The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-22
MUCH ROUTINE, BUT COUNCIL SESSION HAS
 SMALL GALLERY

Fewzpeop1e even the persons in in terest ever attend a, meeting of tho common council to watch the dispo- sition made of the petitions or claims they may submit. Last nights meeting was no exception the usual l raft of business was before tPe board of aldermen These committee re- ports came up in the routine business ] of the c0unoil:
 Streets and Sidewalks Comm1ttee | Brewster street.
 Ordering public hearings for es- 1 tab1ishment of grade on Logan street, and the disconttnuance of a ] building line on Madison avenue. Granting leave to withdraw to Frank Murray, petition to extend over Grove street building line. Ordering curb set back at Strat- 1 ford avenue and East Main street, and Stratford avenue and Pembroke street.
 l Referring to the director of public works petitions of J. L. Mclaughlin and M. F. Whitney, ct al, for the re- l pairing of gutter Irantstan avenue l between Cottage street and Railroad avenues and for the grading of Par l rott avenue Charles to French street, l respectively.
 Referring to director of public works the resolution of Alderman F. " Delaney that the owner of the l building on the northwest corner of l Housatonic avenue and Congress St., be ordered to have caves placed on 1 said building, and the resolution of 1 Alderman Maurttz Olson calling for | the repair of the sidewalk on the south side of North avenue between 1 Wood avenue and Norman street. Committee on Sewers. I aR in Washington avenue from Lndley street to River street across Berk- l shire Pond to Knowlton street Granting petition of Hermon Mo Kinnon for construction of 9 catch basin William street. Ordering sewer wells constructed at southwest corner of Kossuth and Arc tic streets; two between Wood and Laurel avenues on ElmwoCd avenues l southwest corner of East Main and l Maple streets; southeast corner of Kossuth and Pearl streets; southwest l corner of Kossuth and Pearl streets; l northwest corner of Kossuth and Put nam streets.
 Ordering blind drain of brook be- l tween Alice and Beers streets to com lnect with the Beers street sewer.
 Granting leave to withdraw to Con- stantino Maiel1o, petition for sewer 1 in. Roselle street.
 Paving and Sewer Commission.
 On pavements costing $5T. laid in Stratford avenue, and on l sewers in Freeman street. Elizabeth street, and Orland street costing $6,- 641.6o.
 Special Committee.
 On layout Of Norman street build ing line
 Committee on Claims.
 Granting $1OO land damages to I Amelia I1ebscher incidental to change of grade on WestheldN avenue.
 Granting personal tax abatements to Terrence Dave, Thomas B. Bow den, stephen Steplar, Charles DeBNor- est, Charles Calvin and Francis Hur-
 Granting adjustments Of taxes to Samuel Abrams. and A. R. DeCerlo and Sons
 I Granting adjustment of taxes to Walter M. Jordan and John M. Lynch
 Refundfng $1 overpayment of tax es to Nathan Lochov1t. Granting abatements of interest to and F. T. Staples conservators.
 Granting abatement and adjust ment of taxes to Samuel Slavir1.
 Granting to S. W. and F. D. Beach, refundment of taxes and to W. J. Barrett for damages incidental to change of grade on Wood avenue.
 Granting to Louis Radack and E1- bert J. O'Den. adjustment of taxes.
 Granting leave to withdraw to the following petitioners:
 Charles s. Smith, Dore Wise, Mary K Johnson. Angelo R. Peace1Ii, Max Frank. and A HubbeIL
 Petitions.
 Alderman W. K. SteigIer, ct al, for the construction of sanitary sewer in Ha1lett street from Willard to Church streets.
 William Fitzg1bbons for abatement Of personal tax, and from Wilbur Fishinger, Owen Farnan, Thomas Flynn, John F. Golden, and James Farrell. /
 Meyer Bower for a crosswalk at Beecher street and Huntington Road.
 Bridget Fitzpatrick for refund of E$9.82 for overcharge in taxes.
 Salvatore Passalaqua for abate- ment of taxes on the list of 1913.
 John Drank for abatement of taxes on the list of 1913. H. s. PIatt, adjustment of automo- bile tax, list of 1918.
 Schietlnger & Ludwig, for abate- ment of business tax on the lists of 1911, 1912 and 1913.
 Mary sparin for refundment ot $35.35 over payment of River street sewer assessment.
 Louis Harkavus for adjustment o1 business tax on the lists of 1912 and 1913.
 St. Charles Roman Catholic Church Corporation, for abatement of street sprinkling assessment onS the list o1 1913.
 John Schwartz, for the extension o1 the present Boston avenue sewer. 30C feet easterly.
 F Mary B. Nettleton. for permission to, build an addition to a house 1r | Washington avenue.
 Mary Ford, for permission to build a public garage on Housatonic avenue near Grand street.
 A1d. Malcolm MacFayden for the removal of a dead tree in CourtIan6 street.
 Mrs. A. Nannery for the removal o1 ! branches of a tree at 213 Wood ave.