The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-05
1 WOULD CONVERT EAST BRIDGEPORT TO MUNICIPALITY Samuel Dave and John Col gan Threaten Petition for
 Separate City EAST SIDE SLIGHTED
 BY ADMINISTRATION Aldermen, "Deader Than Julius Caesar, '' Get No
 Improvements

Samuel Dave of h081 East Main street and John H. Co1gan of. 301 Arc tic street, both widely known residents of East Bridgeport and extensive property owners there, have plan to. ask the general assembly to set apart the section of the Pequonnock river as a Seperate municipality. Both men are heavy taxpayers and they claim that for years the eastern section or the city has been slighted in the way of public improvements and unless what they consider a fairer division of the public improvements can be ob- tained they intend to get up a petition to the legislature to have East Bridge port made a city by itself.
 Whether the name of the new city shall be East Bridgeport or Reming- ton City they have not yet decided. They claim they have 8 large number of taxpayers and residents of the East Side in favor of the project and they would be able to muster a good1y arguments, should they decide to bring the question to Hartford for settle ment.
 In opening the fight to get more inn provements for the East Side, Samuel Dave is presenting to the common council for consideration this evening, petitions for the extension of the White Way in East Main street from Stratford avenue to Arctic street and also for paving East Main street with either wood blocks or Warrenite. When filing these petitions with the city clerks office today, MT. Dave said:
 ''The aldermen who represent the East Side districts are deader than Julius Caesar. They have done noth- ing for us but sit idly by while the West side of the river has obtained all the improvements. It is true that Stratford avenue and some streets in the Twelfth district have been i'm proved but looA at East Main street.
 That is the oldest brick pavement in the city; it has been down 1 5 years and I fathered the petition to have it laid. Now it is fu11 of ruts and holes and disgrace to a progressive city like Bridgeport. Warrenite could be laid over the foundation there or bet ter still, wooden blocks could be laid.
 Look at the way State street in the West End has been laid with wooden blocks past vacant lots where there is no business, while East Main street is neglected. The other day the Connecticut Co. re1aid connecting wires between the rails and after making these repairs instead of put ing the bricks back in place the com pany's men carted them off and filled in the holes with dirt.
 we pay the same taxes as people on the west side of the river and we are entitled to part of the money spent for public improvements. We are growing faster. Look at Remington City. We have a population on the East Side now twice that of Danbury and in another year we will have twice the population of the West side. Unless we can get the improvenen ents we believe we are entitled to think we will be able to convince the mem . -J,I- AI,-,+ the East Side should be set aside as a city by itself.
 MT. Dave was police commits sioner under the administration of Denis Mulvihil1. He is a house painting contractor. John H. Colgan, former superinten- dent of streets in the administration of Mayor Marcus L. Reynolds, had charge of the laying of the brick pavement in East Main street about which there is so much complaint. He .favors the secession of East Bridge l port if improvements cannot be -ob- tained for that section. Today he said:
 'HThe brick laid there was the best obtainable and it would be standing now had it been laid in Portland ment instead of Roseda1e cement. The taxpayers of the East Side believe they are not getting fair share of the
 
 we the most rapidly growing section of the city but we have been neglect ed for years.
 ''When we took in West Stratford years ago and they started to send representatives to the council from that section they quickly got improve ments they wanted, new streets. sewers, gas lights, policemen and everything on the East Side have been marking time for more than 20 years while other sections of the city have got the Improvements. ''Because of the increase in popula- sion and it will soon be necessary to change the lines of the voting districts and add new ones. When this takes place you will find d-the balance of pop ulation is on the East Side.