The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-20

taken June 5, 1911, be rescinded and that said report together with the communication of Vice President E. G. Buckland of the Connecticut Co. be referred to the committee on streets and sidewalks for further con- sideration.
 HENRY J. CLAMPETT,
 DANIEL B. WALKER,
 Vice President Buckland's commun. ication was along the same lines as his letter to Alderman Jackson, the latter in the form of a personad conn munication In South avenue below IGanistan avenue his company would be confronted with the industrial road of the Crane Co.,, while the business obtained for such a line would not be enough to warrant it's construc- tion. Whereas through Atlantic street a new street would be opened to de- velopment,
 Alderman Walker, who signed the resolution asking for the resembling of the former action, stated that he had voted for South avenue direct route and would vote for it again. He was in favor of letting the question remain open until the ownership of the end of South avenue was settled in the courts.
 Alderman Mahoney wanted to know how we'll Alderman King has served his constituents in the Twelfth dis trict particularly those who had ask ed for trolley service to the Bridge port hospital. Alderman King stated that he favored the~M Hill avenue route.
 On vote being taken and question ed, the mayor called for a rising vote, 13 being in favor of resembling the former action, and against. Alderman Paddock urged that ac- tion be delayed until the suit over the nxxyY1 1oy-ch ir nf the city and the Crane Go. is settled. Later in the meeting he presented a resolution, which was adopted, call ing upon the City Attorney to hurry the action in the courts.
 City Attorney Thomas M. Cullinan, by request, sent a communication to the council in relation to what right the city had in ordering the Connec- ticut Go. to replace wooden poles with iron standards. In his opinion the city attorney ruled that the city had no authority, that such power was vest ed in the railroad commissioners. If residents of the city now desire iron railroad commissioners. The commun- ication of the city attorney is as fol- lows:
 To the Honorable Common Council
 of the City of Bridgeport.
 Gentlemen: At the last meeting of your honorable body, a resolution was adopted calling upon the city attor- ney for an opinion as to the power of the common council over the poles used by street railway companies and as to the authority of the council to say whether such poles should be of wood or of iron.
 In reply thereto I would say, that the statutes of the state provide that the railroad commissioners. subject to the right Of appeal to court, shall have exclusive Jurisdiction and di- rection over the method of construc- tion of severy street railway and shall have the power of designsting the lures, including the poles. used in such construction. You will there fore see that all power over these matters has been taken from the municipal authorities and vested in the railroad commissioners. the common council does not possess the authority to determine whether the poles used by 3 railway com pany shal be of wood or of iIon.
 Respectfully submitted this 18th day of June 1911.
 THOMAS M. CULLINAN.
 City Attorney. advertised for last nights session, ap- pearances for or against were very few. Superintendent c. H. Chapman of the Conn. Go. asked that his com pany be given permission to lay 10 foot centers on several streets. There was no opposition. No one appearing in favor of the proposed Glenwood avenue sewer to empty into Berkshire pond, Fred c. Mullins who led the opposition at the recent hearing on this matter eontented himself with de- claring that the Berkshire pond was an unsuitable place for any sewer to empty into.
 The report of the fire commission CTS was accepted and adopted as was. also that of the library board and the of three membth.s were confirmed without opposition.
 On motion of Alderman Daniel E. Walker Col. T. J. Murphy was given permission to move building on