The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-04
VOTE TO RAISE RELIEF BOARDS
 SALARIES S15O Common Council Also Gives Registrars of Voters a
 Stenographer.
PRESENT PLANS FOR
 REMoDELING OFFICES
Commission Advocates New Thoroughfare From North
 to East End.

held the common council last night voted to raise the salaries of the board l of relief from $20o to $35O a year. The council also voted a. stenographer for lt1e registrars of voters at a salary of $70O a year so that the office may be
 kept open every day from in the morning until 4 in the afternoon. The report of the fire commissioners 1 outlining proposed plans for an in
 crease in the personnel of the fire de-
 partment and the installation of the
 doubIep latoon system was read and l on motion of Alderman Whitney a public hearing on the matter was set
 for next Monday night.
 Aldermen Moran and Harrigan both topposed the motion to increase the salary of Assistant Building Inspector Bernard McKelvey from S1, 900 to
 $1, 200 a year and to appoint another assistant inspector at a salary Of l $1,2 200 a1so The. resolution ir1troduc- 1 ed by Alderman MacFayden proposed i the appointment of these assistants, ] one to be an expert in plumbing, the other an expert in masonry construc-i ton and their appointments to be for. a term of three years.
 Alderman Harrigan said that if the city is to get experts in passing on! building construction it ought to hire .srealp experts. Such men he said could not Joe employed for such small salaries Alderman Moran said that administration was going 500 far m placing such officials on the pay roll. 1 A letter was read from Building In EsDector Rowland stating that the great increase in building operations in this city required the appointment or the additional inspectors. The resolut1on was referred to the committee on or
 dinances.
 1 sThe report of the city hall commit. IsslS n1 fI7n pif 9 II at a cost of $7,50o was referred to the
 finance committee.
 l The report of the City Planning commission proposing a direct thor oughfare from Boston avenue to Glen wood bridge and North avenue was
 F'ayden-'
 The commission directs this i'm provement because there is no direct east and west thoroughfare between
 these sections of the city. The com mission believes such a highway Woulu open for settlement "a large pleasant and healthy residential section. Fms highway will eliminate highly danger- o1s grade crossings at Reservoir ave-
 nue and Carson street.
 The commission also proposes that the trolley company establish a belt line with double tracks from the junc- 1 tion of Boston and Barnum avenues in Stratford, over Old Mill Hill along the Green and through the Boston avenue extension to St. Vincent's hos pitaI across Main street to Madison | avenue and Park avenue to Brook l lawn avenue. The opening of this street and the Installation of the tror lev service will furnish better and quicker communication with the new factories of the Remington Arms & l Anamunition Go. The land damages are estimated at $55, ,0o0 It is also suggested that the street be suitably paved and that the property owners be compelled to lay gutter, curb and sidewalks its entire length.
 Alderman Harrigan objected to g1v- resolution demanding of the Connec- ticut company better trolley ser vice to the North End on the ground that the administration was i trying to steal t.the thunder of the North End Improvement association.
 The resolution. was referred to the committee on streets and sidewalks. Manager Chapman alone appeared in favor of the petition of the Connectt- cut Go. for permission to remove i+s tracks in East Washington avenue 1 MT. Chapman said that the street is no longer available for trolley trafic and to route cars through it when thS new bridge. is built would not be good lrailroading< No one opposed the pe- tition but it is known that the admin l istration is opposed to the moving Of the rails and the petition will be re- ported unfavorab1y by the streets and sidewalks committed It probably will i go to the public utilities commission for a. hearing.
 Contrary to expectations no reso1u- tions were. introduced for increasing
 the personnel of the fire or police de- partnents The report of the board of appraisals of benefits and damages granting $6O, 600 in land damages for 1 the widening of Stratford avenue from
 the eastern terminal of the bridge to
 East Main street was accepted. It is
 reported the heirs of the Noble estate
 will contest this award.