The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-24
STREET COMMITTEE SAYS BARNUM AVE,
 SHOULD BE WIDER

The Aldermanic committee on Streets voted last night to recommend that | Barnum avenue be widened four feet the street. Chief Mooney appeared
 before the committee and stated that A. J. Hobbs and Martin Lucomb, two property owners on the street, were , opposed to the widening Barnu1n avenue property owners who are op- posed to the widening measured Fair field avenue at Middle street yester- day, and found that Barnum avenue was one inch wider than this thor oughfare which is accommodating all of the travel that passes through the city. as we'll as the greater part of the travel between the east and west sides of the city. The Barnum ave- nue property owners are considering bringing an injunction against the widening of the street between Noble avenue and Beach street
 The committee also voted to recom- mend the laying of permanent pave ment in State street from Broad street to Fairfield avenue; in Park avenue, from State street to Fairfield avenue; in Barnum avenue, from Noble avenue to Central avenue; in Noble avenue, from East Washington avenue to Bar mum avenue; in Fairfield avenue, from Main street to Park avenue; and in Fairfield avenue from Clinton avenue to the railroad viaduct.
 The committee also voted to recom- mend that the Connecticut Go. be re- quired to lay grooved raiis upon all streets where 1t intends to change it's rails prior to the laying of permanent pavement.
 Hearings were recommended upon the establishment of building lines in Warehouse street and Madison ave- rlue.
 Steps were taken to order the grad ing of the streets where the Tax Board provided the funds for the same They were Trumbull Road, Harmony street, Lexington avenue, Porter street, Park avenue, Capitol avenue, Charles street, Westfield avenue, Pacific street, Jew cit street, Logan street, Kelsey street. and Dewey street.
 It was voted to empower the Direc- tor of Public Works to build a cement culvert over Island Brook in North avenue, to take the place of the old wooden structure.
 recommendation will be made at the next meeting Of the council that the petitioners be given leave to with draw in the matters pertaining to the dfscontinlance of the dead end'' of Stratford avenue at the Yellow Mill bridge; the discontinuance of South avenue; extension of Monroe street to Fairfield avenue; the acceptance of Houston street; and Harmony street extension.
 Hearings will be recommended on the extension of Parrott avenue, the grading of Brookfleld avenue, and the grading of Central avenue.
 Carroll avenue, Hallett street. Greg -ory street. State street (from Fairfield avenue to Dewey street, are streets where the committee recommended that macadam roads be built this sum- mer
 Eight foot building lines were rec commended for Vine street (from Cole man street to Park avenue), and in Carleton street. A change of the | grade in Bixlee street will be recom- mended as petitfoned for
 Director Kenny appeared before the committee and submitted to it list of streets which it was desirous to have sprinkled this year. The com ! mittee made a number of revisions in 1 the list that was completed at a pub 1 lie hearing on December A.