The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-12
THRONC VOICES
 OPPOSITION TO
 PAVING SCHEME
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Sidewalks committee held a meeting. 1 When the Council was called to order
 about twenty minutes later the. com | mittee reported in favor of paving | those streets to which there had been
 no opposition. The Council then voted
 to accept the report. Permanent pave
 ment will be laid on the following | streets,
 Wood block on Know1ton street, be-
 tween East Washington and Crescent
 avenues; on Court street, from State
 street to Gilbert street; on Noble ave-
 nue, from East Washington to Cres-
 cent avenues; and on Crescent avenue,
 from Noble avenue to the eastern ap-
 proach to the Congress street bridge;
 wood or granite block paving on Park avenne, from Atlantic street to Sea-
 side park; bituminous macadam on | Connecticut avenue, from the intersec-
 tion with Stratford avenue at Yellow
 Mill bridge, to the intersection with Stra tford avenue at Bruce's bridge. The permanent paving of the other
 streets will be laid over for a time at least, as the council will not meet 1 again until September 2.
 | When the hearing was called on l the proposition to pave William street
 road Attorney Israel Cohn was first | on his feet with a protest. Attorney Cohn said:
 'I know that a permanent iniunc- tion has been granted against the city in regard to our sewer system which
 takes effect in: 1916. I for one would like to be sure that permanent pave
 ment will not have to be torn up 70
 make way for a trunk sewer through William street."
 Mayor Wilson said that to save
 time 1t might be a good plan after one spokesman had been heard from
 each section, for those opposed to the pavement to raise their hands. About
 20 hands went up at this but one man who could not be restrained said:
 'tI am here to voice protest of a larger number of property owners on William street. have signatures to remonEtrance and will read them We are all heartily opposed to it. It's a nice, good, clean road now and we thing it ought not to be disturbed We don't want to lay out any more money on it.''
 One objector asked for the esti- mated cost of pavement. Mayor Will son said Warrenite cost about $1.25 a square yard. Wood block or granite won1dS cost about $3.28.
 J. H. s. Jones said: 'fI think War renite would be a good pavement. The curb and gutters would not have to be moved and this would make the best pavement
 Daniel Mooney who spoke next said: '"To make us pay for anything we do not want consider an outrage. Our property does not earn any more. i We cannot raise our rents and it Is I wrong to place this added expense on us.'' +-s
 Aldermen Stewart and Meaney both said they had been requested by tax payers of William street to oppose the | proposed pavement
 There was no objection to laying | permanent pavement in Noble avenue | from East Washington avenue to Cres- | cent avenue and on sections of Cres- | cent avenue and Sterling street AL | dermen Stewart and Meaney said property owners in that section were in favor of the project.
 There was no one in favor of paving | Grand street from North Washington | avenue to Pequonnock street but many | opposed it. Attorney Joshua Meltzer was the first heard in opposition. He said in part:
 .fI own property on Grand street and | adjacent streets. Water from adja- cent streets flows into Grand street | There is a sewer there which is too | small for the water flow and if you lay permanent pavement there you will soon have to take it up to build a larger sewer there.''
 Former Alderman John M- Griffin also opposed the Grand street paving He said:
 q understand that Warrenite with | which it is proposed to pave this street is only good for five years and that after that it wears out and there is nothing left but the foundation on which 1t was laid. I represent two property owners who are opposed to the laying of this pavement
 CT would suggest that the streets adjacent to Grand street be properly graded and macadamized f1rst,' said Carl Beck, who voiced a vigorous pro- test against Warreniting Grand street. ''Catherine street, Linen avenue, James street and Lexington avenue were ac- cepted by the city as long ago as was Grand street, yet they never even have been graded. Grand street is in first class condition now. It is not a main artery Of city travel, there is not much traffic there and I fail to see the need for permanent pavement"
 Frank J. Kusterer said he was op- posed to the plan for Grand street and about 25 other property owners in that section were with him and raised their hands in expressing their protest.
 Attorney John c. Chamberlain ap- peared for Meesrs. Whitney and Par rott to oppose laying Warrenite or any other such pavement in North Wash lngton avenue from Main street to Berkshire bridge. He said:~
 There is no sewer on that street from Berkshire bridge to the railroad and. if you attempt to put any sewer there. after permanent pavement is laid the pavement will have to be torn up to make way for the big trunk sewer which must be laid through that section soon. Personally do not favor Warrenite. In other places where I have seen it two years instead of five seems to be it's life. I would like to see this pavement tried in small quantities before it is laid for three or four miles and we have cause to regret spending our money.''
 Only two raised hands as opposed.
 Former Senator Philip L. Holzer, John Flood B. L. WakeIee and Ed ward L. Cooper were heard in opposi- ton to paving Laurel avenue from Park avenue to North avenue. Sena- tor HoIzer said the street was one of