The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-05
Council Orders
 Bond Issuance High School Mea ure Adopted
 by Unanimous Vote MISS KIRK'S REQUEST GOES
 TO COUNCIL COMMITTEE Garage Project For North Main Street is Killed-Committee to Probe Insurance. Rates Special Committee on Trolley Fares Makes Report-Ceder- holm on Lawrence Strike Situation

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 Mayor Wilson's suggestion on roll call
 the Common Council last evening vot- ed to authorize the $400,OOO bond is- sue for the new High School land and i building. Attending the meeting of the council were Commissioners Ha- ; vens, Brady and Murphy of the Board | of Education. They presented a, re- port from the board, with 8 resolution l providing for the issuance of the
 bonds, which was adopted on motion
 of Alderman P. H. Brady.
 The resolution makes the Mayor,
 City Treasurer and City Auditor a
 committee to arrange for the bond
 issuance. The bonds are to be issued
 Jan. ?, 1913, and are to bear interest
 at the rate of 4 1-2 per cent, payable
 Sanford and City Treasurer F. w. Hall
 are a committee to arrange for the en-
 graving and disposal of the bonds from
 time to time as needed. Alderman
 Brady explained to the members Of
 the Board of Aldermen that the finance committee of the Aldermen
 had met with the Board of Education's s
 committee, gone over the plans, and approved of the resolution.
 The resolution adopted by the Board of ApportiOnment, expressing the opin-
 ion of that body as favorable to nav
 ing the First-distrfct-only tax rebate
 handled through the office of the col
 lector rather than through former Col
 lector Donnelly, came in the form of
 a communication to the Board of AL
 dermen.
 Alderman DeForest objected to ac-
 cepting the communication if it could
 be inferred from such acton that the
 Aldermen approved of the sentiments
 of the communication. The Mayor
 said he looked upon the communities
 tion as calling for the Aldermen to
 pass upon the merits of the propoS.-
 tion Then Alderman DeForest sug-
 gested that the parties in interest be
 given chance to be heard Mayor
 Wilson referred the matter to the
 committee on Miscellaneous Matters
 without further debate.
 Lively debate was occasioned by the
 report of the committee on Fire De-
 Lartment authorizing the construction of garage in North Main street. near
 French street. Alderman Brady
 moved that the report be not accept
 ed Aldermen Walker, Farrell and
 Moran spoke against granting the con- struction of the garage in residential loc aIity.
 Alderman Stewart, chairman of the committee, explained that the comm t. tee made the favorable report bas ng its action on the fact that only one person appeared in opposition when a hearing was held on the petition.
 remonstrance was then read, sign e6 by a dozen residents of the vicin- ity Alderman Primrose asked that the matter be laid on the table. This proposition was lost, and then the re- port was rejected, and the proposition defeated by a vote of 19 to 3. Those voting in favor Of the garage were Aldermen Stewart, T1mko and Steig- Ter. Alderman Primrose did not vote. Alderman King was absent
 Alderman DeForest held up a re- quest of Director Courtade for $500 for deficiency in care and repair of bridges, until the director could be ! found. He came before the council
 within short time,' explained that , last year there was no appropriati"n for unexpected breaks. of which there were several and that the shortage as inevitable. The request was then unanimously granted, Alderman De- Forest meanwhile reminding the May 1 or that inasmuch as this is the era of economy it behooved the Aldermen i to investigate all such expenses. Alderman John E. Lyddy of the Eleventh, spoke at length on the work
 of the special trolley fares committe tee,
 in connection with a report signed by himself as chairman and Alderman
 Macfayden as a member of the com
 mfttee. Alderman Cederholm, the
 
 port. The report of the committee.
 which is published in full below. and which was accepted by vote of all save Alderman Cederholm, calls for the cooperation of cities throughout l the State in the project of securing six fares for a quarter during the morning and evening rush hours. Alderman Cederholm said he object
 ed to the report because the railroad i officials had pointed out the scheme of restricting the practice to certain hours was unw workable He believed in a general reduction, said that the company showed profit in it's Bridge every passenger, and could well afford to grant six fares for quarter throughout the day.
 Unknowingly anticipating one of Mayor Wilson's projects, Alderman Lyddy introduced a resolution which ! the appointment of three Aldermen
 ard two citizens to look into local in- surance rates. Alderman Lyddy be- lieves the city is spending so much in it's fire department the insurance rates should go lower In advancing his resolution last night, he declared Bridgeport's fire department second to none in the United States.
 Alderman Cederholm introduced res- olutions calling upon Connecticut dele gatlon at Washington to investigate
 not only the Lawrence strike out
 rages, but the wages and conditions under which the mill workers live as we'll. He asked for unanimous con.
 sent of the immediate considera ton of the resolution, said conditions were shocking, and that the conduct of the police and military authorities in Lawrence had established a danger ous precedent. stripping citizens of the prtection guaranteed by the Con- stitution of the United States and forcing the workmen into the position that they must adopt the tactics of the oppressed in Russia.
 Alderman DeForest, who has had several brushes with Cederholm. ob. jected to unanimous consideration. and under the rules Mayor Wilson was obliged to refer the Socialist-al- derman's resolution to committed IL went to the Miscellaneous committed For several meetings now it has been the practice of Alderman Ced- erholm, just before adjournment, to
 demand an accounting from the com
 mittees that have certain of his reso-
 luionS under consideration He is particularly anxious to get a report from the committee on ordinances of
 which Alderman DeForest is chair
 man.. on the proposed ordinance call
 ing for a special election when an al- dermanic vacancy occurs. This. Ced- erhOlyn claims, will end the trading of elective offices for appointive posi- tions by members of the board of al-
 dermen. Last night he followed his
 practice