The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-08
DEPARTMENT. HEADS DEFEND
 ACQUISITIONS FOR FUNDS
Hearings Begin Before Board of Apportionment- Engineer McKenna Makes Block Maps for Less Than Estimated Expense Citizens Do Not Avail Them selves of Opportunity of Asking Questions.

its own patrons at the railroad Sta-
 tion? Is there any good reason why
 the city should maintain police there
 to protect railroad property?" asked
 President Phelan.
 "I do not think that if we could
 get the railroad to police its own
 property that the city could use its
 money in policing some other part of
 the city. But on the other hand the
 railroad station is really the gate of
 the city. The crooks and criminals
 come in that way and in keeping off,
 dent of all the other cities along the
 line''
 Does New York police the railroad
 stations?"
 ''I have seen as many as thirty policemen standing outside the Penn
 sylvania station where they could be called into the station if they were needed. They might as we'll have been inside.' replied Mir Hallen, who add ed, Some of the administrations Of the police department have pollced
 the railroad stations and others have
 not. It seems to be only a difference Of opinion.''
 that some of the attaches of the rail- road company might be appointed special policemen and do the work. 'I think we ought to have the youngest, brightest and best looking cop in the department at the police station.' declared B. D. Pierce, Jr. "Wen we have heard MT. Piece, |" calculated President Hallen. Couldn't we get a. suffragette cop?' asked MT. Vincent.
 President George M. Flames of the Park board made it known for the first time that the price which the Board of Appraisal would allow for the 15 t,-oa Cedar creek and adjacent to Seaside Park Is $11, 1,000
 John J. Morrissey of the Board of Appraisal said that lana experts had placed valuations upon the property ranging from s4o,000 to $120,000, but | the Board of Appraisal had ascertain ed what the city had paid for other property in the neighborhood and the expense that the Smith estate had gone to in filling in some of the land, | and it believes that between 900 | and $11 900 would be a fair price. | President Flames said that if the l board allowed $2,765 for play grounds | that it would install the necessary paraphernalia at Yellow NH and | Highland Parks. Asked where High l land Park was he said, "On Oak street
 where the boys pull the pump out of | the ground every week." He said that the subcommittee of
  1 fused to allow any funds for a pub l lie comfort station in Washington park but had allowed enough money | for 100 new bath houses at Seaside | park.
 Building Commissioner W. R. Du- Bois was asked why 1t had cost $436. SO | for the upkeep and repairs of a $500 car for 8 months. He replied: "We asked for s1,000 to buy a new car. This board cut us down to $500 and ! we had to find an additional $100 and | buy a second hand car for $600 I | suppose the cost of keeping the car | shows the expediency of purchasing a | second hand car"
 | MT. Dubois said that the city owns one car in the department and that | the assistant building inspector fur nished his own car. He thought that
 the department could operate both cars | for s1.200 year.
 Chairman James J. Conlin of the
 lamp committee said that the city by ! taking advantage of the new price | of $71.17 the city is going to save money by placing one electric light | to take the place of two gas or gaso-
 line lamps. He said no money has
 been asked this year for lamps posts Alderman Conlin told the board that inc United IlluminatinF Co. had re | fused to give the city a flat rate rc ] light Congress street bridge where the lights are metered. He said that
 the committee is now at work at some plan to light the bridge much cheap CT. Under the present system it is
 costing over $500 year to light the
 bridge and the vibration of the struc-
 ture causes many of the lights to go out
 The police commissioners before the
 close of their hearing assured the | board that if they are granted $3,00( for a garage at the rear of the build ing, the ambulance, the patrol wagon and all of the horse drawn vehicles o1 both the police and charity depart
 ments may be kept under one roof al
 a great saving to the city.