The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-07
ALDERMEN VOTE TO WIDEN CONGRESS ST.
 ON THE SOUTH SIDE
Order Will Enable Appraisal of Cost to be Made For Copal son With Cost of Widening on North Sde- Logan Bros.
 Say Building Will be Destroyed-- --Po| Neutral


 cars running it will be impossible to | do business on the street at it's present width. Our building will not be good | for business unless We can load and unload our goods in front of the door. There is no other way of doing | it."
 | Alderman William E. Primrose said | he had spoken in favor of the south 1 side at the last meeting of the coun- | ell, but he had not seen the plan to widen the north side which provided 1 for a straight street line direct from Main street to the plant of the Uni- 1 ted Illuminating Co.,, east of the rail- | road viaduct. He said that the plan | to move the pier about 16 it. to the | north and replace the stone pier with one of steel would increase the road l in the north opening of the viaduct about 2 or feet and provide ample room for two teams to pass north of | the car tracks. With the plan he said | the opportunity of seeing the bridge | from Main street was increased. He said he was astonished to find what good plan it was and he had visit | ed the building of Logan Bros. and found that it was going to be great expense to remove the structure President Manwarfng of the bridge commission said he was opposed to the widening on the north side because he wanted the best results in provid- ing approaches to the bridge. Look found that the double tracks of the trolley lines were to pass beneath the north opening of the viaduct to reach the bridge, while the spur tracks run ming to the car barns passed thsough the opening on the south side. If the it did not help the problem of provid- ing a straight open passageway for teams from Main street under the .viaduct to the bridge. By removing the blank stone wall pier to the north he said the city would get rid of a barricade to travel, widen the road way and get straight street on the north side direct from the bridge to Main street. It would be no great task, he said, to remove the stone wall which was a menace to the safe- ty of vehicles passing south in Hous- atomic avenue and to teams that would travel westward over the bridge view and made a dangerous spot. A piece of the United Illuminating Co.'S property would have to be taken.
 MT. Manwaring declared that if his plan was adopted 1t would provide, as near as possible, fanlike approach.
 Alderman Wilder questioned Presi- dent Manwaring and brought out the statement that if the widening was done on the north side that double reverse curve in the trolley tracks would be eliminated and that there would be almost straight tracks from the bridge to Main street.
 Alderman Jackson wanted to know why the bridge commission was not in favor of spending money for wide approaches on the west side of the river when it had spent $15, 900 for the Lines property on the East Side of the Bridge. MT. Manwaring said that the Lines property was not purchased as a matter of sentiment, the commis- sion not desiring to destroy the ap- pearance of the bridge with the old rookeries which were there.
 Alderman Jackson said that what he wanted to hear about the widen ing on the south side was information other than what seemed to be influ- ence of one man on several others. He wanted to know why the new plan had not been brought up before. MT. Manwaring said he had never thought of it until it affected his project.
 Alderman Jackson then wanted to know how much money the bridge commission had to pave the east ap- breaches to the new bridge. MT. Manwaring said President M. H. Rog- CTS of the paving commission might enilghten him. President Rogers said the matter had been turned over to the bridge commission.
 Alderman Fletcher wanted to know what that had to do with the ques- ton before the house.
 Alderman Jackson said he was look ing for information for the committee on streets and sidewalks.
 'This is a hearing on the widen- ing of Congress street." sharply said Alderman Fletcher.
 No one had anything more to say about the matter and the hearing was closed.
 President Edward F. Hallen of the Board of Police Commissioners. in communication received by the coun- cil last night, explained why the police helmets were purchased out of town. The letter was in response to a query by Alderman Paddock. MT. Hadlen said that the police needed helmets and that the clerk had ordered them. fol- lowing the usual custom of the board. Alderman Paddock explained that he was interested in a, hat manufacturing business, being a natter by trade, and that the business represented by the making of these hats would have been welcomed by his firm. At any rate the business should have remained in the city At this point Alderman Paddock launched into a political speech and was called sharply to order by Mayor Buckingham.