The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-08
Mayor Wilson's Adninistra- tion Is Preparing to Foist Upon the City New Paw ing Contracts !Aggregat- ing $500. O.O0O.
Same Old Methods Employ ed to Initiate Petitions to Common Council With Semblance of Public Sup port.

Another Warrenite grab is in the brew. The old familiar preliminaries are in the works.
 Bright young men, and ven
 erable old men have been cir culating petitions for some
 days, the regular Wfrrenlte tactics, which have been de- scribed to readers of The Farmer, as told in the reports of Investigating committees in New York and New Jersey
 A bunch of these petitions was pre- sented in the common council, last night. Their arrival brought a, look of happiness to Mayor wilson's official countenance The aldermen fairly beamed with joy.
 It was as though the city already had begun to spend the S3o0,o0o it will cost to pave the additional streets, with Bridgeport's most popular patT ented pavement, which has such a per suasive way, as to get itself into the city treasury for hundreds of thou sands of dollars, without competition J mef1ts precedent to doing business with an honestly managed municipality.
 For, this pavement $2oO, eco has been paid from the treasury. Other pay ments are pending. The cost of it is very high, considering it's durability. In fact nobody. knows what the actual cost is. for the city does much work upon the street where it is laid, as on North avenue
 1t has been laid on many streets where there are trolley tracks, aI- though the city engineer has testified that it is not suitable to put down where there are trolley tracks
 On Fairfield avenue it has been laid, but. not between tracks. It has been put down on North Main street, but not between tracks. Mt covers Strat7l ford avenue, but not between tracks. It may cover Noble avenue, but the astlite Connecticut company is laying concrete between tracks, which will receive Q skim coating of asphalt mix ture to make it silent. This pavement contains Il inches of crushed stone be- tween ties, and six inches above ties, and vii be in service and doing good work. when the Warrenite pavements for which Bridgeport is paying will be impossible, by reason of the excessive cost of maintenance.
 Petitions asking for Warrenite pave ment on 69 streets were introduced to the common council as follows:
 Noble avenue between BarnunaF and Berkshire avenues: Howard avenue, Hancock avenue, Denver avenue, Dewey street, Merchant street, Eaton street, Lnwood avenue, Hazlewood avenue, Beechwood avenue, Black man place, North avenue from Wood to Park avenue, Grove street to Fair field avenue, Maplewood avenue, Elm wood avenue, Sherwood avenue, Ben ham avenue, Mountain Grove street, Lenox avenue, Poplar street, Colorado avenue, Norman street, Iranistan ave- nue from State street to North ave- nue, Buckingham avenue, Laurel ave- nue, Evergreen street, Prospect street, John street, Lafayette street, Liberty street, West avenue, Warren street, West Liberty street, Central avenue, Jefferson street, Knowlton street, East Washingop avenue, Hanover street, Butler avenue, Norman street, Cottage street. Waldorf avenue, Warehouse street, Wilson street, Berkshire ave- nue, William street, Capitol avenue, Newf1eId avenue, Ann street, Booth street, Burroughs street, California street, Cedar street, Curtis avenue East Main street, Elias street, Gilmore street, Goodwin street Hamilton street, Hallett street, Hough avenue, Howe street, Maiden lane, Pierpont street, Seymour street, Sherman street, Steuben street and waterview avenue.