The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-03
MAYOR WILSON'S
 ANNUAL MESSAGE
Regrets That Contract Board Can't Act for All City Boards Advocates Public Bath in Seaview Avenue-Other Recon
 mendatiOnS

1 Mayor Wilson, conforming to char
 ter provisions, submitted his annual
 report to the Common Council at it's
 meeting last evening" He briefly touches on the various branches of the | city government, and refers to the de-
 tailed reports of the boards for more ! extended information
 On the subject of finance, he main | ta1ns that the various departments and boards have been economicaIIys ad- 1 ministered pointing to the increase in
 the balance in the hands of the city auditor at<the end Of the year S3,- 665. 4.
 He regrets that the board of edu- cation. paving commission and library board have not seen their way to dele gating to the board of contract and supply their charter rights Of pur- chase.
 He asks the ordinance committee to daft measures modelled on the rec concentrations of the audit commit tees report.
 As to the streets. subject on which no doubt advisedly he dweIls very briefly, he views the action of the tax board in recommending no further use of water bound macadam, as wise He points to savings on specific appro- priations entrusted to the director of public works as justification of the O~@o--~ partment.
 He urges the board of education to bury petty differences in their great work of education, and in passing he intimates that further investigation Of vocational training would be the part of wisdom, in view of the large num- Der Of children who leave school at al early age.
 Mayor Wilson, overlooking the com paratiVely prosperous condition of the rf%N IL 58070 in expenditures in the charities department is a, signal triumph for the new management of the department He also brands with his seal of ap- proval Superintendent SJoI1nson's move ment for, the co-ordination of public and private charities enterprises.
 The mayor says the augmented po- lice force fills a long felt want, and that the new telephone switchboard at headquarters will enhance the ef- 'fciency of police service.
 Tn the fire department, the mayor has two recommendations, further substitution of motor vehicles for horse drawn apparatus, and a cen tral- 1y located, motor equipped salvage corps.
 He urges the Board Of Health to press the hearing pending before the county health officer on the alleged nuisance of the garbage reduction plant.
 Referring to the condemnation pro ceedings instituted for the Cassier es- tate, north of Beards1ey park, the mayor suggests to the park commis-\ sioners the advisa bility of securing for public baths a strip of waterfront in Seaview avenue, also a new play ground in the Third district.
 The assessors, he says. have done good work on equalization of property, l and this will continue, he says; until the whole city is covered. The city l engineering department, he says, is right up to date.
 In general discussion the mayor ven- 1 lures the hope that the almshouse l bonds will be approved; hopes that | the bridge bonds (State street and Stratford avenue), will go to the peo- pie though he expresses no personal l opinion as to the merits of the issue: | says he believes the city is cleaner l than ever beSore; regrets the | inactivity of the aldermen relative to | adopting a building code; reiterates his view that civil service should pre- l vail in all departments other than for the administrative heads of boards | and commissions; advocates munich pal lodging house, adequate and sani- tary; and recommends that special 1 committees for the layout of streets l and the like be so appointed as to in- cur no expense to the city.