The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-07
MAYOR HINTS AT
MILLION DOLLAR
ISSUE III COUNCIL
Tells Aldermen In Yelled Way
Of plans Administration
Has for City.

go while the going is good is the
attitude of the present administration
and in his message to the common
council last night Mayor Wilson in a
yelled way outlined his plan for the
contemplated bond issue of more than
q. million dollars which the Republ-
can administration intends to put
over The mayor in his message de-
clares financial policy should be
zsadopted which will provide for bond
ing for pavements. sewers, new school
I houses, fire houses, new streets, new
Fairgrounds and comfort stations.
He also favors the complies motor
dzation of the FIRE department; the
addition of more men to the FIRE and
police departments; the construction
more dental hygienists and school
nurses; also q new building in the
rear of the police and charities build
sing to be occupied solely by the Of
: 'hces of the board Of health.
All this If the mayor and those be-
hind him havs their way. is to be
pat over under the direction Of a
co1nTnittee Of I'VE persons. which viii
pc headed by John T. King Charles
g. Sanford president of the First
bridgeport National bank and George
Eamess manager of the Singer
49, are iSS71Q 10 <'De slated Tor
places on. the com -nittee with two
m en- bers OF the common council
Mayor Wilson would not say last
night whom he would name from the
council to serve on the committee.
FOL ev1ng is lhis message in full:
ldesport las you are ali aware,
mas increased in population tremend-
ously during the past few months.
Many new problems confront US and
should be met at this time Our city
as 1ffsred through a short-sighted
policy In the past in putting OFF until
toznorrow what should be done today.
To- more necessary than ever TO
Adppt an absolutely sound financial
Z 2 qlAcy In reference to the physical de-
Retopment of Bridgeport. Current
ezpensss and ppkeep should be met
from direct taxation, but so called
permanent improvements should be
< Obtained from the sale OF serial notes
or bonds OF the city, as we have done
CURING the past two or three years
Particular attention should be kDaidt
to the so-called outlying districts of |
our city namely Black Rock North !
Bridgeport and Northeast Brtdgepoft |
4 which sections are undergoing the
More rapid changes
- The improvements needed sncllide
new school houses, new sew ers, new
IRE houses, new streets, new, play
grounds and comfort stations Before
resolutions. are passed by your hon. |
oTahfe body relative to the Issuance
pH serial notes or bonds for these pro-
5ects, / believe that you should have
definite and positive information such !
as a. non-partisan committee compos- /
ed of a. number of citizens, and also I
rs heads 9f the various Departments /
could give give you. would there L
fore recommend the passage Of res +
olutlcn authorizing the mayor to APP
point such q corn1nf ttee VINO WI Re-
port back as soon as possible to your
honorable body as to what amounts
should be raised from serial notes. OF. I
bonds for the many newly added L
needs Of our city. Just to give you +
an idea SHAH enIirnerafe a few mat
tiers which I have in MIND:
The complete nlOtorization of the
The eonstrlction and equipment of /
new fire houses
The addition Of more men to the F
fire department
The addition of more men to the Z
police department. for when we CON-
ri der that the force of one. hundred E
and thirty patrolmen, when all are
reporting for duty, is divided into four
Plateezas, it must be apparent that it Z
~ Inadequate to- properly police all +
sections of our city.
More school nurses and dental n.y.
gaenfsts should be provided +
new building should be. construct |.
ed in the rear Of the Police and Char
tiles building, for the Board of Char
tiles ana the Board of Health sandIsthe
present structure turned over entire
", tos the police department
We need more sanitary inspectors
In view of the unprecedented /
amount of building operations more +
inspectors should be added to the
building commissioners department.
All of the other departments of our
city should be equipped with such as
sistanee as needs require to meet this
unequaled growth.
believe that the boom which hasI
reached Bridgeport is here to stay and
that we will make no n1ista lze in so I
considering it and ordering our ac-i
lions in accordance herewith.
There are too many dead-end
streets in the center of the city and
in order to relieve traffic conditions
on our main thoroughfares these
streets should be extended at this
time; prompt action in this particular
the city. would recommend that
this matter also receive the attention I
OF the above mentioned committee.
~ Bridgeport has always followed the !
policy of segregation with reference
to the treatment of the social evil. I L
know it is futile to try to make peo- +
pie moral by legislation and that pub
lie morals will never be any higher
than private morals, but do believe
that every community should place
its stamp of disapproval on CONNER
cialized vice, and after much, study
and thought I have come to the con
clusion that we should adopt the poll
cy of suppression and that these
houses should be completely wiped ont
of existeEec. have already sent
conn1unicat lions to the president of
the Board OF, Police Commissioners
and the4 Prosecuting Attorney of our
city to this effect.
III I believe further that the good or
der and contentments of any commun-
ity depend very largely upon the in
noeent amuse-aents provided. There
lave been from time to time a num-
Der of requests from religious, semi,
religious, and charitable organizations,