The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-09

harbor line to be coincident with the United States harbor line. approved by the War Department November 19, 1906, be referred back to the special committee having Jurisdiction thereof for layout and correction, so that the said ambiguity and contradiction may be removed.
 George T. Mccarthy, Edward c. Spargo, M. l.. Reynolds, constituting the Board of Appraisal of Benefits and Damages and acting also as commit tee of freeholders.
 | At this time Alderman Gould moved that the report of George T. McCar- thy, Marcus L. Reynolds and Edward c. Spargo, being the Board of Ap- praisal of Benefits and Damages and holders appointed for the purpose Of estimating or ar praising benefits or | damages resultant from acceptance or report of special committee on June 2, 1909, said report stating the discon- tinuance of the Eity harbor line then l existing and the layout and establish ment of a new city harbor line ex- actly coincident with the United States harbor line approved by the War De- partment November 19 1908. be re- ferrcd to the special committee having | jurisdiction thereof. said committee being composed of John H. Taguel John H. Cassidy, Daniel H. Mahoney, Jr., Berger Bertilson and George
  so correct the layout. survey and de- tailed description of said new city harbor line that it shall extend from the Stratford avenue bridge to the in | with the said United States harbor line, approved by the War Depart ment November 19, 1906, and shall | there terminate.
 | Seconded by Alderman Bullard. | Upon motion by Alderman McMur- ray the entire matter was referred to 1 the Committee on Harbor Improve ments.
 l. Alderman Tague moved that recess | of ten minutes be taken to give the 1 committee on Harbor Improvements an opportunity to report.
 Motion carried by a rising vote IA to '.
 I Upon reconvening the special com mittee appointed May IT, 1909, to dis continue the then existing harbor line and to lay out a new city harbor line. said committee being composed Of John H. Tague, John H. Cassidy, Dan- | iel H. Mahoney, Jr., Berger Bertllson, and George Feyrer to which commit | tee as aforesaid the said discontin- uance and layout was again referred on October 4th, 1909, hereby reports that the committee has considered the said discontinuance and layout and that it has corrected the layout here tofore made and has made a layout of a harbor line on the west side of Bridgeport harbor and the Pequonnock | river from the Stratford avenue bridge southerly, said layout being line ex- l tending on the west side of the harbor | from the Stratford avenue bridge to the inner breakwater in exact coin- cidence with the United States harbor line, approved by the War Department November 19, 1906. and there termin- ating, and being in accordance with | the particular survey hereunto annex l ed and marked Survey of Harbor T s,,a TD,,iI @,,f oft toU1f T1Jna 7, 1909, and October 4th, 1909,' and in accordance with the particular descrip- | tion following:
 | Beginning at a point on top of the
 southeast corner of the west abut- | ment of Stratford avenue bridge and ninety-seven and 35-1O0 (97.35) feet from the center line of the four main | tracks of the N. Y, N. H. & H. R. R. I Co.,, measured perpendicular to said center line from a point sixteen and
 7-1oO Q6.OO feet northerly of north I face of coping of pier 27, the first low I pier southerly of Stratford avenue; thence southerly eight hundred and seventy (S7O) feet more or less to a point; said point is in line with south I erly face of coping of pier Ghe fifth pier northerly from the abutment) and thirty-two (S2) feet from southeast corner of coping, measured in line erly eleven hundred and twenty Q12O) l feet, more or less, to a point; said point is on the southerly line of South avenue, prolonged eight hundred ana I ten (S10) feet easterly from the east side of Main street and three hundred and seventeen and 26-1o0 (317.26) feet easterly of the intersection of said southerly line with the coping nn easter retaining wall of the railroad, a point two hundred and fifty-five 1 and 32-1OO (25532) feet southerly from north end of said coping, measured along it's grade; thence southeriy | making a deflection angle to the east ward of two @ degrees and thirty. 1 two (32) minutes for a, distance of twenty-four hundred and fifty (245O feet, more or less; to point in the northerly line of Henry street pro longed easterly; thence southeasterly for a distance of three hundred ana ninety (39O) feet passing through | point at lend of wall," said end Of wall being the extreme northeast cor ner of top of stone wall at northeast extremity of ''the tongue and directly l in line between the tower of the Bridgeport General Hospital and stone set fifty-eight and 2-10 (5S.2) feet 1 southwesterly from said lend of wall to a point; thence southeasterly a dis tance of eight hundred and eighty (SSO) feet, more or less, to a point. l This line if prolonged would pass through a point fifty (50) feet north easterly of the inner beacon; thence | southwesterly on a line parallel with 1 the line JOlIhuS CeIteIS Ol lHll0I dlio l outer beacons and two hundred and | seventy-five (275) feet northwesterly from that line measured perpendicular | thereto to the center of the inner | breakwater.
 | In connection with the foregoing re- | port Alderman Bullard introduced the | following resolution:
 Resolved. That the report of the special committee on the matter of the harbor line on the westerly side of Bridgeport harbor be and it is hereby accepted and approved and that the common council hereby dis continues said harbor line adopted December 8, 1906. and lays out and designates as a harbor line on the westerly side of the Bridgeport har- bor, southerIy from the Stratford ave- nue bridge, the line particularly de- scribed in the survey and description contained in the report of the said special committed, and that the re- port of the said committee, so cor rected. and the said layout. be refer red to the board of appraisal of bene- fits and damages for action by it; and that the mayor is hereby requested to