The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-14
PAVING COMMISSION PLANS WORK FOR
 COMING SEASON
Strong Plea Made For Perma- nent Pavement of State Street West of Park Avenue

When contracts are awarded for the residents of that thoroughfare west of Park avenue desire the work to be rushed to completion, not by patch work, one section at a time. but to
 the end to Fairfield avenue and that the whole be completed before the end of summer. The residents had ! been stirred by rumors that the street l was to be paved to Park avenue, and
 that the city was then to shift to l Fairfield avenue to complete that street from Clinton avenue to the via duct. At the present time all the l trees in State street from Seeiey street west are being cut down to permit of 1 the curbs being set back a foot on
 each side, making the street two feet wider.
 l The request for the rushing of the work was asked for of the Paving and | Sewer Commission at their meeting
 last evening. Alderman Robert G. DeForest understood, he stated, that 1 the commission would order the paw 1 ing of State street immediately to Park avenue, and then to switch off | to Fairfield avenue. He added that it l was the wish of the residents of his l district that the contractors continue
 on the work until the whole street
 
 1 thoroughfare ripped up all summer. 1 He asked that work be started on 1 State street before pavement is laid On any other street in the city. i Alderman Daniel E. Walker, whose pet hobby has been the permanent
 paving of State street, and who is
 also a member of the Streets and | Sidewalks committee stated that when
 acquisitions were made for the re-
 pairing of streets of the city, not
 cent was allowed for streets in the l Fourth district because the committee 1 believed State street should be perma-
 nently paved The committee pro-
 vided, though, that the top covering | from State street could be laid and
 rolled on the side streets intersecting
 State street State street, he noted | was the main outlet from the center
 of the city to the West End. The
 residents of the Fourth district would
 not object to having the street clos 1 ed while the work was being done
 as they were provided with two other | streets of travel to the center of the
 city in Fairfield and Railroad avenues. 1 Alderman Henry J. Clampett, chair man of the Streets and Sidewalks
 committee stated that it was the opin-
 ion of his committee that State street
 should be paved to the Fairfield ave- l nue viaduct before the work is start ed on another thoroughfare, feeling | that it was the street which needed pavement most at this time. He add
 ed that if the committee thought the
 Commission would order work started | on another street before State street was finished the committee would | never have suggested to have any | other streets paved.
 Alderman Patrick H. Brady, also
 member of the Streets and Sidewalks l committee stated that he also voiced
 the sentiments of the other two mem bers of the committee who were un- l able to be present. The residents of | the street were much in favor of the pavement, and would desire to have | the work started at once Alderman Brady made a good point in favor of pavement at once, when he showed | that if the street was paved most
 of the traffic would proceed in State | street to the center of the city and
 over Water street, thus greatly reliev- 1 ing the present conjestion at Main l and Fairfield avenue.
 l When asked what kind of pavement | he thought desirable, Alderman Walk CT preferred to leave that matter to
 the committee, though he added that l the residents would be greatly oppos-
 ed to brick Alderman DeForest per
 sonally favored wood block, stating | that he had talked with many resi-
 dents of the street, the majority of whom wanted wood block, believing I that it stood up better and was the | less noisy.
 | Chairman M H. Rogers thanked the
 aldermen for appearing before the
 commission, but stated that the com-
 mission could not please all. What
 ever you do. please Walker" dryly l remarked Alderman Clampett
 | In the interests of bithulithic pave
 ment. H. B. Clewley, representative | of Warren Bros, of Boston appeared before the commission giving a short
 talk on the good qualities of his