The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-10
STREET COMMITTEE RUSHES OUT OF PRESENCE OF MAYOR LEES
 NEW POLITICAL PAVING CLUB
Had Been Invited by Chairman Rogers to Remain Be-
 cause s'We Like Your Company y''-Mack Brick Man
 Tells Why His Material Is Sold at Two Prices-South Main Street Contract Not Awarded.

letter to the commission stating that he would like the work of testing the | wood block pavement to be used in Main street as he had been making a study of wood conservatives and had a thorough knowledge of the work.
 Mir. McKenna stated that Prof. Stan 1 ley, of the High School faculty had | made the tests in the past, but was | unable to make them this year.
 The commission concluded that the
 place to make the tests was at the son said in his letter that he would
 make the trip to the plant in Vir- ginia for $250 a month and his expen- ses. The commission was not sure that it would require his services
 for a month and it was decided to secure a figure which would include his expenses
 On motion of President Rogers it
 puddle their ditches in the future.
 This means that they must equip
 themselves with hose and run water
 from the nearest hydrant into the ex-
 cavation they are filling with dirt. The hydrants are controlled by the fire
 department and the contractors will be
 obliged to secure permission to use them. The commission believes that
 pudding will help eliminate the ruts that are bouncing automobilists out of their seats
 Auditor Heating read letter from
 the Mayor of Stamford showing that JudCk D-fck hdO Ee6n puTcndSeQ Iner6 for S29.76 f. O. b., Stamford. He read another letter from the Mack com
 pany which stated that in answer to his letter they would state that it was true that a price had been quoted in Connecticut lower than was quoted for the Golden Hill street job. They said they would answer that question all though it was out Of the ordinary. George Stevens. representing the Mack Company, told the committee that it was true that he had sold brick $6 thousand cheaper in Holyoke than in this city, but he had been criticized by his company for it. He had sub mitted the low figures because he had sharp competition at the time with a shale brick concern. He also told the commission that his company quoted different prices every month and there was no regular stock price for Mack brick. Before leaving the room Alder man Hartley gave Mack brick hearty endorsement. saying it had stood up and worn the best Of any laid here, all though he thought other good brick had been laid here he believed they had suffered because poor foundations had been put underneath them
 The commission voted to ask the Common Council to enact an ordinance regulating the location of trolley an telegraph poles. The idea of the orof nance will be to prevent the location of the poles in the center of sidewalks and to prevent the grouping of several kinds of poles upon street corners.
 Director Biltz reported that he was ready to proceed with the paving of the east side of Housatonic avenue with Belgian blocks, from East Wash ington avenue to Hall street. He was authorized to proceed with the work.
 The director also reported that he expected to be finished with the paw ing of Golden Hill street in three weeks. He thought it would take about a week to lay a sewer in South Main street where permanent pave ment Is to be laid.
 Mayor Lee told the director that there were a couple of trees in South Main street he thought should be sav- ed President Rogers asked the May or if he did not think that instructions like that would best come from the commission The Mayor said he thought it was a good time to speak about it and he had done so.
 Auditor Heating, who is the clerk of the commission, reported that he be- Ieves that the commission would need only three sub-committees-one on fi- nance, one on pavement, and one on sewers. It was voted that the presi- dent appoint the subcommittee.
 Those who are. on the committee be- sides President Rogers are James 1T. O'Rourke, Frederick Atwater, Walter B. Lashar, Frank T. Staples and Will liam R. Brown