The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-18

posed to the t1iscon.inuance of the city Ines''
 MT Wilson then said that this op- position included resolutions which composed of men who have special in- terests in the harbor. There was resolution by the Park City Yacht club, by the Mohawk Yacht club, by the Miamogue Yacht club. by the Pequonnock Yacht club, by Bridge port Harbor No. 10, of the Captains.
 Mates and Pilots Association of America, and by the captains of the
 larger steamers plying in and out of
 the harbor. There were also, he said, some 40 or 50 men on committees ap- pointed by these organizations. to pre-
 sent the resolutions, and to oppose the discontinuance of the city line. These
 men were present would be heard,
 each committee by a single member. MT Wilson also said that the Strat-
 ford Oyster Company was represented
 posing the discontinuance. That the
 Radel Oyster company was represented
 in opposition, and finally that the Oyster Protective Association of Con- by committee. the board that he appeared as a citizen and taxpayer. and as
 member of a committee from ed for the purpose of appearing before in opposition to the abolishment | of the city line.
 Alderman Primrose, who is also a | member of the club said that the har- tbormaster might do well to tell of the vote which elected him as there was | only about 30 per cent. of the member ship present at the meeting and that only 30 per cent of those present voted in favor of the appointment of the committee
 The harbormaster replied, '1 noticed
 that only Alderman Primrose and two har fa6 1c4 -ncf voted in favor of the committee Alderman McMurray objected to the airing of what took place in the club i as long as Alderman Primrose did not question that the harbormaster repre- sented it.
 The harbormaster continued that he did not see why the present city harbor line should be dis-established l as it was putting the city on danger ous ground. He was more convinced than ever, from the crowded condition | of the harbOr in the last three weeks, | that the city line should stay where 1 it is. While the wind had been in the northeast there were so many vessels | in the harbor that they had laid over inside of the government line onto the l flats. He did not believe it was neces- sary for the city to enter into an
 agreement to have the Naugatuck dock
 removed ''It will tumble down itself in time." he said Ninety per cent.
 of the complaints against the over I
 railroad company because of the Nau- gatuck dock. It was unfair he thought
 to call the city line spite line as it
 was laid by an unanimous vote of the | Common Council and sanctioned by | Mayor Reynolds
 l Look at the line in the East river" he said. 'it is not straight line From l 31st street south it forms a letter Z
 You don't know whether you will have l to pay damages or not. The railroad
 attorneys say we will. while other
 counsel. just as good. say we will not. l refer to the opinion of former City Attorney Marr- I am not a lawyer but I know that you cannot warranty | deed mud flat property. That was
 fought out in U. S. Supreme Court by | Congressman Hill, Judge Hall and | Samuel Fessenden several years ago.
 If you condemn the dock and prevent | the company from using it you have got to pay for it but you won't have to | pay for the mud flats
 l Alderman Tague wanted to know ii some of the boats had not been an-
 choring too far to the eastward Har- borma ster Morris said no that 15O boats would use from 15 to 20 fath- oms of chain in anchoring, and that
 a boat needed considerable more room I than her own length.
 | Alderman Tague wanted to know | why more boats did not use the ba-
 sin in front of the power house. The | harbormaster said there had been 24 | sailing vessels anchored in that basin I | that could get in there. The harbor-
 master explained that it was the wish of captains of the big steamers com | ing into the harbor to keep the power house basin clear as possible in or l der that they might have as big a
 sweep possible in rounding the bug light.
 | Alderman Mahoney. who the mayor
 had declared always knew more about the harbor than any other man in the | council said he would tell the mayor how the city line maintained big ger harbor for the city than the Fed eral line ever would. He said that as soon as the city line was established lco-incident with the Federal line the railroad would move cue to it and build a wharf, to which coal barges
 would be moored in large numbers at l a point where they would make it more hazardous than ever for vessels going in and out of the lower harbor. Mayor Lee said he thought that the lalderman was speculating a great deal. l Later the mayor showed much lack of Knowledge of the organisations of