The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-06
Would Reopen East s Washington Avenue Bridge To Trolley Traffic

An action to make the East Wash ington avenue bridge again passablel for trolley cars was begun at the meeting of the common council last night Alderman Walker offered 2 resolution <that Mayor Wilson be nam ed committee of one to take up the matte rwith the Connecticut company to see if something cannot be donei shortly to put the bridge in condition for trolley car traffic. Many people who live on the East Side are ern- ployed in the North End and use the trolley cars daily going to and from their work. Now they are obliged Ito go around by way of the Con. gross street bridge and consequently spend considerable time on the way and are inconvenienoed as we'll. AL
 derman Walkers resolution asked that the bridge be repaired at once or steps
 taken building AneW bridge The mayor iS-to take up the matter and report by the next meeting of the council on February 2. The bridge has been weakened under one abIt- m ent which sustains the central span 1 by dredging in the channel and has 1 been closed to trolley traffic for more than two years.
 | The council also passed resolutie n
 by Alderman Walker that in the fu- paid but once a month may receive their salaries on the fst and 16th of
 each month.
 X Tn view of the killing of Elsie Back tby an automobile which was passing | the left side of Q trolley car in Fair I field avenue few days ago. Alder man Cole introduced a resolution for
 an ordinance forbidding all vehicles l to pass trolley cars on either side when passengers are alighting or when the cars are stationary Th e resolution was referred to the com l nittee on ordinances.
 l When the hearing on the proposition for the layout of Gurdon street from Summit to French streets was called for Joseph Iacomsky appeared to op- purchased two lots on Gurdon street for the purpose of building a future l home and that the proposed layout l would go right through his proposed and part of another in front of
 which he has laid a Sidewalk Nc one appeared to oppose the proposi-
 tion and no one favored it.
 fC. w. Blacham, member of Repub- llican towuT committee, presented As lsistant City Clerk Frank Braifhwaite
 with a silver mounted fountain pen
 the gift of Republican workers
 in the Eleventh district. Alderman To. C.. Cole asked the indulgence oi
 the board while the presentation was made s,z-s<s-s stf An invitation from the Germans
 American; alliance. to the mayor anc the members of the common counci
 to attend its annual ball at Eagles
 hall on January, 18th. was. received and accepted with a vote of thanks resolution from Alderman Colt asking that a sidewalk be laid in from Iof the Coulter & Mckenzie factory or the west side of Water street was re
 ceived and referred to the committet . on streets and sidwaIks.
 The petition of the BrooklaWn clul
 to construct a sewer from its presen 7l club house or from any other build ing that it may in the future erect
 1 to connect with the sew CT on thu v Spooner estate into the sewer il : Brooklawn avenue, was received ant r referred to the committee on sewers ' By act of the last general assembl, : the city of Bridgeport was given pow n Ter to- allow nearby towns to connec iwith the Bridgeport sewer systen
 whenever they so desire. -s