The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-05
DEBATE OVER CITY PLAN AND WHITE
 WAY EXTENSIONS
Auditor Heating Says City Plan- ming Means Saving Not
 Spending.
Anderson Wants Bright Lights Placed in Fairfield
 Avenue.

Members Of the Board Of AppOr- tionrnent are divided over the matter of the extension of the White Way. and also over granting 2,500 for the city plan com mission. pr. Lynch believes with the mayor that no fur ther extension of the White Way should be made this year. .Cornnnis- sioner Anderson is in favor of ex- tending the White Way. especially in Fairfield avenue from Broad street to Courtland street. Both matters were before the board at its meeting last night. City Auditor Heating ap- peared in favor of the appropriation for the city plan commission.
 Commissioner Anderson said the property in Fairfield avenue from Broad to Courtland streets, has been increased in assessed valuation more than 100 per cent. by the tax as sesPsors and yet nothing has been 5done for the city in that section.
 Alderman Stagg. chairman of the. Common Council lamps committee, told the board that the intention of the White Way commission was to ex- tend the original White Way to Gill; bert street in Main street but the lamp posts could not be secured in time and it was decided to stop at State street. He said some of the 1arg- est property owners in the city had | holdings in this section and they had petitioned for the White Way | extension.
 In the committees requisition was an item Of $869.87 for II lights from State to Gilbert street. Other items were: Seven hundred and ninety | nine city arc lights at $65.7o each per year. $52, ,494.30; one light at public fountain, $65.70; 40 new city are lights, petitioned for, $2, 62s:s 165 tung- 1 sten lights at $2z each per year, $3.- 630; 35 new tungsten lights, $770;.5 500 gas lights at $25 each per year, $t2.- 500; 92 White Way lights, 1$7,191.64; II new White Way lights from Broad to Lafayette street on State street, $859.87; II new White Way lights in Harrison street $859.s7; 25 new 1 White Way lights in Main street from Congress street northerly.e s1.- l 954.25. Altogether the reqnisition calls for $84.S11.70. There was an item of $2O0 for .tincid entals'' which the board did not question Alderman Stagg about and which he did not ex- plain r f9 City Auditor Keating, appearing for the city plan comnission's requisdtion for $2,5O0, said he believed the money would be we'll expended and that if the city had employed a. plan ming expert years ago, much money would have been saved. In re- 1 sponse to a question from ConaEnis- sioner Kirk he said he did not think that City Engineer Terry could do the work Of the city planner.
 l t'He doesn't think so himseIf.' z said l MT. Keating. MT. Terry is 8. very capable engineer and I have the highest regard for his ability but even l if he were able do not think 1t would be fair to put the work of
 the city pIanner on his shoulders. lsThere is too much work involved. I The city p1anner has to be something 1 more than an engineer. He must 1 have a thorough understanding of To- cal conditions. He must have ar l tistic taste and understand social con- l ditfons. City planning means saving l instead of spending. I remember years ago we spent considerable
 money mapping out an expensive sew
 dermen decided it cost too much to
 install. Those plans are still in the l city engineers office and they have l been of great help in laying out the l present sewer system
 l Mr. Keating said that the city plan l commission had been given $5, 900 by 1 the city last year and had received l $3, 800 from private subscription, Out l of this sum $2,ooO has been paid to and he is to be paid $1,500 more I Keating said that all the city plan
 expert had done was to prepare a survey of the city and show how l much benefit might be derived by l changing things He urged that the board grant the appropriation and
 said that the return would justify 1 the expenditure.
 MELoDIo, THE PIANIST.