The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-13
NAME COMMITTEE
 ON WHITE WAY
Stagg, Davis and Anderson to Devise Plan for Submis-
 sion to Common Council

Mayor Wilson today announced the
 appointment of Joseph H. Stagg, Chas.
 D. Davis and Percy F. Anderson as a committee to devise ways and means for the proposed White Way The committee. will report their plan to the lamps committee of the common council and afterward the plan will be considered by the entire be1y in
 Bridgeport will have a, 'tWhitezWay''
 according to the sentiment expressed at the public hearing the matter in the common council chamber last night when about 50 citizens gathered to discuss the matter. Just what sec ton the White Way: will take in. has not yet been decided and those at the meeting last night were not all of the same mind on the matter.
 Charles D. Davis, president of the Bridgeport Business Mems Association presented the view or the members of the association on the matter. The association proposes a line of low street lights along Main street from Congress street to State street, out State street to Broad street to Fair field avenue and down Fairfield ave nue to the railroad -viaduct. MT. Da- wis said he and the members of the as- sociation believed the city should pay the cost of the lights. He thought the business men would be willing to pay for their installation if the tcity would supply the current.
 Some business men wanted the lights to extend to Gilbert street on Main street instead of stopping at Broad and also to extend out as far as Courtland street, on both State street and Fairfield avenue. The trustees of the Bridgeport lodge of Elks have 8, plan to place two ornamental lights in front of their beautiful home in State street but are waiting a, decision if possible their lights may be of the; same design as those on the White Way"
 sKarI O., Cyrus, the druggist, repre- senting Fairfield avenue property owners outlined a plan for the White l a cluster of lights on a handsome bronze standard in front of his place of business in Fairfield avenue. MT. Cyrus said that property owners in Fairfield avenue had previously plann- | ed to have a White Way of the1r own. This they thought the city | might take over at some later date, 1 but the plan was bandoned when 1 Fairfield avenue was torn up for the ] new pavement.
 Alderman Steigler favored the plan 1 advocated by MT. Davis. Alderman 1 Whitney thought the matter should | b. placed in the hands of the lamp l committee of the common council. E. | N. Carton believed the lights should extend along Main street to Bulls Head and below Gilbert street.
 Health Commissioner D. Ives, | favored the White Way but thought that all citizens should be taxed for the: cost as all would be benefited by it.
 James 4. ee1ey told Of the i1lu1u- ination Of the business section of the city at Christmas in 1880. He said the merchants profited much by. this display. He did not. favor a general tax which would increase the pres ent rate Percy Anderson also spoke in favor of the White Way pla1s He said it would be the best kind of an advertisement for the city and would return it's cost many times.
 By vote of those present Mayor Will son who presided at the meeting was auth orized to appoint a committee cf three to formulate a plan for the
 White Way" f@