The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-11
HOUR
 AMENDMENT ISN'T
 WHOLLY APPROVED
Mayor Does Not Believe in Cur taiIing Councils Power - Strange Procedure

Col NJ. H. Rogers 11th hour plan to give increased powers to the pay ing commission does not meet with the full approval of Mayor Edward T Buckingham, to whom it has been submitted by it's author.
 Mayor Buckingham stated this morn ing that while he is in favor of giving the commission full power in its own territory as to sidewalks, curbs, etc. he is not by any means favorably dis posed toward the idea of giving the paving commission all the Common Councils prerogatives in the matter of street railways, electric light poles wires, conduits, gas and water mains etc. on paved streets.
 1T do not believe in curtailing the powers of the Common Council in that way at all'' said Mayor Bucking gham.
 Director of Public Works M. A. Kenny said that he had read the pro- posed charter amendment and that he thinks it is all right.
 There should be no misapprehen- sion on one point said the director; ''the amendment gives the commission power over those streets on which per manent paving is laid and none Oth- erTs''
 The peculiar manner in which this proposed charter amendment is brought forth at the last minute has attracted general comment through out the city. generally unfavorable. It is the general feeling that a mat ter of this kind should not be rushed through at such a late date without giving any chance of public eXpres- sion upon the subject
 The measure proposed is as follows:
 The Amendment.
 An Act Amending the Charter of the
 Cit1- of R1.idOpnort
 The commission on permanent pay ing and sewer construction, of said city, created by act of general assem- Ely, approved June 29, 1909, shall have in addition to the powers and duties conferred by said act, the fol- lowing powers and duties, to wit:
 After the notice provided for in sec ton 70 of the charter of said city, rc ciative to sidewalks, curbs and gut ters, has been given by the commo on council of said city, in the manner therein provided, and after the expira- tiorl of the time liimted in such notice It shall be the duty of said commission to raise, grade, form, flag, pave, or make any such sidewalk curb or gut ter within the lines of all paved streets, other than macadam paved streets, in said city, and report the eX- pense thereof to the common coun- cil for collection, in the manner pro- vided by law, and such expense, so incurred, shall be and remain a lien. cr real incumbrance on such lands and buildings, in favor of the city, and the payment thereof may be enforced by the city, and in like manner, in all re- spects as is provided and authorized ,n section 63 of the charter of the city, in the case of benefits, assessed for the layout of streets and highways. and all the provisions of said section 63 in relation to liens and the collection of benefits are incorporated into this sec- tion and made applicable to such eX- pense mutatiS mutandis
 Powers Extended,
 Said commission shall have power and authority, whenever in it's iudg- nIent, public convenience or safety may require to order the proprietor CT proprietors of the land and build lugS fronting on any paved street, ether than a macadam paved street, to repair or relay sidewalks, curbs. or gutters. on their several fronts, In the