The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-28

Adopted.
 The same committee reported rela- | tive to de petition of the St Patrick's Church Corporation. for return of ssl | fee paid for building permit And recommended for adoption the | following resolution. Resolved. That the prayer of the pe- titioner be granted and that the City Clerk be and hereby is instructed to draw his order on the City Treasur- CT for the sum of s91 in favor of the St. Patricks Church Corporation.
 Adopted. The same committee reported rela- tive to the petition of Harold C.. Holmes for injuries sustained Sept 18th 1909. by reason of defect in roadway on Stratford avenue near Stratford avenue East Main street.
 And recommended for adoption the | following resolution, Resolved, That the prayer of the pe- titioner be granted and that the clerk be and hereby Is instructed to draw his order on the City Treasurer for the following amount, | Harold c. Holmes, $1b-
 The same to be in full settlement of all claim under said petition | Adopted | The same Committee reported rela- tive to the petition of Robert Web CT for reimbursement for money ex- pended for postage and incidentals, | And recommended for adoption the | following resolution.
 Resolved, That the prayer of the pe- | titIoner be granted and the clerk be and hereby is instructed to draw his | order on the City Treasurer in favor \ of Robert Weber for the sum Of sSs-ss:
 The same to be in full settlement of all claim under said petition | The same Committee reported rela- tive to sundry petitions,
 De petition of ". F. Upton TOT abatement of expenses or assessmeht for the Stratford avenue and Wilmot avenue sewer.
 | De petition of Margaret Carroll for Ithe John Carroll Estate for adjust lment or abatement of.the assessment for Main street pavement and walks
 And recommended for adoption the following resolution, Resolved. That the prayer of the petitioners be granted providing the following sums are paid within 50 ldavs hv inc petitioners here in speci- fled to wit as follows: o, | W. F. Upton. sSs
 Margaret Carroll. va | The same committee reported rela-
 tive to the petition of Louis Marcan- tonic for abatement of personal taxes on the lists of 1902-3-4 And recommended for adoption the following resolution:
 Resolved: That the prayer Of the petitioner be granted
 Adopted.
 The same committee reported rela- tive to sundry petitions
 De petition of Emma W. Demerttt Adelaide Green and Edith Nichols fol
 return of $9.10 paid in taxes by mis-
 take on the list of lso6;
 return of $63.59 paid in taxes on the Hist of 1908. through error
 And recommended the following
 resolution for adoption:
 r11nf na
 petitioners be granted, and that the . clerk be and hereby is instructed tc draw his order on the City Treasurer
 for the following amounts: Emma w. Demeritt ct al., s-1s
 The same to be in full settlement
 of all claim under said petitions
 The same committee reported rela.
 tive to the petition of Henry s. -'Glover
 And recommended for adoption thu
 following resolution:
 Resolved: That the petitioner o' 2 given leave to withdraw a Adopted.
 The same committee reported rela
 tive to sundry petitions 9 De petition of John H. Chantem' , for abatement of sidewalk asseSsmen : on Union avenue . De petition of Church of Evangeli 2 cal Shirliah Association for abate
 ment of street sprtnkling assessment 
 the abatement of the street springlint 2 assessment for the year 1905
 And recommended for adoption tn
 following resolution: Resolved. That the prayer or thu petitioners be granted il Adopted.
 The City Auditor reported that fo ! the purpose of facilitating the iprope r Keeping of city accounts, the passag r of the following resolution Is recon V mended:
 Resolved, That in all abatement !. of city taxes. or assessments. here V efter made by the Common Council e the following particulars shall b ! 1st. The name of the person. cor d poration or firm whose tax is abated !. Ed The year for which sueh ta
 Sd. The amount abated. in eacl . taxing district
 And when assessments are abated n the following particulars shall b list. The name of the person. cor
 poration or firm whose assessment i
 sd. The amount of the abatement
 Sd. The date of the assessmen n 4th. The title of the improvement r for which the abatement is made. ot And that a copy of all such abate e ments shall be lodged by the Cit IT Clerk, with the Collector. and a lik e copy with the City Auditor" et Adopted.
 m The Congress Street Bridge Com ! mission reported as follows ,- To the Honorable Mayor and Boar I- lof Alderman of the City of Bridge V port Gentlemen:
 In view of the fact that there ha ,e been no report made to the presen I Mayor and Board of Aldermen of tn lo City of Bridgeport from the Congres If Street Bridge Commission. we beg | Is submit a report on the present statu T of the work. Since making our re l., port to the previous administratio i. the progress of construction has bee .e fairly satisfactory, until at the preser ia time approximately S9 per cent, c d the contract has been completed
 There was delay at the beginnin a of the work because of the inabilit !. of the contractors to obtain the lon " piles and yellow pine timber whic 1f was bought by the contractors fror
 local dealers. but shipments were slo'
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