The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-01
NO AGREEMENT IN
 10 FOOT eEtTERS FOR FAIRFIELD. AVE.
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 Atlas thought. :, that the city was granting the concession eve are only blocking progress he said. "The march of. progress requires ten-foot centers, why not allow the company to have them so that 1t can improve it's facilities. Good Lord, a. few in- ches more from the center of the street won't do any harm.'s
 F. A. Mcfarland. who owns the Fearless garage building was insistent to know. Alderman Walkers opinion ron the matter. Alderman, Walker said that he was in favor of letting the courts decide the question once and flor all, thus taking the responsi- .bility from the Board of Aldermen whose members were subject to critic scism if they went ahead and granted such a concession, Alderman Walker said that where there are five in fa- vor of granting the company the privilege to lay the ten-foot centers there were just as many opposed to 1t and this left the Aldermen in a hard position
 City Clerk Boucher attempted to ex- plain to. MT. McFarland's satisfaction something regarding the situation. MT. Mcfarland said, sIf you please, l ann addressing MT. Walker and not tyout and kindly do not interrupt me- NV F. Kirk felt that the trolley com pAry and it's friends were trying to "sandbag', the opposition into consent ing to allow the concession desired. He thought the whole trouble lay with the Paving and Sewer Commission be- cause that commission had delayed in starting the Fairfield avenue paving work and thereby allowed the ten- fo0t center controversy to spring up He said that the paving on Fairfield r,& H,rSA 1rVo~ Jnv1 ago and that the Paving and Sewer Commfsion in delaying, was respon- sible for all the present trouble.
 ' Dr. Wood again spoke. He thought the street too narrow to allow for ten foot centers. He arraigned the troll ley company for It's conduct in crowd ing the people from the streets. He ever given the public anyway. The public had paid for everything.
 MT. Kirk was willing that ten foot centers be allowed west of Courtland street where the street was wider. The trolley company wouldn't consider any satch sarrangement. It wants ten foot centers the whole length.
 Charles D. Davis, president of the Business Mems Association. appeared and asked one or two questions. He wanted. to know if the trolley com pany3 would use freight cars on the tracks if the ten fOOt. centerS were granted. MT. Chapman said he didn't thinfA the company had any such in tention Mr. Davis then asked If 1t didn't mean that the trolley company wouldn't be to additional expense if the ten-foot centers were granted. It will require that they lay more pave ment and this will mean that the city will have less pavement to lay and thus the city would gain financially. MT. Davis then said that the paving and sewer commission may make the trolley company within 30 days pave it's part of the street and that the paving work constituted a prior lien on all other obligations. MT. Davis was in favor of, the ten-foot centers.
 The committee, after listening to the citizens who appeared, conferred with the trolley officials. The con- ference was brief. The meeting ad- journed without anything being done.