The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-08

posed to create on the territory the city has given it. That is, the ma bulkheads will be thrown behind them after the usual fashion.
 The "concessfonsn at the Stratford avenue bridge, when they are summed
 which will not begin to compensate for the additional con gestion of traffic that will be accomplished when the trolley company begins to move its cars in and out of the car barns at this point.
 The vote by which the double grab was accomplished was not even a standing vote. It was taken by ac- clamation. The Aldermen voted with eyes downcast, their lips scarcely nov ing. in such low tones that who was voting yes and who mo- could scarcely be distinguished
 tion of Alderman Thomas to lay the matter upon the table. Every Re
 publican, excepting Alderman Eugene
 Meyer of the ~1fth district, voted against postponement A hum of
 amusement went through the hall as the votes of Gould, Bullard and O'Con- nell, who had heretofore voted against
 the harbor grab, were found in new alignment. Alderman OConnen on a latter vote, when the harbor line was formally co-incident, with the government line, & mere formality, the damage having been done, voted against the measure.
 Alderman Meyer voiced his attitude upon the question in no uncertain language. He said that long before this he and other aldermen had been placed in possession of all the facts relating to the harbor line controver- sy. Since that time, although there were absolutely no new facts, some aldermen had changed base, but he for his part. could see no reason upon which+to change his vote. What ,t,f, Tho rxr,1n frrov, e an injury now. If he stood alone he would vote to preserve the harbor to the people of Bridgeport.
 The Democrats who voted against the postponement were Tague. Cas- sidy Griffin and Conner. < In presenting his resolution Alder man Gould said that he and Alder man Bullard had put in great deal of time in preparing the proposition. mudflats in connection with the pro- posed change in the harbor line were going to cost the city a great deal of money. From the start he had look ed upon the whole matter as a busi- would be good thing to drive as good a bargain with the city as possible. z .Alderma Thon1 moyed that it be laid over until the next meeting. All derman Meyer seconded the motion, Alderman Tague suggested that 1t be laid over to a special meeting.
 Alderman Gould said that he was not authorized to leave the agreement made with President Mellen on the table for another week.
 The question was put to a vote and 15 out of the g aldermen present were favorable to voting to get the matter out of the way at once.
 Alderman John N. Near made speech in which he said that it look ed as though the railroad had come down from it's high horse and was go-
 
 was glad of it, but he said he wanted the matter to go over for a week as he did not want to see any legislation Hlshed through like the 20 year wa ter contract.
 Alderman aGriffin said the members of the board were surely familiar with the situation and that it vas cer- tain that the agreement presented by Alderman Gould certainly settled the car barn question. He had always favored the city line. but was heart fly sick of it. There was one con cession he thought was worthy of great consideration and that was grooTed rails. Alderman Mahoney show that the railroad is always will ing to give something when they want something, and if he had voted in favor of the government harbor line when his colleagues were anxious to rush things through the city would have got nothing. He believed that if the other members of the commit tee had stuck by him they would have secured, compromise line as well as the other concessions.
 Alderman Meyer said that. in his mind there was principle involved in the harbor line question and not he could see that the city was paying was the principle of the thing. He did not think that all of the conces- sions the railroad could offer should be allowed to set aside the principle of the thing.
 The Mayor said that the city line was not being established co-incident with the city line because of the con- "for we have the vote here to do it without the concession"
 Alderman John H. Tague, who re- gently entered the employ of the Hydraulic Co.,, the presi- dent of which is a director in the Con railroad, arose to tell the people of the city of Bridgeport that they had never been nice to the rail- road, and because of it's stubbornness the railroad had always snubbed the | city He said the bridge controver- l sy where the railroad had agreed to | pay $3O,00 toward the Congress street | bridge was the first time that the | railroad had ever given the city any, | thing and the concessions gained by | Alderman Gould were the second that | the railroad had ever given the city. l He said: 'In the past the people have | been stubborn, then the railroad has | gone to the railroad commissioners | and got what it wanted remem- Der that MT. Bishop came in here and | told the council that all it would have to pay for the abolishment of the grade crossings was s25. .O0O The prop osition was turned down and the rail- road went to the legislature. Be- fore they got through it cost the city s7oO 900. The city has been too stub oorn The railroad has her rights here. Now I want to say that this thing appeals to me-" Alderman Meyer asked Alderman Tague if it | was not true according to his state nents of the past that the, railroad r was now willing to give something for property it already owned?
 "I never made any such statement" said Alderman Tague.
 Haven't you always contended that he railroad owns the riparian rights along the west side of the harbor?"