The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-31
MAYOR SIGNS
REQU|S|TI0N
FOR BONDING
Aldermanic Committees Will
Have Charge of Big Public
Works.

| olutions yesterday calling for $225,O00
bond issue for a new almshouse and
a 100000 bridge in East Washing
ton avenue. Both almshouse and
bridge will be built by the aldermanic
committees which enquired into the
necessity Of the improvements.
| Upon the recommendation of the
mayor the council authorized Mayor
Buckingham to appoint three citizens
in each instance who will act as ad-
| visory members Of the committees but
! who will have no vote.
The committee which will have
| charge of building the bridge is COM
| posed of Aldermen Hugh j. Lavery,
James J. Conlin, Malcolm McFayden,
Robert G. DeForest, Guy P. Miller
and Director Of Public Works M. A.
Kenny.
The committee that will compose
| the committee to build the almshouse
| will be composed of Former Alderman
John NJ. Griffin, and Aldermen Hugh
J. Lavery, Horace H. Jackson, Thomas
| Stewart and James J.. Conlfn.
The two committees Of three citizens
| each to act with the aldermanic COM
mittees were authorized by resolu-
ton offered by Alderman Daniel e.
| Walker. :.
| A communication from the Taxpay-
ers' league asking for the right to
! submit its proposed charter changes to
| the council was received. On motion
| Of Alderman Lavery the league was
voted permission to appear when it
| was ready to do so.
| The council voted to accept the in
vitation and complimentary tickets to
the coming lecture under the auspices
| Of the Irish-I1anguage society.
| Upon the Recommendation of the
| street committee and in pursuance
with a resolution offered by Alderman
Patrick Cuddy the director of public
works was instructed to build a f2t3A
along Crescent avenue from the pESa
erty Of the American & British My.
| Co., to the property Of theOInterna-.
tional Silver Co.
| Hearings were ordered upon the
| proposed widening Of STATE street west
| of Park avenue two feet on each side
| of the street and on the establishment
Of a building line on the west side
| Of Water street between Wall street
and Fairfield avenue. The Warner
| Bros. Co., was given permission to ex-
tend over the building line eight feet
for about 290 feet in Atlantic street
/ and 2S0 feet in Warren street.
| A hearing was ordered for February
6 upon the application of the Bridge
/ port & Danbury railroad to extend it's
tracks in North Main street.
The ordinance relative to the slaugh-
tering Of sheep, cattle and goats and
| the sale of the same was amended
upon the recommendation of the ordi-
| nance committee SO that the having
/ possession Of 'bob'' veal Or diseased
beef will hereafter be taken
as prima facie evidence that it is the
intent Of the possessor to offer the
meat for SALE In the past it has been
| impossible to get conviction unless
sale was absolutely proved.
i The report Of the Aldermanic Street
committee offered at the last meet
ing Of the council asking for 100000
bond issue for permanent pavement
was referred back to the committee
on motion of Alderman Lavery.
In complianhe with a resolution Of
fered by Alderman Jackson. City At
torney Cullinan submitted several
i hundred typewriter pages containing
the original charter of the Bridgeport
Horse Railroad and all subsequent
changes. A copy of the report will
be kept in the office of the city
clerk.
i By the adoption of a resolution Of
j fered by Alderman John H. Cassidy,
last night. the Aldermen voted to re-
quest the Senators and Representa-
tives from this city to advocate and
support the application of the Spooner
ton of the town Of Fairfield by the
city of Bridgeport.
Alderman Thomas W. Reddy offered
a resolution that steps be taken to
Il
the northerly end of Broad street so
that the same shall be better fit for
traffic."
Alderman Paddock introduced a res
olution calling for the location of a
float on the south side of the new
Congress street bride for the conven-
fence of harbor traffic.
i Upon the recommendation Of the Or
dinaRce committee. section 25S was
amended by adding the words s.and no
no fsy.r,o
or permit any animal or vehicle to
stand upon or across any sidewalk so
on" " ip' "'ei 'nere-
The Aldermanic committee on new
town farm buildings made the follow
ing report last night. covering the
work Of the committee since it's in
ception. the problems that confronted
it. and it's ideas of what the proposed
almshouse should be:
The Report.
| To the Citizens Of the city of
Bridgeport:
Early last spring a resolution was
introduced in the common council to
have a committee of five appointed bv
the mayor to investigate conditions at
Lakev1ew and consider the building
of new almshouse and have the
committee report their findings to the
board Of aldermen by Oct. L.
Mayor e. T. Buckingham immedi-
ately appointed a committee of five
and they set about to discharge the
duties that the resolution called for
The committee made several visits to
the home and found conditions ex-
ceedingly clean and the best of care
for the inmates.
They learned, however, that the
buildings were old and inadequate for
the number of occupants that are
obliged to seek a shelter of this kind !;
one section being built in 1865 and
what is known as the Woman's section
opinion that if there should be fire
that a holocaust would occur, as in
this institution there are housed about
800 people-the crowded and con-
gested conditions would prevent theiA
affecting their escape, owing to the
infirmities of old age.
The committee then entertained the
proposition of selling the present
Lakeview property, containing about
113 acres, and taking the proceeds
/ and going elsewhere to build. They
gave some study to this situation real
izing. that at the south of the farm
i west of Stillman pond they are sur
| rounded by the Lakeview cemetery,
which would not make as attractive
a residential section as it would with
out these conditions
| The question then arose where can
we find in or near Bridgeport a farm
proporty of at least 100 acres on
| which to build suitable building to
serve as home?
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