The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-22
PEOPLE WILL VOTE
 ON $85,000 FIRE
 BONDS PROPOSITION
Aldermen by 13 to 6 Order Referendum Vote on Fire
 Boards Plan

The voters will be called upon to de- eide as to whether the city shall issue $S5, 600 in bonds for the Fire depart ment to build a new Headquarters and install manual fire alarm system. At the meeting of the Common Council last night the Miscellaneous commit tee reported upon a communication that had been received from the fire commissioners, asking that the mat ter of referring the proposition to the voters be considered. This report made no recommendation one way or another and put the matter up to the council. There was no debate upon the proposition and when the vote was put 13 voted in favor of the referendum and six against it.
 Later on during the meeting Alder man Frederick Cederholm introduced been made by the Miscellaneous com nlittee on his resolution asking that the city consider the@ matter of estab- fishing a municipal lighting plant The report of the committee was ad- verse to the resolution< Aide rman
 Cederhoinn got to his feet and asked to have another resolution that he had in his hands, submitted as a substitute for the first resolution. This substi- tute proposed to put the proposition
 before the voters rather than have it decided upon by the council. Mayor
 Wilson refused to accept the substi- ute and then the alderman from the Twelfth offered his substitute reso1u- resolution.
 The mayor called for some one to and the council voted to accept the vote Of the committee, thereby refus- ing to put the proposition advocated erendun- The meeting lasted an hour.
 When the Miscellaneous committee ter Alderman Guy P. Miller, chairman of that committee, explained that the committee decided to submit a report without recommendation. The commit tee also reported on Alderman Ceder- holm'S resolution advocating public comfort stations in the parks and at
 have the matter referred to the Park
 commissioners and to the Board of Apportionment. This report was ac- cepted.
 The committee reported "progress.'
 on the municipal lighting plant propo- sition. Alderman Cederholm jumped being accepted. He then offered his substitute resolution and argued that as the matter was a very vital one and too important to be considered by the council alone, he thought the matter should come before the voters on e1ec- ton day His substitute resolution hoped for a different kind of report from the committee inasmucn as ''pro- gress'' was the only report that has since the matter went into committee year ago. He thought the commit tee had had time to gather all the data it needed on the proposition and didn't see why it should report pro- grees,' after so much delay His ar guments were of no avail When he
 moved his resolution as an amend ment the other aldermen sat still and grinned. The mayor smiled and then said the council would vote upon the report of the committee.
 Public hearings at the meeting last night were quickly disposed of. The reports were of little special impor- tance One from the library board i stated that Waldo C., Bryant had been made a member of the library board to succeed the late C.. B. Read. This action was confirm ed.
 Alderman Garrity offered reeolu- ton ordering a cornice extending over the building line on Gregory and War; ren street to be torn down. He said that the matter had been before the Building Commission for some time nothing was ever done. He wanted to Know how he could get the Building Commi mission to do what WAS expected of it s Alderman c. P Miller took the opportunity to say something sarcastic 1 about his merit system proposition committee of which Alderman Garrity | Is chairman. Alderman Miller asked | if the attitude of the Building Commis- sioners was applicable to the commit tee on the merit system. Mayor Will son ordered that the aldermen stick to the subject in hand. Alderman [ Walker said he supposed the matter had been attended to as he personally | had taken 1t up with the Building | The mayor suggested that they be given orders again to re- move the cornice.