The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-05
Everybody's Store.

the finest roadway in New England
 He stated that he was not there as a
 champion of the railroad company, put
 it was going to have to pay the great
 CT amount of the cost and he thought the company should have something to say about the kind of pavement that was going to be laid. Further he said the taxpayers in general would have to pay more than the Main street taxpayerS. The people on the out skirts, he said, pay 15.S mills, the same as the people in Main street, and get nothing in return. Are you people willing to pay the extra cost of lay ing wood block pavement over brick pavement?''; he asked.
 NO, sir,'' replied MT. Bell.
 The former Alderman said that he did not have a preference between the grooved rails and the '"T' rails.
 MT. Bell then said that he did not intend to criticize. Fairfield avenue block pavement to the degree that MT. Morrissey thought he did. He ex- pressed an opinion that he did not should pay any more for the pavement than any other taxpayer, as everybody in the city used Main street. He ask ed T. B. Ford, of the engineering firm Of Scofield & Ford, to say something about the grade in Fairfield avenue Alderman Tague objected on the ground that the committee was there to discuss pavement and not grades.
 MT. F'Ord said ne. Was present dS one of the trustees of the Bridgeport Say ings Bank to say something about pavement. His personal opinion about rails was that the "T'' rail is the best and there would not have been the trouble with the rails laid in this city if a champered block, which sets up close to the rails, had been required when the tracks were laid For the trustees of the bank he wished to state they preferred that a wood block pave hn 1ai6 n remembered that the question of grooV- ed rails had come up in the Common Council several years ago. Chairman Hartley said he understood that when Col. Heft was at the head of the street railway he wanted to lay a grooved rail and the city would not let him. He asked MT. Ford if this was not so The latter replied that to the best of his recollection Attorney Arthur M Marsh. when a member of the Board of Aldermen, agitated the laying of grooved rails
 Attorney Samuel c. Stoddard, repre- sentine Samuel s. Sanford. favored wood blocks and a change of rail He was of the opinion that the trouble in this city was that the pavement which was laid was not kept in proper repair. In Europe. he said. the roads were good because the people never let town of Eiaston bonded to macadam- ize Snort Hill and when the road was finished the citizens thought they had a road for all time. but were surprised when the road wore out after a few years. He concluded by saying: "What permanent pavement we have ought to be constantly watched
 John A. Rusling. for the Stillman es- tate said he understood wood block pavement could be repaired at great deal less expense than brick. Other people than those with property in Main street were to be considered and as a business man doing business and people every day he felt safe in saving 90 per cent. of the people are in favor of wood block.
 J. H. s. Jones. representing his moth CT, asked if the foundations under the asphalt pavement had to come up. Chairman Hartley said he understood the old foundations would have to