The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-22
CITY PLANNERS AND GOOD HOUSING MEN
 WILL HAVE INNINGS
Mayor Sees Chance to Put Them to Work on De
 velopment Problem.

Velopment Problem.
 Urging that the common council prepare at once to further increase the city's bonded Indebtedness by in- curing future obligations for sewers and other improveme ents, Mayor c. B.. Wilson sent a, message to the board of aldermen last night in which he proposed to plunge the city in deep CT.
 The mayor took a covert slam at the Good Housing association and City Plan conSnission when he urged that in the unprecedented situation regard ing housing conditions on the East Side, both these organizations have wonderful opportunity to demonstrate their usefulness. While the mayor urged all speed in bringing about commission form of government, as voted for by the people, he also said 'tgo slowly until City Attorney Com ley can determine the legal aspect of the situation.
 He recomme ended the passage of a, resolution for the appointment of commissions of five men each to build the East Washington avenue and Grand street bridges for which bonds have been issued and such resolutions introduced by Alderman MacFayden were adopted The council follow
 
 steps be taken for the sale of bonds for the new Stratford avenue bridge. The mayor also urged that the coun- cil make some effort to establish the municipal ice and cold storage plant immediately.
 Regarding the rapid and unpara11el- l ed growth of the city and the need for the immediate establishment of a building code he said in his mess age:
 f-The unprecedented growth of the Remington Arms and Union Metallic Cartridge Go, particularly the former, has presented serious problems to our city. By February next, so [ am credibly informed, there will be 14.- | 900 additional men employed by the Remington Arms Co, who will na.tur- l ally make their homes in our city. 1 This will mean numerically an addi- i ton to our population of upwards of ! 10000 persons. Schools must be provided, sewers must be built, streets must be worked, and other steps talk l en to /care for these people. Fur l thermQre it will be necessary to prop l erTy house these new residents In this connection it seems to me that the City Plan comnaissio on and Good Housing association can do their most effective work. Providing for these l people will mean the laying out and l development of new sections of our 1 city, and much will depend upon how this deve1opment is handled.
 'fI am of the opinion that the City Plan commission can evolve some constructive development of unoccu- l pied lands in an orderly way aud l with a we'll defined policy as to the I future There should be made at l once, proper regulations to our build | ther building of large tenement houses which are. in a number of in- l stances, veritable fire traps. Unless l some such provision is made Bridge port will have the appearance of a | mushroom growth and her fire losses will be greatly increased owing to this l unrestricted class of buildings. un- l derstand that the ordinance commit l tee will hold a meeting within a. few | days to consider some of the needs l that better building regulation calls for and would urge upon you the l necessity of a prompt report to this I body In the meantime would sug- gest that your honorable body fully advise yourselves on these questions | so that when the ordinance commit tee reports back to this body you will ] be ready to act without delay I The Inajor portion of the time dur l ing the evenings session was devoted 1 to hearing on the petition of some | residents of Black Rock for a sewer 1 through Beacon street to the water to relieve Harborview avenue and I Growers avenue. R. G. Whitney, who spoke in favor of this sewer, said l that cesspooIs and drains from the
 houses in that section are overhowing | and that nine or 10 cases of diptheria
 had been traced by physeicians to con l ditions resulting from lack of proper 1 sewer drainage.
 I Then arose solid phalanx of Black
 Rock citizens all of whom were will I ing that Harborview and Growers ave- l nue residents should have sewers, but
 all of whom said the sewer ought enod
 to pass through Beacon street. Judge l A. B. Beers appearing for James Carr
 said that the sewer must cross pri- | Vate property at the end of Beacon
 street and there was an enormous 1 ledge of rocks through which the
 outlet would have to be cut
 Others who opposed the route o1
 the sewer were Attorney Carl Foster
 for Co1onea Henry Roess1er, J. Percy
 Bartrarn, Charles V. Harrington, Gen
 eraI T.. L. Watson, Jonathan Thorne e
 A. L. Riker, Alderman Broderick and
 Lewis and Attorney B. Earle Gar lick.
 B. F. Pierce. Jr., and Philip Han
 ford appeared in favor of a grade
 in Hillhouse avenue and no one ap peared for the plan for the sewer in SeavieW avenue from Boston avenue to Deacon street.
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