. He believed it was necessary to have everyone in it. A great fault he had found with Bridgeport was that 1t elected representatives and leaves it to the representatives to go 1t alone. He thought that the people. after electing a man to office. should tell him what thev want.
 George NJ. Flames. president of the Park Commission and general man ager of the Singer Mfg O.. declared that he had confidence in the Common Council. That the matter which had caused the protest was an act of the old council and he hoped to see that th~ new council would do things diff