The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07
COMMON COUNCIL
 HAS QUIET SESSION
Matters Mostly Routine Before
 The Board.

In. carrying eutthe orders of the public utilities commission to operate cars every forty minutes over it's line the Bridgeport & sI1anbury Railway Go. was given pernli ssion by the com
 mon council last night to lay a tenn porary spur track in Main street near Bethany chapel. This will be done at once under the direction of the direc-a tor of public works An application from the company to lay g. permanent spur track near the same location was referred to the committee on streets and sidewalks. Members Of the Swedish, 5Congrega- tionaI church in Grove street pre- scented a petition asking for the dis continuance of the building line in that thoroughfare. The congregation contemplate building a, handsome new church. At present no line has been established, but all property owners have, conformed to an foot line. By the plans which have been drawn for the new church it's porches will ex- ! tend about four feet over the line | that has already been established by common consent.
 The pastor of the church and number of members were present last night. On motion of Alderman Mau+ ritz Olson a public hearing on the pc tition was set for April 20 in the ! Public [ hearings were also ordered for the same date on the petitions of E1verett l.. Rogers and others to change the course of a, brook which it is alleged overffows and damages property in East avenue and also for the laying Of a sewer in the same street. The hearings were ordered on the motion of Aidermaa uunstatter of the 12th district.
 The streets and sidewalks commit tee reported rescinding it's former re port that curb, gutter and sidewalks be laid in Wordfn avenue near the hot mill of the American Tube & Stamping Co. by May 30. As there is little traffic in this street and the company has already butt fine cin-s der sidewalk there the committee rec commended that simply "a sidewalk be l laid without any time limit being set Mayor Wilson wanted to make ~the date May 30 for the new sidewalk. but Alderman MacFayden of the streets and sidewalks committee said that the sidewalk as provided was sufficient and he thought it would be an unnecessary hardship on the prop erty owners there to fix a, time limit. fThe Inohion was carried without the time limit.
 The ordinance hxingv the salary of the elevator boy. Thomas Cunning ham, at SIP per week was adopted. IHe formerly received s961 per week City Engineer A. H. Terry asked the council re reconsider the report Of the special committee recomm end- ing tho abolition of the foot build ing line in Nichols street between East Main street and W7aterview ave- nue. He said that the street was too narrow at present and in short 1 time, with the growth. of the city in that section 1t would be necessary to widen it. The report was referred
 
 committee
 On a resolution introduced by AI-i derrnan Reddy the bond Of former l City Sheriff Thomas Lovely was re- l leased The term of the alderman ex- 1 pired last November. z A resolution introduced by Alder man Paul L. Miller that ornamental metal signs calling attention to the ordinances regarding the parking of I vehicles in Cannon and John streets be placed in suitable positions on 4 these streets was referred to the di- Fl rector of public works.
 d The fire department commit re- I ported opposing the abolition, of the 1 fire alarm bell towers which make
 the fire alarm signcls heard all over i the city. The report was referred to I the fire mmissioners
 j No one opposed the petition of Mrs.
 Jennie Cenicola for permission to ex- I tend her dwelling 8 feet over the l building line at Sterling and East
 Main streets.
 4 Judge A. B. Beers, representing MT.
 Mercen, who owns 150 feet on Sterling 1 street south of Mrs. Cenicola's prop erty, said his client did not object to
 the extension Of the buiIding lines.
 Mrs. Cenicola, handsomely goWned, sat in the spectators gallery an in
 terested spectator of the hearing. but she made no effort to speak.
 The common council accepted an in-
 vdtation from Bridgeport AeTde. No. I APO, zFraternal Order of Eagles. to at l tend a fair which the order will give
 in Eagles hall from April r to April s George B. Thorpe might have col
 Iecteds S7 twice in payment for in
 juries he received in falling through
 an excavation last September. Soon
 after his fall he presented a claim for
 dama ges for doctors services and the
 claims committee of the former com
 mon council awarded him ST He has
 never elaine dthe money and in some
 way the claim came before the pres
 ent committee of the council and .e,1
 It's recommend ation at the meeting of
 February Is Thorpe was again award
 ed ST City Clerk Robinson discev-
 cred the error and at the meeting last night the council voted to resefnd the
 action of February 16-
 A resolution from Alderman Moorey
 that Hough avenue be laid out and
 extended from Sherman street to
 Goodwin street was referred to the committee streets and Sidawa ks. |