The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-17
CITY FATHERS CHARGE DELAY TO ONE ANOTHER Guy P. Miller Starts Things When He Demands Report
 on Merit System Alderman Garrity Retorts Ask ing For Report From Miller
 on Bathing House

Near the end of the Common Council meeting last evening Alder man Guy P Miller said he would like to have the special committee on the merit system report. Aldermen James P. Gerrity. chairman of the special committee retorted: '"The special committee will report when the chairman of the Miscellaneous committee Alderman Guy P. MilIer3 gets ready to make reasonable re- port On the bathing house resolution; i; mean one that will not be recom- Inltted. Alderman Miller replied that there were many people inter ested in the merit system and he would like to have a report made on it by the special committee. Mayor Wilson remarked that he hoped the committee would report soon- Alder man DeF'orest thought the matter was and no hurried report should be made.
 Alderman Miller then got away from the m crit system matter by telI- ing of some observations he had made relative to the bathhouse resolution. The beach at Newfeld avenue was too filthy for bath house. he said
 Alderman King remarked that the building code revisaI was matter of more importance than either.
 .. Mayor Wilson rapped quickly ana Alderman King was out of order. The motion of Alderman Miller was put and and lost; d5 to to g. Aldermen Kim King rnittee be instructed to report rela- tive to the building code. Alderman Garl1ck said that in view of the work duction of the fire insurance rates he thought the matter should be held up while longer. Alderman Lyddy, chairman of the special insurance probe committee. said he was about to say the same thing. The motion was lost.
 
 field avenue, asked that the white pole of the trolley company in front of his stable entrance, be removed as it interferes with his business when the cars stop at that particular point. The petition was referred to the Streets and Sidewalks committee.
 The report of the Miscellaneous com rnittee relative to Alderman Ced- erh olrn's resolution to have the mat ter of a municipal lighting plant and several other similar projects put be- was submitted. The report reconl- mended that no action be taken on the resolution as the time between now and the 24th when the speciaI election takes place, would De too limited to bring the matters advocat- ed properly before the voters. Alder man Cederholm said that he felt sure that the people had already been well educated regarding the projects as they had had the opportunity to study up before when the Democrats had inserted in their platform a plank sdI ad- vocating municipal ownership, and another time when a Democratic mayor had previously submitted a message advocating municipal owner ship of, city lighting plant. The aldermen said good deal about the benefits of such. a project and de- elareo that it had worked out well in other cities, in NorwaIk particularly. He also spoke relative to the resoII- tions relating to the library board and the park commission. The co1ll- mf1tee report was adopted however Alderman Cederho1n was the only one who voted against the adoption
 The report recommen that grooved rails be laid in Fairfield ave. nue and ordering the trolley cornpany to lay such rail. was adopted con trary to a motion from Alderman MacF'ayden that the matter be laid over for two weeks l