The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-28
FOR
 POWER TO BREAK
 TRUST FILED Directors Allege that Pet tengill Property Is Un-
 suitable for Library Application Covers Portion of Building Added to Original Gift = Attorney General Made Party to Suit.

Former City Attorney Thomas M. Cullinan, representing the directors of the Bridgeport Public Library, return petition in the application of the di- rectors for permission to sell the building bequeathed to the city by Mrs. Catherine A. PettengiIl.
 A peculiarity of the petition is that it includes request for permission to sell the portion of the building which was constructed by order of the di- rectors as an addition to the gift building.
 The directors claim that this build ing was paid for entirely with the in- come from the Pettengill estate, and is therefore impressed with the trust, and subject to the order of the court.
 The reasons assigned by the direc- tors for desiring to break Mrs. Pet tengill's trust are found in paragraphs g, 10 and Il of the petition, as foi- lows:
 g. Said property has become un- suitable for the purposes of a public library and reading room because the buildings are so located and con- structed that they cannot be altered or enlarged so as to properly provide for the added library and reading
 
 the city, and because the number of persons who patronize the library and avail themselves of it's privileges and of the privileges of the lecture room used in connection herewith has fn- creased and is constantly increasing with great and corresponding danger to human life on account of the lack of sufficient exits and because the traffic on the streets on which said buildings abut has greatly increased and has rendered said location very noisy and dusty and because said buildings are unsuited to the changed conditions resulting from the greatly increased population of Bridgeport and it's vicinity.
 TO- On account of the unsuitabil- ity of said land and buildings for the purposes of a public library and read ing room, it is the desire of said board of directors to. sell said real estate and to use the avai1s or proceeds of said sale in purchasing a new and more suitable site. in said Bridgeport. and in erecting thereon more com- modious building and one better adapted to meet the needs of a pulp lie library and reading room for the people of Bridgeport and it's vicinity, the same to bear the name of The Burroughs Public Library Building.
 Il. The proceeds of the sale of said land and buildings will be suf- IlCIonL TOT tue puICIlaSc Ol dIOtueI SltS and the erection thereon of a build ing suitable for Q public library and reading room in said Bridgeport.
 The plaintiffs therefore, believing that d sale of said property is neces- sary to properly carry out the objects of said trust and that the erection of Ia new building on another site would to much greater degree benefit the inhabitants of Bridgeport and it's vicinity, pray that said Court may make an order or decree authorizing the plaintiffs to invest the proceeds of sale in the purchase of another site in said Bridgeport and the erection thereon of a new building for public library and reading room purposes. the same to be known as The Bur- roughs Public Library Building.
 Atty. General John H. Light is sum- moned into court as representing the State of Connecticut, to show cause why the permission to sell should not be granted.