The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-22
DELAY IS
 KEYNOTE OF COMMITTEE
Business Men and Other Citizens Find Little to Comfort Them In Fair
 field Avenue Matter
Strong Protest Against Fur [ ther Procrastination Reg
 istered By President Da- { wis and Others.

. Delay was the keynote of last nights meeting of the Streets and Sidewalks committee, when property holders and business men appeared to demand the immediate paving of Fair- field avenue.
 discrimination, excuse. and the shift 1ng of the burden of cufpability from one board to another was the motif of the tune that was played.
 ;. The central figures representing the public were President Davis of the Bridgepoft Business Mems Assocfa- owner on Fairfield avenue, and Will liam P Kirke a member of the Board bf Contract and Supply.
 In a few brief words MT. sKirke dis posed of the ten foot center bugabOo, and demanded that the power of the city be exerted to compel the Con necticut Company to put the tracks in condition on their nine foot centers. E1e demanded that the street be inn mediately paved.
 Every phase of the Fairfield avenue 1nuddle. dating back to the days of then it was decided to deTer action fhe usual procedure-until next Thurs day night when the Paving and Sewer commission. the mayor, the city at torney, representatives. of The Con- necticut Co.,, and all others interested aend.
 Blame for the delay in getting Fair Held avenue paved was openly laid npsagAinst the Paving a1fd Sewer Com mission, Alderman Daniel E.. Walkef. chairman of the Streets and Sidewalks
 
 Col. Matthew Fl. Rogers of that con- mission tipped off The Connecticut Go, to hold up itsSwprk and thua eventually secure ten-foot centers:
 Presidsnt Charles P: Davis of the William P. Kirk and Percy F Ander- son, property owners on Fairfield ave- uue appuarei3ntb before the cClnmittee 1oGt night and were allowed to express 4he1f sentiments with regard to the eituation President Davis submitted a communication from the Business Mems association which recommended that the ten-foot center appeal now In the courts, be withdrawn; the trac- tioa company allowed to lay 10 foot eenters and work of pnyinf f,t the undss st5ss' standing that the trolley company lay Erooved rails and that All poles be removed from the streets except those absolutely necessary to support the trolleys and these to be Of a design to be used for the street lights as we'll This communication was received by the committee and placed on file.
 Alderman Earl T. Garllck was the only absent member of the committed which comprises besides hSm, Alder man Walker. Alderman P. J. Carroll Alderman W. c. Steigler and Alder man Thomas Stewart. The absence of the city attorney. John s. Pullman was noted and commented upon, ii being regarded as his duty to have been present to guide the committee
 After the meeting was called City Clerk Stephen F. Boucher read the mayors message relative to the Fair Reld avenue matter which was sub- 5nitted to the Common council last Monday night. This message recom- 5mends that the ten-foot center case Trolley company, it was stated, having promised if given privilege to lay the Zen foot centers, to stand the expense of cutting four or five inches off o1 the sidewalk curbing to thus wider fhe street. Clerk Boucher read thu communication from the Business Mems association. After its accept ance PreGident Davis was invited te epeak to the committee.
 He urged immediate action toward rsmedying the conditions of the ave nue. When mention was made o Wrooved rails Alderman Walker ask cd Mr. Davis if he knew the expri sences of the city in it's endeavor t' secure grooved rails. in .the pact. MT Davis replied that he did but that thu szrooved rails for Fairfield avenue a! 1t was in securing them for Main St MT. Davis declared that certain amount of congestion is desirable a! 1t increases the value of property when metnion was made of the al
 
 held avenue. He said that up to date there had apparently been no one in clined to take the matter up to some definite point and bring about 2 change of conditions. There have beer many meetings, a good deal of tall and discussion, plenty of litigation but nothing definite.
 Alderman Walker called attention ito the fact that Ex-Mayor Bucking ham had expended A,000 to. patch III fhe street and right after, the big cor porations came along and tore up th' work. Mir. Davis said, we all ap preciate these things that come III in a haphazard way"
 Alderman Walker said that fully { year ago all of the property owner xot notice to pull up their curbs ant 9utters and that none of them hat done so. He said that had they go right about this work, the street would be paved today. He held that della! vaS partly responsible TOT the oeiay II paving the street
 MT. Anderson didn't think 1t wa arp to the property owners to go aheat with the paving work. Alderman Walker didn't think it ''up to Wake 10 do it. The question was asked a to how long it would take to get tn rornplete work done: the laying 0 che sewer and all work incidental tt .fhe paving work. and replied that tn State street job which entailed Jus as much work, was done on 90 da. contract.
 MT. Davis asked if the work coult 1e started at once if the case wa rithdrawn from the courts. He Wa told that in all probability the trolle. company would delay it's share of thu work on various pretenses such al maIrinr the claim that material hat moi arrived, as was done in the cas- of the Congress street work.
 Alderman Walker took occasion t defend the Streets and Sidewalk ecmm3ttee. He said. Here we are to nieht: where Is the city attorney? N cContinued on Page 2.)