The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-15


 to do with the proposition of Attor- ney J. NJ. Head for arbitration Of the l $160, coo Warrenite contracts which the city attorney has declared illegal. 1 The members of the commission let ls Mayor Wilson preside but outside of that they didn't let him do anything 1 else The commission overruled the 1 mayors effort to have the Head prop osition entered on the. minutes of the meeting and President Rogers de- c1ared the attempt Of the mayor to. secure this, action was ai gross insult to the commission and would be so lconsidered by him.
 The commission adopted a resolu- 1 ton offered by Coramissioner De Loss requesting the common council to re- contracts and to turn une matter back to the commission so that it might let contracts in accordance with it's custom under connective bids. The commission also voted to allow I City Engineer Terry 10 appoint a member Of his own star as inspector l for the construction of the Knowlton l stEeet sewer and 1t let contracts for 1 five sewers, three of which went to outside contractors This is the first time. in several years that an outside lcontractor has been the low bidder on any sewer construction work in i this city.
 The letter on arbitration in which 1 sJ. M. Head. counsel for Warren | Brothers company, proposed that City 1 Attorney Co1nley, acting for the city, and Judge Robert E. DeFsorest for the Warren Brothers company select an attorney outside of the state and abide by the decision of any two of the committee as to the legality Iof I the contracts was read by Secretary Keat4rlg of the commission. Before the mayor could speak. Eomrni issioner l De Loss was on his feet reading his resolution which was as follows:
 Whereas. a. cefnmittee of the com mon council has recently conferred. l with this commission with reference ecution Of certain pav1ng contracts l under the resolution of the common council adopted June Ists 1914. and
 .Wlhereas, this commission is de- Esirous Of doing whatever may be for 1 the scity's best Interests, therefore
 Resolved. that the common coun- ell be and it hereby zYs requested by appropriate action upon its parr to re- l fer to this commission the laying of pavement ilas the streets mentioned in said resolutions of June list, and be it further ss
 Resolved. that if such action IS taken by the common council it is the sense Of this commission that after advising and consulting with the city engineer and the city attorne5 and
 
 l of ascertainings through public hear iIlgs of the prop perty owners upon the streets in question the kind of pave nnent which they prefer. that we should use every possible endeavor SO tc place the contracts for such pave ment as to avoid litigation and delay Tn the prosecution of the city's bus1- r.ess.sss
 Commissioner Atwater at once sec onded the resolution and it was 4R-,. yr1. Gonami issioner CIampett moved that the communicate of Mir. Head be lsaccepted
 T want to object to this commits sion receiving that communication,'s z l said President Rogers at once The cannot see why it should be pre- sented here.
 T think the matter Is properly be- fore this board. said Mayor Wilson. sDo hear he motion of cpmmis- sioner CIampett seconded ?' There was a. painful silence and turning to Secretary Keating the mayor said: Yoll may enter the let ter on the minutes of the meeting, Mr. Secretary, as having been read but not reeeived.''
 .sI am sorry to have to oppose the mayor exclaimed President Rogers, promptly rising to his feet. efbut in my opinion this is not 3. proper letter to be entered on our minutes. This letter was addressed to Mayor Vii son and not to the members of this Ecommission.Y
 ..The letter has been read to the eomrnission.'' said Mayor Wilson, and is therefore before it.s'
 Comnissioner Atwater objected. say | ing that the letter could not come be- fore the commission.
 s1t is the ruling of the chair that the letter shall be entered on the min utes,s declared Mayor Wilson.
 Then appeal from the ruling of the chair . exclaimed President Rog- CTS, while four Of his colleagues nod of the stand he was taking. On the vote only Commissioner C1anpett, as stated above, was in fa- vor of sustaining the chair. Mayor Wilson took the rebuff with very poor grace s"The Connecticut company, he said has refused to pave it's tracks in F'airhe1 davenue without an order from the state highway comnis- sioner. Will this comm ission take any action on this matter 7.s+
 'sCertainly not.'' declared President Rogers. It is out of our province. We had nothing to do with that paw ing until it was under way any more than we had with the present War renite contracts. The, same condi- tions prevail and although we would like to see the street properly paved we can do nothing with it, as we had nothing to do with the contracts.'
 Commissioner AtWater early in the meeting moved that City Engineer Terry be given power to appoint the inspector for the construction Of the Knowlton street sewer President Rogers seconded the motion of Com missioner Atwater, saying that they had discussed the matter with City Engineer Terry and that It was at the request of the latter that the ap- pointment was sought.
 Mayor Wilson said that under previous motion. it had been decided that the inspectors of the sewer work should be appointed by the director of public works from lists furnished