The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-07
|F.C. MULLINS TURNS TABLE
 ON MAYOR
sWfIIfng To Leave Paving of Noble Avenue to Judgment of Paving Com
 mission.


 sT favor any permanent pavement ! for rGohae avenue. I will leave the choice to the paving and sewer com mission and I don't care whether have to pay anN assessment TOT 1e or whether the pavement Is paid Tor out Of municipal bonds,'' said Freder1cE e Mullins in the council chamber at city hsu last night during p1gOiac 1 reaxtr1er on a resolution to lay perna- neu&a pavement on Noble avenue.
 T favor permanent pavement in Noble Savenue from East Washington avenue to Beardsley park" said MT Afallir1S 'rBrt I am opposed to any pavement being-1afd on the street uEl- fffl the street Is Wfdened a-Qd straight Feued Y think 1t would be a mistake 1 to Inv pavement and then have to TIP ] Sf 11r, e.zca1n to reset curb and gutter Ewhen the trees grow old and die ! ssr.-,,e ,,f fbe srades should be changed now. There are places in Noble ave u1e where the crews of open trolley ~arz have to get down and raise the steps of their cars to get by if an ice 7raEon or other large vehicle happens i 4o be, standing in the street"
 s-vv4ra+ kind of pavement would you prefer for Noble avenQf?" asked T.ravcr- wilson His query brought much laughter from the spectators Ea1lery. but Mir Mullins answered f quickly as above. rather turning ene laugh on the mayor.
 s-f4oT about the cost?'' continued the mayor
 srThat doesn't worry me, either" re- turned MT. Mullins. T am willing to nav my share of the assessment II the paving and sewer comm nStsaeon lalys the pavement"
 MT. Mullins retired amid a burst of daughter and handclapping.
 Attorney Hugh J. I4aveTy, who sa1o he represeuted H. A. Chaffee, Jenes rE1r7r1ons Osborn b1]others and other property owners in Noble avenue, ap. p.. neared in favor of any pavement so long ass 1t was Of a, permanent char
 T l.. sullivan favored the pave rnert if it would be paid for out of the recent bond issue. So did w. J. lRFc-Tzunzra. Daniel Fitzroy favored laying Warrentte on the street. George ! Eaton, Henry Allen and a number of r,thers favored laying permanent movement iu the street
 cstv Treasurer Moses w. .hdanSzaz- snw oOposed the plan ''Tt is not an --s1,,,Ts51r,es time, he said, s'to lay per- gnnnent pavement now Those who think 4aaey can get this pavement i-~fffoart cost by taking the money from a bond Issue are only fooling ft1nenseExes The city has already rpent a vast sum for agreements and I-ze should go slow before spending more. V71denaag of this street now win. destroy many fine trees which line eaaas street If the Connecticut O. could be tnaaarced to take up one of ats trRcars ard nsaace this a one-track rzfreet I think we would come near ,.o1vinx the problem when we get to widening the street :"
 -Tf we .v-zazt for the Coamecticut Co. to n1z7ne 1t. a. one-rack street we will wait until all fs7s trees are dead '' shouted one innsn in the crowd
 EaurseI DaExe saBd he was opposed to an asseasnrent being laid which would compel, property owners where -tfae street was narrow to pay as much as those where the street was wide. '
 DanAed Kelly, collector for the Unit ed Inun1tnaut5rg O., opposed the lay ing of any sort of per1naarent ipaVe- rnent He sa1d the street was all right az tts is-
 A public. hearing on the matter of widening the street Just above Wash ;ingt0n park will be held at the next
 Judge T. C.NCOupghhn appeared for Jacobs brothers in opposition to a proposed sewer from Orange street to Jefferson street Re said the proposed sewer would cross the property of his clients and much damage would re- suit He said the policy of the city should be opposed to laying sewers in such manner.
 Attorney James A. Marr for Max Rink opposed a proposed sewer in II5IlsNprrh street which he said would end on the property of his client and destroy it. He said his client had purchased the property with view ito improving it and that damage ,sut4 against the city was likely to re- ie41lt if the council insisted on laying fhe. sewer as proposed.
 On recommendation of City Attor- i1ey Conley the council voted to pay t&he American and British Mfg. Go. Ess4 CT, the costs in a recent s11dt won ,by the company The assessed TaAIre tof it's personal property was reduced from s333ass to $Z75OO0. The council ta1so voted to pay the verdict won by sf4zt41e Bzdnley for $402. .78 and William lq1orth for $104- s. The verddcts were Evron in a New Haven court and were flor injuries which the plaintiff5 re- kcefved fin a. runaway accident caused by a defect in Yellow Mill bridge.
 The council confirmed the appoint unent Of Wesley F. Hayes a mem ber of the park commission to sl1c- tceed the la3e Henry Setzer. MT. Hayes was chosen by the park board IOn June 2&
 Eumr noJnbaanesrs were killed dur Hng Fourth of July celebrations in