The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-04
ADMINISTRATION ASKS PUBLIC TO l. BOOST WARRENITE
Circulates Petition Tellinq Property Owners They Won't Be Assessed For Paw ing If They Favor Mayors, Choice.

| Henchmen of the administration are working like beavers to rtput over'' mora Warrenite contracts Street l pavement of this patented type, to cost over s4o.ooo will be laid at once ] in addition to the contracts awarded Hast week, if the administration has l it's way-and there's little doubt about lit.
 l Despite the requests of Democratic 1 1a1dermen@ that the administration pay some attention to the charter obliga- ltions, and that paving contracts be iopen to competitive bidding, the scheme is well under way to pave 1 with Warrenite, to the exclusion of all Isini1ar forms of pavement. these I streets:
 l North avenue from Dewey street to Il Park avenue; Park avenue, from Lau- rel avenue to Wood avenue; Iranistan avenue from Fairfield avenue to rail- road; North Washington avenue from Main street to Housatonic avenue; Fl Congress street, from Main street to Washington avenue; William street, |1 from Crescent avenue to- Berkshire avenue; Bostwick avenue from State street to the water.
 A resolution that ssbituninous mac adarri'' be laid in these streets was in. troduced in the common council last night by Alderman MacFayden and it was voted to hold public hearings on the proposed paving at the meet ing of May 1T Notices of the hear ing were sent some O. the property owners to-day.
 Already men in the employ of the city are circulating through these E streets petitions to he signed by res- idents, using an argument something like this.
 ssSign this petition for Warrenite If warrer1ite is laid, it won't cost you anything If something else is laid,
 the cost will be charged to your prop erty.''
 Alderman Harrigan introduced a resolution last night showing that there is still about $122,517 available for new pavement. Of this $57,712 is the avaiIs Of the half mill tax ta- ken from the school tax, about $40,- 900 will remain of the $2o0,00e pave ment bond issue and there is 9 spe-
 cial appropriation of s25.ooo for new pavement.
 Alderman Harrigan proposed that in the future no pavement should be laid except the contracts. are open to Icompetitive bidding, that the con- tracts be awarded to the lowest bid- der, that no patented pavement be laid in this city and all pavements be laid% to specifications furnished joy the l city engineer. The resolution was referred to the streets and sidewalks committee.
 Alderman Moran introduced a res
 oIution last week providing that no patented pavement be laid in Bridge port. This resolution was referred Io the ordinance committee and there it i peacefully slumbers. No report has lbeen made on it and it is unlikely kf that any will be until long after con
 tracts for more Warrenite have been made.
 When asked last night what the board of aldermen proposed to rec \ ommend as pavement for the new i streets, NAIdernan MacFayden said
 the board would recommend what the I majority of property owners in the streets will favor at the public hear ings.
 There was a lively discussion as to
 whether the city ordinance regulating
 rear tenements is constitutional
 among the aldermen last evening. Tn
 years past committees of the council
 have endeavored to enforce some reg
 ulation as to rear tenements, while < other committees have violated the accepted terms of the ordinance by granting permits for rear dwellings. Il The matter came before the counci last night on a motion from Alder sl man Corr that the petition of Anna
 Konecsny to construct a. six tene.
 ment house on a cellar foundation from which a, four tenement house had been moved to the rear of Iol sI in Grant street be reconsidered.s A T the last meeting of the council thu
 recommendation of the fire depart
 ment committee that the petitioner
 was given leave to withdraw was adopted. Alderman Corr said the To
 in question was 175 feet deep. ant
 that Mrs. Konecsny proposed to hay,
 30 feet between the building, the dis
 tance required by city ordinance. He
 counsel had informe6 him that sh
 was within the law and would built
 whether the council gave permission
 or not. Alderman Corr said the peti
 tfoner would be willing to build onl. = a four tenement house on the lot il
 front. On motion of A1depehan Rrim
 rose it finally decided to recornni
 the petition to the fire departmen
 committee.
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