The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-20
MAYOR WILL GET PAVING
 COMMISSION
Committee on Cities and Boroughs Likely to Re port -Favorably Lees
 Hobby.
Stratield Interested in Bill
 Releasing Fire Proof Structures from Duty of Maintaining Fire Escapes

CBy Our Staff Correspondent Hartford, April 20.-The Bridgeport Charter amendments. including those introduced by the Mayor which failed to pass the Common Council of Bridge port, are scheduled for consideration in the executive session of the com. mittees on cities and boroughs 10 be held this week. The matter of most inn portance to the Republican machine in Bridgeport is Mayor Lees pet hobby the paving commission. Judging by the appearances of things here the mayor is apt to get a favorable report upon his project.
 Since their defeat on the City Court ship question, the so called young Re publican faction seems to have lost heart and there is every reason to be- Mayor Lee and his supporters, with respect to charter amendments, will prevail.
 The bill exempting fire proof build ings from the operations of thee law requiring fire escapes on public hs1ild- 1ngs almost passed this morning. The bill is of interest in Bridgeport because it will exempt. should it become law the Stratfield hotel. owned by Samuel w. Wheeler. from the necessity of fire escapes. it being a. fire proof structure.
 The bill was discussed in the Senate to-day It was on the verge of passage when It's way was interrupted by Sena- tor Luther of Hartford on the ground that the bill in his judgment conferred too much power upon Socal building inspectors. Luther said he was willing that the bill should pass. provided the power of nullifying the statutory re- quirement of fire escapes was 1efs to the state factory inspector. As there appeared to be no objection to this, the bill was tabled until tomorrow, that 1t may be amended according to the Luther idea.
 A bill emanating from the Sheriff of New Haven County, providing for permanent clerks for the high sheriffs of Hartford, New Haven and F,air-ield counties was rejected. being unfa gor- ably reported in the Senate to-day.
 The organization of the Fair>ield County Trust company was by vote of the House to-day. extendedSto Dee l, 1910. ssi,s ,sss,s;sszs. ss SsS
 Way back in 1862 a body Of citizens of the town of Fairfield banded them selves together under the name of the Fairfield Cemetery Association. They had for their ultimate object thespro- curing of a new burying ground in that town. These men and their suc- cessors to-day were incorporated under tho name of the Fairfield Cemetery Association. The information was given to the House that the associa- tion had procured a plot of ground in the town of Fairfield and is ready to open it for cemetery purposes These men are named as incorporators: Fred StGrges, James $. Mott. J. Sanford SaltuS, Charles B. Jennings, AZ. ROW land, and John Buckingham.
 Among the Bridgeporters who were in the corridors of the Capitol to- day were Architect Joseph A. O'Brien, At torneyS Allan w. Paige and James A. Marr. and Augustus H. Bullard, pi esi- dent of the fire commission.
 Senator Barnum. chairman of the in corporation committee. expects to have the Senate take action tomorrow on the favorable report of that committee in relation to the library commiS fion of Bridgeport, conferring power of eminent domain, that it may cond >mn such lands as it may require for lib rary purposes in Bridgeport. When this matter came up last week it was tabled temporarily on the objection of Senator Arnold of Bridgeport