The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-17
ALDERMEN WANT IN PHONE SERVICE Miscellaneous Committee In- Structed to Confer With
 Local Manager. > SHORT SESSION
 OF CITY FATHERS Lewis Proposes Alteration of Ordinance FOrbidding
 Three-Deckers.

UIUludlACC EOEUAUuAAA
 Three-Deckers.
 The miscellaneous committee of the common council. will confer with Manager w. W. Knight of the local branch of the Southern New England Telephone Co. with view to getting better service in Bridgeport. Action to this effect was taken at the council meeting last evening. The session was a brief one, lasting only 39 minutes. Andrew R. Roswell, now superin- tendent of Hillside home, was former ly chairman of the miscellaneous com mittee. Alderman Whitney, next mem Der of the committee, is acting chair man. Other members of the commit tee are Aldermen Stagg, Blakeslee and Whitney. All members of the commit tee are, Republicans.
 The absentees last night were Alder men W. P. Corr, F. J, Clancy O. c. Cole, William Cannon and R. N. Blakeslee.
 Nine public hearings occupied little time of the common council although these hearings were the first business taken up. Attorney James H. ORourke appeared in favor of the petition for the construction of a sewer from an angle in /Newfield avenue through Fla gle street. W. T. Scanlon favored the widening of North avenue from Main street to Housatonic avenue by setting back the curbs three feet on each side Attorney William Zepp op; posed the discontinuancd of Cliff street saying that there was sentiment among property owners in that section for the extension of Cliff street through to Wheeler avenue.
 No one appeared either for or against the petitions on the following matters:
 Construction of sewer in Willow street from Barnum avenue to railroad tracks.
 Construction of sewer in Pacific street, from present terminus north of North avenue. for "a distance of 200 feet.
 Uonnnecticut. company for permis- sion to relocate its double tracks on Seaview avenue, from Newfield avenue to end of line; to relocate it's double track in Main street from Congress to Washington avenue, and for permis- sion to construct, operate and main tain an extension of it's second track on North Main street, from present terminus to end of company,s line at Wentworth street. . Extension of Sedgwick street to Alice street, as proposed by the board of park commissioners, also relative to proposed extension of Sedgwick street from Cliff street to Wheeler ave- nue.
 | Construction of sewer in Holland avenue from Fairfield avenue to a point about 200 feet east of Ash street.
 Construction of sewer in Boston avenue, from present terminus at Gen. tral avenue to a point about 150 feet east of Palisade avenue.
 { Heads of certain eity departments have not been making monthly reports to the city auditor as on the 9th of each month as required by ordinance. Last month the fire department sub- mitted its report late and the police and charities departments did not sub init reports at all. City Auditor Keat- ing called the attention of the council to this naxness and asked that a pen alty be provided for failure to observe the ordinance in the future. The mat ter was referred to the ordinance com- n1ittee. r-' ~
 Aldermen .MacFayden, Olson and Clancy were appointed committee on voting machines. N
 The petition of the toard of educa- tion for a s200,0 GOO bond issue to build a school in the Waltersville district was referred to the ordinance commit tee. ~,f Y The Connecticut Co. was ordered to ir fhn hnT in f1,A tween it's tracks in Main street be- tween North avenue and Grand street. Anson street was ordered graded and Hawley avenue widened two feet on each side. ~
 Alderman Harrigan introduced a res olution that the New Haven railroad be obliged to maintain a flagman at Housatonic avenue and Hall street twhere a truckman was killed recently and by a singular accident, a/ train wreck was caused. II was said that the gates which guard the crossing at North avenue and Lindley street stand on city porperty and the railroad will be asked to relocate them.
 Property owners in the Ninth and Tenth districts sent petitions to the council asking relief from the assess ment for the trunk sewer recently es- tablished in Knowlton street. The pe-i tition was referred to the sewers conn mittee to the claims committed.
 Alderman Lewis proposed anf altera- tion to the building code which forbids the erection of the th~se-decker type of house. He proposes that the type of three-family house with French roof be allowed.
 Alderman Lewis claims that many two family house are now built with rooms in the attic and these rooms are afterward converted into an apart ment for third family after the building inspectors have passed the house. The matter was referred to the ordinance committee.
 F. D. Perry, owner of the property at Fairfield avenue and King street has agreed to sell it to the city for $5,500 and condemnation proceedings will not be necessary. John A. Leon ard, president of the fire board, and John c. Stanley, president of the po- lice board were appointed a commit tee to arrange the purchase.
 The council voted $742 from the revenue to pay the cost of printing and mailing copies of the pro- posed commission form of government charter.
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