The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-26
Advocates, Also, the Cutting Through of Cannon Street to Waterfront to Relieve Traffic Press On Fairfield Avenue.
Has Elaborate Plan for De- velopment of Lowlands Between stratford and Bridgeport As Place for Industrial Plants.

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 srha City Plan Commission made public today poHons of It's rero1n- rnsnaaaons, including a prelim1n aTy report. from John Nolen. profes- siona1 city planneE. esnployed 10 as- sist it.
 ts1g strastfora avenue bridge. be Quilt sfrazelat across the rExers so feet wide with a 4 fonf roadWay and two atae-s walks 1S feet wide
 This would ena.pze the pres ens. s4,rit1Szs to hSS med untA t1e new one is finsezseds would avoid the double turn now necessary where FaaE1aela avenue crosses Water street. and would ia te the passage of water t1afHcs
 brfdxe the commission recorn1nerlfdss widening Of T'sar11eid avenue from vvatzaF zto. Middle gtreetss by cutting or one sEdwy pro5ect1ous ana miner strncfares This would give 2 VI 1dtn 2 af T7aFel ssErae.E Of feet and g fesk at Middle etreet
 VVs5ea VVau streat from Wster e,stre.ets tu Eaan n s1ul1 lar man lass., which would give street bS 1ee< wide s4 Main and 65 feet wide af' Water Street
 Eztena Cannon to svatsr atreet 40 feet zzsds. at sLu estimated cost of E TOT aInproaclaea On the East Side. the folio wing M rseozprnended:
 Lmy out new diagonal street ev sfren4 to the Bradga Acquire the en- fire block bcunded by Nichols strset- aSuef S1ratfDrd skvaEue saRd F t1ss 5 bridge. The land in 2ne an4zre bl sslk Is aHsssed 13r s142s425s and is worth more IL Is Asserted that this een
 
 dgce profit rom the sales of land not needed, which would increase tn value through the innprovement
 This condemnation is. advised as| soon as poss5bles to forestalI the erec-i Hon of expenaave stTuot71r es
 Tne Construction of bridge from the foot of State street is suggested as necessity Of the future, which it is not practieAb1e to provide now, main 1v because Of i1suzncfenf head room that by sym pathetic negotiation this dtfzcu1tY may be overcome within the next twenty years
 Ar. No1enss report te accompanied by vast amount Of material fncluddng many maps
 Us principal features deal with bridges main lines of connundc with tndTsstriaI szsEer front, with the park system, with building z0ness with land aupervisIons with the order of.
  with things deemed necessary to get results.
 UISder lndustr1aa water front, a plan
 bubmittsd for developing the IoHs lands between 6fratford and Bridge port The map shows six great pters.z zoe feet long with docks 250 feet wide, the main dock in the center be- ing 090 feet uie de- and project for an industrial railroad connected with rai1road hnes
 Building zones are advocated. to be eetabzished by ordinanca, some tb be exclusively for residential propsrty other to be open to certain forms of i1dastry, and others to contain irl- dl5sEriess
 Under land snpefxisfon if is ,oro- posed tha1 lots shou1d be more regu- larly laid out. In this connection an interesting study Of the Reilly street block is made Half a century ago the Lot ts was assessed for S5,76O, but now for s15s06o- The nlnbere Of people on the lot was twenty. but is now g. The number Of families was four, but is now ls. The total rents per year were $576, but now SLIPS. The income was 10 per cent, of as sessed valuation. but is now s.8 per cent This illustration Is ofeered as showing the manner in which a slum arises, hy the constant decrease of the area unbuflt on, and by overcrowdfnx of dwellings
 Land restrictions are proposed as &ozIowss
 B'irzt resadentia1 zone. lots eo by 12o feet, one house to a lot twenty feet from the street, or further.
 Second residential zone, single and tvb family houses on lots respectively SD by 100 feet and so by 100 feet.
 Tenement and apartment zones. na building to be more than three stories high.
 The order Of urgency provides for considsratfon of bridges first. then far things of greatest public interest an q then for problems connected with in, duetria1 development and homes fo,. the workers,
 It is suggested under s'gettdng re- suItgs :" that intelligent city plan r,f4,s requires the employment Of a .citv pIanner to be constantly on the 5e,ls Tn a somewhat shadowy way the cornHnissdon suggests that ultimately q new railroad station with ilrpos- ing approaches will be built between the 6tratgord avenue and State street bridge proposed to be built within twenty years
 Under these conditions MT Nolan urges two wide main thoroughfares. for east and west travel by which State street would D eextended to East Main street. 80 feet wide ana the Fairfield avenue bridge by a
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