The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-05

Railroad Company would do wha ateYer l it could to relieve the situation Last l Friday received a letter from the Railroad Company upon the matter which letter we have affixed to this | report and submit to you as part thereof.
 We would say further that we have | made some investigations as to how | the smoke nuisance is dealt with in
 other cities and we find that many cit | ies have successfully met such condi- | these ordinances have been sustained | by the courts. We would therefore recommend that the matter be referred | to the Ordinance Committee for the | members of that committee to consider | the subject and the advisa bility of | drafting ordinance to regulate the
 smoke nuisance in this city. Res pectfully submitted this 2d day of August, 1909.
 J. BONTELMAN, GEORGE H. FINK, | w. H. BAIRD,
 Committee on Smoke Nuisance | THE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & | HARTFORD RAILROAD | COMPANY. Office of the General Superintendent. | New Haven. Conn.,, July 27th, 1909. MT. Geo. H. Zink. Jr.. | 1921 Central Avenue, Bridgeport, Conn.
 My Dear. Sir
 Referring to your telephone commit | one of the clerks in this office This clerk, MT. Clark, informs me that you oesire a written statement from me as to what I had agreed to with your committee when in this office recently | on the subject of black smoke from the New Haven's engines passing through Bridgeport and working in the Bridge port yards, also relating to the noise
 made by locomotives and the handling | of cars that was complained of. In complying with the above request | I beg to advise That I promised your committee that we would name an in
 spector, one who was perfectly com | petent to judge. and place him at Bridgeport. this inspector really to be | the inspector of locomotives and to just as far as possible prevent the is suing of unnecessary amounts of black | smoke but that sometimes and from
 some engines black smoke will exist at all times.
 This inspector is to control the sit l uation by constantly watching and in- | structing the engineers and firemen | how to handle their engines and in this | manner teach them and then see that | no more smoke issues from their en- zines than is absolutely necessary. This inspector also is to watch the | handling of cars and to see that no | more noise is made than is absolutely necessary in the handling of such cars,
 and if the yardmen are found to be | neglectful in handling cars and making | noise that is not necessary he has au- thorlty to stop them and instruct them l accordingly.
 | He has authority also to watch and | know that the engineers and firemen | do rot use the engine whistle unneces- sarily or allow the locomotives to blow off steam unnecessarily and whenever he is unable to control the situation | he has to report the same to the proper mechanical and operating officers of | the division and they will control it. Such an inspector has been placed l there and I understand is securing | some good results. I have from time
 to time taken the matter up with the | division officer and in this manner kept in touch with it myself to know | that this inspector is doing his duty | and also that he is seeing that other | employees do their duties. | Your committee also complained of | the condition of the sidewalks on the
 bridge that crosses or spans this com l rany's tracks at the west end of East Bridgeport yard, claiming that the
 cracks in the sidewalks allowed smoke and cinderS from the passing engines | to pass up through these cracks mak- | ing it very offensive to people using the walks, particularly women, and | agreed with you that we would investi- gate this matter and if it could be | remedied by double decking or perhaps | properly speaking putting down a dou- | ble floor that we would do so-
 This feature, however, has not been | accomplished although taken up with | our engineers who will make the nec- | essary inspection, measurements, and | so on, prepare and order their mater i ials necessary to do the work. but as | above stated this work has not yet | been completed.
 l This I believe was the general line
 of your complaints and is my reply to | the same
 | Yours truly.
 | w. G. BIERD, General Superintendent. | Referred to the Board of Health with
 instructions to report to this Board at
 the first meeting in September. \ RESOLUTIONS. | By Alderman Zink: | Resolved, That the Director of Pub | lie Works be and he is hereby directed | to cause the construction of a sewer well on the north side of Stratford
 avenue at the head Of Newfield ave- | nue.
 | Referred to the Committee on Sew
 By Alderman Cassidy: | Resolved, That Q, gasolene lamp be | located in front of 102 Hanson avenue. | Referred to the Committee on Lamps. | By Alderman Gould: | Resolved, That the sum of one thou | sand dollars (s1 ,O00) be and it hereby | Is appropriated from the unappropri- | ated revenues of the City of Bridgeport | for the purpose of paying the salary of
 the Assistant Building Inspector of
 said City of Bridgeport. Referred to the Committee on Ways | and Means.
 ! By Alderman Zink: | Resolved, That a sewer well be To- | cated at the northwest corner of Cen | tral and Stratford avenue. Referred to the Committee on Sew CTS.
 By Alderman Zink: | Resolved, That the Director of Pub | lie Works be instructed to grade Will | mot avenue from .StratfOrd avenue
 portherly, and be it further I Resolved, That sidewalks, curb and | gutter be laid on Wilmot avenue be- 1 tween Stratford avenue and Connecti- 1 cut avenue.
 Referred to the Committee on Streets | and Sidewalks.
 By Alderman Hartley: l Resolved. That a sewer well be To- | cated a t the northeast corner of Kos ! suth street and Autumn street.
 Referred to the Committee on Sew CTS. By Alderman Hartley: | Resolved, That the Director of Pub | lie Works be and he is hereby in | structed to cause the construction of a l 10 Of