The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-29
FIRE LIMIT PROPOSAL
 TOO COMPREHENSIVE

A HEARING has been called for next Mon A day night before the common coln- oil upon a proposed ordinance which makes radical change in the boundaries of what is known the fire linits'' The city charter contains a provision authorizing the common council to establish by ordinance district in the city within which no person shall erect or enlarge any building or addition to a building, unless the outer walls and the covering are com posed wholly of fire proof materials and it does require a two-thirds vote of the common council to modify this restriction in case any person desires to erect wooden building or an addition to a wooden building within the fire district For many years the ordinance estab I fishing this fire district has confined the ter Iitory included within it to a comparatively small area, being the immediate center or heart Eof the city. An ordinance has been proposed by the fire committee of the common council which makes a wide departure from these established boundarles and pro poses to include Eas very large part of our city both on the west |side and the east side of the Pequonnock River. The contemplated boundaries of the new fire district as set out in tlie proposed ordinances Eare as follows:
 thsaes n0r5s gp Ay North Commercial thence % M sIslAt t % Street Madiaon Avenue; thence southeast Madison Avenue to Pan Avenue; thence south Park Inue southerly Bostwick to Osborne Street. thence north on 1T Hancoel Avenue to Vordin Avenue thence easterly along Cedar Greek to Earoad Avenue thence northery on Water Street to Fairfield Avenue: lthenee south on Man Street Harbor line; thence J srsord Avenue to WafsrTsM Avenue thence north
 sU to ip ASenne thence on o
 Avenue to Helen Street. thence north on Helen Street o Putnam Street thence west on PutIla Street so eFshire l3ridge cross Berkshrs Bridge to North ington Avenue to of Housatonie Hast wash
 It will De seen. .byNa glance at the limits of the new fire district. as embodied in the pro- posed ordinance, that it will include all of the city on the west side Of the river as far north as Grand street and east of Park avenue and l also all the section south of State street and north of Railroad avenue and east of Hancock avenue and on the east side of the river this new fire district would embrace nearly the en- tire territory between the Pequonnoek river and Yellow Mill Pond The prohibition of the char ter against constructing anything but fire proof buildings within this proposed district would. mean that over the greater part of the city no wooden structure Of any kind could be erected or any addition to an existing building without the permission by & two-t thirds vote of the com mon council This is matter of great moment l to hundreds of property owners throughout the lefty and when the full scope of the eontempIat- l ed ordinance is brought to the attention of the tpreperty owners large attendance will un- ldoubtedly be present at the hearing on Monday night
 1t is not apparent why the fire committee did not include the section of the city north of State Street and west of Park Avenue. 1t would
 seem as though if the section south of State lstreet is to become territory of fire proof buildings the portion of the city north of State street ought te be likewise included. The pro-
 posed ordinance, as it reads at present, would
 not include the propenty on the north side Of
 State street west of Park avenue, although in 1cluding all the property on the south side of IState street because the boundary line is made
 State street but this Of course, means the street lime and would not extend any further south
 than the north line of the street.
 THE DUTY BEFORE THE CORONER