The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-16
ASSISTANT
 INSPECTOR
 TO BE MASON Place Will be Filled by Common Council
 to Whom Inspector Reports. If Mayor Does not Veto Ordinance In. cumbent Will be Named in April. New Office Mnch Needed Has Been Long Under COnsideration-Views of Alder. men upon the Matter = Plumbers Wanted Member of Their Craft.

The. local unions of journeymen bricklayers and stone masons who have been striving for over a, year to secure an assistant building inspector who should be a competent mason, were victorious last night, when the Com mon Council voted to create the posi- tion by a vote of 16 to 6, Alderman Feyrer not voting and Alderman Fin Ian being absent The Aldermen vot- ing against the ordinance, as recom- mended by the Ordinance committee. were wilson, Fletcher, Bertilson, Zink. Wilder and Bullard
 Chairman Gould of the Ordinance committee explained the ordinance, which provides for the election of the assistant inspector by the council ana places him under the supervision of the Building Commissioners at a8alary of 8, 900 per annulf1. He said that the present building inspector was elected by the Building Commission, but that the building inspector was responsible to the council and was obliged to make reports to it, therefore he felt the coun- cdl was perfectly competent to elect a competent man to fill the present place. The ordinance was drawn in answei to a resolution presented to the council a month before by Alderman John H. McMuuray. He said he had been wis ited by several men who had expressed an opinion that the assistant inspector should be plumber, among these was Building Commissioner DuBois. But the committee on looking into the mat ter. found that the claims that a plum Der was needed more than a mason were not we'll borne out.
 Alderman Griffin. a builder by trade, said that he believed the majority of builders in the city would agree that a mason inspector was needed If Building Commissioner Rowland had .. l. favored that the assistant inspector be a plumber. But as the present in- spector was thoroughly conversant with plumbing and carpenter work he believed the assistant should be a ma son. He concluded by saying there was nothing in the charter to settle disputes between the Building Commis- sioners and the inspector.
 Alderman Clifford B. Wilson present. ed several arguments against the pass was too soon to create the place and moved that the matter be laid upon the table indefinitely. A few years ago when the city had it's largest build ing boom he said that Inspector Row land did all the work and he did not see why he could not do it now when there was less work. He said the tax payers should be considered. but sew eraI others said they believed the tax payers were best looked after if it se- cured safer and stronger buildings. Alderman O,ConneH said he believed all taxpayers would be anxious to get honest masonry if they were building a house or other structure. Alderman Wilson further argued, there was not one penny to pay the new inspector and that the Building Commission which was to have supervision of the office should have supervision of the officer. sa .
 Alderman Griffin told Alderman Wil- son that he did not think he bad been around much for he was at least not familiar with the conditions as he (Griffin) had not seen so many cellars dug in the city in any spring as are dug this year.
 Alderman McMurray said everybody present ought to remember that there had been new building which col lapsed in Union Square, and that there had been complaints against others. He added that he would like to refresh the minds of his colleagues that a very able committee appointed to investi- gate the cause for the building falling had recommended in it's report that the city should have a mason inspector. know that this board is not trying to in order to spend the peoples money. No one is finding fault with MT, Row land. Other cities have these inspec- tors for the protection of life and limb and we cannot be too careful in the stability of the buildings which we erect.
 If the Mayor does not veto the meas ure the council will fill the office dur ing the month of April. next