The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-07
(Omcial-l
COM MON COUNCIL MEETING


Resolved. That the prayers of the
petitioners be granted, provided that
the principals of said taxes and assess
ments be paid within thirty 500 days.
Adopted.
The Committee on Printing reported
upon the communication of the City
Clerk relative to advertising and re-
cefying proposals for printing the Of
fetal journal of the proceedings of the
Common Council for the ensuing year
that said proposals were received in
accordance with charter provisions and
that bids We're received as follows.
Farmer Publishing Co., 81 per page
Post Publishing Co, $1.60 per page
Bridgeport, Morning Tel
egram, $-55 per page
Standard Association $1.57 per page
! and 5recommended for adoption the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved, That the contract for print
ing the official proceedings of the Com
mon Council for the ensuing year from
May l. 1903 be and the same is hereby
awarded to the Farmer Publishing Co.,
the lowest bidder, at the rate of $1.50
per page.
Adopted.
The Committee on miscellaneous
Matters, reported relative to the reSo-
luton concerning the appointment of
a committee to investigate the condi-
lions existing in the Charities Depart
ment and recommended for adoption
the following resolution:
Resolved, That His Honor, the May
or, be authorized and instructed to APP
point a committee of five to inquire
into the need of an investigation of
the business methods of the Board of
Charities and If in the opinion of the
committee an investigation be neceS-
sary, then that said committee be au-
thorized to proceed with an investiga-
ton in accordance with the resolution
now before the Common Council and
be It further
Resolved, That said committee shall
incur no expense until authorized by
the Common Council.
To the Honorable Common Council O,
the City of Bridgeport:
Gent lemen: The City Attorney would
respectfully report as follows to your
honorable body, relative to the city's
title to certain land on the easterly
side of the yellow Mill pond.
On June 4, 1900 a certain piece OF
land, consisting partly of mud flats
was decided to the city of Bridgeport
by John A Rushing and Charles S
Garfield. conservators on the estate o
Henry B. Drew, which land wa
bounded and described as follows:
Northerly on Channel of Yellow Mil
Pond;
Easterly on Henry B. Drew;
Southerly on Connecticut Avenue;
Westerly on Estate of George Cool
and on Channel of Yellow Mill pond
ceS on the north line of said Connect
cut Avenue at a point two hundred an,
fifty (25O feet west of the west line o
Seaview Avenue and thence run
northeriy at right angles to said Con
necticut Avenue to said Channel o
Yellow Mill Pond.
A considerable portion of said LAND
included within said description, Dor
dering on the said Yellow Mill Pond i
now claimed by D. Fairchild Wheelel
The disagreement arises on accoun
of the disputed location of the wester
ly boundary line of the said trac
which was decided to the city. As un
derstand it, it is claimed by Mr.. Wheel
err that the boundary line of land @
the estate of George Cook extends muc
further to the north than was believe
by the said conservators of the Henri
B. Drew estate and by the representa-
tives of the city who were acting fo
the city at the time of the purchase c
said land.
In view of the claims made by NJ
Wheeler as to his rights in this land,
would be unwise for the city to al
tempt to improve it or to eXpend an
money on it until the title is judicial
determined. I would therefore recon-
mend for adoption the following resolr
ton:
Resolved, That the City Attorney b
and is hereby authorized to bring sue
action, as he may deem best, again:
any and all persons who claim to ow
any part of said land, which was deed
ed to the city by said cOnservators
Henry B. Drew, or who claim to hav
any interest in the same, for the pu1
pose of determining such interest
claim and to clear up all doubts an
disputes and to quiet and settle tt
title to the same.
THOMAS NJ CULLINAN,
City Attorney.
Adopted.
The city Attorney reported as 70
lows:
To the Honorable Common Council
the City of Bridgeport:
Gentlemen:-
The City Attorney would respectful
report that on November "a. 1905.