The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05
PLAN TO WIDEN
 STREETS WHICH
 LEAD TO BRIDGES
More Room Needed in Fairfield Avenue and Congress
 Street.
C. ID. Davis Scores Policy of Fairfield Ave. Property
 Owners.


 t'One story buildings in Fairfield avenue represent grasping and marrow business ideas, declared Charles D. Davis, of the City Planning ComTnis- sion before the common council when @ public nearing was held last night on the proposition to widen Fairfield avenue by taking off all one-story buildings and porticos between Mid de and Water streets. By thds plan a wider approach to the Stratford ave n71e bridge win be secured. Most of the stores along this sec t1oz1 of Fairfield avenue are marrow and are not ftted for the needs of a growing city, declared Mir. Davis.
 He said that the proposed widening would give a 60 foot street where the street was but 49s 1-2 feet now. Mir. Davis also favored the widening of Congress- street on the north side be- tween Housatonic avenue and Main street. He said these arteries of trav- el between the bridges were too small at present and would be utterly i1r- adequate for the traffic that will come with tIhe increase in population. He said an ernploye of the Telephone Co. had estimated that at it's present rate oA growth Bridgeport will have a population of 100000 in 20 years from now
 Attorney Bartlett, who appeared for the Terry estate at the hearing on the widening of Congress street, said hds clients were preparing to erect large I buildings on the property and want ed to be certain that they would not be disturbed. He said if the street is ito be widened land damages now would be comp parattvely low to hfs clients compared with what they would be when their buildings were completed.
 Attorney F. D. .Keeler said he would confirm what Attorney Bartlett had said. He said extensive improve, rnents were being carried on in one building and plans have been made I to tear down buildings and erect a big building there He said his clients be- lieved the street should be Widened at this time.
 Charles D. Davis of the City Plan ming Condmission said the street should be widened because the burden on main arteries of traffic, which Com gress street was one, would increase as the city grows and according to the estimate of the telephone com pany the city will have 100000 in 20 years from now
 | He said personally and as member of the City Planning Commission ,he I favored the plan. l He thought soon the raiaroad com pany could be induced to take away the stone abutnent at the approach to the Congress street bridge. A. w. BurTitt opposed the laying of wood block pavement along, Knowl- ton street from East Washington ave- nue to Maple street. He said some kind of new pavement was needed and l that a Hnacadann road we'll laid was all that was needed He said his firm preferred that to wood block. 1 James Blakeleys favored stone block pavement. hook at Water street. he. said, "laid 29 years. Wood or brick will not stand. It's a. waste of money.
 TosTu years laying nnacadaTn roads. It's a waste Of money
 The petition to extend over the building line in Sterling street made members of the St. Michael's Roman Catholic church. Attorney John Gull hnan appeared for the members of l the church. He said the extension would obstTuct the view from the par lochiaI school B1rnstein left a state lG1lent of his side of the case with Al derman MacFayden.
 When the question of a layout in sWayne street came up, Abraham ILevy opposed it on the ground that 1.-the expense was not warranted in view of the building there. AGtor- lney Keeler said he had clients who I had large property interests and were making extensive improvements there. Judge T. c. Coughlin appeared in favor of the extension of Beers street [ land County Commissioners favored the plan. The street at present is the north boundary of the county 1 property and would be an aid to
 access to Shelton school.
 1 Ernest Adams, proprietor. of Adams house, appeared in favor of petition l to reduce all one story construction land porticos in Fairfield avenue be-
 tween Water and Middle streets when the Stratford avenue bridge is built.
 Attorney John CuI1inan, appearing I for s. 2. Pol and Louis Sagal, said the tfvery small attempt to improve 1.-the conditions would make much of Etheir stores and property una'enta- ble
 For the Lyon estate, which owns the
 Atlantic Hhotel, Herbert Lyon did not
 favor the plan.
 For Thomas Morrissey, Dr. R. D.. Martin, George Finn and others, Att
 torney CuIlinan spoke in favor of the resolution of Alderman Delaney to
 extend Harrison street to West ave
 nue. William P. Kirk also spoke in favor, saying it would relieve the traf- fic, going east or west through Fair field avenue. He said the land dam age would be slight as there were no
 costly buildings in the way and the grade on Courtla1rd street could be
 lowered and that street be made more useful. NIT. Kirk said the property thus opened up to useful purposes would increase the grand list $500, 900
 or $4O0, ,ooo.
 1 c. D. Davis said the experts of the City Planning Commission opposed
 this plan until they had prepared a plan involving the whole outline of the neigh borhood.
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