The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-10

After a conference 1n the AuQ1tOr office with the aldermanic streets and sidewalks committee and the opening of the bids for the paving of Main St., from Atlantic street to Seaside the new paving and sewer commission de- cided to put over the awarding of the contract until the next meeting. The members of the street committee might as we'll have been on the out side looking in. After the commission had asked the committee a number of questions Chairman Hartley arose and said the committee would like to be excused as there was nothing the all rdermen could do.
 sBut we like your company re- piled President Rogers with smile that may have been sarcastic, or may have been an amused smile according to the mood in which it was inter preted.
 It certainly was not a soothing smile and it did not hold the alder men, They marched out like sol diers on drill.
 They did not care to remain to see the power they formerly yielded used by others. These aldermen, elected by the people, who, Mayor Lee has de- cided, are not fit to manage the city s business walked out to make way for the five men that thel mayor alone has selected to handle the most of the city's business.
 The bids opened by the commission were four in number, and the surprise of the meeting was that the Mack brick bid was SIPS thousand cheap ler than the price paid for the mater ial the last time it was purchased in this city. The Mack company's bid was $2s-s1 per thousand or H.27 per square yard
 Burns & Co.,, offered to furnish C1earf1eld brick for $2s-50, or s1.27 per square yard Silliman G Godfrey of fered to furnish Fairmont brick for the same price per thousand but did not quote a square yard price.
 The bid of the Standard Brick Co.,, was $2975 per thousand or $1.25 per square yard. Go, was not considered as it was not Accompanied by a certified check.
 The SilIiman & Godfrey Co.,, offered Johnsburg vitrified brick at $30.51 and Johnsburg Shale at $30.35.
 On the motion of Frederick Atwater it was decided to make a trial of the bricks according to the standard test. Engineer McKenna was instructed to make the test and Commissioners Rogers, Atwater and Lashar were made a committee to report the re- suit The test consists of tumbling number of bricks together for sever al hours and then computing the loss in weight by process. The brick weighing the most after this process will be considered the best brick.
 Park Commissioner Charles Hanson appeared and said that the residents of the south end of Main street want ed wood block pavement and greoved rails laid there. He said he had been of the opinion that wood block was going to be laid Alderman Hart ley declared that wood block was nev- CT considered and that when the com mittee was ascertaining if there was enough money in the permanent paw ing fund it had asked Auditor Keat- ing to base the estimate upon the cost of brick which is great deal less than the cost of wood block paving. Mr. Heating corroborated the state ment of the alderman.
 Engineer Maurice F. McKenna re- ported that in connection with the proposed repaving Of Main street he had planned to change the grade of the street between Congress and Lum- Der streets to prevent the flooding of cellars and the oyerrunnipg of sewer wells in the neighborhood. The plan of the engineer will provide for car rying off all of the Surface water which comes from Fulton, High and Arch street during rain storms by way of Lumber street.
 Professor George Jamieson, instruc- tor in chemistry at Yale University, and a Bridgeport boy, addressed a