The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-21
MANY THINGS OF INTEREST BEFORE
 COMMON COUNCIL
Proposed Land Trade Between City and Brass Co. Not ;,
 Voted Upon

the site of the Bridgeport Brass Co., s Union Branch plant in Housatonic avenue was not voted upon by the council last night. Chairman Pad dock of the harbor committee asked that the matter be continued until the next meeting of the council. He said that a continuance would permit the printing of the proposition in the proceedings and would give all of the members an opportunity to get ac- Quainted with it.
 The chairman said he favored this procedure as the matter originated in the committee.
 A form of agreement between the city and the Brass company drawn Oy the city attorney was attached to the resolution offered by the committee. It provides that besides keeping the city's slip open that the company shall erect a new wharf for the city along the water front of it's city yard prop erty.
 Upon the recommendation of the committee on streets the council adopted a resolution ord erfng the per menent paving and sewer commission to proceed with the laying of per manent pavement in State street from Broad street to Fairfield avenue; in Park avenue from State street to
  avenue from William street to Noble avenue: in Noble avenue from East Washington avenue to Barnum ave- nue; and Barnum avenue from Nobie avenue to Seaview avenue.
 The United Illuminating Co. was given permission to lay conduits for its underground wires in advance of the permanent pavement work in some places and upon several other streets as follows: In Fairfield avenue from Broad street to Park avenue; in Congress street from Main street to Lyon Terrace; in Gold street from Middle street to Water street; and in Park avenue from Fairfield avenue to State street.
 On the report of a special commit tee. the layout of Congress street as 1t existed before Sept s' 1slo' was
 After considerable opposition led by Alderman F. H. Brady 1t was vot- ed to give w. A. Smith & Son, build- CTS. permission to put up temporary fence alongside the library building fin John street. The petitioners want ed to close up the entire walk and Alderman Brady desired an enforce ment of the ordinance permitting a closing up of only half of the walk. Several of the aldermen criticized the petitioners because the fence was erected before the petition was brought to the council.
 A. W. Burritt. Fire Chief Edward Mooney and Wesley F. Hayes object ed to the widening of Barnum ave- nue opposite Washington Park be- cause it would mean the cutting down of a number of handsome shade trees. Chief Mooney declared that the wid- ening would benefit no one but the street railway company and that 1t should be made to pay for the streets. He said that there are many other
 l. H. ;-s~ -I,s sl11 teries of travel leading toward the center of the city.
 Mir Burritt said that the trees were more of an advantage to the street than the widening would ever be. MT Hayes said that the present width that wooden block pavement and grooved rails were laid. It is under stood that the railroad company does not intend to lay grooved raifs in Barnum avenue. Other property owners sent letters protesting against the removal of the trees.
 John Hart representing the St. Jo- seph's '. M. T. l.. & B. Society ap- peared in favor of the proposition. J. F. Gerrity. who owns a brick block on the street appeared in favor of the proposition.
 Attorney S. C. Shaw, representing the Samuel Sanford estate, appeared in favor of the esta tablishment of a building line in Vine streeet from Coleman street to Park avenue. He street while Frank M. Todd of the firm of Reid & Todd. who is a prop erty owner on the street asked that an eight foot line be established on both sides of the street.
 The Socialist party sent a com munication to the council denouncing the statement alleged to have been made recently by an officer of the Manufacturers Association, before a legislative committee hearing, to the effect that a new armory is needed in this city to foster the militia to pro- tect the manufacturers. The party protested against the new armory if it was intended for the purpose of maintaining an armed guard for the few capitalists against the many workingme en.
 The communication also called at- tention to the fact that it was prac- tically brought out at the committee hearing in Hartford that if $100,000 is appropriated for state armory here. the city will pay back the whoie appropriation in the form of a state tax during the next two years. The writer said that if the manufacturers want an armory, the manufacturers should pay for it, aHd not the whole people, many of whom are totally opposed to the idea.
 Another communication from the Social-s, party deprecated the custom of the old parties in permitting the council to fill vacancies in its own membership when a member retires from office before the end of his term The communication stated that the matter should go back to the people to decide, and that aldermen were elected by the council who pos- sibly could not be elected If they came before the people.
 There were a number of matters out of the ordinary before the common council last night, over whose deliber- Rtions President H. J. Lavery presided in the absence of the mayor.
 The petition of James E. Burnes to build an addition to the show window of the Travellers Shoe Co. was grante l on motion of Alderman Walker, who obtained unanimous consent for it.
 John l. Miller of 11S7 Broad street put in petition asking for $1,000 damages, due to the change of grade of Broad street.
 When the report of sewer committee on sewer wells was read Alderman Jackson wanted to know if it did not include one for Wood and North ave- mes and one for North and Laurel avenues. He was told that it did not. and insisted he had petitioned asking for them before the council for the past six or nine months. He wante l them included in the report, but was ruled out of order
 The list of tax abatements as rec onended by the tax collector, due to errors. etc, was read and referred to khe committee an claims while the monthly bills were ordered paid.